2017 Annual Report

“Keep the Unity of the Spirit in the Bond of Peace.” Ephesians 4:3 “Put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its creator. Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all and is in all.” - Colossians 3:10-11 Table of Contents

Staff Reports: 4. NOBA Staff Contact, Officers, and 2018 Meetings Schedule 5. NOBA Executive Director’s Report 8. NOBA Church Health Report 9. NOBA Community Ministries Report

Ministry Partner Reports: 10. Baptist Community Health Services 12. Crossroads NOLA 13. Baptist Friendship House 14. Vieux Carre Baptist 15. Bethel Colony 16. NOLA Metro Baptist Collegiate Ministry 18. SEND New Orleans 19. Global Maritime Ministries 20. International Mission Board 21. Ethics and Religious Liberties Commission 22. New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary 23. Louisiana College 24. Camp Living Waters 25. Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home 26. Louisiana Baptist Convention

Church Reports: 27. Celebration of NOBA Giving and Baptisms 28. Giving and Baptisms by Churches 30. Directory of Churches

Front Cover Image Credit: Copyright by Soichi Watanabe and OMSC. “I Urge You...

3 NOBA Staff Contact, Officers 2018 Meetings Schedule

NOBA Staff, Contact Moderator, 2016-17

Jack Hunter, Executive Director Page Brooks, Canal St. Church [email protected] Treasurer and Clerk Leroy Fountain, Church Health Strategist [email protected] Alex Brian, NOBA

Alex Brian, Business Manager, Neighborhood Administrative Committee, 2016-17 Ministry Coordinator [email protected] Chad Gilbert, Chairman, Edgewater Baptist Fred Luter, Jr., Franklin Avenue Baptist Church Martha Castro, Hospitality Coordinator Geovany Gomez, Iglesia Bautista La Viña [email protected] Michael Carney, Calvary Baptist Church Larry Johnson, Crossroads Community Church Shayne Carpenter, NAMB Student Missionary Dennis Watson, Celebration Church [email protected] Anna Palmer, Crossroads NOLA Jay Adkins, FBC Westwego Office: 504-282-1428 joinnoba.com @joinnoba

2018 Meetings Schedule

January 17,10am Executive Committee Meeting March 21, 10am Pastors’ Meeting (Executive Committee) April 23, 6pm NOBA’s Spring Meeting May 16, 10am Executive Committee Meeting August 15, 10am Pastors’ Meeting (Executive Committee) September 19, 10am Executive Committee Meeting October 22, 6pm NOBA’s Annual Fall Meeting November 14, 10am Pastors’ Meeting (Executive Committee)

To Live a Life

4 New Orleans Baptist Association Jack Hunter, Executive Director 2222 Lakeshore Drive New Orleans, LA 70122

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This Year’s Theme Our fellowship of diverse churches shares a common identity in Christ that is expressed in fraternal love and mutual support. We treasure this unity as a gift from God, and are enthusiastic in support of one another and vigorous in defense of our unity. This is why, when the removal of Confederate monuments rekindled racial biases already heated by well-publicized police shootings and shootings of police officers, the Black Lives Matter movement, and political attempts to remove protections for “DREAMers,” undocumented immigrants brought to this country as children who have spent their entire lives here, we realized a need for broader conversation. Racism undermines our peace and would destroy our unity. What’s more, racist attitudes are ubiq- uitous. This belief is Biblical—at Babel, we see the beginnings of racism in man’s desire to make a name for himself rather than glorify the name of God. When God confused the languages, this sinful desire for the greatness of our name remained, only we had many names. That same brokenness has persisted to the mod- ern day, but the church is meant to be part of God’s redemption of this sin, and we see the Spirit at Pentecost restoring what man fractured at Babel. Like all sin, though, racism hides. Identification of racist attitudes within our own hearts requires vigilance. We must “put off” the race-based attitudes into which we were born, which were reinforced with a thousand winks and words, and we must “put on the new self” that is being “renewed in knowledge” after the image of our Creator God (Colossians 3: 10, ESV). In this new self, there is no Greek and Jew, religious and irreligious, insider and outsider, slave and free; but “Christ is all, and in all.” Renewal, this “putting off” and “putting on”, happens through knowledge. We need knowledge of others, their narratives, our Creator God, and ourselves, for without it we will never gain understanding. The pastors of the New Orleans Baptist Association wanted to share in Courageous Conversations about racism, because this is how we better attain to the unity that is ours in Christ. This afternoon, we have met around tables to hear each other’s story, allowing our attitudes to be reshaped by the experiences of our brothers and sisters, and this evening we gather for worship, celebrating the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace that is ours in Christ. The reports of the various ministries contained in this Annual Report represent your cooperative work through the New Orleans Baptist Association. My report will touch on just a few of the milestones achieved in 2017.

