Baptist Progress
San Angelo Flood Relief ContinuesBy CHRIS DRIVER
Baptist Progress Editor 
It has been over a month since the massive flooding across the state of Texas. A lot has been done in way of relief for those impacted in July, but the work is far from complete. The BMA Disaster Relief team from Just the Crumbs (JTC) ministry has been on the ground in San Angelo since the beginning and has made a huge impact on the community alongside Grace Temple Baptist Church, San Angelo.
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A Word From Your MissionariesBy HEITH MITCHELL
Executive Director of Missions 
It is a big transition season for some of your missionaries right now. Five of your missionaries are taking their first scary steps into financial independence. The mission works prepare for this and never feel prepared when the time arrives. You generously provide funds to them through your cooperation with Texas Missions for five years. We have never seen so many at this moment at once.
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Hope in Action: Moldova 2025By JASON CURRY
President, TBHC 
This July, a team of our dedicated staff and trustees traveled to Moldova as part of TBHC’s ministry, Compassionate Hope International. Throughout the week, our team encountered children, mothers and families in deeply vulnerable situations. Whether in transition homes, orphanages, refugee camps or summer Bible programs, each interaction was an opportunity to affirm dignity, speak life and offer tangible hope.
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Leaving a LegacyBy DAVID ERICKSON, PH.D.
President, Jacksonville College 
After 126 years, Jacksonville College has a campus where many people have left a legacy. As you walk across campus you see names like Anderson, Orr, Collins, Buckner, Norman, Little, Meadows, and Carroll. Each one represents a legacy. Some left a legacy by investing years of their lives into educating young people at Jacksonville College.
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Ministry Spotlight: Crossroads ChurchBy CHRIS DRIVER
Baptist Progress Editor 
A nasty ditch full of trash and debris from a tornado. A daycare flooded by a massive sewage leak and the 50 kids who have nowhere to go for the summer. Elderly couples who have no way to take care of their overgrown yards. School support staff who are not budgeted to get Christmas bonuses because of the nature of their work.
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Kellar Library Celebrates 60 YearsBy PHILLIP WADDELL
Kellar Library Director 
On July 22, the Baptist Missionary Association (BMA) Theological Seminary celebrated 60 years of its Gerald D. Kellar Memorial Library. Multiple speakers talked about the history and significance of Kellar Library. The Honorable Randy Gorham, mayor of Jacksonville, presented a city proclamation naming July 22 as Kellar Library Day.
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A Covenant of Salt
The 2025 Texas Women’s Retreat is in the books. It was a blessed time of worship, ending with the ladies in attendance coming together in a ‘covenant of salt’ with the Lord: thanking Him for the enduring and unbreakable nature of his relationship with us, recommitting to obedience to Him in purity and holiness, friendship and hospitality, and as the salt of the earth.
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BMA Global Celebrates 75th Anniversary with Missionary ReunionsBy DR. JONATHAN MONTGOMERY
BMAA Director of Missionary Care 
Over this last year, BMA Global has been celebrating our missions heritage with some of the men and women who have made these last 75 years of global missions possible. Our final missionary family reunion is scheduled for September 6 at 11:30 a.m. at Jacksonville College in Jacksonville.
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2025 Local Association Annual Meetings
The local association meetings for 2025 have been released. Click below to view the list of upcoming local association meetings.
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2025 Anniversary Offering List
Click the link below to view the offering list for the 2025 Anniversary Offering.
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PASTOR—First Missionary, Terrell is seeking a bivocational pastor. contact Bro. Buddy Sadler at 469- 410-0468.
YOUTH/OUTREACH MINISTER—LakeRidge, Lubbock is seeking a full-time Youth and Outreach Minister. This position will lead the church’s ministry to youth and college-age students, take the primary leadership role in the church’s sports outreach ministry, and oversee all other aspects of the church’s outreach. To find out more about the church and position, go to mylakeridgebaptistchurch.org/jobs. Interested candidates can inquire about the position by emailing [email protected]. YOUTH MINISTRY LEADER—First, Palmer is seeking a full-time youth ministry leader. For more information, email Pastor Gary Southard at [email protected]. PASTOR—Bethel, Clayton is seeking a pastor. Send resume to Joe Ogden, 563 CR183, Carthage, Texas 75633 or call 903-692-0000. A parsonage is available for the pastor. The church is located at 160 CR1521, Clayton. Jerry Phillips is currently serving as interim pastor. PASTOR—Cross Roads, Winnsboro is seeking a pastor. Send resume to Mack Jordan, 1314 CR 4970, Winnsboro, Tx 75494 or call 903-629-3609. |
NATHAN HARTFIELD is the new pastor of First Baptist Church, Crandall.
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Local Missions and Community Outreach
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BAPTIST PROGRESS MINISTRY WORKSHOP—MD5 DISCIPLESHIP
WHEN: Sept 9, 2025
WHERE: BMA of Texas Building, 632 Farley Street, Waxahachie
TIME: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
FEATURING: Dr. Steve Crawley, BMA Financial Services Executive Director/MD5 Co-founder
2025 BMA OF TEXAS MEETING
WHEN: Nov. 17-18, 2025
WHERE: Pathway Baptist Church, Waxahachie
2026 BMA OF AMERICA MEETING
WHEN: April 21-22, 2025
WHERE: Antioch Baptist Church, Conway
WHEN: Sept 9, 2025
WHERE: BMA of Texas Building, 632 Farley Street, Waxahachie
TIME: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
FEATURING: Dr. Steve Crawley, BMA Financial Services Executive Director/MD5 Co-founder
2025 BMA OF TEXAS MEETING
WHEN: Nov. 17-18, 2025
WHERE: Pathway Baptist Church, Waxahachie
2026 BMA OF AMERICA MEETING
WHEN: April 21-22, 2025
WHERE: Antioch Baptist Church, Conway
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