Camp LaVida – A Great Resource Within the CMBA Area
Dr. Craig Bailey, pastor of Winnsboro First Baptist Church and Interim CMBA Executive Director, shares a testimony of the ministry impact and value of Camp LaVida with CMBA churches. “Winnsboro First Baptist had a special celebration on July 24 that every CMBA church needs to know about. We hosted the camp counselors and leaders from […]
CMBA WMU Spring Meeting Mar. 14 at Belmont Baptist
The CMBA WMU Spring Meeting will be held Monday, March 14, 6 p.m., at Belmont Baptist. According to CMBA WMU Director Rev. Ralphetta Davis, of Concord Fellowship Baptist, the evening will include time for WMU business, ministry dreaming and relationship building. “This is a great opportunity for us to get out and share with each […]
November 1 is Baptist Women’s World Day of Prayer
The 2021 Baptist Women’s World Day of Prayer is Monday, November 1, and a prayer service will be held at 6 p.m. at Zion Chapel #1 Baptist Church in Columbia. The event, jointly sponsored by the CMBA Woman’s Missionary Union and Gethsemane Women’s Auxiliary, is open to women of all ages and a link will […]
VLC Considers Additional Funding for Church Plants
The CMBA Visionary Leadership Community (VLC) met Tues., Apr. 20, at North Trenholm Baptist Church to conduct business and share ministry updates. VLC members heard CMBA Team Huddle reports from CMBA Executive Director George Bullard, including updates on their work directly with churches. Updates on New Congregational Expressions in the association included the launch of […]
VLC Approves New Member Church and Church Network Connection
The CMBA Visionary Leadership Community (VLC) met Tuesday, March 16, at North Trenholm Baptist Church to conduct business and share ministry updates. Riverbend Community Church was approved as a Church Network Connection (CNC) at the January VLC meeting. The church had no previous association affiliation and, after participating in CMBA projects and programs, committed financially […]
2020 Baptist Women’s World Day of Prayer Observed Nov. 2
CMBA Woman’s Missionary Union and Gethsemane Women’s Auxiliary observed Baptist Women’s World Day of Prayer Nov. 2 through a virtual service hosted by Concord Fellowship Baptist Church in Columbia. Rev. Ralphetta Davis, CMBA WMU director, and Louretha Pittman, president of the Gethsemane Women’s Auxiliary, greeted participants. Individual prayers were lifted for missions and believers living […]
CMBA Churches Impacting Communities Despite Unusual Season
COVID-19 may have disrupted weekly church schedules and operations for a time, but it has not dampened the spirit of CMBA churches determined to impact their communities with the hope of the gospel. Some outreach ministries continued during the quarantine and ReGathering periods, with other churches reporting the start of new ministries birthed during this […]
For the Glory of God – Columbia Metro Connection – Episode #033
Joining us this week is Dr. Valerie Carter Smith, Executive Director of the WMU of Virginia of the Baptist General Association of Virginia.
WMU Leader Draws from Experience, Passion to Impact Women
Valerie Carter Smith grew up in a middle-class Long Island family. The day her father unexpectedly abandoned the family changed the course of their lives forever, ushering in years of financial and emotional struggles and damaging effects from her mother’s lifestyle which included drug use. At the age of eight Valerie took on a protective […]
Baptist Women’s World Day of Prayer, November 4th
CONNECTING BAPTIST WOMEN GLOBALLY FACE TO FACE, VIRTUALLY AND THROUGH PRAYER On November 4, 2019 Baptist Women from around the world will come together to study God’s Word, pray and give so that our world will be impacted for Christ. This is a time of worship through prayer, praise and the giving of our monetary […]