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Tryon Evergreen Baptist Association 4489 North Frazier, Conroe, Texas 77303 Main Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2408, Conroe, Texas 77305-2408 936-856-2001 ~ FAX 936-856-0227

TEBA STAFF STAFF & CHURCH OPPORTUNITIES PASTORLESS CHURCHES

VOLUME 41

ISSUE 4

April 2016

THE WAY TO PEACE WITH GOD

THE PROBLEM: SEPARATION FROM GOD Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” THE RESULT: SPIRITUAL DEATH Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” GOD’S SOLUTION: HIS DEATH IN OUR PLACE Romans 5:8 “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” YOUR SALVATION: BY FAITH Romans 10:9 “If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.”

UPCOMING EVENTS

Mark your calendars!

April

Seattle Vision Awareness

Visit

April 18-19

Sr. Adult Council Meeting

April 11, 10:30am

Part-time Student Pastor needed at Union Grove Baptist Church - The church is located at 24380 FM 149 Richards, TX 77873, and this is the address that the applications can be sent to. For any questions, call Tray Golden at 281-541-3677.

Student and Connections Pastor needed at Second Baptist Church Huntsville - For more information, see the job posting at www.churchstaffing.com, if you sense the Lord’s leadership to apply.

Part-Time Student Intern needed at First Baptist Montgomery - For more information, please contact Pastor Chris Gober at chris@fbcmontgomery.com

Bi-Vocational Student Minister needed at First Baptist Church Plum Grove - For more info please contact Mike David at pastor-fbcpg@sbcglobal.net.

Two full-time Administrative Assistant positions open at West Conroe Baptist Church - 1) Administrative Assistant to Minister of Adults & Associate to Minister of Pastoral Care. 2) Administrative Assistant to Minister of Music and Worship. If interested, please submit your resume to the church office (1855 Longmire Rd., Conroe 77304) or email to david.harper@wcbc.us.

FBC Willis is looking for a Mother’s Day Out director for the 2016-2017 school year - If you have questions about this position you may contact Donald Holliday at dholliday@firstbaptistwillis.org or (936)856-5575

Youth Minister/Children’s Director needed at Hardin Baptist Church - For more information and to submit a resume, please contact Chad Barrett (Youth Search Committee) at cdbarrett86@gmail.com.

Bi-vocational Student Minister needed at Lake Church in Montgomery. Prefer at least a college upperclassman. If interested, contact the church at 936-588-4975. For more information on the church go to www.lakechurch.com.

Bi-vocational Music Minister needed at New Hope Baptist Church, Cleveland. Blended worship style. If interested, send resume to 13200 FM 2025, Cleveland, Texas 77328.

Full time Staff Member needed at First Baptist Church Shepherd. The position is a multi-task position that includes music ministry and other associate pastor tasks. If interested please call 936-628-3130.

Part-time Music Minister needed at Calvary Baptist Church of Huntsville. Blended worship style and working with choirs and praise teams. If interested, send resume to secycbc@cbc-huntsville.org.

Roger Yancey, D.Min. ryancey@teba.org Executive Director Erin Frazier efrazier@teba.org Administrative Assistant Executive Director Heidi Marshall* hmarshall@teba.org Administrative Assistant, Financial *denotes part time staff or consultants

Texas Sticks Conference

April 16, 9:00am - 3:30pm,

FBC New Waverly

Strategos Church Security

Planning Training

September 16-17, TEBA

Please continue to be in prayer for our member churches as they seek

their future pastor.

Ministers’ Conference Thursday, April 14th

11:30am-1:00pm Taco Bar Lunch: $5

Featured Speakers: Pastors David & Nathan Lino “Pastoring Generationally”

~ Please RSVP to Erin Frazier at efrazier@teba.org for a chance to win a door prize. ~

Texas Sticks

Conference

Saturday, April 16, 2016

9:00am-3:00pm FBC New Waverly

Cost: $19 (includes lunch & all resources)

Breathing LIFE and VISION into LEADERS of SMALLER communities.

Ministry Assistant

Communications Seminar

May 19th, 8:30-11:30am

TEBA

Kids Life Kamp

Carolina Creek

July 24-27, Camp 1

July 27-30, Camp 2

Center Hill Baptist* 16771 E FM 1097

Willis, 77378

RiverPointe Baptist PO Box 1425

Conroe, TX 77305

Iglesia Bautista Principe de Paz*

13601 FM 2432 Willis, 77378

Rainbow Baptist P.O. Box 276 Rye, 77369

North Woods Baptist 5803 Treaschwig Rd

Spring 77373

Union Grove* 24380 FM 149

Richards, 77873

Allendale Baptist 14535 Allendale Ln. Conroe, TX 77302

Rural Shade 3304 CR 2274

Cleveland, 77327

Unity Baptist, Cleveland 8904 FM787 West

Cleveland, TX 77327

North Cleveland Baptist

202 Elk St. Cleveland, TX 77327

FBC Cleveland 400 W. Hanson St.

