October 18-24th has been designated by Southern Baptist as the Week of Prayer for Baptist Associations. Baptist Associations are the oldest form of Baptist cooperation with the first Baptist association in America established in Philadelphia in 1707. Since then associations have been key to Baptist churches working together to extend the gospel of Jesus Christ.
As our culture continues to drift toward secularism and away from traditional Christianity, the local association will take on more and more significance. Churches will need to strategically partner together in increasingly creative ways in the years to come.
What follows are some specific ways you can pray for the CBBA as we carry out our mission to glorify God through partnering, mobilizing, and strengthening churches to extend the gospel of Jesus Christ
Pray for our churches to actively look for ways to partner with their sister churches for both local and global initiatives.
Pray for God to show us some specific ways that our churches can join together to impact our local communities for Christ.
Pray for God to stir up a movement of church health and church revitalization in our association.
Pray for the association to have the wisdom to help our churches continue to navigate the challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pray for our Administrative Team as we continue to make adjustments to the structure of our association to be poised to serve the current and future needs of our churches.
Pray that the association will have the vision to help churches navigate future cultural challenges.
Pray for the pastors of our churches to be united in a spirit of Christian brotherhood.
I am thankful for each one of you and covet your prayers as we continue to seek God's wisdom to come alongside our churches for greater kingdom impact.