First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, Arkansas is driven to bringing the world to Jesus. FBC seeks to make a maximum impact in this purpose, because people need the Lord.

Two things are needed to make a maximum impact: a driving force and a driven mass. (e.g., a strong arm [force] can cause a hammer [mass] to leave a deep impression (impact) in a piece of wood.

1. THE DRIVING FORCE is the Lord Jesus Christ working through His Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit has placed a burden on the church to bring the world to Jesus.
The Holy Spirit gives the direction and compels the church into action.
The Lord is the ultimate, maximum driving force.

What drives First Baptist Church is... 

The Picture	-	A Smile on Jesus' Face
		First Baptist wants to please Jesus.
The  Mission	-	Bringing Our World to Jesus
		First Baptist has accepted the responsibility of reaching all of Jacksonville and the world for Jesus. This involves sharing the Gospel and ministering to others. As an independent church, First Baptist voluntarily cooperates with other churches sharing the same burden.
The Vision	-	First Baptist Church seeks to influence people so that they will know, follow, share, worship and serve Jesus.
		The impact that First Baptist wants to make is influencing others to being followers of Christ.
The Means	-	Fellowship, Discipleship, Evangelism, Worship and Ministry
		First Baptist patterns its functioning after the example set by the church in the Book of Acts (Acts 2:41-47).
The Values	-	Faithfulness, Love, Encountering Jesus and Rescue the Perishing.
		What is evidently very important to God is most important to First Baptist: being faithful in who one is and in all ones relationships, loving God foremost and loving others as Jesus does, encountering Jesus every possible moment and rescuing those who are already perishing.
The Basis	-	Beliefs
		First Baptist's foundation is their beliefs. These beliefs are adequately reflected in "The Baptist Faith and Message" as adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention in 2000. (See "First Baptist Church Beliefs")

2.  THE DRIVEN MASS is First Baptist Church.

First Baptist Church is its members under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
They are driven by the Holy Spirit into action.
As a unit and as individuals, they are a mass that Jesus will use to make a maximum impact on this world.

To be use to make a maximum impact, this mass, is to be

- simply trusting in His person
- willingly submitted to His lordship
- totally committed to His will
- faithfully obedient to His leadership.