Author: cbba

March/April
Calendar of Events
March 9 -10 YEC, Nashville,TN
March 16-17 Missions Get Together
& Connect, Gatlinburg, TN
March 30 - Good Friday, office closed
April 1 - Easter
April 9 - CBBA VBS Clinic, Huntingdon
FBC meal at 5:30 pm, clinic
at 6:00 pm
April 16 - CBBA Executive Board Meeting
Trezevant FBC, meal at 6:15 pm, meeting at 7:00 pm
April 22 - CBBA Bible Drill, Bruceton FBC, registration 1:30 pm,
drills begin at 2:00 pm
April 28 - Regional Bible Drill
Milan FBC

Carroll-Benton Baptist Association

565 High Street
Huntingdon, TN 38344

Phone and fax:
731.986.8818
carrollbenton1@gmail.com
www.cbba1.com

The mission of the Carroll-Benton Baptist Association is to encourage fellowship & equip churches to carry out the Great Commission

CARROLL-BENTON BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
MONDAY, APRIL16
FBC TREZEVANT
MEAL AT 6:15 PM
MEETING AT 7:00 PM

Carroll-Benton Baptist Association Permit No. 49
565 High Street Non Profit Org
Huntingdon, TN 38344 U.S. Postage Paid
Huntingdon, TN 38344

The Link

Carroll-Benton Baptist Association

Blane DeLoach
Director of Missions
fatherisfaithful@gmail.com

March/April 2018

Suzanne Cunningham
Ministry Assistant
carrollbenton1@gmail.com

Inside this
issue:
Bro. Blane’s 2
Article
CBBA VBS 2
Clinic
Annie Armstrong 2
Easter Offering
CBBA 2
Bible Drill
Pray4TN 3
Opportunities 3
For Growth
West TN 4
Evangelism Rally
Calendar of 4 Events

Dear Brother’s and Sister’s in Christ,
Hope this newsletter finds all of you in our CBBA churches doing well. I know that the Lord is at work in many of our churches in a mighty way! However, I know that it’s not all “peaches and cream” for every church. Therefore, within this bulletin you will find several opportunities that may help put your church back on the right road. I’m thinking in particular right now about the opportunity that’s taking place on April 26 at Faith Baptist in Bartlett. If your church happens to be struggling at the moment, this may be a “shot in the arm” for your congregation to get back on the path toward church health. A few folks from your church may plan on attending and bring a report back from the conference to share with the rest of your folks. I am planning on being there myself. Perhaps, during one of the breaks, we could even hold a CBBA roundtable and discuss how the things being shared could impact our
association and be implemented within our churches.
This past month we lost two “legends” of the Christian faith, Billy Graham and Khorn Chhim. Of course, most of our middle-age to older folks know the name, Billy Graham. He was used by God as a vessel to lead tens of thousands to embrace Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. I know of many folks who came to faith through their Television sets as they prayed to receive Christ along with Bro. Graham during his time of invitation. We all give praise to God for raising up a “giant in our midst” in our generation. We will all terribly miss him!
The second man I mentioned, Khorn Chhim, was my father-in-law. He grew up as a
Buddhist monk in Cambodia before coming to America after surviving the “The Killing Fields” when the Khmer Rouge slaughtered up to 3 million of their own people, out of a
population of 7 million, from 1975-79. Khorn was in the Cambodian Army when the Khmer Rouge took over. They immediately executed anyone belonging to the Army. Therefore, he and my wife’s mother burned all of his army i.d.’s, the family’s birth certificates, and
anything that would allow the Khmer Rouge to find out who they were. He acted as if he were a rice farmer in order to survive the reign of this brutal regime. When they finally made their way of escape to America in 1981, their family converted to Christianity. He was
ridiculed by the Cambodian community in Memphis, where they settled. He was an outcast. But, nevertheless, he never denied his love for the Savior. He would boldly speak in his
broken English of his relationship with Jesus with anyone who would listen. He was a
faithful servant of God who was disowned by his own family because of his love for Christ. But today, at home in paradise and in the presence of his beautiful Savior, I have no doubt he would embrace all of that criticism once again to experience the joy of what he’s
experiencing right now. He may not have had the reach to speak to millions such as Billy Graham, but he is an example for the rest of us. May we live our lives as he did. Faithfully, daily, and without shame walking with, loving, and sharing Jesus whenever given an
opportunity.
God’s blessings upon you all!
Blane DeLoach
Director of Missions, Carroll Benton Baptist Association

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Carroll- Benton Baptist Association
VBS Training
Monday, April 9
At fbc huntingdon
5:30 pm meal
6:00 - 8:30 pm training
Please Make Supper Reservations by Wednesday, april 4

Associational Bible Drill
Sunday, April 22, 2018
FBC Bruceton
Registration at 1:30 pm
Drills will begin at 2:00 pm
Please call 986-8818 for further information.

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Opportunities for Growth
RESTORE: Ministers and Wives Retreat
Brother Randy would like your help in getting the word out about a great event for ministers and their wives that he and Jeanne are hosting April 12-14 in Pigeon Forge. Drs. Fred Luter and Charles Lowery are the speakers and the Shepherd Family are leading the worship. Here’s the link for more information: http://www.tnbaptist.org/restore
REFRESH: A Church Revitalization Workshop We are excited to have Dr. Richard Blackaby as our keynote for three more of these great events this Spring. We will also have breakouts for DOMs, pastors, and lay leaders as well. Please encourage your pastors to attend the workshop closest to your association. I hope you will join us as well. Here are the dates and locations for these events:
April 26 Faith BC, Bartlett
Check out our website for more details: http://www.tnbaptist.org/revitalization
Church Revitalization Boot Camp with Tom Cheyney The TBMB Church Revitalization Team has partnered with Tom Cheyney and RENOVATE to bring Tom’s CR Boot Camp to Tennessee. The first one is coming to Linden Valley Conference Center on April 5-7 and the second will be August 23-25 at Carson Springs CC. Please contact me if you are interested in getting more information or you would like to bring church leaders to one of these events. Here are the links to register:
Linden Valley: http://www.tnbaptist.org/events/renovate-church-revitalization-boot-camp/
Carson Springs: http://www.tnbaptist.org/events/renovate-church-revitalization-boot-camp-2/
Pray4TN Rallies
Thanks for all your help in making our Pray4TN rallies successful. If you are not hosting one of the rallies in your association, please try to attend one near you. Here’s the link for more information: http://www.tnbaptist.org/pray4tn/
March 19 at 7:00 pm
Englewood Baptist Church, Jackson, TN

Atwood FBC $ 1337.88
Bethel $ 1373.65
Bruceton FBC $ 535.75
Camden FBC $ 4579.79
Chalk Level $ 1030.85
Concord $ 80.00
Coopers Chapel $ 0
Eagle Creek $ 300.00
East Side $ 408.00
Eastview $ 487.94
Eastwood $ 0
Enon $ 240.00
Eva $ 1251.60
Fairview $ 60.00
Faith $ 168.79
Grace $ 300.00
Holladay $ 450.00
Hopewell $ 299.32
Howse $ 719.73
Huntingdon FBC $ 5998.38
Liberty Hill $ 36.86
McKenzie FBC $ 6208.20
McLemoresville $ 687.92
Missionary Grove $ 1063.50
Mt. Nebo $ 906.03
Natchez Trace $ 481.66
Prospect $ 75.00
Republican Grove $ 150.00
Sugar Tree $ 369.65
Tennessee River $ 102.00
Trezevant FBC $1127.75
Union Academy $ 346.00
$31176.25
For the 2nd Quarter 2009

This reflects the receipts
That were received by
June 30, 2009