Elkin Baptist Association
Tuesday, March 19, 2024

A Missionary's Corner

Greetings to our Elkin Baptist Associational churches. This is Pastor Jeff Collins from Cool Springs Baptist Church. As you may know I am currently serving as the moderator of this wonderful Association. You may be asking why I am writing something in the section of the Director of Missions, now referred to as Associational Mission Strategist (AMS). Many my have heard Rev. Larry McCoy (AMS) wife Charlot has had many medical and health issue that began near the end of the calendar year 2023. She has been in the hospital on two different occasions. Larry and I have spoken on many occasions and the doctors are working very diligently to get her healthy. So, I do ask that you would be praying for both Larry and Charlot that God would grant healing to Charlot and strength and wisdom to Larry as her caregiver.

 

I would like to share with you all that God has been doing through our Associational church. During the month of December, we had our annual Toy Store and God used it to expand His Kingdom. Our churches provided resources to serve 103 families and 300 children with Christmas gifts. That was 103 opportunities to share the Love of Jesus Christ with these families. During that week we had 2 people who accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Glory to God! It was a joy to work closely with our Toy Store Team and I am so grateful for all their hard work. Allow me to say thank you to each and every church that provided gift, money, served, prayed and any other way you supported the Toy Store. WE COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT.

 

Our Association was contacted by a Vietnamese Pastor who has planted a church in our area. The Elkin Baptist Association has been working with this church plant along with Elkin Valley Baptist Church to help them with special services they hold annually. Currently this church meets in the Pastor’s home but due to the blessings of God they are outgrowing their space. We have been praying with their Pastor about a place they can relocate too where they can call home and worship at regularly. If you know of somewhere this church could go to call home, please contact the Associational office. For me as your moderator this has been exciting to see God bring their church together with our Association and we pray that they will partner with us and become a part of EBA.

 

As I close, I just want to remind you EBA is 17 churches partnering together serving the Kingdom of God for His glory. May we all continue to serve together reaching people with the Good News of Jesus Christ.

 

Rev. Jeff Collins, Moderator

 

 

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Sympathy

 

Our sympathies go out to Pastor Wesley Smith, Mineral Springs, who lost his mother, Thelma Smith, in November, 2023.

 

Please pray for the family in their time of grief.