
Mission Texarkana
Our History
Mission Texarkana Inc. was founded under the leadership of Rev. Jim Adams in the basement of the Beech Street Baptist Church in 1968. The Women’s Missionary Union recognized the need for hunger relief among the food insecure of the local Texarkana community. They began providing soup and clothes to those who were in need.
As the ministry grew, they relocated to a vacant dwelling on East Eighth Street in Texarkana, Arkansas. The work attracted the attention of two Southern Baptist Associations: The Bowie Baptist Association (BBA) and the Southwest Arkansas Baptist Association (SWABA). At a joint meeting of the associations in 1998, BBA and SWABA agreed to sponsor the ministry under the name of The Texarkana Friendship Center.

Mission Texarkana
About the Center
The Texarkana Friendship Center relocated to donated property at 620 W 4th street, Texarkana Texas in 1987. By 1997, the Texarkana Friendship Center outreach our grown, and the Board of Directors decided to incorporate the center. The center continued to provide meals and clothing and began to focus on job training programs. Partnering with United Way in 2001 the CNA training program began. The Texarkana Friendship Center underwent a rebranding in 2018 to better reflect the history and mission of the work done over the last fifty years. The rebranding included a name change to Mission Texarkana Inc. and an added emphasis to community development.