First Baptist Church Woodstock

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denomination = Southern Baptist
seniorpastor = Johnny Hunt
address = 11905 Highway 92
Woodstock, Georgia 30188
phone = 770-926-4428
website = [http://fbcw.org www.fbcw.org]

Leadership

Founded in the early 1800s, First Baptist Church Woodstock remained a relatively small church until the late 1980s, when Johnny Hunt was called as Senior Pastor. Since that time Woodstock has grown exponentially, going from 200 members to just over 15,000. "Pastor Johnny" (as he is known around Woodstock) has led the church to baptize over 10,000 people since coming in 1986.

Ministries

Woodstock has a wide variety of ministries and services available to the community. Although worship services serve as a great connection point at Woodstock, attendees are encouraged to pick one of hundreds of small groups which meet at varying times on Sunday mornings. In addition to the weekend activities Woodstock hosts a number of other ministries throughout the week. The main ministries of Woodstock include:

Kids

tudents

Church on the Street

City of Refuge

Conferences

Woodstock hosts numerous conferences from year to year, however there are two are conducted annually. They are:

Timothy Barnabas

Founded in 1994, Pastor Johnny explains, “The name Timothy Barnabas was chosen to speak of instruction and encouragement. I'm not sure that most pastors need a lot more instruction as much as they need encouragement in the instruction they have already received.”
The goals of Timothy Barnabas are…
*To instruct pastors in their responsibilities as the Pastor/Shepherd of the flock God has placed under their care.
*To encourage them in the difficulties they face from inside and outside the Church.
*To challenge them in the area of personal integrity and purity.
*To encourage them to develop relationships with other pastors that they may serve as support to one another.

Since 1994, the Timothy Barnabas brand has emerged and thousands have been impacted by the examples set forth by Pastor Johnny and Ms. Janet. Currently, the Timothy Barnabas team hosts more than 20 events a year, including regional and international Men's Conferences, Bonfire, and Pastor's Schools across the country.

Past speakers have included Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, Ed Stetzer, Brian Bloye, Tony Nolan, and Eric Geiger.

Men's Conference

The Men's Conference is the signature event for the year in the Men's Ministry at Woodstock. In 2008 over 8,000 men gathered for a time of spiritual renewal, worship, and prayer. In 2009 there will be two conferences to accommodate all of the projected attendees. The 2009 Conferences are currently scheduled for January 30-31 and February 6-7, 2009.

Mission Projects

Woodstock is actively involved in taking the Gospel to the Nations. Here are a few of the strategic partnerships in place:

National

Las Vegas, Nevada
Syracuse, New York
Cleveland, Ohio
San Diego, California
Hillsboro, Oregon
Atlanta, Georgia

International

Afghanistan
Bosnia
Lebanon
North Africa
Pacific Rim
Portugal
France
Turkey
Ukraine
Zambia
Russia
Dominican Republic
South Africa

Church Plants

Since 1986, Pastor Johnny has led Woodstock to plant over 50 churches around the world. Here are some of those churches:

[http://westridge.com Westridge Church] - Metro Atlanta
[http://npointe.net North Pointe Community Church] - Cleveland, Ohio
[http://freedomlive.net Freedom Church] Metro Atlanta
[http://encounterchurch.info Encounter Church] - Stamford, Connecticut
[http://riveralbany.com River of Life Church] - New York
[http://mountainlakechurch.com Mountain Lake Community Church] - Metro Atlanta
[http://westportchurch.org Westport Church] - Hillsboro, Oregon
[http://1027church.com 1027 Church] - Atlanta