August 2016 Press toward the Mark

Southern Baptists are “Great Commission” people.  Both the Southern Baptist Convention and the State Convention of Baptists in Ohio are missionary organizations.  Their roles are to facilitate churches in obeying the Great Commission.

The Southern Baptist Convention is the national entity that coordinates the support of Southern Baptist entities: International Mission Board, North American Mission Board, Seminaries, and the Ethics and Religion Committee as well as providing a mechanism to engage other vital areas.  In Ohio, the State Convention of Baptists exists to assist churches and associations obey the Great Commission.

Southern Baptists support worldwide missions through the Cooperative Mission Program.  From here in Ohio to the ends of the earth, Ohio Southern Baptists participate in a missionary enterprise that enables them to be Acts 1:8 Christians and Churches simultaneously. 

Mission Ohio is the cooperative effort of Southern Baptists to reach at least 1,000,000 believers in 2,020 congregations by the end of 2020.  The field staff of eight Resource Team Members are available to assist Ohio Sothern Baptist churches in Bible Teaching/Leadership, Worship, Church Planting, Evangelism, Children and Youth Outreach, Missions Support, Women’s Ministries, Men’s Ministries, Disaster Relief, and many other resource areas that are vital to church health and Kingdom Advancement.

We want to celebrate the wonderful support of Southern Baptists from Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky, and other areas for IMPACT Dayton.  Steve Stiglich, the Associational Missionary for the Greater Dayton Baptist Association reported:

Over the last two months teams from TN, KY and Ohio have converged on the Dayton area.  Teams have conducted Art Camps, VBS, Back-Yard Bible Clubs, construction, clean ups, sports evangelism, door-to-door evangelism and block parties.  These teams helped Hope Community, North Dayton BC, Victory BC, North Central BC, Maple Heights BC, Medway BC, Eldorado BC, Grace Point Fellowship and FBC Miamisburg.  Numbers are still being collected but the impact is confirmed by the comments received from those impacted churches.  Every person that helped was an extension cord for God’s Power & Will to be done in these ministries.  Thanks for helping power up the Spirit here in Dayton!

This is an exciting time in the life and ministries of Mission Ohio.  We praise God for what He has done and what He will do.  Thank you Ohio Southern Baptists.  Much remains to be done for His glory.  Let’s press toward that mark.