After years of prayer, research, hard work and faithful giving from our congregation, we at First Baptist Church of Mebane are ready to start building our new church campus!
We have 22 acres at the corner of Gibson and 3rd Street in Mebane and plan to build a Worship Center (Sanctuary), a Family Life Center and a childcare center.
On May 15, 2022, our church voted to start with the childcare facility first.
Why start with the children?
Because it is an urgent need in our community.
The town of Mebane is growing, and has grown rapidly and the waitlist is long for full-day childcare. Families are waiting months for a spot to open, which creates strain in all areas of life.
We want to be the resource that eases the burden and not only provides a safe and educational place for children – we want to teach them about the Lord! Our plan is to build a 300 child facility, which will have a significant and lasting positive impact in Mebane and the surrounding communities.
The Fundraiser
One of the conditions of our construction loan was to have a 3-year long fundraiser during which we raise $500,000. This was the final seed money needed to ensure we’d have the cash on hand to make interest payments on the loan during construction, furnishing, and training.
Our goal was to break ground as quickly as possible with the new childcare facility open for business in the fall of 2023. That turned out to be a lofty goal, as there were plenty of hoops to jump with permitting and other procedural aspects of a project this large. This fundraising effort that began in September of 2022 and concludes in August of 2025 has been successful, and soon we’ll be breaking ground and beginning to see the vision unfold.
Once the childcare facility has been running for a few years, we’ll start on the next building at our church campus – either a Worship Center or a Family Life Center.
How You Can Help
Please consider how you can support the next chapter in our church’s life.
Pray
We can all pray. Pray that…
✔️ We are following God’s will.
✔️ We have good construction weather.
✔️ We maintain a safe job site with abundant building materials.
We’ll be gathering monthly to pray over the construction site at a variety of times and days. Please check the church calendar or call the church office at 919-563-3176 for this month’s selection and join us at the corner of Gibson and 3rd Street.
Give
But many of us can do more than pray. We can pray and share our financial resources. Some may prefer to give monthly, some may prefer to give a larger, one-time gift. Some may partner with their family or friends to give a higher impact gift.
Raising $500,000 can sound like an intimidating amount of money, but if we have 200 families, or individuals, or Small Groups, Sunday School classes, businesses, or teams that commit to giving $70 each month for 3 years we can achieve this goal – that’s about like spending one extra tank of gas each month!
Build Your Church Fundraising Campaign Ways to give:
If writing a check or giving online, please mark your gift as “Building Fund,” or drop an envelope marked “Building Fund” in the offering boxes in the sanctuary.
You can give the gift of a piece of property or an item the church can sell (ex: vehicle, fine art, collector’s items), or transfer stock for the church to sell. Donors can choose to be either recognized or anonymous.
We’re going to create a donor recognition wall to thank those who helped achieve our goal, using our church logo as inspiration. The donor wall will be created using engraved plates that are arranged in groups according to gifting tiers.
Keeping Track
To help keep track of our goal, we brought something special to our current church sanctuary – a little white church with a tall tower.
As you look at the worship platform, you’ll see it on the side near the organ. For every $5,000 raised we’ve added a turquoise colored brick to the tower.
Why turquoise? Well, that’s our church logo color! Why one brick for every $5,000? Because we built the tower to hold 100 bricks!
At the time of writing, the tower is full, with turquoise and maroon bricks, which accounts for cash-in-hand and donations that have been pledged.
If you have any questions about the progress of this project, please reach out to the Build Your Church team leader: Louis Sullivan at 443-955-8364.
Donation Tiers
The Widow’s Mite
The Cheerful Giver
Seeking the Promised Land
Walking on Water
The Sisterhood of Mary and Martha
Fishers of Men
The Good Samaritan
The Loaves and the Fishes
