Mobile Baptist Association

Please include the news and opportunities presented here in your bulletins, church newsletters, or on your bulletin boards.

MBA NEWS ALERTS

• MBA OFFICE CLOSED MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

• ACPs DUE SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

• COLLEGIATE MINISTRY PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

• EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

• PREPARING FOR RETIREMENT SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

• CAMP WHISPERING PINES - BOYS CAMP OUT AND GIRLS WINTER WEEKEND NOVEMBER 1-2, 2019

• DISASTER RELIEF CLEANUP AND RECOVERY TRAINING SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

• ANNUAL MISSIONS CELEBRATION OCTOBER 6, 2019

• PASTOR APPRECIATION BREAKFAST OCTOBER 22, 2019

• CWP DIRECTOR PRESS RELEASE

• WORSHIP LEADER/CHOIR DIRECTOR AND STUDENT MINISTER NEEDED

• BI-VOCATIONAL YOUTH PASTOR NEEDED

MBA Office Closed Monday, September 2 2019

ACPs Due September 4, 2019

Annual Church Profiles/Reports (ACPs) were mailed to church addresses Wednesday, July 31, 2019. Please look for your church's ACP and make sure the Church Clerk gets the packet. Completed ACPs are due September 4. This profile of your church is a very important task for your church statistics and leadership personnel to be properly documented for the Association, Alabama Baptist State Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention. If you have any questions, please contact the MBA office. Watch this video from Dr. Rick Lance about the importance of the ACP and why we do it. https://ricklance.com/2019/07/30/time-to-think-about-the-annual-church-profile/

Collegiate Ministry Partnership Opportunities

The fall semester is quickly approaching on our college campuses in Mobile County. Baptist Campus Ministries exists as a missionary extension of our Baptist Churches to reach, grow and send collegians and to help our churches do the same. We believe that every Mobile Baptist Association Church can have a ministry to collegians, whether that is 1 or 100 students.

We have several opportunities coming up in the next month to help your church connect to collegians and the college campus. Baptist Campus Ministries invites you all to participate in these connection events, send representatives if possible, and strategically plan how you will engage collegians this year. I would like to highlight a few events that I think will be beneficial to you. Make sure to click on the link below to see a complete list of opportunities and to RSVP to the connection opportunities you all will be able to participate in.

Our Annual Church & Campus Connection Cookout is on Tuesday, September 3 at 7 p.m. Our various local churches will send representatives, setting up displays, meeting new students, and sharing about their congregations. You are invited to send a team. We will provide the dinner, the space and the tables; you just bring some church information for a tabletop display. You may also RSVP quickly at the link provided below.

You can connect many other ways with collegians in the next month through our BCM ministry. We have ministry opportunities to students from multiple campuses planned and would love to have your involvement. PLEASE check out the link provided to find a comprehensive link of all the opportunities and to RSVP for the things your congregation would like to help with in the next month.

We need to hear from you! We can serve you better and help you be connected to collegians more strategically if we know you all would like to participate in these various opportunities. This survey is short and you will be able to complete it in just a few minutes. Let us partner with you to reach collegians.

LINK UP: https://forms.gle/rhxouGA3fZ1J6Jc2A

Baptist Campus Ministries exists to reach, grow and send collegians and to help our churches do the same. We are here to help you, support you, consult with you, strategize with you and partner with you.

Let's take the Gospel to the campus together!

Jerrod Brown
Metro Mobile Baptist Campus Ministries
www.southalabama.edu/bcm

Executive Committee Meeting September 9, 2019

Executive Committee Meeting

Monday, September 9, 2019
11:30 a.m.
Government Street Baptist Church

Lunch will be available for $5 p/person.

Every MBA church member is welcome. Every senior pastor is a member of the Executive Committee. Join us to help communicate why churches support Associational Missions.

