Purpose - To empower members to use their God-given skills to develop and manage their careers.

“For I know the plans I have for you,‘ declares the LORD, ’plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11.

Service - The Career Development & Management Ministry consists of Human Resources, education, and business professionals who share their knowledge and experience with individuals who desire to start or enrich their employment and career opportunities. The ministry is based on prayer and aligned with the Five M’s of Resurrection Baptist Church. We are devoted to God and know that through faith in Him all things are possible.

The ministry services new entrants into the job market and those who are transitioning into retirement or new careers. We will host several seminars during the year and provide ongoing guidance, coaching, and support in a variety of areas including:

• Computerized Self-assessments
• Job Search and Evaluation Strategies
• Employment Resources
• Employer Research Procedures
• Company Culture Fit Evaluations
• Personal Commercials
• Resume and Cover Letter Basics
• Job Market Segmentation Tools
• Interview Techniques and Best Practices
• Networking and Relationship Building
• Career Management

If you are interested in participating in the Career Development & Management Ministry, please contact careerdevelopment@myRBConline.com.  Also watch for recurring announcements in NEWS@RBC.

Purpose - To help the hopeless, helpless, and hurting.  To connect in small groups to share and target areas of hurts, habits, and hang-ups. To enable people to become contributors and encouragers.  To grow and give back their time and talents to God, people, and the church. Celebrate Recovery is not a counseling program; it is a recovery ministry based on biblical principles. 

Service - Through an environment of support groups, dealing with similar issues, clients receive a clear understanding of how to receive deliverance from their situation, how to live holy in a covenant with God, and how God’s Word can enrich lives.  Celebrate Recovery is an eight-week road to recovery program, based on eight principles of the Beatitudes.  All support group sessions are confidential. 

Celebrate Recovery is “Your Road to Freedom" .  Let our Celebrate Recovery team help you and/or your family overcome past hurts, habits and hang-ups using a biblically balanced program.  

To register, please contact us at celebraterecoveryrbc@yahoo.com. Please leave your name and phone number.  A facilitator will contact you with registration information.

Purpose - To provide a forum for Christian Business leaders and professionals to expand their expertise and get educated on entrepreneurship.  The CBNM is comprised of small businessmen and businesswomen; we are business professionals; we are career oriented professionals; we are children of God who want to grow, succeed and be successful in the name of Jesus. 

Service - There are many opportunities and benefits available to you through Christian Business Network.  First and foremost, you are acknowledging that you are not ashamed of your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  Secondly, you can start your own small networking group to do business with.  Thirdly, there will be many seminars throughout the year in which you can take an active role by attending and/or coordinating, and take lots of information back to others.  Some of the topics discussed include:

• How To Do Business
• Who Do We Do Business With
• Where Do We Do Business
• Why Do We Do Business
• How To Further Your Career or Grow Your Business
• The Business Vision
• Preparing for Your Future
• Building Relationships
• Marketing
• Networking
• Leads
• Finances
• many others
  

Our meetings consist of devotion, handing out leads, tips on growing your business, marketing techniques, professional growth seminars, and many other business/professional topics.

If you are interested in participating in the Christian Business Network Ministry, please contact admin@myRBConline.com.  Also watch for recurring announcements in NEWS@RBC.

Purpose - To encourage, educate, and provide emotional support to individuals, pre-marital couples, and married couples to ...

• deepen client's spiritual relationship with Christ
• facilitate client's understanding of life issues
• educate clients on techniques for life issue management
• enrich and strengthen couple's love for one another and God
• assist couples in maturing a lasting and fulfilling relationship
• equip couples for challenges of matrimony
• educate clients on "Season of Life" changes

All RBC Life Issues Facilitators (LIFe) are certified and experienced in providing qualified care, according to the Word of God.

"two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor.  For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone..."  — Ecclesiastes 4:9-10

Service - Through discussion sessions and support groups, clients will receive a clear understanding of how to live holy in a covenant with God and how God’s Word can build stronger relationships and enrich lives.  Services with RBC Facilitators are by appointment only and are always confidential.

Also, there is a three-week Pre-marital Course for pre-marital couples to attend which gives them insight on God’s design for marriage.

If you are interested in benefiting from our LIFe Ministry, please contact elroyhenry@myRBConline.com.  Also watch for recurring announcements in NEWS@RBC.

Purpose - To inform and strengthen couples through the exercising of God's Word. In the Couples Ministry, you will learn how to achieve "Oneness in marriage" as both husband and wife yield to God and work together in building their home from the same set of blueprints - The Bible. 

