Thank you for visiting the Salt River Baptist Association website!
Here you will find information concerning our association and its ministries. We hope you find your time spent here a blessing. Our association is a warm and loving one, and we want you to feel comfortable and at liberty to call on us for anything you need. Feel free to browse through the various areas of our website and learn about our association.
If you are considering relocating to our area, we would love to direct you to a place of worship.
When you visit one of our churches, you will find:
- A caring congregation that will gladly welcome you
- Preaching/teaching that is centered on the Word of God
- Ministries to meet the spiritual needs of every age
- A corporate outlet for truth-filled and moving praise and worship
May our awesome God bless your day!
Salt River Baptist Association
Mission & Vision Statement
The mission of the Salt River Baptist Association is to encourage the churches towards effectively fulfilling the Great Commission, equipping Christian leaders, and inspiring cooperation among God’s people. In order to accomplish their mission, members of the Association SHALL:
· Bring glory to God by living a life of integrity through Jesus Christ.
· Promote unity through prayer and action.
· Support the work of the Missouri Baptist Convention and Southern Baptist Convention.
· Provide continuing education and discipleship for ministers and other leaders.
· Equip church members in the work of the church in their unique setting.
· Promote communication among the churches and throughout the region.
· Network with churches to share resources, work together on ministry projects, and fellowship together.
· Encourage teamwork among associational leaders.
· Coordinate with churches to start new missions and revitalize struggling churches.
· Strengthen church leaders through training and consultation using current resources and methods.
We are a Family of Churches Serving Together to Grow God’s Kingdom!!!
· The Salt River Baptist Association envisions a day when every person in Pike County and surrounding areas can find a healthy, growing, and dynamic Southern Baptist Church to attend.
· We envision an association where all of our churches are experiencing Kingdom growth, not just transfer growth.
· We envision an association where lives are being transformed daily because of the ministry and discipleship of our member churches, and as a result, our communities are transformed as well.
· We envision an association where new church leaders and church planters are being discovered and trained up in our member churches.
· We envision an association where evangelism and ministry by member churches expands beyond our geographic boarders to the very end of the earth.
Core Values Statement
· Connect [instead of lone rangers]
· Intentional [instead of accidental]
· Servanthood [instead of self]
· Transformation [instead of stagnant]
We are a family of churches serving together to grow God’s Kingdom!
Have you shared Jesus with someone today?
Helping those in need...
Your contributions of funds or canned and non-perishable food items
to the following outreaches would be most appreciated:
Bowling Green Hope Center: Phone: 573-324-6255
Address: 30 North Court, Bowling Green
The Community Food Pantry: Phone: 573-754-2421
Address: 406 South Carolina, Louisiana, MO 63353
Vandalia First Baptist Church Food Pantry: Phone: 573-594-6535 Address: 209 North Main Street, Vandalia MO 63382 Time:1:00 pm to 2:30 pm - 1st Wednesday of every month - Multi-Purpose Building
Thank you for your prayers and support.
Ways to Serve:
· Call a friend or relative to check on them.
· Pay for the person's meal behind you at the drive-thru.
· Donate toys and clothes to children in need.
· Drop off gently used clothing, canned food or blankets to a homeless shelter.
· Bake cookies for a new neighbor on your block.
· Invite your Pastor & Wife out for dinner.
· Go visit the people at the Nursing Homes!
· Take dinner to a family in need.
· Clean out your families vehicle .
· Pick us someone and take to church with you.
· Pay for someone’s groceries at Wal-Mart!
· Make a handmade craft and give to someone who needs encouragement.
· Give a thank you gift card to the people who pick up your trash.
· Take a card to you’re your postmaster.
· Go and visit the shut-ins.
Mailing Address: SRBA, P.O. Box 368, Bowling Green, MO 63334
Office Address:203 East Maple, Curryville, MO 63339
Phone: 573-324-6420 or 573-470-9340
E-mail: srbaal@sbcglobal.net
Please keep all of these events in your prayers!
Memorial Day– May 25th
Prayer Meeting– May 26th– 6:30pm– Eolia Baptist Church
LeFevre Quartet Concert– May 30th– 6:00pm– Adiel Baptist Church
2026 SBC Annual Meeting & Pastors' Conference- June 7-10, 2026
Super Summer– June 8th-12th– Hannibal La-Grange University
Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting– June 9th-10th– Orlando, FL
Pike County Christian School Annual Banquet & Auction– June 13th- 5:30pm– Pike County Fairgrounds
Love Thy Neighbor- June 14th-18th– Bowling Green Second Baptist Church
SRBA/Bethel Baptist Association Youth Forms MUST be submitted online no later than June 15, 2026
Family Fun Night– June 18th- Mt. Zion Baptist Church- 6:00 pm - 7:30pm. A light supper will be served.
