News & Events

Association Newsletter :  April   

Monthly Pastors & Ministers Lunch 

Meet on the third Tuesday of the month.  Next one is June 21.

New Pastor at Chariton Ridge

Chariton Ridge Baptist, Atlanta, has called Bro. Lyndel Thompson, of Bowling Green, MO
as their new pastor. We welcome Bro. Thompson to the Association. 

Association Mission Trip Milwaukee 2022, July 20-25

The Association is sponsoring a mission trip to Milwaukee, Wisconsin this summer.  We are looking for people who would like to go and do a couple of things:  1) help with some light construction on a Hispanic church and 2) lead backyard Bible clubs for children in city parks, and we will help the Arabic Baptist Church of Milwaukee as they target Arabic families in that city.  More information is available on our Evangelism & Missions page.

Association Purchased Block Party Trailer

Many thanks to Curtis Ferguson, Walter Griffen and Les Leftwich for their work in purchasing the new association evangelistic block party trailer. We decided to purchase this trailer last spring and the funds began to roll in to the office. We only need about another $1,000 to complete the purchase of all the contents and get it ready to start loaning out to churches and ministries by next spring. Would some individuals or churches like to send a donation for this project? Make checks to THBA and send to our office with a note “block party trailer” in the memo.  

Proposed change to THBA Constitution

It has been reported that some of the former associations which have not dissolved but their churches have united as the Thousand Hills Baptist Association had a practice where alternate executive board members were allowed to be selected by the churches and serve as board members as in case of absence of the regularly elected board members.  Also alternate messengers were allowed to be elected and serve in place of messengers who could not attend the annual meeting.  Some churches have attempted to continue in this practice.  It is not currently allowed in the THBA Constitution and Bylaws.  But the Leadership Council is not opposed to the idea or practice.  It has been discussed and is being brought to the association as a motion to change the constitution to allow this practice.

Therefore, this is the part that is being changed:

I move that the Constitution of the Thousand Hills Baptist Association be amended to insert the following statement at the end of Article III (Messengers), Section 2.  “Alternate messengers may also be elected and may serve as the church’s messengers in the absence of the church’s messengers if they are unable to attend the annual meeting.  The church may elect alternate messengers up to the same amount of messengers as they are entitled to elect.”

I further move that the Constitution of the Thousand Hills Baptist Association be amended to insert the following statement at the end of Article V (The Executive Board), Section 1.  “One alternate executive board member may be elected by each church to serve in the absence of their elected board member at the executive board meetings.”

NOTE:  This motion if approved will be brought up again for a final vote at the 2022 annual meeting and will become effective at that time.

Association Churches Urged to Give Used Literature to Love Packages

Love Packages is a ministry in Butler, IL which collects Christian literature and ships it to English-speaking countries around the world.  In 2020 they shipped 1,746  tons (3,492,000 pounds) of literature to countries like the Philippines, South Africa, and Ghana.  It is estimated that every piece of literature on the mission field will have an average of 20 reads.  We can help by collecting our used Sunday School literature, magazines, books (non-fiction), Bibles, tracts, devotionals, etc.  Giving Hope Ministries in Kirksville will come to your church and collect the materials that you collect.  Call Jim Maxey at 660-216-4183 for pickup.  This won’t cost you anything and is a great way to recycle materials for the Kingdom!  You can learn more about Love Packages at https://lovepackages.org/ 
 

Grand Oaks Baptist Assembly Strong Roots New Branches Campaign

Their Strong Roots New Branches campaign is to raise funds for the construction of a storm shelter and multipurpose building to replace the outdated Parker Hall. Pastor Rodney Dorr and Caleb Perkins are representing THBA on the fund raising committee.  They hope to raise $675,000.   For more information on Grand Oaks and the campaign go to www.grandoaks.camp 

Pastors, Alert your Students!  Missouri Baptist Heritage Scholarship 

Southwest Baptist University, Missouri Baptist University, and Hannibal-LaGrange University are cooperating with the Missouri Baptist Historical Commission to offer three $2,000 scholarships annually to students attending SBU, HLGU, or MBU.  Applicants must do research and write a paper on some aspect of Missouri Baptist history.  All papers must be submitted no later than April 1 for the fall semester of the same year.
Click here for more information and application form.     

One of our own was a winner in 2021.  Ms. Delaney Sawyer, a member of FBC La Plata and sophomore at Southwest Baptist University won the scholarship with a paper on the Oath of Loyalty that was adopted as part of the revised Missouri state constitution in 1865.  The MBC Pathway noted that “she gave a strong legal and biblical defense as to why the Loyalty Oath was contradictory to the U.S. Constitution and was unbiblical in that believers should only swear their allegiance to God.  And the law was repealed thanks in much part to Missouri Baptist opposition.” 

 

Thousand Hills Baptist Association
1701 Jamison Street
Kirksville, MO 63501
Phone: 660-342-7658
Office email:  1000hillsba@gmail.com
Director of Missions email:  rdnations@gmail.com