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Central Baptist Association MinistriesEvangelical Protestant |
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Denomination History, Practices and Beliefs IntroductionThe Central Baptist Association is an association of churches. They are located form South Carolina to Indiana. Tennessee and southwestern Virginia claims to have the most churches. The Mission of the Central Baptist Association is dependent upon each church working out its own mission strategy. The Central Baptist Association works to build fellowship among churches. They provide for a union of churches to form an unbreakable chain of communion among the Church. The Central Baptist Association function is to give advice and help on church struggles. They establish new churches and assist in setting up active youth programs, Sunday school programs, prayer meetings, worship services, Bible studies, evangelistic and missionary work. They support homes for adults and children, youth camps, and Bible camps for all ages. The Central Baptist Association believe their outreach enables churches to maintain their fellowship and mission together on a local level. History The Central Baptist Association was formed in 1956 when some churches of the Eastern District Primitive Baptist Association separated. The Central Baptist Association wanted to be more progressive. They wanted to make available homes for homeless and destitute children. The Central Baptist adopted the name to indicate their acceptance of the Bible as a whole. They wanted to make it known they did not vary to the right or to the left. The Bible was their central importance. Their headquarters are in Jasper, Virginia and there includes a Tabernacle, a home for children and a Bible youth camp. Belief The Central Baptist Association has five core values; A missionary community, a prophetic community, an inclusive community, a worship community and a sacrificial community. The Central Baptist Association believes their most urgent needs are: To make the Gospel accessible to the non-church goers, to develop more communities and social action projects and to learn to connect with other cultures. The Central Baptist Association believes it is their responsibility to respond to the challenges of new housing developments and increase the availability of their missions. |
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Joanne B. Holstein is a Becker Bible Studies Teacher and author of Guided Bible Studies for Hungry Christians. She is a Religious Philosophy student of Liberty University, and a Homeschool parent and child advocate. She is well-known as a counsleor to Christian faithful who are struggling with tremendous burden in these difficult times. She is a leading authority on the history of development of the Christian churches and the practices and beliefs of world religions and cults. |
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