Men’s Encounter- June 20th-8:00am-12:00pm- Allen Family Resource Center
Prayer Meeting- June 30th– 6:30pm- Elm Grove Baptist Church
SRBA Executive Board Meeting– July 2nd– 6:30pm– Second Baptist Church
SRBA/ Bethel Baptist Association Youth Camp– July 6th-10th Forms MUST be submitted online by June 15th.
Pike County Christian School Annual Indoor Sale– July 9th, 10th, & 11th– 7:00am-4:00pm
2026 Community Gospel Sing– July 26th– 3:00-5:00pm– Pike County Fairgrounds
Pike County Fair Ministry– July 28th-August 1st
Prayer Meeting- July 28th– 6:30pm- Grassy Creek Baptist Church
SRBA Children’s Camp– August 3rd-6th Forms Due: July 6th
SRBA Bible Day Camp– August 5th Forms Due: July 6th
Annual Church Profile (ACP’s) Due: August 10th
Missouri State Fair Ministry under the Missouri Baptist Convention Tent– August 15th
Prayer Meeting- August 25th– 6:30pm- Adiel Baptist Church
SRBA Family Picnic Day at the Park– September 13th
“Celebration of Hope” Fall Kickoff Evangelism Events will be held at the Allen Family Resource Center
Men’s Carry-In Beast Feast– September 18th– 6:00pm
Ladies Conference with special meal– September 19th-5:00pm
Family & Friends Sunday– September 20th– 6:00pm
SRBA Annual Worship Service– September 23rd– 6:30pm– Grassy Creek Baptist Church
SRBA Annual Meeting– September 26th– 9:00am
Prayer Meeting- September 29th– 6:30pm- Ramsey Creek Baptist Church
Pastor Appreciation Month– October
Fish Fry– October 9th– 4:00-7:00pm– Pike County Christian School
Missouri Baptist Convention Annual Meeting– October 26th-27th
Prayer Meeting- October 27th– 6:30pm- Friendship Baptist Church
Layman Revival– November 1st-4th
HLGU Hosts Inspiring Booster Night to Conclude Homecoming Weekend- November 7, 2026
Prayer Meeting- November 24th– 6:30pm- Peno Baptist Church
Prayer Meeting- December 29th– 6:30pm- God’s House of Ministry
Biblical Counseling – Call Bro. Kevin Ford at 573-470-1736
Tuesday Morning Prayer Meetings– 6:30am– Calvin’s Restaurant Eolia, MO
Celebrate Recovery– Wednesday Nights– 6:00pm- Second Baptist Church
Celebrate Recovery– Thursdays–6:00 pm– First Baptist Church, Louisiana
Weekly Community/County-Wide Prayer Gathering– Thursday Mornings– 7:00am- “The Bridge” Coffee Shop -
Louisiana, MO
Deaf Youth Camp– http://www.deafyouthcamp.com
Men’s Prayer Breakfast– Every last Saturday of the month- 9:00 am– One Way Ministry
Partner with Care Portal– www.careportal.org
Kids Outdoor Zone– KOZ (Boys: Ages 8-18) KOZ will meet the 2nd Saturday of every month at 8amPlease
check out the online edition of the newsletter. It’s packed with up coming exciting events. This month, camp
forms are enclosed!
Free tools for evangelism– www.whosyourone.com– Get your Everyday Evangelism Tool!
Pathway Newspaper- The Pathway is provided FREE through the Cooperative Program giving of your local
Missouri Southern Baptist Churches. To subscribe to the printed edition, call 800-736-6227 or subscribe online
at mbcpathway.com
Upcoming Events- If you have a special event coming up at your church, and would like it put in the SRBA
newsletter, or placed on our website, please forward us a flyer. You can send it by mail (SRBA P.O. Box 368,
Bowling Green, MO 63334), e-mail (srbaal@sbcglobal.net), or just drop it off at the SRBA office (203 East Maple
Street, Curryville, MO 63334). Please have information to us by the second Monday of each month for the
following month’s newsletter.