Cleveland, TX 77327

*Bi-Vocational Positions

Preaching Lab

April 14, 10:00am

Ministers’ Conference

April 14, 11:30am

KLK Planning Meeting

April 14, 1:00pm

TEBA Golf Tournament,

River Plantation Golf Club

April 25, 8:00am

Featured TEBA Library Resource of the Month

Daring Faith (Campaign Kit), by Rick Warren Church-wide, 6-session, resource kit designed for a

spiritual growth & giving campaign. This will equip you to confidently encourage and inspire your members to

give and grow in faith according to God’s plans for your church family by learning what it means to have a bold,

unshakeable faith to impact the world around you. Come check out this new growth and gift giving

platform today!

Featured Speaker

Ray Gilder Director, Bivocational Ministry Tennessee Baptist Convention National Coordinator, Bivocational and Small Church Leadership Network As reported in the February 2015 Tennessee Baptist Reflector, “Gilder was a fully funded pastor in Memphis in the early 1990s before joining the staff of the Tennessee Baptist Convention as church and community ministers director. When he was asked to take over bivocational ministries in 1995, Gilder made a decision that some people questioned. He specifically requested to give up his “full-time” status with the convention so he could serve as a bivocational pastor. Gilder moved to McMinnville and began serving as a bivocational pastor. As he began to work and minister with other bivocational pastors, Gilder had “credibility” because “I was one of them,” he affirmed.

Schedule

April 16 8:30am Registration

General Sessions 9:00am General Session 1 9:45am Break 10:00am General Session 2 10:45am Break 11:00am General Session 3 11:45am Lunch

Breakout Sessions (50 minute sessions) 12:30pm Break Out Session 1 1:30pm Break Out Session 2 2:30pm Break Out Session 3 3:30pm Conference Completes

Breakout Sessions

Roger Yancey, TEBA Prayer and Planning on Purpose Jim Newton, Riverside Baptist Church The Inescapable Opposition Darrell Jackson, San Felipe Baptist Association C.R.E.A.T.A. A. PATH Charles Higgs, BGCT Country Church Planting and Transitioning Ray Gilder, Tennessee Baptist Convention Q & A with Keynote Speaker Bob Gage, Baptist Church Loan Corporation The Business of Ministry Bill Jones, Neches River Baptist Association Software Essentials for Churches Dennis Parrish, SBTC Looking Toward a Future

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Connecting Churches to Change Our World

LEADERSHIP MATTERS by Roger Yancey, D.Min.

Texas Sticks Conference Breathing LIFE and VISION into LEADERS and LAITY in SMALLER Congregations

Saturday, April 16, 2016 First Baptist Church, New Waverly 460 Fisher Street New Waverly, TX 77358

Cost: $19 (includes lunch) For more information, go to: www.texassticks.org To register, go to: www.texassticks.org/register

The 11th Annual TEBA Golf Tournament benefitting Church Planting will be held on April 25th at the River Plantation Golf Course. This is always a great time of fellowship and is open to golfers of every capability because after all, not all tournaments are created equal. You will be glad you’re not going to play in the Elfego Baca Shootout. I read about this tournament in an article by Jay Busbee entitled, “The World’s Toughest Golf Tournament: One Hole, Three Miles Long” that was published on June 3, 2009.

Busbee said in his article, “Held in Socorro, New Mexico, the tournament consists of exactly one hole, and the target is a 50-foot circle. Easy, right?

Not so fast. The tee to that hole is 2,550 feet up the side of a mountain, and nearly three miles from the green...The rules alone should give you an idea of how hard the course is. You're allowed ten balls, and must finish with at least one of those. If you can't find one of your balls in 20 minutes, it's a stroke. You can tee up every single shot because the terrain is so rugged. You're even allowed three spotters to watch where the heck your ball goes.

And they'll have plenty to see. Hazards include abandoned mine shafts, remote canyons, rattlesnakes, mountain lions and much more. No need

to take a full bag; many golfers get by with only a driver and a five-iron. Named for Elfego Baga, a local peacekeeper during the Old West, the one-hole shootout is part of the larger Socorro Open, and was first played in 1960. Since then, about the only difference is that the players have begun using laser range-finders. The hazards haven't changed one bit. Oh, and the course record? Nine strokes to cover three miles.” You won’t have to face rattlesnakes to be part of the church planting challenge but those who answer the call to the needs of planting churches is just as daunting. Some have asked why do we need to continue to plant churches – aren’t there enough churches already? Let me share with you some basic information to consider: FIRST: The Population Needs within the TEBA are immense. Each month more than 2500 people are moving into the geographic area of the Association. We live in one of the 50 fastest growing areas in the nation and the nations of the world are coming to our area. Houston is the most diverse city in the USA and the TEBA has more than 75 languages present– we need more churches. SECOND: New churches are one of the best strategies we have to Recover the Formerly Churched or the Completely Unchurched. New churches tend to reach people faster and have higher baptism and salvation rates than almost 90% of existing churches. THIRD: Churches Plateauing, Declining, or Dying. One quarter of SBC churches reported “0” Baptisms, 60% said they had baptized no youth (ages 12-17), and 80% reported one or fewer young adult baptisms (ages 18-29). We need to help churches recover life but we can’t reach all of the lost without planting churches too. We need new churches, we need healthy churches, and we need to do whatever it takes till everyone has the opportunity to be part of God’s family. Join us for a day of golf – it may change your neighbor’s eternity. In Kingdom service,

“The World’s

Toughest Golf

Tournament:

One Hole,

Three Miles

Long”