Our Hopes

At a superficial level, our congregational hopes are similar to many churches in this decade. We have prayerfully contemplated and sought a deeper understanding of what we believe to be God's calling for FBC-Laurinburg. As a part of this process, we have tried to outline several hopes that are unique to this body in addition to the more obvious necessities.

We are blessed with a dedicated and spiritually robust kernel of membership whose love and care for this church and this community are clearly and powerfully manifest, yet our church congregation has diminished in number during the past years. We hope for rejuvenation and reenergizing of our collective spirit and connection to God that will fill us with the dynamic power promised by Jesus in Acts 1:8.

We hope for growth in our numbers. The spark of the Spirit has not dimmed within our souls, but we must increase our membership in order to share that spark and provide the fresh breath that stokes the flame and to ensure our continued life.

The hallways and classrooms at FBC-Laurinburg are bare of the joyous ring of children's voices and laughter. We sincerely hope for new families to join. The generational sharing of love and spiritual growth is a painful absence in our congregational life.

We hope to continue our deep connection with Laurinburg and Scotland County. Our community has so many pressing needs and we want to be better prepared to recognize and answer those needs.

The importance of missions and ministries is a central element of our outwardly directed worship. We hope to extend our outreach and care in deeper and more satisfying ways, seeking opportunities to minister that extend beyond merely responding to those needs that are presented to us.

Lastly, we are so profoundly blessed as a body of believers. We hope for unique guidance and development to help us better identify our individual and collective talents and tools. We welcome fresh eyes and a fresh heart to search us and, more importantly, to challenge us to step out from our positions of comfort and to share the numerous gifts we have been given.