of the Southern Baptist Convention
OUR PURPOSE
Color
Country
Baptist
Association
(CCBA):
Cooperating
churches
intent
on
strengthening
existing
work,
sharing
Christ,
and
starting
churches
for
the glory of God.
The
local
churches
have
many
responsibilities
and
functions,
but
we
feel
the
three
following
areas
represent
the
most
basic
and
important
ways
we have of working together to advance God’s Kingdom.
•
Strengthening
churches
-
No
matter
how
many
churches
we
start
or
how
large
our
churches
grow
they
will
not
have
a
meaningful
impact
on
the
Kingdom
of
God
if
they
are
not
Biblically
solid
and
growing
in
depth
and
faithfulness.
We
know
that
it
will
take
strong,
Biblical,
healthy
churches
to
maintain
and
advance
the
Gospel
and
to
continue teaching the Word.
•
Sharing
Christ
-
Of
all
the
ways
that
the
Christian
church
ministers
to
mankind,
being
a
faithful
and
active
witness
for
the
death,
burial
and
resurrection
of
Christ
is
our
greatest
responsibility
to
the
world.
Our
churches
have
a
great
opportunity
to
voluntarily
cooperate
together in obeying the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20).
•
Starting
churches
-
The
magnitude
of
the
task
of
sharing
Christ
with
the
lost
population
of
our
region
compels
us
to
start
new
churches
to
be
consistent
Gospel
witnesses
in
every
community,
to
every
ethnicity,
affinity
and
people
group.
We
recognize
that
it
is
the
Holy
Spirit
who
directs
and
allows
the
establishment
of
new
local
churches (Acts 16:6).
These
convictions
and
priorities
will
enable
us
to
be
an
association
whose
purpose
is
to
be
obedient
to
this
vision
that
surpasses
any
individual
church
to
the
glory
of
God.
Therefore,
our
vision
of
God
must
remain greater than our fear of sacrifice.
of the Southern Baptist Convention
Color Country Baptist Association