Monday - Oak
Grove Baptist
Tuesday - Graceworks Church
Wednesday - Fellowship Church
Thursday - Dutchtown Baptist
-CANCELED
DUE TO WEATHER
Friday - Ascension Baptist
BATON ROUGE Monday - Living Hope
Fellowship at Sherwood
Tuesday - Woodlawn Baptist
Wednesday - Jefferson Baptist
Thursday - FBC Baton Rouge
-
CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER
Friday - Florida Blvd Baptist
CENTRAL /
GREENWELL SPRINGS
Monday - Zoar Baptist
Tuesday - Greenwell Springs Baptist
Wednesday - FBC Central
Thursday - Fellowship Baptist
-
CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER
Friday - Comite Baptist
Total Church
Life Leadership Conference
Saturday, August 17, 2019
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Florida Boulevard Baptist Church,
Baton Rouge
Guest Speaker: Dr. Jeff Iorg
President Gateway Seminary
Jeremiah 48:42 "Moab will be destroyed as a
people because he has exalted himself
against the Lord."
Moab had been Israel's neighbor on their
southeastern side for centuries. This
lengthy chapter is a severe and
comprehensive condemnation of the nation. An
interesting expression used to describe the
condition of the nation: Moab "settled like
wine on its dregs, he hasn't been poured
from one container to another..."
(48:11)
The imagery was of wine that has 'dregs' at the
bottom of the container, sediment that is
'debris' that should be removed because it
quickly makes the wine undrinkable. Moab had
been sitting in the dregs: things
that ought not be-they had settled for,
things that ruin the life-they had settled
for, things that change the content for
bad-they had settled in! When we settle for
the dregs of life it will ruin our life and
we will become ineffective if not totally
useless for Him. There are times in
life when we are near the 'bottom' and we
could decide to sit in it, settle in it,
soak in it, and sour in it! Or, we can be
poured into a fresh container that is 'dreg
free' and be restored to viability and
usefulness. Moab exalted itself
against the Lord. And because Moab refused
to change would face God's most severe
discipline. There may be a few
questions worthy of asking ourselves today:
"What are we sitting in" or "what have we
settled for" or "what is soaking our life?"
Maybe it would be a good morning to ask the
Lord to pour us out, take us from the dregs
that drag us down and put us in 'new wine
skins' and ask Him to restore the joy of our
salvation, reinvigorate our usability, and
reconstitute us to be tastable and
trustable, AGAIN!
The Baptist
Association's Vision, Values & Mission
VISION
The Baptist
Association of Greater Baton Rouge will be a Network
of Churches and Missions cooperating together as
agents for positive change in the spiritual, social,
and cultural fabric of their communities through
Christian redemption and Christian life values. This
vision will be accomplished by penetrating the
community with the Gospel of Jesus Christ through
family and community orientation, and social
involvement that exemplifies the caring and sharing
nature of Jesus Christ in order to effect life
transformation in individuals, families, and
communities. Actions developing from this vision
will be relationship based, evangelism centered,
service oriented, and training focused.
The churches and
individuals of the Baptist Association of Greater
Baton Rouge are asked to MAKE A COMMITMENT TO A
VISION FOR KINGDOM GROWTH THAT IS LARGER THAN THE
LOCAL CHURCH.
VALUES
Service – Christian
concern results in observable actions that meet the
needs of the lost
Relationships –
Serving the needs of others establishes
relationships for evangelism
Trust – Relationships
based on biblical principles and Christian character
establish trust
Commitment – Trust
based biblical principles and Christian character
establishes an
opportunity for commitment to truth and life through
Jesus Christ
Inclusion – God’s
truth and life through Christ’s presence and
forgiveness is open to everyone
Empowerment – All who
respond to God’s Spirit receives the power needed to
fulfill God’s call for training and service
Involvement – God’s
life changing call motivates each of us to actions
of service
MISSION
The
Baptist Association of Greater Baton Rouge has as
its present mission (A) to establish new
relationships between both the churches and pastors;
(B) to strengthen existing relationships of the
churches and members through a commitment to a
vision for kingdom growth that is larger than the
local church. This commitment can be evaluated by
the degree to which the local church members will
penetrate their community with the Gospel of Jesus
Christ through family and community orientation and
social involvement that exemplifies the caring and
sharing nature of Jesus Christ.
