November 2014
Vol 3, Issue 11
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Greenville Baptist Association


  
Thanksgiving 2014
Happy Thanksgiving
In This Issue
Week of Prayer
Prisoner Packets
Hartford Partnership
Annual Meeting
ACP Statistics
Around the Association
Mark Your Calendar
Join Our Mailing List!
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Week of Prayer

  
Prisoner Packets
    Prisoner Packets are due to GBA on,  candy-cane-sm.jpg
    Monday, December 1.  

    Approved items are:
  • One black non-retractable pen (no wire clip and no other color)
  • One junior legal pad (no larger than 5 1/2" x 8" - no wire bound)
  • One adult toothbrush (individually factory-sealed)
  • Five first-class #10 Stamp-Embossed envelopes
  • Two rolls of candy (LifeSavers, Mentos, Breath Savers)
  • One 4 oz to 6 oz bar of soap
  • One 5.8 oz or larger toothpaste
    Place all items in a one-gallon zip-lock bag.
Hartford Partnership
Hartford, Connecticut
Quick Facts
  • City population is 634,000
  • Fourth least religious city in the nation
  • Second lowest percentage of the evangelicals
  • Fewer than 1% attend a Southern Baptist Church

For more information click here.

Annual Meeting
Our Annual Meeting was held on Thursday, October 23.  Thank you to Monaghan Church for being such a wonderful host.

A couple of interesting tidbits:
  • We had approximately 100 in attendance.
  • 60% of those in attendance were under the age of 60.
  • 50% of those were under 50 years of age.
As one young Pastor said..."It is a new day."
ACP Statistics


We currently have 114 churches in GBA.  The Annual Church Profiles for 2014 reported:
  • Total Membership - 39,493
  • Total Baptistms - 808
  • Total Baptism of people over 30 years of age - 235
Around the Association

 

  • 50% LOGO Black and WhiteWhite Oak  has called Tripp Young as Youth Pastor.  He began on September 1.
  • Marty Miller has been called as Student Pastor at Rocky Creek.
  • Laurel  will be hosting a Gold City Love Offering Concert on Thursday, November 13.  For more information call 864.288.1711.
Mark Your Calendar Now
 
PhoneRemember these dates:
  • November 27-28 - GBA Office closed for Thanksgiving
  • December 23-January 2 - GBA Office closed for Christmas and New Years