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A Letter from GBC President Kevin Williams
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After becoming the senior pastor at First Baptist Church Villa Rica in September 2013, I had the desire to pastor a church that was alive and making a difference in our community. The culture in the church had to be contagious about serving God and reaching people. I prayed for God to position me in such a way that I could make a difference.
Over the past seven years, we’ve created a culture that wants to be on mission for God. More people now go on foreign mission trips than we had in service the first day I preached in the church! FBC Villa Rica has seen over 1,000 people baptized. We’ve also planted churches across the U.S., as well as in Guatemala. It has been a simple plan: Obey God’s Word and follow His plan that was spoken by Jesus in Matthew 28:18-20.
I’ve been asked numerous times, “What do you want to see happen during your time as president?” I would love to see what has happened at my church be the same for as many churches as possible. In working closely with Thomas Hammond, our GBMB executive director, I would like to see many churches get actively involved in evangelism and missions.
We as Georgia Baptists need to engage our people in going, and that will cause the growing! The best form of discipleship is to take people on a journey to do the work that Jesus laid out for us to do. We should educate people about the importance of missions while taking them to the field, locally and abroad.
I am so happy to be the president of this great state and hope I can help churches thrive for the Kingdom! My challenge to pastors and key leaders across our state is to get involved in missions, locally and internationally. This will help create an environment in local churches that will help congregations grow spiritually and, in many cases, numerically. It is the ultimate form of discipleship that encourages people to obey the Word, worship God, love people and share the gospel.
If we accomplish this, I believe we will fulfill the Great Commission that Jesus gave us and the impact on our state will be amazing.
Looking Ahead
Full calendar available online. gabaptist.org/calendar
Kevin Williams
GBC President Pastor, FBC Villa Rica
JULY
SEPTEMBER
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12- 16
Fourth of July SuperWow Camp
Village Baptist Church Destin, Florida
24 Associational WMU Director Training Bethel Baptist Church, Sycamore &
Shoal Creek Baptist Church, Cleveland
24 Church Safety & Security Seminar Spring Branch Baptist Church
Baxley
Public Affairs Training
02 First Baptist Church Villa Rica
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11
14
16
17- 18
Labor Day
Church Safety & Security Seminar
First Baptist Church of the Islands Savannah
Executive Committee
First Baptist Church Snellville
Public Affairs Training
Northwest Association Rock Spring
Women on Mission Series
Pinnacle Retreat Center Clayton
Disaster Relief Orientation
18
20 Mirror Lake
Lighthouse Baptist Church Warner Robins
Pastors’ Golf Fellowship
Villa Rica
One-Day Health Care Summit
23 Northwest Region FBC Cartersville
Confluence
24-
26 McDonough
Eagles Landing First Baptist Church
Pastors’ Wives Dinner
25 The Foundry Augusta
OneDay FunDay
25 First Baptist Church Thomson
28 29
Public Affairs Training
First Baptist Church Moultrie
African American Pastors Day
Missions and Ministry Center Duluth
AUGUST
01- 06
Missionary Kid Reentry Retreat
Pinnacle Retreat Center Clayton
Public Affairs Training
02 East Central Missions Tour Northway Church, Macon &
First Baptist Church, Thomson
Northeast Missions Tour
10
12 Spark Conference Premiere ONLINE
thesparkconference.com
14 OneDay FunDay
Pinnacle Retreat Center, Clayton
missiongeorgia.org/onedayfunday
14 OneDay FunDay
Seven Mile Farm, Statesboro
17 Columbus Baptist Association Columbus
23 Public Affairs Training Truett McConnell University
Cleveland
Southwest Missions Tour
Schomburg Road Baptist Church, Columbus & Byne Memorial Baptist Church, Albany
Public Affairs Training
Shorter University 10 Juliette Rome
09 09-
Christ Place Church, Oakwood & 23 Beech Haven Baptist Church, Athens
16
missiongeorgia.org/onedayfunday
West Central Missions Tour
Flat Creek Baptist Church, Fayetteville & Roopville Road Baptist Church, Roopville
Transitional Pastor Training
Bethany Baptist Church 24
Public Affairs Training
Southeast Missions Tour
First Baptist Church, Blackshear &
The Church at Godley Station, Savannah
26 One-Day Health Care Summit East Central Region
Turning Point at Mabel White, Macon
30 Northwest Missions Tour
Tabernacle Baptist Church, Cartersville & Salem Baptist Church, Dalton
31 Hispanic Pastors Day Missions and Ministry Center
Duluth
Emanuel Baptist Church 24 Blackshear
September is Mission Georgia Emphasis Month
For more: missiongeorgia.org/offering
GEORGIA BAPTIST MISSION BOARD JULY 2021