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The Mid-South

September 2015Vol. 10, Issue 9

Campus Pastor (Bi-vocational)Associate PastorGateway Baptist Church Send inquiries and/or resumes to steve@gbcatoka.org.

Minister of Music/Worship/Praise LeaderGeorgian Hills Baptist Church (P/T) Call Pastor Tim Vassar at 901-357-5333.

Providence Baptist Church (P/T) Contact church office at 901-937-5115 or send resume to pbcbartlett@bellsouth.net.

Ridgeway Baptist Church (P/T) Send resume to Senior Pastor, Ridgeway Baptist Church, 2500 Ridgeway Rd., Memphis, TN 388119.

Minister of Music/Youth Oakland Baptist Church (F/T) Send resume to Jason Evans at evans55029@bellsouth.net.

Minister of YouthTrafalgar Village Baptist Church (P/T) Send resume to Steve Rowland at steve_rowland@bellsouth.net or call 901-674-0767.

Waypoint Baptist Church (P/T) Contact Jeremy Anderson at 901-361-3970 or jeremy@waypointbaptist.com.

Nursery Worker/ChildcareBalmoral Baptist (M-F: 9 a.m.-6 p.m.) Contact Connie at 901-754-2302.

Covenant Baptist Church (Sun: a.m./p.m./Wed: p.m.) Contact Sam Brassell at 901-853- 0700 or drsam@mycbcc.org.

Trafalgar Village Baptist ChurchChildren’s Minister (P/T)Daycare Director (F/T) or combination of both Send resume to bob@trafalgarvillage.org.

PianistCordova Baptist Church (P/T) Call 901-754-1064 or mail resume to P.O. Box 174, Cordova, TN 38088.

Providence Baptist Church (P/T Permanent) Call 901-937-5115 or e-mail resume to info@pbcbartlett.org.

If you have filled a position, please contact the Association office at 901-373-6161 to have the

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Opportunities Within Our Churches

A Word from the Executive Director of Missionsby Dr. Mitch Martin, Executive Director of Missions

Recently a friend at the Tennessee Baptist Convention paid us a compliment. He said, “Mitch, the Mid-South Baptist Association has the A-Team!” He then began to list some of the workers and ministers who serve our association. My friend wasn’t telling me anything I didn’t know, but Iwas glad to hear hisaffirmation. We doindeed have some fantastic people who serve among the

churches of the Mid-South. Go towww.midsouthbaptist.com/about/leaders and see the wonderful team Godis assembling. I realize your church also has someterrific people. The Mid-South is loadedwith good and godly people. This is oneof the reasons I am looking forward toour Mid-South Baptist AssociationAnnual Celebration October 19, atMonument of Love Baptist Church, 2639 Lamar Ave., in Memphis. The annual celebration will be anopportunity for the wonderful saints ofthe Mid-South to come together for abrief family reunion. There truly are some first-class Christian people in our city. I thank God for all of you and look forward to seeing you soon.

Upcoming EventsEads Baptist Church will celebrate their 100th Anniversary on Sunday, September 13, 2015. Todd Agnew will preach and share in music. They will meet at the Eads Civic Center on Jefferson just down the street from the church. There will be a catered lunch and afternoon fun. Everyone is invited.

The Spanish-English Biblical Preaching Institute is taking place at the Stephen Olford Center, 4000 Riverdale Rd., Memphis, TN 38115, from Tuesday evening, September 22 to Friday evening, September 25. Call 901-757-7977 or e-mail dolford@gmfonline.org for more information or to register. Accomodations are available for $30 per night. Registration fee is $200 and includes all sessions, notes and meals. Some scholarship money is available.

Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary will host a Preview Day on October 20, 2015. This will be a time to visit with President Dr. Michael Spradlin and learn more about MABTS. To register or get more information, please call 901-751-3060 or e-mail dsneed@mabts.edu. Deadline to register is October 13, 2015.