Baptist Community Health Services During this past year, BCHS acquired two pediatric practices, one in the Upper Ninth Ward and one in Chalmette. Dr. Edwin Lin, a faithful member of the New Orleans Chinese Baptist Church and a pediatrician who has practiced in the Upper Ninth Ward for several decades, is now a leader at BCHS. The seed for this acquisition was planted years ago during a season of prayer shared between Dr. Lin and your Executive Director. The addition of these two clinics was the culmination of many prayers and much work on the part Worthy of the Calling

5 of BCHS and NOBA, and was made possible by the generosity of Baptist Community Ministries and NOBA. With the acquisition of the pediatric clinics, BCHS expects to have 14,000 patient encounters this year. With each encounter, BCHS is intentionally focused on moving its patients closer to Christ. The BCHS leadership team is composed of servant leaders who sense God’s call to serve Christ through the delivery of quality medical care to our neighbors in underserved communities. Because of their commitment and connection to our mission, the Association gladly commissioned the following BCHS leaders as urban missionaries at its Spring Meeting: Dr. Elizabeth Goodly, Family Practice Physician - Dr. Hannah Pounds, Internal Medicine Physician - Mrs. Carolyn Fountain, Human Resource Associate - Mrs. Faye Davis, Behavioral Health Therapist - Mr. Jeremy Simmons, Community Outreach Director, and - Mr. Shawn Powers, CEO of BCHS. We delight in holding these out as NOBA missionaries, and thank God for the bonds of mission and fellowship shared between BCHS and NOBA.

Children’s Safety Committee Under the leadership of Dr. Brooke Osborn, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Counseling at NOBTS, NOBA formed a Children’s Safety Committee composed of mental health professionals, parents, children’s ministry leaders, youth ministry leaders, among others. Its purpose is to assist member churches in protecting their children through preventative training, development of policies and procedures, responsive counseling for staff and members, proliferation of reporting protocols, and response to allegations within the church body.

Disaster Relief This year has brought a full measure of disaster, but an even greater measure of the compassion of God. NOBA has responded to the historic flooding in East Baton Rouge, Ascension, and Livingston Parishes, the tornado in New Orleans East, and the flooding in Southeast Texas caused by Hurricane Harvey. Following the Northshore flooding, NOBA received a grant in the amount of $150,000 from Baptist Community Ministries for the relief of individuals, $25,000 from St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Houston, and $13,772 from NOBA churches, individuals, and even non-NOBA churches. We issued checks in the amount of $1,000 to 135 persons who sustained substantial flood losses. Local pastors recommended each grantee, and every grant was given through local pastors—because, $1,000 isn’t enough to rebuild a home, but it is enough to show a family that the Lord and the local church care for them and will be beside them through recovery. The remaining $53,772 was either given directly to churches or used to deploy scores of volunteers into the flood zone to gut out flooded homes and churches. Before NOBA had submitted its final report to Baptist Community Ministries regarding the flood, a tornado touched down in New Orleans East, devastating the area and leveling the main building of Suburban Baptist Church. In response to our churches’ stewardship of their previous grant, Baptist Community Ministries awarded a grant to NOBA in the amount of $200,000 for the relief of individuals who sustained substantial loss due to the tornado. Again, $1,000 grants were given to individual families through our local churches. Of the $200,000 granted to us, $192,000 was given directly to affected families. The remaining funds were used on direct disaster relief services provided to tornado victims. The BCM grant was limited to residents. It could not be used to repair Suburban Baptist Church, though Pastor Jeffrey Friend was able to recommend church members and many from his community as grant recipients. Baptist Builders carried the load in rebuilding Suburban Baptist Church. You Have Received

