BFC offers many opportunities to volunteer time and services in sharing the Good News of Jesus with people everywhere, including our own community. Teams travel throughout the year to work on building projects, teach classes, minister to children, and provide clothing and other needs. We currently send teams to Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) and Native American reservations in New Mexico and Arizona. We are also settling Afghan refugee families in our community this year.
I can Make a Difference
Missions Giving
Monthly or annual giving to the BFC Missions Offering makes a difference in the lives of people all around the world. Learn more at the link below.
Get Involved
There are many ways to get involved in missions. Learn more at the link below.
Eswatini Partnership
The Eswatini Partnership is a cooperative effort between the Eswatini Church of the Nazarene, Eswatini Nazarene Health Institutions, NCM Africa, Bethany First Church of the Nazarene, Southern Nazarene University, Montrose Church, Living Word Church of the Nazarene, the Canadian Central District Church of the Nazarene, and Cornerstone Church of the Nazarene. Our goal is to come along Eswatini in their efforts to combat HIV/AIDS, TB, noncommunicable diseases, and to minister to women and children who have suffered abuse.
Native American Partnership
Our Native American Partnership began out of the desire to serve Native American churches across New Mexico and Arizona. We have assisted churches with new roofs, floors, and other renovations. We help equip men and women preparing for ministry in the Southwest Native American district with a Nazarene Pastoral Training School. We donate firewood to families and the elderly on the reservation who are living without running water or heat. We partner with Pastor Chris Davis and her ministry to at-risk children and the homeless of Gallup, NM.
Crisis Care Kits
Crisis Care Kits provide basic necessities to those who are displaced following a disaster. Thousands of Crisis Care Kits are made, stored, and distributed globally each year as needs inevitably arise around the world. Crisis Care Kitsare made by Nazarene volunteers and are a tangible way that people can get involved in the disaster response process.
Swazi 5k
We are now in our 15th year of hosting a 5K to help raise funds for ministries in Eswatini and at the Bethany After-School Program.
Haven of Hope
There is human trafficking and abuse all over the world. The same is true in Eswatini, but there were only two safe places in the whole country for women to go—and these places are normally full. Haven of Hope is a new shelter that opened in 2021, thanks to BFC’s partnership with Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, and is a safe place for 12 to 24 women and their children.
Afghan Refugee Resettlement Ministry
Between August 14 and 25, 2021, the United States evacuated over 82,000 individuals, including American citizens and vulnerable Afghan nationals, following the collapse of the Afghan government to the Taliban. Many of the Afghan refugees are being resettled in the United States. As a congregation that believes in and practices “open arms” living, Bethany First Church is assisting in this resettlement effort.