Mission Texarkana

Mission Texarkana exists to serve and uplift the most vulnerable members of our community by providing life-sustaining assistance, job training, and placement services. As a locally funded Baptist mission, our work is rooted in the gospel and extends to all in need, regardless of background or circumstance. Each weekday, we serve hot meals and offer essential resources such as clothing, hygiene products, seasonal necessities, and assistance with personal documentation. Our goal is to meet individuals where they are, addressing their unique challenges with compassion and dignity, while fostering pathways to stability and self-sufficiency.

Mission Texarkana Inc. is a locally funded Baptist mission in Texarkana,
Texas. In 2017, The Texarkana Friendship Center officially changed its
name to Mission Texarkana to reflect the gospel foundation from which
all services derive. The agency's mission is to provide life-sustaining
assistance to the indigent and job training and placement for clients
without regard to religious preference, political affiliation, sex, race,
disability, or other classification. The main service that is provided at
the agency is breakfast and lunch meals weekday. Each year our agency
serves over 70,000 hot meals. Mission Texarkana aims to
meet our clients where they are at and assist with their individual
needs. Our agency offers various items such as, sleeping bags, bug
spray, sunscreen, seasonal necessities, hygiene products, medication
assistance, clothing vouchers, and assistance to retrieve personal
documents for obtaining identification.