A Community with a Mission
At Bayshore, we are committed to loving our neighbors. We see this as a divinely given task that we are compelled to fulfill. We believe that the neighbor is a category more broad than simply those who are in geographic proximity to us. For us, neighbor is a moral category, pointing us to the idea that God’s love must be tangibly displayed to all people. For this reason, we partner with many others who are putting love into action by lending aid, providing comfort, or giving spiritual support and care to people both locally and globally. Keep scrolling to see our partners and find ways that you can be involved with showing love to the world.
Local Efforts
Service to our community is a central concern in the life of our church. Together with our partners, we serve our neighbors to make in our world. Some of our partnerships were homegrown here at Bayshore, some we have joined with along the way. Take some time to check out our partners and find a way that you can plug in to show your love.
Backpack Ministry
Each week during the school year, we provide food for local school children in need to take home in their backpacks. Most weeks, the food is prepared on Wednesday night at our Shore Kids gathering. It’s a great way to connect our children to others in their community and give them the chance to engage in efforts that serve as gifts to their world.
CUP – Coffee Uniting People
CUP hires people with and without disabilities to work together in an inclusive workplace. CUP, a 501(c)3 nonprofit coffeehouse, is about inclusion, acceptance and opportunity for people of all abilities.
CUP now has two locations open in Tampa: CUP at Embarc Collective, 802 E Whiting Street downtown; and CUP South Tampa, 3408 S Dale Mabry Hwy.
Hillsborough Organization for Progress and Equality (HOPE)
HOPE is a multi-issue, grassroots, community organization consisting of 29 multicultural and interfaith member congregations throughout Hillsborough County, Florida.
HOPE’s mission is to promote justice, fairness, and the dignity of people — by engaging and training community members to effectively act together to achieve long-term solutions to serious community problems impacting our families and neighbors.
Faith Cafe
Bayshore is a founding congregation of Faith Café: a food and clothing ministry serving the Tampa area homeless. Bayshore is a drop-off location for non-professional clothing and fills volunteer positions one Sunday evening a month.
Hillsborough House of Hope
Since 1998, the Hillsborough House of Hope has been committed to providing a support system for women transitioning out of correctional institutions and seeking positive reinforcement that aids in their personal, social and professional rehabilitation.
Love INC
Love INC (In the Name of Christ) mobilizes local churches to transform lives and communities. Love INC addresses social services gaps by offering appropriate resources for neighbors in need.
Dress for Success
Bayshore is a drop-off site for Dress for Success, which provides gently used business attire to women re-entering the workforce.
Kingdom Kids
Kingdom Kids is a faith-based nonprofit children’s advocacy organization. Their mission is to strengthen children, families, schools, and communities.
Judeo Christian Health Clinic
The Judeo Christian Health Clinic provides free, quality, timely and compassionate health care to medically indigent residents of the Tampa Bay area who have no other resources for their health care needs.
Metropolitan Ministries
Metropolitan Ministries cares for the homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless in our community through services that alleviate suffering, promote dignity and instill self-sufficiency… as an expression of the ongoing ministry of Jesus Christ.
Global Efforts
As a Cooperative Baptist Fellowship congregation, we are proud to partner with CBF Global Missions in their efforts worldwide. CBF Global Missions has three commitments: Global Poverty, Global Migration, and the Global Church. Field Personnel all over the world do the work of helping to facilitate and sustain supportive and loving communities of faith, lend aid to those who are experiencing suffering, and advocating on behalf of those who for whatever reason have had their voices silenced or have been forgotten. For more information on CBF Global, click the link below.
In addition to our support of CBF Global, we are also proud to partner with others who are working to show divine love to others in global contexts. Their info is below and we’d love for you to check out their work in more detail.
Amani Sasa exists to walk alongside of the most vulnerable refugee families.
They are the leader in Kampala for providing in-depth, holistic care to the most vulnerable refugee women, men and children. Amani Sasa is committed to providing vulnerable refugees access to safety, wholeness and empowerment so that refugees can live into their full God-given potential.