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But you, O LORD, are a shield around me; you are my glory, the one who holds my head high.  I cried out to the LORD, and he answered me from his holy mountain.
Psalm 3:3-4

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First Baptist Church
1235 Park Street
Anoka, Minnesota
55303

Phone  763.421.5808
FAX   763.576.3894
Email:
fbcanoka@msn.com

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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.

Sunday School

9:45 am

Sunday School For Everyone

Sunday Worship

8:30 am
11:00 am
6:00 pm

Blended Worship Service
Traditional Worship Service
Evening Worship Service and Youth Group

Monday

 7:00 pm

Men's Open Basketball

Tuesday

 9:30 am—11:00 am

Creative Living  Women's Bible Study

Wednesday

6:50 pm
6:50-8:30 pm
7:00 pm

Middle School Youth Bible Study (grades 6-8)
AWANA  Club (3 yrs to 6th gr) September to April
Bible Study & Prayer Meeting

Thursday

10:00 am—12:30 pm

MOPS Meeting (Mothers of Preschoolers) each 2nd & 4th Thursday from September to May

OUR STAFF

Pastor Abe Cardosa
  Senior Pastor

Associate Pastor Jim Nicholas
Youth Ministries

Associate Pastor John Hartzell
  Seniors & Visitation

Joannie Cardosa
Secretary

Sandy Wicklund
Secretary

 

OUR MINISTRIES

Awana Club 

Children & pre-teens

F.R.O.G.

Youth

G3

College & Career

Spiritual Partners Small Groups

Adults

MOPS

Mothers of Preschoolers

S.A.L.T.

Singles over 30

Seniors' Ministries

All Seniors

VBS

Summer Outreach

Women's Ministry

Adult Women

      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.
 

    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.
 

         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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