CMBA Resources Available for Our Family of Congregations in the Midlands of South Carolina
CMBA Resources are made possible by the financial gifts of the member churches and church network connections of the Columbia Metro Baptist Association at www.ColumbiaMetro.org, CMBA@ColumbiaMetro.org, or 803.619.7110. To donate go to https://www.columbiametro.org/donate/. Gifts can be made to the general fund, hunger ministry, disaster response, or congregational grants fund. The Columbia Metro Baptist Association offers […]
A Wednesday Word from George Bullard, January 13, 2021
Congregational Grants, ML King Day Celebration, Congregational Resources, Wes Church’s Prophetic Statement
A Grant That Benefits Your Church and Ministry? YES!
CMBA churches are encouraged to investigate grant assistance through the association as they begin to compare ministry plans for a new calendar year against an existing budget. Our One Priority Congregational Grants are available to active participating and financially contributing CMBA member and network connection churches. When approved, new grant guidelines provide access to financial […]
CMBA Moves Live MLK Day Observance to Recorded Podcast
2021-MLK-ReleaseDownload CMBA will hold its 2021 Martin Luther King (MLK) Day Celebration service virtually in response to the steady increase in COVID-19 cases across the Midlands. Originally planned as a live and livestreamed event, the MLK Day observance will still include scheduled guest Dr. David Goatley as part of a group dialogue with Rev. Andre […]
One Priority Briefing for Congregational Leaders from George Bullard – Monday, January 11, 2021
A Family of Baptist Congregations in the Midlands of South Carolina Our One Priority: Starting and Strengthening Churches to Serve as Vital and Vibrant Missional Communities. One Priority Briefing, 01.11.21 Download Contextual Research and Interpretation is Available to Your Congregation What would be the value of knowing more details about the community context of […]
A Wednesday Word from George Bullard, January 6, 2021
Ministering in the Twilight Zone During a Pandemic, Congregational Resources, ML King Jr Day Worship and Fellowship Service
Ministering in the Twilight Zone During a Pandemic
As we begin the year 2021, it is certainly the hope of many in Christian ministry that we can leave the pandemic of 2020 behind us. While that may be possible by the end of 2021, we enter 2021 in a twilight zone between a raging pandemic and a post-pandemic season not knowing for sure […]
One Priority Briefing for Congregational Leaders from George Bullard – Monday, January 4, 2021
A Family of Baptist Congregations in the Midlands of South Carolina Our One Priority: Starting and Strengthening Churches to Serve as Vital and Vibrant Missional Communities. One Priority Briefing, 1.04.21 Download Resources Available for Our Family of Congregations In the Midlands of South Carolina As we begin a new calendar year, we want to […]
Victories During the Pandemic
Victories. They are important to celebrate, perhaps even more so during a challenging year. As the CMBA approaches the end of a calendar year, and in the midst of the holiday season focused on the birth of our Savior, we celebrate things God has “birthed” through CMBA member and network churches during the last nine […]
One Priority Briefing for Congregational Leaders from George Bullard Monday, December 7, 2020
A Family of Baptist Congregations in the Midlands of South Carolina Our One Priority: Starting and Strengthening Churches to Serve as Vital and Vibrant Missional Communities. One Priority Briefing,12.07.20 Download Respite During a Pandemic – Part Two Last week in Part One of this series, I ended with these questions: What is your plan for […]