Mullins Station Baptist Church will host the Abundant Power in All Generations Women’s Conference October 23-24, 2015. Leigh Gray, teacher and author from Carmi, IL, will be leading this exciting weekend of Bible study. Join us as we learn more about the power of God that is within all of us, young or old. You will be blessed by her teaching. Many of you have seen Leigh in Gatlinburg at the Missions Get Together. Registration is $45 before August 31, and $60 between September 1-October 15. The conference will be held Friday night, October 23, from 7:00-9:00 p.m., and Saturday, October 24, from 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Registration includes lunch on Saturday. Call MSBC at 901-388-0896 for registration forms or more information.

English as a Second Language (ESL) Teacher Training Workshop will be held Saturdays, November 7 and 14, from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. at Germantown Baptist Church. Cost is $35 and includes manual, materials, light lunch and drinks. Contact Minne Garrett at 901-283-6609 or minne@dsg.us to for more information or to register.

Monday, October 19, 20156:30 p.m.

Monument of Love Baptist Church

2639 Lamar Ave.Memphis, TN 38114Church Need

Impact Baptist Church is in need of a 15-passenger van. If you know of anyone who has a van for sale, please have them contact Santrell Freeman at 901-230-9030.

Grace Atchley was recognized for 10 years of service with the association at the August 17 Executive Board Meeting.

Speaker: Jim Butler, Pastor, LaBelle Haven Baptist Church

There will not be a meal or childcare provided.

Reaching Memphis(Kingdom Growth Principles

Training for Making and Multiplying Disciples

and Churches)by Zach Medlock

Who do I share the gospel with?

How do I share the gospel?

How do I disciple a new believer?

How do I form churches out of these new believers?

How do I develop leaders out of the harvest that will multiply?

Can I train others in how to do the above?

What does God’s word teach us about how to multiply disciples and healthy churches?

The Memphis metro area has 1.4 million people and statistics show that around 26% of these people are evangelical Christians. That leaves over a million people that need to have the opportunity to hear and respond to the gospel. Other statistics show that 60% of people far from God will never enter a church building’s doors. So how do we engage this 60%? How do we take church to them? Do we have a plan? God has shown us in his word every principle we need when it comes to advancing His Kingdom. Jesus is our best model and Paul’s ministry was modeled after his. How do we do the same? Could we see a movement of multiplying disciples and churches like the church did in Acts? In Memphis and around the world, people are being trained in how to engage the harvest, share the gospel, disciple new believers, and forming healthy churches centered around knowing and obeying Christ. Many have come to Christ and are immediately sharing their faith and leading their friends and family to Christ. Churches are being started and leaders developed. But there is still much more work to do. The harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few. If your church, small group, or ministry is interested in being trained in how to advance God’s Kingdom and have people model evangelism and other practices in the harvest, please contact the Mid-South Baptist Association at 901-373-6161 or email grace@midsouthbaptist.com.

Important Dates for September 1 MSBA Staff Meeting – 9:00 a.m. MSBA Office 7 Labor Day MSBA Office Closed NO Ministers’ Conference 10 South Church Strengthening Mtg. Noon – Colonial Baptist Church 10 Christian Women’s Job Corp 6:00 p.m. 14 Ministers’ Conference – 11:30 a.m. Bellevue Baptist Church Jay Barbier, speaker 21 MSBA Admin. Leadership Council 10:00 a.m. – Bellevue Baptist 21 Ministers’ Conference – 11:30 a.m.

Bellevue Baptist Church Edd Lawrence, speaker 22 North Church Strengthening Mtg. 10:00 a.m. – First Baptist, Milling-

