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Carroll-Benton Baptist Association

Blane DeLoach
Director of Missions
fatherisfaithful@gmail.com

September/October 2017

Suzanne Cunningham
Ministry Assistant
carroll-benton@cbba1.org

Inside this
issue:
Bro. Blane 1
CBBA Annual 2
Meeting
Open Up the 2
Heavens
B&R article 2
FBC Bruceton
Pastor: Prayer
Key To Rise In
Baptisms
CBBA Golf 3
Tournament
FBC Camden 3 Homecoming
Eagle Creek 3
Homecoming
Eva Baptist 3
Church
Centennial Celebration
Calendar of 4 Events

Oh my, how time flies! I can’t believe it’s September and the start of my 3rd month as your Director of Missions. I want you to know one of the pleasures of this position is
meeting YOU, the members of our churches here in the CBBA and working with your pastors, a fine group of men who genuinely love and care for their congregations. I have had the privilege of meeting so many of you already at different church events and invitations to speak. I truly feel so honored to be serving among the CBBA group of churches.
Last night, Wed. Aug 30, my wife, Sarahn, and I had the privilege of speaking to the entire congregation of FBC Camden. They combined their RA’s, GA’s, Acteens, Youth, WMU and Men on Mission, to make a festive and intentionally-driven focused event that revolved around the theme of “Missions”. Knowing that we had served with the IMB in Cambodia, pastor Mike Blankenship, invited us to share with the church our experiences while living there as missionaries. One of the most encouraging things to us was the moment I asked, “Now, how many of you have ever been on a mission trip?”, it was as if the entire congregation raised their hands. As a former missionary, this is one thing that brings joy to your heart- a church that loves, gives, and goes (if possible) to the far reaches of the globe to carry the gospel to those who may have never heard.
I mention all of this because our Association of Churches has employed the use of a genius concept, the $10 Direct Mission Fund. Many of you have personally benefitted by receiving from this fund on one of your mission trips. However others, because of age, health-related issues, or other disablements haven’t been able to personally go on a trip, but through your praying and giving have enabled countless others to go and share with a lost world how they can come to know the love of Christ and the forgiveness of sins. Your contribution of an amount as low as $10 (which where I came from in Hawaii would buy you a sleeve of Oreo’s and one gallon of milk) can make all the difference concerning where someone spends
eternity. So, what I would like to do is, Issue a Challenge!
I would like for us to set an all-time high for how much we give and receive as an Association through the Direct Mission Fund. Some churches have mistakenly believed we were asking for a check of just $10 from the entire church as a whole. However, we are
asking that each individual member of our churches give $10. You can make out your check to the “Carroll-Benton Baptist Association”, and in the Memo section of your check write, “Direct Mission Fund”. You can place it in your offering plate on Sunday’s and your church will forward it to us. However, in this particular Challenge I would like for you to include every member of your family as you give. If you are a mother and father with 3 children, that would be a $50 check written out toward our Direct Mission Fund. That’s less than most pairs of shoes that our kids wear today. And a gift like that would be “laying up for yourselves treasures in heaven” where one day you may meet someone who is in heaven now because of the financial gift that you gave. And one final thought: if God was willing to sacrifice His most treasured possession, His Son, for us, how much are we willing to sacrifice for Him? I would say, and I know you agree, $10, $20, $30, even $100 is not too high of a price to pay!
God bless you and please know that I can’t wait to visit and meet you all!
For God’s Glory,
Brother Blane DeLoach

September/October
Calendar of Events
September 11- Pastor’s Conference
10:30 AM CBBA
Mission Center
September 15 - CBBA Golf Tournament
September 20 - CBBA Fair Workers Meal
12:00 PM
September 25 - Pastor’s Conference
10:30 AM CBBA
Mission Center
October 21 - Annual Meeting

Please pray for our churches without a pastor: Eagle Creek, Eastwood, Enon, Fairview, Holladay, and McLemoresville.
Churches that would like a Gideon Speaker, may contact:
Jerry Holland, (731) 418-0357 or holland4@charter.net

Save the Date!
December 1st
The 1st Annual CBBA
Women’s Christmas Banquet
Details to follow soon!

