Sunday worship at First Presbyterian Church of Jackson Mississippi

Mission to Jackson

The Mission to Jackson (MTJ) Committee serves under the oversight of the First Pres Diaconate, and coordinates our church support among many community ministries.


Center for Pregnancy Choices

Center for Pregnancy Choices offers alternatives to abortion for women experiencing crisis pregnancies, while declaring the good news about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, with an emphasis on abstinence education and presenting adoption as a loving option.

Gateway Rescue Mission

Gateway Rescue Mission offers life-changing hope through the Gospel of Jesus Christ to homeless men, women and children through programs to deliver food, shelter, counseling, and discipleship.

Jackson Leadership Foundation

Jackson Leadership Foundation is a Christ-centered 501c3 dedicated to the spiritual and economic transformation of Jackson’s under-resourced communities through the empowerment of leaders, development of ministries, and networking of volunteers and donors. We are a part of the Leadership Foundation Network, a network of 42 Leadership Foundations throughout the world with over 40 years of experience serving cities. Jackson Leadership Foundation partners with ministry leaders to provide resources and services that the leaders need to develop as leaders and grow their organizations. Jackson Leadership Foundation also partners with churches, families, and mission-minded organizations in Jackson’s resourced communities to help them make a difference in Jackson’s inner-city communities.

We Will Go

We Will Go focuses efforts towards Education, Essential Food, and Engagement. This looks like distributing groceries to low-income families in our community, offering afterschool care with a focus on literacy, and providing all day summer learning for students in need. All programs are centered around evangelism and sharing the love of Christ with our neighbors.

Lifeline

Lifeline is a Christian agency that services women in crisis pregnancy, services families through adoption, assists families in crisis through partnering with local churches for hosting and support of vulnerable children.

Mission First, Inc. & Lantern Medical Clinic

Mission First, Inc. serves over 2,500 clients in the Jackson area who represent a cross-section of Jackson’s poor, their mission is to “Reach out to those in need.” Goals are to share the gospel of Jesus Christ while assisting clients with their various needs, such as counseling, food, clothing, tutoring and utility assistance, while helping them to become independent and self-sufficient.  They also help with medical/dental, legal aid, and provides a sports ministry while receiving daily biblical instruction.

Lantern Medical Ministry seeks to Glorify Christ by sharing the Gospel while providing quality healthcare to those in need.  This ministry provides medical, dental, and gynecology services free of charge to low-income, uninsured, employed adults who live in central Mississippi.

 The Mustard Seed

The Mustard Seed is a Christian community providing group home living, a workplace and a ministry for adults with developmental disabilities to live and share the word of God. Mustard Seed provides a place where special people can reach their full potential that God has created within them. 

PEARSON Foundation

PEARSON Foundation provides mentorship and discipleship to students through in-school mentoring, faith-based community mentoring in cooperation with the Rankin County Juvenile Court, after-school tutoring and mentoring at three locations in Pearl.  They also provide summer reading institutes for students in the Pearl, Rankin County, and Metro Jackson school districts who are identified by the school system as reading below grade level or who have failed and are one or more grades behind.

Pioneer Ministries

Pioneer Ministries is a ministry whose purpose is to prepare boys and girls spiritually, educationally and emotionally to serve Christ in their communities as contributing citizens. We further envision helping married couples to acquire relationship skills that will produce stable homes in a fast changing world.

Young Life

Young Life is a mission community of Christ-centered people committed to reaching adolescent youth with the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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