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A Wednesday Word from George Bullard for April 20, 2022
One Priority Family Stories
Staff Changes, Local Ministries Celebrated at Year-End CMBA Meeting
The CMBA Family of Churches met for an Executive Team Meeting on September 16 at Palmetto Life Church to celebrate[...]
“Doing Life Together in Christ” at Spears Creek
Joshua Blythe Spears Creek WEBDownload Since being called to Spears Creek Baptist in 2023, Pastor Joshua Blythe has grown to[...]
Ravenwood Holds Dissolution Service, Gifts Property to Midtown Fellowship Two Notch
Ravenwood's Last Sunday WEBDownload Ravenwood Baptist Church held its dissolution service on September 1. About 30 members, former members, family,[...]
City of Refuge Hosts International Fair at Local Elementary
City-of-Refuge-International-FairDownload On April 25, John P. Thomas Elementary School students were issued passports, learned about cultures and animals living on[...]
One Priority Resources
CMBA Staff Changes Noted During Year-End Advisory Team Meeting
CMBA Advisory Team members held their year-end meeting at North Star Center of Hope to conduct regular business and celebrate[...]
Carolina BCM Seeing Remarkable Movement of Faith
The Carolina Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM) has seen a remarkable response from students since school began in mid-August. As of[...]
Spain Partnership, Benedict and Allen BCM Updates Shared at Advisory Team Meeting
During a virtual meeting on August 6, CMBA Advisory Team members celebrated ways that God is at work throughout the[...]
Advisory Team Affirms Church Plants as CMBA Members
May 2025 Advisory Team ReportDownload The CMBA Advisory Team met May 20 at New Heights Baptist in Columbia to share[...]
Church Revived Conference Offers “Playbook” for Church Life
Concord Fellowship Baptist Church hosted the first annual Church Revived conference from Jan. 31-Feb. 1 to help churches in the[...]
New Congregational Expressions
Kingdom Celebrations Focus of CMBA Executive Team Meeting
September 2024 Executive Team ReportDownload The CMBA Executive Team gathered September 17 at St. Andrews Baptist for its biannual meeting[...]
Personal Evangelism Workshop – First in New 2024 Church Equipping Series
A CMBA Church Equipping Workshop on personal evangelism was held Monday, Jan. 8, at Spring Valley Baptist. Twenty people from[...]
CMBA Looks to Provide Customized Revitalization Assistance to Churches
April-RevitalizationDownload Data from the North American Mission Board (NAMB) suggests that 90 percent of today’s churches need some aspect of[...]
First Myanmar Baptist Church Dedication: A “Full Circle” Missions Story
First-Myanmar-Baptist-dedicationDownload The First Myanmar Baptist Church held a dedication service on Sunday, February 5. The CMBA-member church is sponsored by[...]
Rogers Announced as New Executive Director Candidate at June VLC
June-2022-VLC-ReportDownload The CMBA Visionary Leadership Community (VLC) met Tuesday, June 21, at Mt. Elon Baptist in Hopkins to conduct business[...]
Thriving Congregations
A List for the New Year – Why Your Congregation Matters
A word from Jamie Rogers, CMBA Associational Missions Strategist: Here we are beginning a brand-new year. New Year’s offers a[...]
Hall Institute Gives CMBA Churches an Open Door to Ministry
North Trenholm Baptist members were introduced to ministry at Hall Institute during NAMB’s 2025 Serve Tour. That team repainted interior[...]
CMBA Staff Changes Noted During Year-End Advisory Team Meeting
CMBA Advisory Team members held their year-end meeting at North Star Center of Hope to conduct regular business and celebrate[...]
Ten Ways for You to Be A Blessing This Holiday Season
Originally shared by Associational Missions Strategist Jamie Rogers in the November CMBA Newsletter: I love Chuck Lawless, professor at Southeastern[...]
A Matter of Stewardship: Ways Your Church Can Partner with Local Church Plants
New church plants are important members of the CMBA Family of Churches. Leaders from six local church plants recently met[...]
