“Since 2010 Arkansas Baptists across the state have partnered with local associations each year to impact lostness across the state. As missionaries gather for this One Day event, several ministries are done to accomplish this goal. These include: prayer walking, evangelism, children’s activities, block parties, home repairs, health/dental clinics, sports camps, yard work, cowboy ministries, children’s fishing derbies, and multi-housing ministries. Over these past few years, many people have invited Christ to be their savior, people have acknowledged the call to missions, and churches have grown spiritually and numerically. This event has become the highlight of the year for many people across our state. It has also made the local associations aware that this One Day event is only a beginning to something that can be an ongoing mission project at a local level. This event has spawned local “Jerusalem” mission days across the state. In times past we have had other surrounding states and BCM groups involved in this event.” (excerpt from https://www.absc.org/ministries/acts-18-one-day-mission-trip) On October 2nd of 2021, more than 2500 missionaries from all over the state will ‘launch’ from Cyclone Stadium in Russellville to participate in the biggest One-Day evangelism event of the year. 2500 plus missionaries! Can you imagine the impact that will have on the communities in our Association? While the Covid-19 shutdowns resulted in the cancelation of ‘One Day’ 2020, the dreams and passion of the ARVBA Church community never wavered. ‘One Day’ Serve Local filled the missions gap in a real and meaningful way. Lives were changed and churches were reminded of the ease with which local mission projects could be planned and executed. One Day:Serve Local is sure to continue across the State but it cannot take the place of the annual missons adventure that is ‘One Day’ . Click the ‘One Day’ logo below to register. It is easy and helps us estimate how many workers we can expect.