Marriage is honorable in all…”  —Hebrews 13:4a

Service - Areas explored during Couples sessions include Building Your Marriage on God's Foundation:

• YOUR MATE IS DIFFERENT, ADMIT IT

• YOUR MATE IS DIFFEERENT, UNDERSTAND IT
• MEETING YOUR MATE’S SPECIAL NEEDS FOR LOVE
• IDENTIFYING YOUR MATE’S NEEDS
• A HUSBAND’S ROLE
• A WIFE’S ROLE
• SUCEEDING IN THE SPIRIT: “OUR SUPERNATURAL HELPER”
• SUCEEDING IN THE SPIRIT: ‘RELEASING GOD’S POWER”

If you are interested in participating in the Couples Ministry, please contact admin@myRBConline.com.  Also watch for recurring announcements in NEWS@RBC

Purpose - To ensure that every RBC member's emotional, physical, and most of importantly spiritual needs are being met. Upon joining the RBC Family, each new member is immediately assigned a Family Deacon. We do this to ensure that no one in the RBC Family is neglected. It is our goal to make certain that every RBC member and their family experience the love and support of the entire RBC congregation.

"Brothers, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word." -Acts 6:3-4

Service - The RBC Deacon Family Ministry is committed to helping RBC members in whatever way we are permitted. Specifically, RBC Deacons are available to:

- Witness to unsaved family members
- Provide home or hospital visitations
- Provide benevolence support in a time of crisis
- Rejoicing with you and family
- Comforting you in time of sadness
- Praying with you and for you

If you are interested in serving in the Deacon Ministry, please contact robertnewsome@myRBConline.com.

Purpose - To equip saints for the work of the ministry to carry out the mandate given to the church by Christ. 

“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.” —Matthew 28:19,20

Service - The Evangelism Process is comprised of seven courses; they are Basic Christian Doctrine and Evangelism 101 through 106.  The courses listed below are held every Tuesday at 7:00p. Each semester runs from September - May.

• BASIC CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE - Introduction to Discipleship
• EVANGELISM 101 - Introduction to Evangelism
• EVANGELISM 102 - Preparation for On-the-Job Training
• EVANGELISM 103 - On-the-Job Training
• EVANGELISM 104 - Evangelism Practicum
• EVANGELISM 105 - False Teaching
• EVANGELISM 106 - Counseling Techniques

While enrolled, we encourage students to contact their instructors if there are any questions, concerns, or needed clarifications on matters discussed during a class session. You may contact your respective instructoranytime by sending an email to:

• basicdoctrine@myrbconline.com
• evangelism101@myrbconline.com
• evangelism102@myrbconline.com
• evangelism103@myrbconline.com
• evangelism104@myrbconline.com
• evangelism105@myrbconline.com
• evangelism106@myrbconline.com

Please be sure to include your preferred contact information.

If you are interested in attending the Evangelism Process, please contact admin@myRBConline.com.  Also watch for recurring announcements in NEWS@RBC.

Purpose - To educate and promote the good health and wellness of the congregation and the local community. We help individuals attain, maintain and/or regain the best possible ‘whole person’ health and wellness of body, mind and spirit that can be experienced.

"Behold, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health. even as thy soul prospers." —III John 2

Service - The Health and Wellness Ministry employ professionally trained personnel to provide: 

• Various Health Screenings
• Resource Health Information
• First Aid Support
• Blood Drives
• Health Library
• Nutrition Seminars
• Wellness Activities

If you are interested in serving in the Health and Wellness Ministry, please contact admin@myRBConline.com.  Also watch for recurring announcements in NEWS@RBC.

Purpose -  To train and equip men of faith to walk in the will and ways of God
To allow men to reach their full potential as priest of their families and in leading the lost to Christ.  To be committed servants to their church and surrounding communities

"Behold how good and how pleasant is it for brethren to dwell together in unity." —Psalm 133:1

Service - The Men's Ministry supports various activities at RBC and in the local community.  In addition to involvement in the activities listed below, the RBC Men meet on the first Wednesday of each month, at 7:00, for bible study, fellowship, and discussion of current and future RBC activities.

• Prison Ministry
• Outreach Ministry
• Parking Lot Ministry
• Van & Bus Ministry
• Sports Ministry
• Male Chorus Music Ministry
• Fine Arts Ministry
• Assist the Youth Ministry

If you are interested in attending the Men's Ministry, please contact admin@myRBConline.com.  Also watch for recurring announcements in NEWS@RBC.

