Life in Community
Home Groups are not a new idea at First Baptist. They are the oldest one there is: believers meeting in houses, close enough to notice when someone is missing, and near enough to do something about it.
It's one thing to sit beside someone on Sunday. It's another to know them, walk with them, pray for them, and allow them to know you too.
Jesus calls His followers to love one another in a way that shows the world who we belong to.
The Rhythm of a Home Group
A Home Group isn't meant to feel like another class or miniature church service. It's a place where people gather around Jesus, God's Word, and one another—and where ordinary relationships become opportunities for discipleship and mission.
Community often begins simply: a door opens, people sit down, food is shared, and conversation begins. The goal isn't to impress anyone. It's to create a place where people can relax, connect, and know they are welcome.
Scripture moves from information to everyday life as people read, ask questions, listen to one another, and consider what obedience to Jesus looks like in the week ahead.
Needs are noticed. Burdens are shared. People pray for one another and use the gifts God has given them. Ministry isn't something one leader performs while everyone else watches.
A healthy group doesn't turn inward. Together we pray for friends, neighbors, coworkers, and family members—and look for natural opportunities to love, serve, invite, and share Jesus.
Community often begins simply: a door opens, people sit down, food is shared, and conversation begins. The goal isn't to impress anyone. It's to create a place where people can relax, connect, and know they are welcome.
Your World Is Your Mission Field
Friends, family, neighbors, coworkers, classmates and people
you regularly encounter make up the relational world God has
placed around you.
Home Groups help us become intentional about those relationships. Instead of waiting for everyone to walk into a church building, we want Christian community to move closer to where people actually live.
“Share with the Lord's people who are in need. Practice hospitality.”
Why Homes?
Homes create a naturally relational environment where people can talk, listen, share a meal, ask questions and build trust.
A living room or dinner table creates space for conversations that don't always happen in a large gathering.
You don't need a perfect home or an impressive meal. Biblical hospitality is simply making room for people.
From Consumers to Disciples
We want to help people become mature followers of Jesus who increasingly participate in the life and mission of His church.
Home Groups at FBC
Home Groups help bring these three parts of our church's discipleship vision together.
The gospel and God's Word remain at the center of our life together.
Maturity is slow work, and it happens best among people who know you well enough to ask how it is really going.
We carry the love and message of Jesus into our everyday relationships.
As people grow, new leaders are developed and others are reached, our hope is that healthy Home Groups eventually give birth to new groups.
There's Room at the Table