First Baptist Church Lakeland

Christmas in July

It may be a little early for Christmas, however it’s time to start moving for Operation Christmas Child 2021!

With just a few clicks, you can pack an Operation Christmas Child shoebox gift online to help share God’s love with a boy or girl in need around the world. Simply select toys and other fun items you’d like to include from our collection, and personalize your gift with your own letter and photo. We’ll pack the gift for you and send it on its way for a suggested donation of just $25.

Our Goal at FBCL is 100 shoeboxes!  Simply click the link below and it will take you to our goal page and you can begin to build your box and help reach our goal!

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Now more than ever

Now more than ever, children need great joy! You can give boys and girls in need a tangible expression of God’s love through a gift-filled shoebox packed from your computer or handheld device. In just a few clicks, you can select toys and other fun items to include as well as a letter and photo to delight the heart of a child. 

Share the Gospel

After we pack and ship shoeboxes like yours overseas, local believers share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with children as they distribute them. As a result, families are reached, new churches are started, and communities are transformed. It all begins with you. Pack a shoebox online today!

Shoebox Distibution

Courtesy of Samaritan’s Purse

Mexico

The smile on this Mexican girl’s face indicates just how much packing a doll in a shoebox can bless a child in need.

Botswana

A stuffed animal and a toy car brought great joy to a boy in Botswana.

Philippines

This boy from the Philippines heard the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ when he received his shoebox gift.

Mongolia

A princess-themed shoebox delights a girl in Mongolia, where yurts are a common form of housing

Video of Operation Christmas Child 2021

Operation Christmas Child 2021 Goal is 100 boxes

Our Box total to date is

Help us send 100 Christmas Boxes!

*There is a delay between your order of boxes and the above number shown on this page.

About Jesus

Each shoebox you pack helps a local church around the world tell a child about Jesus, God’s Greatest Gift. Many of them will grow in their faith and learn how to tell friends and family about Him through our discipleship program called The Greatest Journey.

Proclaim the Gospel

In a new initiative, we are going island to island in the Pacific to take the Gospel to a half a million children over the next few years, as part of our commitment to “proclaim the Gospel to the whole creation” (Mark 16:15, ESV).

Unreached People

In sending the Gospel to the ends of the earth, we are also sharing God’s Word with dozens of unreached people groups and going to hard-toreach places to make His Name known.

Decisions for Christ

This has resulted in more than 2 million children making decisions for Christ and over 1,000 churches being started in one year! For example, there’s now a church in a remote village in Namibia among the Himba unreached people group

FBCL Operation Christmas Child Ends August 1st

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Operation Christmas Child® is a project of Samaritan’s Purse®.  All images, logos copyright Samaritan’s Purse or First Baptist Church Lakeland