• Camp Whispering Pines update

• International Ministries update

• Church Development update

• Disaster Relief deployments, training and preparation updates

• Metro Mobile Baptist Campus Ministries update

• Proposed 2020 budgets for study

• 2020-2022 Enlistment Committee report

• Report on pending sale of the International Ministries Center/building

• Report from the Evangelistic Ministries/Missions Committee on Saturate Mobile

• TO BE VOTED ON: Update on Camp Whispering Pines Director Job Description

***Our Executive Committee has overall responsibility for the directions, strategy, and processes of the MBA. It is composed of the general officers of the Association, the Executive Officer of each of the several Associational programs, the Chair of each standing committee, the pastors of the churches, and one lay member of each church in the Association having a membership of up to and including 1,000, and one additional member for each additional 1,000 members or fraction thereof, providing that no church shall have more than a total of four members.

Preparing for Retirement September 16, 2019

Preparing for Retirement

Monday, September 16, 2019
9:00 a.m. - Noon
MBA office (616 Azalea Road)

FREE

Questions that will be answered:

• How far ahead should I begin to prepare for retirement?

• What steps do I take to help me be ready to retire?

• How will Social Security affect my retirement?

This conference is open to anyone but is especially for those age 50 and over.

For more information and to register visit https://alsbom.org/event/preparing-for-retirement-mobile/

Please note: if not enough participants are pre-registered, the event is subject to cancellation.

Disaster Relief Cleanup and Recovery Training September 19, 2019

Annual Missions Celebration October 6, 2019

MBA Annual Missions Celebration
(164th Annual Session)

Sunday, October 6, 2019
Woodridge Baptist Church

Meat Boss supper, displays, registration and childcare opens at 4:45 p.m.
Pre-session music begins at 5:45 p.m.
Missions Celebration from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Meal tickets (Meat Boss) are $10 and will be sold at the MBA office until Noon on Monday, September 30.

Please relocate your evening service to join us. The two hour program will provide an overview of missions work across the county. It can help church leaders understand why cooperative missions is important. It provides clear testimony for churches to continue to financially support the work of the MBA. Sunday night provides an opportunity for Mobile Baptists to cooperatively celebrate missions and worship together with a myriad of languages and cultures. Please join us.

Pastor Appreciation Breakfast October 22, 2019

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

RESERVE YOUR FREE SPOT

Camp Whispering Pines - Book Your Fall Retreat Now

CWP Director Press Release

The MBA Personnel Committee (JT Wright, chair) has released the CWP Director press release and job description. Please be in fervent prayer and share with your contacts. Note the release sends people to the CWP site for information. It is also posted on the MBA site.

Send resumes to Mike Bedford, CWP Committee chair, by October 15, 2019, mrbedford@bellsouth.net.

Let us see what the Lord has in mind

Camp Director Job Description

CWP Director Search Press Release
Seeking Full-Time Camp Director

Camp Whispering Pines, a 265-bed ministry of Mobile Baptist Association in Citronelle, AL is accepting resumes for Camp Director. Seeking a gifted administrator who is committed to evangelistic ministry preferably with SBC seminary degree and minimum three years camp management experience. Visit campwhisperingpines.com for job description, candidate requirements and additional information. Email resumes before October 15 to mrbedford@bellsouth.net.

Worship Leader/Choir Director and Student Minister Needed

Full Time Position Open - Worship Leader/Choir Director, Youth/Children’s Minister First Baptist Church of Theodore is seeking a Full Time Worship Leader that will also serve as Youth/Children’s Minister. It will be helpful for the candidate to have a musical background to teach music reading to choir members, Bible Skills for teaching Children and Youth, and a Servant Spirit to serve as needed. Send resume to theodorefbc@bellsouth.nett.

http://mobilebaptists.org/business-directory/351/theodore-first-baptist-church/

Bi-vocational Youth Pastor Needed

First Baptist Church of Dawes in Mobile, Alabama has a Bi-vocational (Part-Time) job opening for a Youth Pastor. The applicant will be focused on Student Ministry for 6th thru 12th Grades. 

Contact Harold Rester at haroldrester@att.net or send your resume to First Baptist Church of Dawes, 3941 Dawes Road, Mobile, AL  36695