CHURCH HEALTH & GROWTH
The following article is written by Robby Bolden, our GPS, it is not the Global Positioning Satellite that you might have in your car or on your cell phone. What I’m talking to you about is God's Plan for Sharing. This coming Easter, you and your church will have an opportunity to reach your community in a way like never before. In conjunction with NAMB and the CSBC, our churches will have an opportunity to take advantage of a new initiative that seeks to reach the unchurched and those without Christ in your community. How? By... Praying for your surrounding community. Televised commercials geared to spark interests in God’s Love. Prayer walking your community. Going door to door with information about your church. Experiencing a harvest this Easter through your prayerful efforts. Following up on those your church reaches with proven resources. In the weeks and months to come our Association will be providing you with many opportunities to learn more about GPS. On January 7, 2010 at our 8:30 a.m. Pastors’ Breakfast we will be hosting a training session so that you and your point person can participate in on “How to implement GPS in your Church”. If that is not soon enough for you, I would be willing to meet with any of you personally to get you started. Here is what you need to do now to get started. Take a look at the material mailed to you by CSBC a few weeks ago. If you did not receive the information, please get in touch with Mary or myself to have those materials sent to you. Begin praying about who will be your potential leader to head up GPS in your church. Then begin meeting with that leader on a regular basis to start praying and brainstorming about ideas on how to involve your congregation. Finally, plan on coming with your point person to our training session on January 7th to receive the most current information to navigate your church through GPS. People today are more open than ever to the Good News that you and I have to share, let us take full advantage of this exciting opportunity. For more information on GPS, you can visit their website at www.gps.2020.net. Blessing to you, Robby Bolden Healthy Church Consultant The SFVSBA Welcomes Pastor George Nelson & The Vision Plus Church 2
In 1975 I began my journey with Jesus Christ. Through my journey, I served in the armed forces and have been active in many church ministries and church activities over the years.
In 2006, I was ordained to preach the Gospel. I recently served as Pastoral Ministry Assistant at The Vision Plus Church in We currently meet on Sundays at 5pm. Our meeting location is the Chatsworth Chamber of Commerce, 10038 Old Depot Plaza Road in Chatsworth. For more information, please contact me at 818-436-0707 or by e-mail at pastorgnelson@aol.com. ACP REPORTS ACP REPORTS Fellowship of FSB Heart of the Iglesia Bautista Hispana Del Valle, Pastor Jose Flores Life in Christ Church, Pastor Emil Boniog Middle-Eastern Mission, Pastor Makarious Dibo If you have completed your ACP Report but your name does not appear here, please contact Mary at the Association office 818-834-8362. If you have not yet completed your ACP Report, please do so ASAP. Completing this VERY SHORT form is one of the most important requirements you have in order to be considered a “church in good standing” and covered under the umbrella of the CSBC’s 501(c)(3). 2010 DISASTER RELIEF TRAINING DISASTER RELIEF TRAINING FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT: http://www.csbc.com/disasterrelief/article199099c2452827.htm
SUPPORTING THE SFVSBA Why Should MY CHURCH Support OUR Association?
Our association is OUR association. Churches (actually, messengers from churches) make up an association; our association is our churches acting cooperatively.
Associations were organized by representatives from churches in a defined area to enhance fellowship, resolve doctrinal and polity issues, and assist churches in accomplishing their mission. The mission of an association is an extension of the mission of the churches which make up the association. Therefore, our association assists our churches in proclaiming the gospel to the lost, discipling the saved, and ministering to persons in Christ's name. Our association is the Baptist body closest to our churches and is thus best able to assist our churches in many ways—both in services to our churches and in pooling resources of our churches to meet ministry needs in our area.
An association is a group of churches doing missions. Churches can do collectively through the association what no one church can do by itself. An association involves churches in varied mission ministries. Churches can better serve the total geographical area cooperatively through the association. An association is a family of churches involved in special local missions and ministries such as (1) language or ethnic congregations, (2) ministries in inner cities, recreation areas, or institutions, and (3) seminary extension classes. Our association is our churches doing missions.
An association is a group of people doing missions. An association is involved in meeting local and community needs through mission action projects which involve "hands on" participation. In an association a large percentage of the people can be involved. At the state, national, and international levels, missions is usually done by giving financial support to others who do the ministries. Our association is our people participating in missions.
An association promotes teamwork. An association gives churches an opportunity to work together on local projects, thus helping each other to accomplish common mission responsibilities. An association teaches and encourages churches to work cooperatively to carry out local mission projects.
An association is an open door to world mission outreach. The world has come to us. Internationals visit and reside in our associations. An association plans strategies and assists churches in proclaiming the gospel to internationals and ministering to them in Christ's name. An association faces the challenge of stimulating growth in local missions along with state, home, and foreign missions. It is not either/or; it is both/and. Foreign missions have come to us.
An association trains church leaders. An association helps train and develops church leaders and other members by involving them in leadership and service responsibilities. Also an association provides conferences, seminars, and workshops each year which are designed to train church leaders to do a more effective job in their positions of leadership. An association exists to supply information, resources, and training to equip lay leaders in local churches to develop believers, witness to the lost, and minister to the hurting.
An association gives personal assistance to churches. An associational director of missions and other staff assist churches to more effectively do their work within the church body and to meet the needs of people in their respective communities. Other elected associational leaders offer assistance to the churches: Sunday School, Discipleship Training, WMU, Brotherhood, etc
An association provides opportunities for fellowship. An association provides pastors and other local church leaders with opportunities for fellowship. As fellowship is developed and experienced, church leaders realize that they (and their churches) are not alone in seeking to serve the Lord in their local setting. |
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