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Carroll-Benton Baptist Association

Jimmy A. Furr
Director of Missions
jafurr@cbba1.org

Just a thought….

Suzanne Cunningham
Ministry Assistant
carroll-benton@cbba1.org

March/April
2015

Inside this
issue:
Associational 2
VBS
Clinic
Annie 2
Armstrong
Easter Offering
Great 3
Commission
Rally
CBBA 3
Mission
Trip
CBBA 4
Executive
Board Meeting
Conferences 4 and Revivals
Calendar of 4
Events

Matthew 28:18-20 (ASV) 18 And Jesus came to them and spoke unto them, saying, All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: 20
teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
What is the function of the church (baptized believers)? I believe Jesus gives the answer in these verses. He first states that all power is given to him. Actually, it was his from the beginning of the foundation of the world. After stating this fact he turns to the believer and gives him (you and me) a command. He has the power to give that which will enable us to be disciple makers. Notice he did not say to go and evangelize though that is certainly part of the meaning here. He said that we are to make disciples as we go. This is not just the responsibility of the pastor but every believer. At your workplace, at the grocery store, at the gas station, or at the ball game we have a
responsibility to tell the old, old story. What hinders us from telling what God has done for us through his wonderful grace and love? Just tell it and let God do the rest.
For the past several years the baptisms within the Carroll-Benton Baptist Association have
averaged around 150 per year. With thirty one churches making up the CBBA, this means that we averaged only about 5 baptisms per church. Many of our churches, yes they were larger, baptized many more but many did not baptize anyone. The TBC has challenged the churches of the TBC to reach and baptize 50,000 new converts and set them on the road to discipleship by the year 2024. Pastors this is a good time to challenge your members to be on mission with and for God. With almost 50,000 people living in Carroll and Benton Counties, we have a responsibility to tell them about the love of Jesus. Statistics tell us that on any given Sunday only about 15-20% of these people are in any church. That means anywhere from 35-40 thousand people are not in any church worshiping the true and living God on His day. If each church baptized one more person this year than was baptized last year, we would baptize almost 200 people over the course of the year. In 2005 and 2006 we baptized over 230 each of those years. I have tried to figure out why we have gone down since then. In 2003 we celebrated with simultaneous revivals across our association. I wonder if that had anything to do with the number we reached the following couple of years. One of the premises of sowing and reaping is that you reap later than you sow. Let’s keep sowing so that God may keep reaping. If we fail to make disciples, it will not be done. Commitment to
telling is a personal matter and it takes determination to do it. We have just celebrated a wonderful time at the Great Commission Rally at First Bruceton. We were challenged by Bro. Malcolm and Bro. Danny to be about the work He has commissioned us to do.
I pray each person will make the commitment to attempt to share their faith with someone over the coming year.
Give us the power Lord and may we follow through with the telling of the good news.
Bro. Jimmy

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Associational VBS Clinic
Hosted by FBC Bruceton
Bro. Shawn Allred, Associational VBS Director
Monday, March 23, 2015
6 PM - 9 PM
Meal by FBC Bruceton Hospitality begins at 6:00 PM
Worship Rally 6:30 PM
Training Sessions 7:00-8:30 PM (revised)
Closing 8:30-9:00 PM
Conference Leaders
Directors/Pastors - Bro. Malcolm Norton (FBC Trezevant)
Crafts - Rachel Blankenship (FBC Bruceton)
Music/Worship Rally Leader - Bro. Henry Simpson (FBC Huntingdon)
Missions - Ladonna Herrin (FBC McKenzie)
Snacks - Pat Wright (FBC Huntingdon) & Carol Sue French (Faith Baptist)
Preschool/Kindergarten -Jo Ann Wallace (FBC Bruceton)
1st and 2nd Grade - David Thomas & Stephanie Allred (FBC Bruceton)
3rd and 4th Grade - Dodie Parker & Betty Robison (FBC Bruceton)
5th and 6th Grade - Lea Ann Scates (FBC Bruceton)
Please call the Mission Center with number for meal by March 18

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Great Commission Rally
On Sunday night, March 8, the Carroll-Benton Baptist Association met for our Great Commission Rally at First Baptist Bruceton. Members from many of our churches gathered to sing, pray, hear about evangelism and discipleship and to be challenged by Dr. Danny Sinquefield, pastor of Faith Baptist in Bartlett, Tennessee. It was truly a worship
experience. God challenged us to do as the disciples did when Jesus told them to return to Galilee and he would meet them there. Bro.
Danny asked, “Why did he tell them to go to Galilee?” He shared that he thought it was telling them to go back to where they fell in love with Jesus and where each was called to forget all and follow him. We need to be reminded of this from time to time. Why not take a moment and go back to your Galilee and renew your call to salvation and service.

Prospect Baptist Church
Hollow Rock, TN
Now has a food
pantry that is open the last Thursday of every month
from 1 - 3 p.m.
in the basement of the church.

CBBA Mission Trip
July 5-11
The CBBA Mission Trip to Belleville, Illinois will be
on July 5-11 this summer. Begin making plans to join the team to help in Backyard VBS and if some can help,
light construction work. Lots of opportunities for anyone
wishing to participate. More information will follow.
If interested, contact the Mission Center
or Bro. Shawn Allred at First Bruceton.

March/April
2015

March 23 CBBA Pastors Conference
10:30 a.m. CBBA office
April 3 CBBA office closed
April 5 Easter Sunday
April 12 Cooperative Program
Sunday
April 13 CBBA Executive Board
Meeting, 6:00 p.m.
Huntingdon FBC
April 19 CBBA Bible Drill
Registration at 1:30 p.m.
Drills start at 2:00 p.m.
April 25 Regional Bible Drill
Milan FBC
Registration at 9:00 a.m.
April 27 CBBA Pastors Conference
10:30 a.m. CBBA office
Camden Men’s Conference
Tuesday & Wednesday
April 10-11
McKenzie Men’s Conference
Tuesday, April 21
McLemoresville Revival
April 12-15
Different Speakers
Mt. Nebo Revival
April 19-24
Evangelist: Jimmy Furr

2015 West TN
Pastors Conference
Union University
Help for the Ministry
March 3-Evangelism
& Missions
April 7-Union University
Update
May 5-Managing Your
Time and Dealing
With Conflict

Carroll-Benton Baptist Association

565 High Street
Huntingdon, TN 38344

Phone and fax:
731.986.8818
carroll-benton@cbba1.org
www.cbba1.com

The mission of the Carroll-Benton Baptist Association is to encourage fellowship & equip churches to carry out the Great Commission

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Atwood FBC $ 1337.88
Bethel $ 1373.65
Bruceton FBC $ 535.75
Camden FBC $ 4579.79
Chalk Level $ 1030.85
Concord $ 80.00
Coopers Chapel $ 0
Eagle Creek $ 300.00
East Side $ 408.00
Eastview $ 487.94
Eastwood $ 0
Enon $ 240.00
Eva $ 1251.60
Fairview $ 60.00
Faith $ 168.79
Grace $ 300.00
Holladay $ 450.00
Hopewell $ 299.32
Howse $ 719.73
Huntingdon FBC $ 5998.38
Liberty Hill $ 36.86
McKenzie FBC $ 6208.20
McLemoresville $ 687.92
Missionary Grove $ 1063.50
Mt. Nebo $ 906.03
Natchez Trace $ 481.66
Prospect $ 75.00
Republican Grove $ 150.00
Sugar Tree $ 369.65
Tennessee River $ 102.00
Trezevant FBC $1127.75
Union Academy $ 346.00
$31176.25
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This reflects the receipts
That were received by
June 30, 2009