The Catawba River Baptist Association is “a fellowship of Churches-on-Mission.” Each Church is independent and autonomous, but we have made a covenant, or agreement, to work cooperatively together to touch people for Jesus. The 68 churches of the Catawba River Baptist Association know that we can do much more by working cooperatively as partners than any Church could do alone.
Affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention and the North Carolina Baptist Convention, the Catawba River Baptist Association is located in beautiful western North Carolina. We are comprised of 68 Churches located in Burke County where the population is around 90,000 people.
The staff of the Catawba River Baptist Association works with these 68 churches and missions in various ways to encourage them in their work of missions and evangelism.
CRBA Mission Statement:
We exist to Equip and Encourage pastors and churches to Engage communities with the Gospel.
7 Markers for Meaningful Progress
Needs of the CRBA 2027
Provide mission opportunities to strengthen local churches (Serve NC, LoveBurke, etc.)
Provide opportunities for our churches to partner in planting new churches.
Challenge churches to participate in CRBA’s mission trips locally and to Armenia while looking for opportunities to increase mission endeavors globally.
Continue to provide mission opportunities for families.
Plan and conduct evangelistic activities
Provide mission opportunities for students
Encourage the next generation of leaders through the Timothy Project.
Assist churches regarding revitalization and church adoption. We are developing two resources – an 8-month revitalization journey and a 90-Day Church Triage resource.
Provide/Implement a plan to help our churches become more evangelistic, creating a culture of evangelism(Great Commission Revivals and Rallies).
Work to have at least 60% of CRBA churches participating in ServeNC.
Seek to have 90% of our CRBA churches contributing financially to the work of CRBA.
Search for a better texting method.
Build relationships with pastors to help them lead their churches to eradicate lostness in Burke County.
Encourage each of our CRBA churches to participate in activities and contribute financially.
Work towards achieving a minimum of 85% participation in completing the Annual Church Profile.
Increase awareness of the CRBA Endowment Fund that will (in time) support our mission endeavors and fund repairs and improvements to our CRBA building.
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