First Baptist Church of Tolono

03/07/2026

Tonight at 2:00 am, the clocks move forward...

See you tomorrow!

02/28/2026

Sunday, March 1st

02/21/2026

⚠️ Annie Armstrong lived in a time when it was easy to look away.
Away from forgotten towns.
Away from struggling churches.
Away from missionaries laboring in hard places with little support.

✨ But Annie couldn’t do it.

👉 She saw the need, and she refused to stay comfortable.
She saw the mission, and she refused to stay quiet.
She recognized the church’s responsibility and refused to let it be ignored.

So she wrote.
Thousands of letters.
She traveled.
Miles and miles.
She pleaded with churches to pray, to give, and to care deeply about gospel work happening beyond their walls.

Annie believed something that still challenges us today:
that obedience is rarely convenient, and faith is never passive.

She never helped physically plant a church.
But because she said yes to God’s call, missionaries were sent, churches were planted, and the gospel moved forward across North America.

What Annie offered wasn’t just effort.
It wasn’t just time.
It wasn’t just money.
It was a life fully surrendered to God's mission.

More than a century later, the work continues, not because of one woman, but because the Church keeps answering the call she helped sound.

And now, the invitation still stands.

To pray.
To give.
To believe that God will do above and beyond.

Because this has always been more than an offering.
More than a name.

More than a gift. 💙

01/24/2026

Worship Services for Sunday, January 25th have been canceled for tomorrow.
If you have a need, please contact the deacons or me.

Send a message to learn more

01/07/2026

Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Tonight, we will begin a series by Dave Stotts, Ends of the Earth: How Christianity Changed the World.
Hope to see you for dinner at 5:15 pm. Then, the video series after dinner...

12/23/2025

Come celebrate with us this Christmas Eve!

12/14/2025

Sunday, December 14th
Church Worship Service has been cancelled.

12/10/2025

"Should we not press it home upon our consciences that the sole object of our conversion was not the salvation of our own souls, but that we might become co-workers with our Lord and Master in the conversion of the world?" Lottie Moon

12/03/2025

This coming Friday is movie night at the church!

I hope you can make it out!