Purpose - To encourage committed involvement in Music Ministry and provide Music support for other ministries when called upon. 

“I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth.  My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.  O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.”  —Psalm 34:1-3  

Service  - There are many facets of the RBC Music Ministry. 

• Mass Choir - Includes singers from nearly all church choirs. Sings traditional gospel music.
• Choral Ensemble - Smaller group of talented singers that sing more of the contemporary style gospel music.

• Male Chorus - Consists of men praising God and singing music with harmonizing-gospel flair.

• Youth Choir - composed of our youth and designed especially for them to express their praise to God in their own, more vibrant way.

• RBC Praise Team - group of talented singers who lead congregation in praise at start Worship Services.

• RBC Orchestra - collection of instrumentalists consists of all age groups who use their instrumental talents to praise God.

• Women’s Chorus and Senior Saints Choir designed especially for Annual Emphasis Celebrations.

If you are interested in participating in the MUsic Ministry, please contact ernestporter@myRBConline.com.  Also watch for recurring announcements in NEWS@RBC.

Purpose - To explore an understanding of prayer and opportunity to collectively participate in what it means to experience worship, communicate, and dialogue with God.  The Prayer Ministry provides an enlightening teaching experience about prayer as well as individual and group prayer time.  Some of the subjects explored include:

• What is Prayer?
• When Should I Pray?
• How Should I Pray?
• The ACTS of Prayer

Service - RBC Prayer Warriors unite in prayer during Sunday Morning Worship to pray for our Pastor or Minister and Teachers that the Gospel is taught, that souls are saved, and saved souls are edified.  Prayer Meeting is held each Saturday morning, 8:00am - 9:00am.  Additionally, RBC mans two prayer lines:

• Daytime - 210-658-0459
• Evenings - 830-606-4435

Also, we have Prayer Teams available to visit you at your home, at your bedsides, or in the hospital.  "...pray one for another." —James 5:16a

If you would like more information about attending or participating in the Prayer Ministry, please contact graciedouglas@myRBConline.com.  Also watch for recurring announcements in NEWS@RBC.

Purpose -  To provide God's people with the biblical fundamentals for becoming Debt Free.  It is God's desire that all believers be debt free.

“Owe no man anything.” —Romans 13:8a. 

Becoming debt free enhances faithfulness and facilitates the actions of becoming a great Steward. 

• Give unconditionally (John 3:16)
• Give obediently  (Mal. 3:8)
• Give cheerfully  (II Cor. 9:7b)
• Give generously  (II Cor. 9:6)
• Give worshipfully  (Prov. 3:9)
• Give sacrificially  (Luke 21:2)
• Give regularly  (I Cor. 16:2)
• Give voluntarily  (Acts 11:29)

Service - At Prayer & Pennies seminars, participants will learn the five fundamentals of sound financial planning - they are "Earn, Give, Save/Invest. Repay, and Enjoy".  To reap the benefits of proven advice from successful financial planners, attend the next Prayer & Pennies Ministry meeting. 

If you would like more information, please contact admin@myRBConline.com.  Also watch for recurring announcements in NEWS@RBC.

Purpose - To provide planned fellowships and encouragement for spiritual growth of singles through the study of the Word of God. The Singles Ministry is geared to address the challenges of individuals age 25 and older that are divorced, widowed, and the never-married. 

"...He that is unmarried cares for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord."  —I Corinthians 7:32

The Singles Ministry is not a dating or match-making program. Our focus is to meet the needs of other singles by sharing and helping one another to:

• Encourage single member’s involvement in the Singles Ministry
• Encourage the continual study of God’s Word.
• Provide singles planned fellowship and provide spiritual encouragement for Christian growth
• Outreach to the community in collaboration with other ministries of the church’s evangelism efforts.
• Lift up the name of the Lord Jesus Christ in praise and thanksgiving by staying focused on Him.

Service - The Singles Ministry hosts a Singles Mini-Conference and participates in other national Christian Singles Conferences.

If you are interested in participating in the Singles Ministry, please contact admin@myRBConline.com.  Also watch for recurring announcements in NEWS@RBC.

Purpose - To win the lost at any cost through church and community sporting activities as we press toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Jesus Christ.”

Service - RBC participates in numerous sporting activities throughout the San Antonio area.  The following are a few of the sports we are involved in each year. 

