Operation Christmas Child
FBC has been a hub for collecting Christmas shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child for over 15 years. At its heart, OCC is about the impact of a simple gift delivered with the Good News of Jesus Christ into the hands of a boy or girl living in the midst of poverty and despair.
When a child receives an OCC shoebox gift, it is only the beginning. Millions of boys and girls also have the opportunity to learn more about Christ's gift of salvation and what it means to follow Him through The Greatest Journey, the follow-up discipleship program Samaritan's Purse developed for shoebox recipients.
FBC receives the boxes as a local collection hub and then sends them to Peoria and eventually to Samaritan's Purse for distribution each November.