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Welcome, Everyone!
At First Baptist Church of Anoka our vision is
to glorify God as family through worship, fellowship, and prayer... demonstrating faithfulness through evangelism and discipling, using the Bible as our
standard.
Visitors are welcome to attend our meetings.
Please see Bulletin page for special events, times & details. |
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Blended Worship Service
Traditional Worship Service
Evening Worship Service and Youth Group |
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6:50 pm
6:50-8:30 pm
7:00 pm |
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Middle School Youth Bible Study (grades 6-8)
AWANA Club (3 yrs to 6th gr) September to April
Bible Study & Prayer Meeting
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MOPS
Meeting (Mothers of Preschoolers) each 2nd & 4th Thursday from September to May |
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OUR STAFFPastor Abe Cardosa
Senior Pastor
Associate Pastor Jim Nicholas
Youth Ministries
Associate Pastor John Hartzell
Seniors & Visitation
Joannie Cardosa
Secretary
Sandy Wicklund
Secretary |
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Pastor Jim Nicholas grew up in Ravenna, Michigan and attended
North Chester Baptist with his family. At the age of 19, Pastor Jim finally surrendered his life to the Lord Jesus Christ and was gloriously saved. While attending Western Michigan
University, he felt God leading him to attend Pillsbury Baptist Bible College of Owatonna, MN where he graduated in 1984 with a B.S. degree. At Pillsbury Pastor Jim met his wife Michele and
they were married the same day they both graduated. God then directed him to attend Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Minneapolis where he graduated in 1990 with
the Master of Divinity degree. Pastor Jim came to First Baptist Church in the summer of 1998 where he currently serves as the Associate Pastor of Youth Ministries. He was ordained at
First Baptist in May of 2001. Pastor Jim and Michele have two wonderful children, Rochelle and Brandon.
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Pastor Abe Cardosa graduated from undergraduate studies at Grand Rapids
Baptist College and Seminary. He continued graduate studies at Baptist Seminary, Grand Rapids; he received his Master's of Divinity in 1983. Ministry experience began
in the pastorate in 1977. He has served as pastor to three churches and is currently in his 15th year at First Baptist of Anoka. He personally accepted Jesus Christ as his
Lord and Savior in July of 1973. He and his wife have a 23 year old son, Michael David.
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Pastor John Hartzell is a part-time Associate
pastor at First Baptist. His ministry is primarily centered around our wonderful seniors. He enjoys visiting people where they need him: apartments, nursing homes, hospitals, etc. He and his wife
are responsible for the elderly luncheons which occur the first Thursday of each month.
Pastor John grew up in the small town of Russell,
Minnesota. He became a Christian at a summer Bible Camp when he was 12 years old. He graduated from Bethel Junior College and from Northwestern College. He was ordained to the
ministry in 1953. He served as pastor of El Salem Baptist Church in Wisconsin and at Normandale Baptist Church in Bloomington, Minnesota. In between pastorates he ministered with
Midwest Challenge and the Rebuilders Ministry. John and Mary have been married for 55 years, have 5 children, 22 grandchildren and 2 great
grandchildren. They have been part of the First Baptist ministry and family since 2003. We are grateful for his dedication and servant's heart. |
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