The following links maybe helpful with your ministry and are great resources that are available to you. Please check them out.
Texas Tech Baptist Student Ministries
The Lubbock Area Baptist Association and our congregations are proud supporters of the Texas Tech Baptist Student Ministries. Jeff Kennon is the new BSM director. Find out more about this wonderful ministry at their website at www.techbsm.com
Wayland Baptist University Lubbock Campus
801 North Quaker Lubbock Texas 79407
806-785-9285 www.wbu.edu/lu
Plains Baptist Assembly
The Lubbock Area Baptist Association is a proud supporter of the Plains Baptist Assembly Encampment at Floydada. Check out this Encampment at their web site
Parkridge Pregnancy Center
Parkridge wants to help you find answers to some of life's really tough questions. Their desire is to empower you to carefully consider your future, by providing factual information regarding all your options. For more information: http://www.parkridgepc.com
Ministry Craft Web Management Systems
MinistryCraft is a complete Web Management System that integrates the features you need into one package. It allows your ministry to have a web presence and the ability to coordinate all aspects of your ministry through one simple medium-the Internet. You now can manage your website from anywhere in the world at anytime. The Lubbock Area Baptist Association is a user of this great web management system. For more information: www.ministrycraft.com
Free Literature
Baptist Way Press has a full year of Bible study materials for Preschool and a full year for Children, along with 30 lessons for Youth that your church can download Free of charge.
In addition, there are Free language Bible study materials. Simply go to: http://www.baptistwaypress.org/resourcemap.cfm and all of the available adult Bible studies are listed on the left side of the page. Studies are offered in the following 7 languages: Cambodian, Chinese, Korean, Laotian, Spanich, Vietnamese and Simplified English.
Baptist Spanish Publishing House
TIENDA VIRTUAL de la Casa Butista de Publicaciones y de Editorial Mundo Hispano.
Bible Gateway
Bible Gateway is a free service for reading and researching Scriptures online-all in the language or translation of your choice. They provide advanced tools you can use to search the Bible by keywords or verse, as well as other tools to enhance your study of the Bible. http://www.BibleGateway.com
North American Mission Board
The North American Mission Board exists to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ, start New Testament congregations, minister to persons in the name of Christ, and assist churches in the United States and Canada in effectively performing these functions. http://www.namb.net
International Mission Board
The International Mission Board (formerly Foreign Mission Board) is an entity of the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation's largest evangelical denomination, claiming more than 40,000 churches with nearly 16 million members. The board's main objective is presenting the gospel of Jesus Christ in order to lead individuals to saving faith in Him and result in church-planting movements among all the peoples of the world. For more information: http://www.imb.org
Guidestone Financial Resources
Guidestone is the new name of the Annuity Board which exists to assist the churches and other denominational entities by making available retirement plan services, life and health coverage, risk management programs and personal and institutional investment programs. These programs are open not only to ministers but anyone that is paid on your staff that works at least 20 hours per week.
Southern Baptist Convention http://www.sbc.net
Baptist General Convention of Texas www.texasbaptist.org
Southern Baptists of Texas http://www.sbtexas.com
Texas Baptist Ministry Assistants (AKA Church Secretaries)
In 1987 TASBS was formed to support and help equip secretaries of Baptist entities in Texas to serve in their ministry positions. In 2002 members voted to change the name from TASBS (Texas Association of Southern Baptist Secretaries) to TBMA (Texas Baptist Ministry Assistants) to better represent the scope of those serving in ministry offices around the state.
A state conference is held every two years which provides training, spiritual enrichment, and a support system amoung attendees. These conferences are held at different locations around the state. Our next conference will be announced soon.
Membership of TBMA is for current employees, retirees or volunteers in a Baptist church, association, hospital, state convention, state newspaper, school, children's home, retirement home or any other Baptist entity. Members elect four officers at the state conference who serve a two-year term. These officers maintain the on-going business of the organization and plan the next conference.
Check out the website for more information http://www.tbma.net