The Lottie Moon Offering!!! I find it difficult to describe the Lottie Moon Offering, it is so very near and dear to my heart. The offering is not just a topic of conversation for me; it is at the very heart of my experience as one of your missionaries serving far from home, family, and all that was familiar. As I attempt to share a description; tears come to my eyes, my heart aches, and I am transported back to memories of days gone by. Memories of foreign languages, customs, and beliefs that I came to understand as bridges to carry the good news of Jesus to lost people. Memories of a four-wheel-drive Toyota belonging to Lottie Moon that I was allowed to use saving lives, changing communities, telling people about Jesus, and starting churches. Memories of carrying people to the hospital for life-saving treatments. There are memories of multitudes of people being carried in a cab while the monsoon rains fell and the jeep trail challenged us as we traveled through the jungle to share Jesus and the ministry of returning the body of a believer from the local hospital to their village for a Christian burial. Many baptisms took place in the back of the Toyota in a metal tank far-removed from the water in the African bush. There are memories of hauling Bibles, building materials, and books for new churches, transporting Lottie’s Honda generator, a film projector, and “The Jesus Film” into a very dark part of Africa. The Lottie Moon Offering brought the light of the Way, the Truth, and the Life to communities resulting is decisions for Jesus, one new church, and that church started new churches. ~ Author Unknown
The Lottie Moon Offering allows me to support the opportunity to touch lives, hearts, and souls of the lost all over the world just by sharing how God has blessed me. The Lottie Moon Offering, through the International Mission Board, goes into the hands of missionaries touching lives for eternity with the love of God through faith in Jesus.
~Written by Ben Hess.
Help Wanted!
New Hartford Baptist Church
Associate Pastor
Job Description
The Associate Pastor candidate must fulfill the requirements of a Pastor/Overseer/Elder as required in 1 Timothy 3:1-7 and in Titus 1:5-11.
The Associate Pastor shall assist the Pastor in shepherding the flock according to the scriptures. He shall preach the gospel, conduct worship, administer the ordinances, watch over the membership, promote the spiritual interest of the church, develop it’s strength for the best possible service. Teach in Sunday School and Bible Study. Teaching and preaching duties will be shared between the Pastor and Associate Pastor. The Associate Pastor shall preach the word a minimum of 1 week a month and when necessary.
The Associate Pastor must regularly attend services and participate in church activities.
The Associate Pastor position should be considered a bi-vocational position.
New Hartford Baptist Church is a small congregation located in rural Missouri. We have a small congregation made up of mature Christians, some younger families and some youth and children. We are interested in reaching the lost in our community and bringing them the gospel so they might be saved.
If interested in this position, please contact us at:
richardwilkinson1972@yahoo.com
573-470-2554 or 573-213-9159
Help Wanted!- SRBA Director of Missions
The Salt River Baptist Association (SRBA) is prayerfully searching for its next Director of Missions. The Director of Missions will be a part-time position for a man who has been called by the Lord to lead and minister alongside the churches of our association. SRBA is a group of twenty-five dedicated churches with a passion for Christ and a desire to reach the lost. Our churches are located in Audrain, Pike, Lincoln, and Ralls counties. We believe in working together and unity in Christ is essential. Salt River Baptist Association is affiliated with the Missouri Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention.
Core Requirements:
1. Oversee the ministries, committees, staff, and finances of the association.
2. Maintain a list of potential men to fill the pulpit in the associational church as needed.
3. Attend the Missouri Baptist Convention Annual meeting as well as the SRBA annual meeting and all SRBA executive meetings.
4. Organize opportunities for missions and evangelism.
Ministry Experience
1. Meets all biblical qualifications of pastor/elder (1 Timothy 3:1-7)
2. Have five or more years of ministry experience (i.e. DOM, pastoral, church staff, convention staff, or ministry organization).
3. Preaching and teaching experience
4. Good listener, encourager, and has a pastoral heart
5. Experience in and knowledge of the Southern Baptist Convention churches, doctrine, and programs.
Ministry Essentials
1. View of the Bible: authoritative, inerrant, infallible, inspired, and sufficient
2. Endorsement of and agreement with the Baptist Faith & Message 2000
3. Agreement with SRBA mission and vision statement. (Found at www.saltriverba.com)
If the Lord leads you to submit a resume for this position, please email it to srbaal@sbcglobal.net. We truly appreciate your time and dedication to the ministry.
