© 2024ff The Arkansas River Valley Baptist Association
Baptist to Baptist
“Organizations Doing More Together”
Long
before
there
were
state
and
national
Baptist
‘entities’,
there
was
“The
Association”.
Associations
were
created
by
local
churches
to
help
member
congregations
pool
and
share
resources
as
they
strived
to reach their communities with the Gospel.
The
model
was
so
effective
that,
in
time,
Associations
came
together
to
create
State
Conventions
and,
eventually,
those
Conventions
partnered
together
to
form
the
Southern
Baptist
Convention.
One
of
the
most
amazing
accomplishments
of
that
whole
process
is
that
the
churches,
Associations
and
State
Conventions
were
able
to
maintain
their
own
autonomy.
That’s
why
we
use
the
term
‘affiliates’
to
describe
the
organizations listed here.
•
The
local
churches
are
‘affiliated’
with,
and
together,
control
the
Association,
not
the
other
way
around.
•
The Associations are affiliated with and equal to
the State Convention which is also ‘controlled’ by the
local church.
•
The same is true of the National Convention
whose officers, boards of trustees, and ministries are
determined by messengers from local congregations
from across our land.
The Links below will take you to the various websites
of our Baptist ‘affiliates’.
Arkansas Baptist State Convention Headquarters in Little
Rock (photo courtesy Gwen McCalister)
“Churches Doing More Together”