Mission Statement (What FBC Mahan Is About): 

2 Timothy 3:17 "...so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work."  NIV 

 First Baptist Church Mahan is a congregation of baptized believers called and committed to the cause of our Lord, Jesus the Christ. Understanding that we are indeed a people of faith and a people of particularity, we celebrate and affirm the richness of our African-American heritage and the experience of our people as Christians in the Diaspora. We fully recognize that the distinctiveness of our historical and contemporary familiarity with oppression has provided us with a unique perspective of how we view, express, and articulate the prowess of our faith. Therefore, we stand as a faith institution which rejoices in proclaiming the liberating love of Jesus Christ to ALL of God’s children, that persons may become convicted, empowered and equipped to effectively serve the Eternal and become active participants of His universal church.

The Challenge of the Mission: As with any other church, the mission of First Baptist Church Mahan is not without challenge or spiritual impediment. There are many variables that can only be accomplished through faith, prayer, and determination which will finally culminate in our Lord’s church successfully moving from plans to progression and from membership to discipleship. In lieu of our mission statement, we understand that our challenge is moving from consciousness, to agency, to action.

The first tier in addressing the challenge is acknowledging that we have a profound responsibility to implement a concrete sense of consciousness to the church and it’s respective context. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon, one of the leading minds in Ethics and Theology, argues a term called “conscientization” which illustrates the moment when the rubber finally makes contact with the road. As a church and as a people of faith we can no longer afford to be comatose, unaware, and out-of-tune with the frequencies and realities that are afflicting and crippling us as a people.

The second tier of the challenge is moving towards a sense of moral agency after becoming conscious to the challenge. We must become agents who truly embody the discipleship principles of our Lord’s teachings. The integrity of our faith, the power of God’s love, and the Biblical premises of our conviction must all be forged into the condition of our existence.

Finally, after consciousness and agency have been addressed in the mission we must simply become active in bringing the mission into fruition. Our efforts are futile if we refuse to become active participants in the call of our Christian cause. Our ministries, our preachment, our Christian Education exercises, and our communal outreach must all exemplify our awareness (consciousness), our embodiment (agency), and our participation (action) in lieu of what God has called us to.