Carroll-Benton Baptist Association

565 High Street
Huntingdon, TN 38344

Phone and fax:
731.986.8818
carroll-benton@cbba1.org
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 Permit No. 49
565 High Street Non Profit Org
Huntingdon, TN 38344 U.S. Postage Paid
Huntingdon, TN 38344

CBBA Golf Tournament
Friday, September 15th
Carroll Lake Golf Course
Lunch: 11:00 - 12:00
Golf : 12:00
4-Person Scramble
$30.00 per person
or $120.00 per team
Contact Cliff Kelley
@ 415-2814 or 986-5000

Eva Baptist Church
Eva, Tennessee
“Centennial Celebration”
Sunday, September 10, 2017
10:00 AM Music by “Kings Crusaders”
11:00 AM Bro. Chris Ward Worship in Preaching
12:00 Noon Lunch served in the Church Fellowship Hall
1:30 PM Bro. David Miller Worship in Preaching
2:15 PM Music by “One Faith”
3:15 PM Music by “Gospelaires”

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Eagle Creek Baptist Church
130th Anniversary Homecoming
Sunday, September 17th
Sunday Morning-Bro. Wayne Purcell
Followed by a noon meal
Afternoon Singing at 1:30 pm
The King’s Crusaders
FB.C. Quartet
REVIVAL
Natchez Trace Baptist Church
278 Natchez Trace Rd.
Camden, TN
Dr. Charles Crouthers
September 17-20
Sunday 11 am
7:00 pm nightly
Moving Beyond
A One Day Leadership
with Johnny Hunt
Tuesday, September 26,2017
9:30 am - 2:30 pm
West Jackson Baptist Church
580 Oil Well Rd.
Jackson, TN
(731)660-8606

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Carroll-Benton Baptist Association
88th Annual Meeting
will be held
Saturday
October 21, 2017
at Eastview Baptist Church,
Huntingdon, TN
Our meal will be served at 12:00 PM
The meeting will begin at 1:00 PM
Churches, remember to elect your messengers.
Sunday, September 17
6:30 - 8:00 PM
Paul Ward Stadium
Huntingdon, TN
A concert of Christian music featuring a mass choir and instrumentalists from area churches.
Co-sponsored by First
United Methodist Church, First Baptist Church and Eastview Baptist Church.

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector, August 23,2017
BRUCETON — In a year’s time First Baptist Church, Bruceton, has seen baptisms increase from 17 in 2016 to 31 with several weeks left in the current church year. This year’s total number of baptisms is the largest since 1976 and the third largest in church history, said Joshua Franks, who celebrated his first anniversary at the church in early August.
Franks refuses to take credit for the number of baptisms, noting the groundwork already had been established at the church with a “godly group of believers” here. “This is not about me. God already was working here. He put me here at the right time to compliment what they were doing,” he said. “It’s been a remarkable year,” Franks added, noting that there is “story after story” of God working in lives. During the year he has witnessed the salvation and baptism of
people ranging in age from a 60-year-old man to his 7-year-old son. The pastor stressed that programs have had nothing to do with the increase in baptisms at First Baptist. The increase can be attributed directly to prayer and relationships, Franks said. “We are an Acts 2 church,” Franks said, noting members are united and they pray. He said that the Sunday night service has been “repurposed” into a night of prayer. “We don’t pray for a list or a problem. We pray to experience God and to know Him better,” Franks said, adding that his own prayer life is evolving. “When people’s hearts are stirred to know Him better and we see His holiness, He becomes all the more wonderful. Then, our actions are manifested
outwardly,” Franks said. “Our people are investing in relationships. They are making friends with people who are far from God and inviting them to church,” he said. “They are living out the holiness of God in their lives and people are
watching. “They are the ones God is using, not me.” In addition to the number of baptisms, the church has seen both Sunday School and worship attendance increase substantially over the past year. The church has been revitalized, Franks said, crediting the church’s “senior saints” who realized they needed to make some changes in order to reach younger families. “They are sold out to reach the next generation,” Franks said. The pastor observed the church is beginning to see signs of “genuine revival. … I am seeing people grow from being marginal church members to starting their own ministries.” He noted that one member started a ministry to reach mothers while another member recently began a jail ministry. “God is putting different ministries on people’s hearts based on their personal experiences,” Franks said. “I just provide support and help where I can.” The pastor is pleased with the progress he has seen in just a year. He
recalled that he promised the church he would not change anything the first year. “I said we’d pray and preach the
gospel and that’s what we’ve done,” Franks said. “Because of that we are seeing God at work.” copied

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