• Bowling
• Aerobics
• Karate
• Track and Field
• Golf
• Softball
• Basketball

If you are interested in participating in any of these activities, please contact admin@myRBConline.com.  Also watch for recurring announcements in NEWS@RBC.

Purpose - to provide training and forum to help men and women learn the arts of speaking, listening, and thinking.  We explore and give opportunity to grow the vital skills that promote personal growth, foster self-confidence, and enhance leadership  potential.  RBC Toastmasters is a ministry devoted to making effective oral communication a reality.

Service - RBC Toastmasters is the best way to improve your communication skills.  Lose your fears of public speaking and learn skills that will help you be more successful in whatever path you have chosen in life.  As you seek to be a witness for Christ, your communication skills will be an essential part of your personal testimony. 

If you are interested in participating in the RBC Toastmasters Ministry, please contact admin@myRBConline.com.  Also watch for recurring announcements in NEWS@RBC.

Purpose - To assist in maintaining order in God's house by politely helping members with meeting their needs while in God's house.  They are assist in minimizing all possible distractions and obstacles that would hinder or interfere with anyone praising God and hearing His Word during the Worship Services.

“For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand.  I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.” — Psalms 84:10

Service - The Usher Ministry are God's Doorkeepers".  They are comprised of Adult and Youth Ushers as well as Greeters and Hospitality workers.  Some of the responsibilities are to:

• Meet and greet everyone with a smile
• Welcome each person to the fellowship of praise
• Provide worship enhancements
• Assist in seating of the congregation
• Provide support to the leaders and other ministries during the Worship Celebrations
• Provide comfort in meeting the needs of the congregation

If you are interested in participating in the Usher Ministry, please contact admin@myRBConline.com.  Also watch for recurring announcements in NEWS@RBC.

Purpose - To support deployed troops and their families through mentorship, tutoring, encouragement, online bible study, and monthly fellowship to…….

• enrich and strengthen their love for one another
• equip families to have a lasting and fulfilling relationship
• allow others to assist supporting a family member through the

Adopt-A-Family Program

• help facilitate transition of reunited families.

“For I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was I prison and you came to Me. Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, “Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink?  When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?  Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?”  And the King will answer and say to them, “assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.” -- Matthew 25:35-40

Service – Through support groups, we assist families with grasping a clear understanding of how to trust God through difficult and trouble times.  We help families learn how God’s Word can build stronger relationships and enrich lives through prayer to deal with the absence of the deployed member as well as rebuilding family relationships once the deployed member returns. 

We Care members and volunteers are here reaching out to the deployed members and their families to encourage their hearts and give them hope according to the Word of God.

If you are interested in supporting the We Care Ministry, please contact russellfreeman@myRBConline.com. 

Purpose - To foster a safe and secure environment where Wives, Mothers, Daughters, Sisters, and Friends can minister to the needs of one another in love and kindness.  Lifting one another up and being supportive to each other.

“Favor is deceitful and beauty is vain: but a woman that fears the Lord, she shall be praised.” —Proverbs 31:30

Service -  Women’s Ministry meets immediately following baptisms at 7:00p on the first Wednesday of each month.  The goals of the Women's ministry are to:

• increase our membership
• study, discuss, share, and apply the biblical truths of the Bible
• build trusting and meaningful relationships with each other
• challenge each other to move on from membership into the core of the church and to lead by example
• engage in discipleship outside the wall of the church and go out into the community
• be godly women in today’s society

If you are interested in attending the Women's Ministry, please contact admin@myRBConline.com.  Also watch for recurring announcements in NEWS@RBC.

Purpose - To help our youth to understand and practice self-discipline, compassion, responsibility, courage, perseverance and faith and to bring our youth to a level of understanding early in life of their personal faith, repentance, water baptism in Christ, and to always observe what they think, say and do.

Service - The Youth Ministry is designed to provide an excitement about our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  Our hope is to teach our youth how to love God and one another.  It is also our desire to give every child entering into the doors of the church the opportunity to know Jesus as Lord and Savior.  Above all, every youth will know that without Christ, there is no purpose.  We endeavor to teach

• the Word of God
• to know how to witness to their friends
• to know how to be successful and still obey God
• to have a forgiving spirit
• attitude management
• how to become an active member of the church and community

We also endeavor to prepare our youth to meet the temptations of today’s society through the teaching and studying of God’s Word. 

For more detailed information about our Youth Ministry, click on RBC Youth.  If you wish to participate in the Youth Ministry, please contact russellfreeman@myRBConline.com.  Also watch for recurring announcements in NEWS@RBC.