The Importance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
The Importance of Martin Luther King Jr. DayDownload On the evening of April 4, 1968, my college dorm room door swung open. A student stuck his head in my room and with a smile on his face and said, “They got the King!” What a tragedy, I thought. I had no words for him that […]
Reflecting on 2021 in Our Association
Reflecting on 2021 in Our AssociationDownload When we entered the year 2021 great hope existed for mass vaccination that would halt the spread of the pandemic and open the world back up to missional engagement that happens – as the Acts of the Apostles says – with “openness” and “unhindered.” Here we are at the […]
The Numerology of Critical Congregational Capacity
The Numerology of Critical Congregational Capacity Download I believe in smaller membership congregations. Those who have less than 100 in average weekly face-to-face attendance. Not only are they most of the congregations in CMBA, but they are likely – as we emerge out of the toughest times of the pandemic – upwards to two-thirds of […]
No Baptist Associational Family is Perfect. No Not One.
No Baptist Associational Family is Perfect. No Not One. Download At its best a Baptist association is a family of congregations in relationship with one another, on mission in its context and beyond. Just like all families, at times it is messy. Family members have the power to bless the family and the power to […]
An Association is Congregations in Fellowship on Mission in Their Context and Beyond
An Association is Congregations in Fellowship on Mission in Their Context and BeyondDownload The annual session of the Columbia Metro Baptist Association is on Thursday, October 7th at 6:00 p.m. at Cedar Creek Baptist Church, 1920 Cedar Creek Road in Blythewood. The primary purpose for gathering is fellowship, and to celebrate that we are a […]
Did You Know Your Church Owns the CMBA Churches-in-Association?
No one expects you as a busy and committed leader of your congregation to think every day about the fact that you are the owner of an association of almost 100 congregations committed to starting and strengthening churches to serve as vital and vibrant missional communities from the base of the Midlands of South Carolina. […]