 BMA OF AMERICA MEETING
WHEN: April 22-24, 2025 WHERE: Pathway Baptist Church, Waxahachie, Texas SOAR STUDENT CONFERENCE WHEN: July 2-4, 2025 WHERE: Loews Arlington Hotel, Arlington, Texas BMA OF TEXAS MEETING WHEN: Nov. 17-18, 2025 WHERE: Pathway Baptist Church, Waxahachie, Texas  MAY 20 – Every Member “In” Ministry
Facilitator: Todd West, BMA of Texas Pastor Connections Coordinator Where: BMA of Texas Building, 632 Farley Street, Waxahachie Time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. As ministry leaders, we focus on making disciples of Jesus Christ. Have you considered that discipleship doesn’t just happen in the context of learning but also serving? We have all seen the radical change in the believer who “finds their lane” of service. What if I told you that you could potentially double the number of people serving? How would this impact the effectiveness of the church where God has placed you as a leader? The Every Member “In” Ministry workshop will give you practical, biblical ideas implemented in your church, regardless of location. The workshop will also foster relationships with other ministry leaders facing similar challenges and leave you feeling encouraged to join God on “mission” where you live. JULY 8 – Interim Pastor Training Facilitator: Jerry Fulton, Baptist Progress Director/Editor Where: BMA of Texas Building, 632 Farley Street, Waxahachie Time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This workshop will answer for potential interim pastors the questions below: · What is an interim pastor? · What should be expected of the interim pastor? · How does the interim pastor make things ready for the next pastor? · How can the interim pastor connect the church to the Baptist Missionary Association of Texas? · How much should the interim pastor be paid? During the training, potential interim pastors will be provided with an assessment survey to use in the church they serve as well as other helpful tools. Those who complete the training will be certified as an interim pastor for the BMA of Texas. All potential interim pastors must have pastoral experience in order to attend the training. SEPTEMBER 9 – MD5 Discipleship Facilitator: Dr. Steve Crawley, BMA Financial Services Executive Director/MD5 Co-founder Where: BMA of Texas Building, 632 Farley Street, Waxahachie Time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The MD5 workshop will introduce a practical discipleship resource designed to encourage and enable men to identify and fulfill God’s will for their lives. The three-phase process will involve a series of assessments to identify the “man I am today,” the writing of a eulogy to prescribe the “man God would have me be,” and the development of a formal Life Plan with spiritual disciplines and habits designed to bridge the gap between these two versions of one’s self.  Send Me: North America
By Larry Barker, BMA Global Vice President of Church Strategy and Training The BMA has a rich legacy of church planting in North America, evidenced by more than 1,100 BMA churches that exist today in North America. What’s even more exciting is reaching the nations within our own borders–we have church plants serving eight different language groups within the United States, and we hope to add many more in the years to come. We already have new projects on the horizon that we are excited about! In just a few short months at the National Meeting we hope to present six or seven new North American church planters. Three of these will be new Spanish-speaking plants and one Ukrainian, and then we hope to have planters going to Utah and Indianapolis as well. Not including these new planters to be commissioned, we currently have 16 families serving across the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. All the way from the Bronx, New York, to just outside San Diego, California. From the center of Utah to Phoenix, Arizona. From just across the river in St. Louis, Missouri, to Orlando, Florida, the gospel is being advanced by these families committed to the mission of God! God is raising up men who are willing to go. We need more church planters, and we need you. It’s through the Jerry Kidd Missions Offering that will be taken up on World Missions Day, Feb. 23, that we will be able to take on these projects and support them. I’m asking God to do exceeding and abundantly above all that we could ask or think. Join me in this prayer, and also pray that we will see more church planters raised up to expand the Kingdom through multiplication. Prayerfully consider how you can be involved in the Jerry Kidd Missions Offering this World Missions Day. Visit bmaglobal.org/worldmissionsday or email [email protected] to get involved today.  To guard our departments, especially Jacksonville College, from government interference in light of the LGBTQ+ influence in today’s society, we, the First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, Texas, in a special called business meeting on September 15, 2024, voted to recommend to the messenger body of the Baptist Missionary Association of Texas to adjust the wording of Articles III C and D of our Baptist Missionary Association of Texas Doctrinal Statement to match the wording in the BMA of America Doctrinal Statement.
Current Wording of Article III: C. Man--God created man in His own image. As the crowning work of creation, every person is of dignity and worth and merits the respect of all other persons (Ps. 8; Gen. 1:27; 2:7; Matt. 10:28-31). D. Marriage--God created Adam and Eve and joined them together as husband and wife. Marriage is the union of one man and one woman according to the Divine Plan of God (Genesis 2). Proposed Wording Changes to Article III: C. Man—As the crowning work of His creation, God created humankind (male and female) in His own image (Psa. 8; Gen. 1:27; 2:7). Consequently, every person from conception is of inherent dignity and worth and merits the respect of all other persons (Psa. 51:5; Psa. 139:13-16; Gen. 9:6; Matt. 10:28-31; James 3:9). D. Marriage—God created marriage (Gen. 1:27-28; 2:23-24). Jesus Christ declared the creator’s intention for marriage to be the inseparable and exclusive union between a man and a woman (natural man and natural woman) (Matt. 19:4-6; Mark 10:6-9). Marriage testifies of the union between Christ and the church (Eph. 5:31-32; Rom. 1:25-27).  Messengers to the BMA of Texas Meeting in Jacksonville will break for lunch Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 12:15 p.m. Local restaurants are certainly options for lunch, but Jacksonville College invites messengers to have lunch in their cafeteria at that time. The cost of the lunch will be $7.
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