ton 28 Ministers’ Conference – 11:30 a.m. Bellevue Baptist Church

HAPPENINGS

Colonial Baptist Church sits on the northern fringe of the Hickory Hill area where most of this year’s focus churches are planted. Dr. James Adams, pastor of Colonial Baptist for the last eight years, saw the opportunity to become one of this year’s focus churches as a chance to find new ways to minister in the changing neighborhood around the church. One of the benefits of participating in the program was that the church was able to have a mission team come in this summer from Pascagoula, MS to serve. The group of students helped plan and carry out a block party and a Backyard Bible Club that helped Colonial identify neighborhood families that they could follow up with and minister to in the future. Colonial Baptist Church began meeting in the early 1950s in a tent on the property down the street where Colonial Middle School sits today. The church was constituted in 1954 and purchased the property where the congregation presently meets that same year. Over the years as the church grew, buildings were added to meet the needs of the expanding congregation. In recent years, the church has experienced a decline in membership as families moved outside the I-240 loop to the suburbs. Bro. James grew up in Memphis and graduated from Central High School. He received his Bachelors degree from Mid-South Bible College (later Crichton College) and earned his Masters and Doctorate degrees from Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary. After being licensed and ordained at Merton Ave. Baptist Church in the city, he went on to serve as pastor at Woodstock Baptist Church in the Shelby Forest area as well as at churches in Dyer, TN and Carruthersville, MO before returning to Memphis to serve at Colonial. Bro. James and his wife Charline have one daughter and two grandchildren. Colonial Baptist has an active Women on Missions group that is involved with Brinkley Heights as well as several other local ministries. There is currently a group at the church that is beginning to make mats for the homeless out of grocery sacks in conjunction with the Mississippi River Ministry. Besides this Summer’s block party and Backyard Bible Club, church members also reach out to their community by offering a Fall Festival and Community Easter Egg Hunt each year. For the last couple of years, the church has partnered with the Germantown Baptist Church Jazz Band to offer a community Christmas Program. This past year, the Overton High School Band joined them.They also reach the community through an active AWANA program and other events such as a Family Movie Night. Each Monday, the senior adults host a game day where anyone is invited in to play games and fellowship. Bro. James describes Colonial as a loving congregation that loves to worship and is trying to fufill the Great Commission in their community. Pray that the Lord would continue to send families to be ministered to and that would serve with them as they seek to reach their neighborhood for Christ.

Ignite Mid-South Focus Church Profile Colonial Baptist Church by Stuart McCollough

The Tennessee Baptist Convention will be held at First Baptist Church, Millington on November 9-11. Some of the speakers at the Convention will be arriving on Saturday and are available to speak in local churches on Sunday, November 8. If you would like to engage one, contact Kim Margrave at TBC at 615-812-0886 or kmargrave@tnbaptist.org.

Duane Floro, Ohio Convention StaffTravis Smally, SEND CincinnatiDr. Jack Kwok, Ohio State Executive DirectorTim Buehner, Director of Missions for New England Baptist ConventionKevin Hassenack, Denver Church Planter (Available for Sunday night only)Gary Eudy, President Guatemalan Baptist Convention (Available for Sunday night only)

Church Library Trainingfor West Tennessee

Saturday, October 17, 20158:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Kirby Woods Baptist Church6325 Poplar Ave. • Memphis

Quality, Up-to-Date TrainingOn-site Bookstore

Door Prizes

Cost: $30 (by 10/7) or$40 (after 10/7)

To Register:Mail registration and payment to:

Church Library Ministry, P.O. Box 728, Brentwood, TN 37024-0728

orContact Carrie at 615-371-2025 or

csmith@tnbaptist.org

CONNECT Sunday School Leadership Training

2016 Focus ChurchesA good group met on August 18 for the first session of the 2016 church strengthening sessions held at First Baptist Church Millington, but it is not too late to join the group. This is open to churches in zip codes 38002, 38053, 38127, 38128, 38133, 38134 and 38135. If you have any questions or wish to reserve your spot, contact either David Leavell (dleavell@fbc-millington.org) or Mitch Martin (mitch@midsouthbaptist.com).

Photos by Matt Wood

Office Volunteers NeededIf you are retired, a stay-at-home mom or dad, or just want something to do for a couple of hours each week or month, we are looking for those who really enjoy being around other people, have the gift of gab or have previous office experience. If any of these things ring a bell, we could use you as an office volunteer in the MSBA office. For more information, please contact Grace at 901-373-6161 or grace@midsouthbaptist.

Pack the PantryAnnual Food Shower

for TBCHThe annual food shower for the Tennessee Baptist Children’s Home is coming up. Grocery bags and needs lists will be delivered to churches by September 4. Distribute the bags to members to fill up and return to the Bartlett Campus of the Children’s Home (6896 Highway 70) by Monday, October 5. There will be a food-sorting event that night in the gym from 5:30-7:00 p.m. Everyone is invited to help. Call 901-386-3961 with any questions.