Baptist associations in the United States celebrated their 300th anniversary in 2007. The Florida Baptist Witness has honored Florida’s 49 associations in a series of articles that showcased each association and its ministries. This is the eleventh and final installment.

Baptist Associations in the United States celebrated their 300th anniversary in 2007. The Florida Baptist Witness is honoring Florida’s 49 associations in a series of articles that showcase each association and its ministries. This is the tenth installment.

TAMPA (FBW)—Tampa Bay Director of Missions Tom Biles was recently elected by messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention to serve a four-year term on the denomination’s Executive Committee. A former president of the Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Directors of Missions when it celebrated its 300th anniversary in 2007, Biles is no stranger to the cooperative work of a denomination.

Baptist associations in the United States celebrated their 300th anniversary in 2007. The Florida Baptist Witness is honoring Florida’s 49 associations in a series of articles that will showcase each association and its ministries. This is the ninth installment.

Baptist associations in the United States celebrated their 300th anniversary in 2007. The Florida Baptist Witness is honoring Florida’s 49 associations in a series of articles that will showcase each association and its ministries. This is the eighth installment.

Baptist associations in the United States celebrated their 300th anniversary in 2007. The Florida Baptist Witness is honoring Florida’s 49 associations in a series of articles that will showcase each association and its ministries. This is the sixth installment.

Baptist associations in the United States celebrate their 300th anniversary in 2007. The Florida Baptist Witness is honoring Florida’s 49 associations in a series of articles that will showcase each association and its ministries. This is the fourth installment.

Baptist associations in the United States celebrate their 300th anniversary in 2007. The Florida Baptist Witness is honoring Florida’s 49 associations in a series of articles that will showcase each association and its ministries. This is the third installment.

Baptist associations in the United States celebrate their 300th anniversary in 2007. The Florida Baptist Witness is honoring Florida’s 49 associations in a series of articles that will showcase each association and its ministries. This is the second installment.

TALLAHASSEE (FBW)—Associational missions in Florida began in 1842 with the formation of Florida Baptist Association. As the Sunshine State’s first association, there was no need to delineate any regional boundaries since member churches were spread from Wauchula to Jacksonville to Pensacola. Today’s smaller association, located in Florida’s capital city, retains its all-encompassing title.

JACKSONVILLE (FBW)—Baptist associations in the United States celebrate their 300th anniversary in 2007. Florida Baptist Witness is honoring Florida’s 49 associations in a series of articles throughout the year that will showcase each association and its ministries.

SAN ANTONIO (FBW)—Spanning three centuries, the role of local Baptist associations in the life and the development of the Southern Baptist Convention, a denomination of 16.3 million members in over 46,000 autonomous churches, was recognized on the first of the two-day SBC annual meeting June 12 in San Antonio, Texas.

SAN ANTONIO (BP)—Undergirded by 300 years of ministry experience, Baptist associations should move into the future with a willingness to innovate and nurture relationships with younger Christian leaders, local churches and Baptist entities.

SAN ANTONIO (BP)—The Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Directors of Missions will celebrate three centuries of associational work in America during a three-day gathering in San Antonio, June 9-11, prior to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting.

PHILADELPHIA (BP)—The first Baptist association in America will mark its 300th anniversary in September, and Southern Baptists will join in the celebration at a special associational missions rally June 10 prior to the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting in San Antonio. The rally, which will promote the continuing need for associational work, will be held at San Antonio’s First Baptist Church.