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PABA's Mission Themes: Encourage Strengthen Bare One Another's Burdens Assistance Support We are not Alone and We Each Matter Engender Intentional Missional Living Stand Alongside Each Other to Take the Good News of Jesus Christ to Our Region and Beyond Making Disciples of Jesus Christ to the Glory of God
Contact: Dr. Jeff Vann Cell Phone: 615-812-4773 Email: jlvuk5477@gmail.com
Mailing Address: 639 State Highway 849W, Hickory, KY 42051
Associational Fellowship - Our next meeting will tentatively be on August 20, 2026 Thursday Night, at The Way Church in Benton, KY. 447 Old Liberty Rd. Benton, KY 42025.
The meal will start at 6:00 pm and the meeting will be at 6:45 pm. Hope to see everyone there.
PABA Vision Statement:
Cooperating churches loving Christ, growing together, serving faithfully, and going boldly with the gospel.
Our Motto and Themes:
Love – Matthew 22:37–40
Grow – Ephesians 4:11–16
Serve – Galatians 5:13
Go – Matthew 28:18–20
PABA Mission Statement: The Purchase Area Baptist Association exists to foster cooperation among churches for loving Christ and each other, growing disciples, serving communities, and going on mission locally and globally.
Explanation:
The Purchase Area Baptist Association exists because the gospel advances best when churches walk together. We are a fellowship of cooperating churches committed to loving Christ above all, growing together in biblical faithfulness, serving our communities with humility and compassion, and going boldly with the gospel—beginning here in the Purchase Area and extending to the nations. Our association is not a layer of control but a table of cooperation, where churches are strengthened, leaders are encouraged, and mission is multiplied for the glory of God.
The Purchase Area Baptist Association affiliates through cooperation with the following entities:
The Kentucky Baptist Convention is a cooperative missions and ministry organization made up of nearly 2,400 autonomous Baptist churches in Kentucky. These churches have a total membership of around 700,000 people.
The term “Kentucky Baptist Convention” refers to both the denomination and its annual meeting. Working through 71 local associations and in cooperation with the Southern Baptist Convention, Kentucky Baptists share a common bond of basic Biblical beliefs and a commitment to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the entire world. CLICK HERE to visit the KBC website.
Upcoming Events in which You Might Be Interested:
Eric Allen has retired after 26 years of service with the KBC. Doug Williams will be his replacement as Missions Mobilization Team Leader.
June 7-8, 2026, will be the date of the WMU Missions Celebration
The Southern Baptist Convention in Orlando, FL will be June 9-11, 2026, at the Orange County Convention Center. They are estimating that over 20,000 folks will be in attendance.
For other events with the SBC and KBC go to the following website kybaptist.org/events.
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is a body of like-minded local churches cooperating together to reach the world with the Good News of Jesus Christ. There are currently more than than fifty thousand Southern Baptist cooperating churches and church-type missions. Though as many as two hundred could be counted as “mega-churches,” the vast majority run less than two hundred in weekly worship. No two churches are alike; but there are certain commonalities that bind Southern Baptists together, regardless of race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, language, size, or location.
Southern Baptists are as varied and diverse as the cities, towns, neighborhoods, and rural communities where they live. Each Southern Baptist church is autonomous and unique; only when viewed together can one grasp the diversity that is the Southern Baptist Convention.
Lottie Moon Christmas Offering: This is a unique opportunity for all our churches and members to be "on mission" with God in regions all over the world. It is a gift from our hearts to the Cooperative Program of the KBC and SBC to help in funding the efforts and endeavors of our overseas missionaries in necessities of ministry that may not be funded through their regular budgets through the International Mission Board (IMB). If you would like to learn more on how you or your church might participate in this check with your pastor or the ASM (Associational Mission Strategist,) or local WMU director.
Annie Armstrong Easter Offering: This again is a unique opportunity for each of us to give out of our abundance to help those domestic missionaries serving our college campuses, church planting efforts, chaplains of governmental organizations like the military or civic organizations like hospitals or even companies, first responders, and other places. These folks work through the North American Mission Board (NAMB). They reach ethnic communities, places where most will not go into the inner cities, resources depleted areas, and a host of other "mission fields," some domestic and others abroad. Again, for more information contact your pastor, the AMS, or local WMU director.
Eliza Broadus Offering: This is another opportunity to give to worthy causes within the Commonwealth of Kentucky in State Missions. This offering goes through the Kentucky Women's Missionary Union (WMU) to fund scholarships for worthy candidates in their secondary education, graduate, and post graduate degrees. It also engages language ministries and ethnic evangelism, disaster relief, collegiate missions, evangelism, Kentucky Changers, mission scholarships to members of KBC churches. Assisting missionaries from the IMB and NAMB is care packages, counseling for missionary kids and those in distressful situations. You name it and the WMU of Kentucky leave no rocks unturned to reach those within Kentucky and beyond with the hope and peace of Jesus Christ. They are really troopers. Many times, they have helped Susan and I in our ministries, with our children's needs and so much more. This offering is given usually in the month of September.
Barkley Moore Father's Day Offering: These offerings go to Oneida Baptist Children's Homes in Southeastern Kentucky and help children and families with various ministries including presenting the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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