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Read MoreScripture of the Week
1 Corinthians 13 13 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have...
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Read More2018 Award Recipients – PBA Mission Banquet
Each year at the Mission Banquet we honor and say thank you to individuals from our member congregations who provide exceptional ministry and service in their church. Over the course of this year we will highlight some of the individuals we recognized at the banquet on October 20, 2018. We begin with Sister Odell Harris. Sister Odell Harris is a native of Roxboro, North Carolina. She has been an active...
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Read MoreAmerica for Christ Offering 2019
Healing Communities based on Galatians 6:9-10: Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers (NIV). American Baptist Home Mission Societies’ (ABHMS) America for Christ (AFC) Offering 2019, “Healing Communities”—based on...
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Read MoreMission Banquet 2018
Giving Thanks for the Ministry of the Arts in our Congregations – – The Philadelphia Baptist Association Annual Mission Banquet was held on Saturday, October 20th at The Drexelbrook in Drexel Hill, PA. Over 800 persons gathered to honor our 2018 award recipients, individuals from PBA churches, who exhibit outstanding contributions in the Ministry of the Arts in the life of their church. We...
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Read More311th Annual Meeting
The 311th Annual Meeting of the Philadelphia Baptist Association was held on Saturday, May 5, 2018 at the Bethlehem Baptist Church. The Rev. Charles W. Quann is Pastor. We had a time of fellowship, brief business discussion, greeting new members, informative workshops, inspiring worship and a fellowship luncheon. Our Plenary Speaker, The Rev. Dr. J. Wendell Mapson Jr., Pastor of Monumental Baptist Church...
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Read MoreClergy Missiological Conversation
April 19, 2018 PBA Clergy Missiological Conversation This first annual clergy conversation sponsored by the Philadelphia Baptist Association (PBA) and the PBA Ministers Council was held on Thursday, April 19, 2018 at the St. Paul’s Baptist Church in West Chester where the Rev. Dr. Wayne Croft is pastor. The theme for the day was “Her Faith, Her Lens!!” taken from Matthew 15:21-28 and...
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Read More2018 Mission Cafe
In spite of the inclement weather, fifty people gathered for the Third Annual PBA Passion for Mission Café Experience on Saturday, March 3, 2018 at the First African Baptist Church in Sharon Hill, PA, where the Rev. Dr. Richard Dent is pastor. The theme this year was “Jesus and the Millennials”. Participants were inspired and challenged by the presenter of the day, Dr. John Gray, pastor of the Goodwill...
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Read MorePBA Minister’s Council Annual Prayer Breakfast
The Philadelphia Baptist Association (PBA) Minister’s Council Meeting held its annual prayer breakfast meeting January 10, 2018 at the PBA office. After enjoying a hardy breakfast, the group spent time in a guided prayer time, facilitated by the Rev. Julia Bruton-Sheppard. The theme for the prayer time was: The Call to Deeper Prayer “You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land shall no more be...
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