Through the years, First Baptist Nashville has found different ways to spread the light, meeting needs as times change. Today, working through our ministry partners, we continue to engage in many of the same kinds of ministries, meeting spiritual, physical, and educational needs.

Click names below to go to the partner’s websites for more information.

  • Room in the Inn: Provides programs that emphasize human development and recovery through education, self-help and work, centered in community and long-support for those who call the streets of Nashville home. (For more information, contact Ken Curtis.)
  • United4Hope : Connects churches to public schools. NFBC’s schools are Cameron Middle & High Schools. (For more information, contact Andrea Overby.)
  • Nashville World Outreach: Supports and serves refugees and immigrants living in South Nashville (Tusculum Hills) through tutoring, music, Basic Bags Project, and more. (For more information, contact Pam Stockett.)
  • Second Harvest Food Bank: Provides a central distribution center for groups and individuals who wished to help provide food for hungry people in Middle Tennessee. (For more information, contact Lauren Lewis.)
  • Project Connect: Provides hope, job training, financial counseling, and support for families – Psalm 147:3 (For more information, contact Kathy Wilcox.)
  • Habitat for Humanity: Future homeowners meet income qualifications, attend education classes, and work with their sponsor(s) and volunteers to build their homes. They pay an affordable mortgage made possible because of funding partners, including its social enterprise, the ReStore, which sells new and gently used office and household items at a fraction of the cost. ReStore accepts donations. (For more information, contact Vic Hatridge.)
  • Humphreys Street Coffee Shop: Is a social enterprise of Harvest Hands CDC; it was born out of a desire to raise up leaders within our neighborhood by creating jobs, providing mentorship opportunities, and teaching job skills that empower youth such as customer service, marketing, and craftsmanship. 100% of our profits are reinvested into programs and scholarships that support our students. (For more information, contact Gary Morgan.)
  • Begin Anew: Empowers individuals to overcome the obstacles caused by poverty by providing education, mentoring, and resources – nationally affiliated and certified by Christian Women’s Job Corps CORPS (CWJC®) and Christian Men’s Job Corps (CMJC®) ministries. The vision: Teaching one generation to change the next. (For more information, contact Rebekah Woods, office located at NFBC, or Shane Hitchcock.)
  • The Next Door, Inc.: Provides a continuum of evidence-based substance abuse and mental health services for women in an environment of faith and healing to restore hope and a lifetime of recovery. (For more information, contact Andrea Overby.)
  • Nashville Rescue Mission: A Christ-centered community helping the hungry, homeless, and hurting by providing programs and services that focus on a person’s entire life-physical, mental, spiritual, emotional, and social. (For more information, contact Tony Rankin.)
  • Rooftop Nashville: Builds stability through a compassionate and collaborative rental/mortgage assistance program through a partnership with local congregations. (For more information, contact Lisa Wooley, Executive Director, office located at NFBC.)
  • The Joseph School: Educates and empowers Haitian children to become the next servant leaders of their country. This faith-driven non-profit strongly believes that service can transform lives. (For more information, contact Brad Dunn or Susie Roberson.)
  • Hope Clinic: A faith-based safe and confidential place for anyone dealing with life choices regarding past, present, and future pregnancies. Hope Clinic provides medical care, professional counseling, education, mentorship, and practical support regardless of age, race, or religion.
  • Men of Valor: Is committed to winning men in prison to Jesus Christ and discipling them. Their purpose is to equip them to re-enter society as men of integrity – becoming givers to the community rather than takers. (For more information, contact Russell Brothers.) 
  • Missionary on Furlough Residence: NFBC provides a house for furloughing missionary families. (For more information, contact Steve Walsh.)
  • “Martha’s Pantry” Nashville First Baptist food pantry & clothes closet: Because NFBC has immediate opportunities to assist families in the community and beyond who stop by our church during the week, who are within our own congregation, and those who receive assistance, aid, or education from our ministry partners that meet in our building during the week. (For more information, contact Gena Carter Edwards.)
  • North America Church Plants: La Casa ChurchSend City – St Louis, MO (For more information, contact Gary Morgan.) 
  • Campers on Mission: A national fellowship of Christian campers who desire to share their faith as they go. Typical service projects include helping with Backyard Bible Clubs, Vacation Bible School, campground ministries, booths at fairs with tracts, cold water and information, and providing labor for construction projects. (For more information, contact Joe & Charlene Carter or Doug & Eve Ellis.)
  • Ukraine ESL/Bible Study: Weekly Zoom meetings for English grammar, conversation practice, and Bible study with friends in Ukraine. (For more information, contact Billy Hoffman.)
  • Canadian Southern Baptist Seminary & College: Vision: to train God-called men and women for twenty-first century leadership in tough places. The seminary wants to foster in the next generation of leaders a desire to go into difficult places, and to face courageously the challenges that confront them there. Volunteers help prepare the campus for fall term. However this opportunity is currently on hold because of travel restrictions during Covid. (For more information, contact Joe & Charlene Carter.)