6 NOBA is grateful for their cooperation. NOBA churches sent volunteers to assist Suburban in its rebuild, and NOBA directed volunteers from other church and non-church groups to assist in this effort. NOBA churches also contributed financially to the rebuild of Suburban, and NOBA directed individuals wanting to give toward tornado relief to give to Suburban. You contributed to Suburban’s rebuild, as well, through your Association’s direct contributions. The Association was pleased to host Suburban Baptist Church for worship at its facilities while this congregation was displaced from its own property during repairs. By the goodness of God, Suburban has resumed meeting in its rebuilt property. This year also saw the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, and our churches have deployed volunteer teams every week to this day to gut out homes in Orange, Vidor, and Beaumont. College students across the city gave up their fall break to work with Corey Olivier and the Baptist Collegiate Ministry. Recovery of greater Houston and Southeast Texas from Harvey will be a long haul. If your church wants to deploy, please contact your Association for assistance, resources, and leadership. NOBA doesn’t spend any disaster relief money on its staff or overhead. Every penny of every dollar NOBA receives for disaster relief goes directly to disaster relief efforts and victims, so you can know that every dollar you give to the Association for disaster relief goes to disaster relief and nothing else. NOBA churches go to folks who’ve been busted up by the storms of life, using our time, money, and best efforts to help them recover. Christ taught us to love our neighbors this way. When we deploy, we joy- fully go in his name and love.

NOBA Facilities Our office building, nestled in a park near the Lake, is a testament to the faith of those who came before us and their dreams of reaching New Orleans with the gospel. Our building is closing in on its 50th anniversary, and it was in need of renovation and repair. If the Association had had the money, this would have been done long before now. Last year, NOBA began a conversation with Baptist Community Ministries about its Congregational Wellness group possibly occupying unused space in its building. That conversation eventually led to a space- use agreement, and in January Baptist Community Ministries’ 6-person Congregational Wellness group began sharing space with us. It has been a pleasure to work alongside this fine group of kindred spirits. Baptist Community Ministries’ monthly contribution offsets a revenue reduction from the LBC and has enabled your Association to maintain its services without reduction to its lean, but highly motivated, staff. To accommodate BCM’s Congregational Wellness group, NOBA was required to reconfigure unused spaces and update other spaces that had become unusable. NOBA had a plan to pay for these improvements, but this project would have consumed much of the Association’s available resources. Without any solicita- tion by NOBA, and unexpectedly, BCM awarded NOBA a 1:1 matching Facilities Renovations and Landscap- ing Grant, in effect paying half the cost of the renovations and improvements. These improvements will provide the Association with a serviceable facility for the next generation of our work together.

Conclusion The reports that follow tell the fuller story of our cooperative, Kingdom-building ministries in greater New Orleans. There are not enough pages, however, to tell the myriad stories of your love for one another and for our region. Your commitment to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace is the way to overcome racism in our churches and communities. For Christ and His Kingdom!

Be Completely Humble

7 New Orleans Baptist Association Leroy Fountain, Church Health Strategist 2222 Lakeshore Drive New Orleans, LA 70122

504.282.1428

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The churches of the New Orleans Baptist Association are doing ministry in an environment that is constantly evolving. One of the great challenges for church planters, as well as long-time established churches, is the diversity of people and cultures in our city. A New Testament understanding of the church calls for an inclu- sive community of faith. In order for our churches to meet the needs of diverse communities, they must make disciples who are obedient to the Great Commission. With this in mind, NOBA has attempted to provide leadership training for these diverse communities. Church health assessments are also available to our churches upon request and can be helpful to think through these issues as they play out in your specific context.

In 2017, NOBA continued a partnership with the Louisiana Baptist Convention to host a series of Hispanic Church Leadership Training seminars in our association under the heading of Total Church Life. The seminars focused on the Great Commission church and the development of church systems for small churches.

NOBA assisted member churches to host the Disciple Now weekend at First Baptist Church. We were excited to work with our churches for this annual event. More than 200 students participated in this time of evangelism, fun, and fellowship.

The Association’s Women’s Missions and Ministry team hosted the Connected 101 Conference. This conference involved about fifty women who gathered to network and form partnerships that would be a resource for stronger evangelism, discipleship, and mission ministry opportunities throughout the Association. In cooperation with Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, NOBA trained an evangelism team that has been effective in equipping 15 other churches in evangelism and revivals. These training efforts have produced good results for church plants as well as established churches.

Your Association and the office of church health is available to assist member churches as you plan and ex- ecute the strategy of deploying disciples to the mission field of our region, state, nation, and world.

And Gentle

8 New Orleans Baptist Association Alex Brian, Neighborhood Ministries Coordinator, Business Manager 2222 Lakeshore Drive New Orleans, LA 70122

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When I consider cooperative work on a community level, one word comes to mind more often than most: restoration. What does it look like for a community to be restored to God? Can a city level itself prostrate before the Lord? Can a town uproot itself to travel further down the road in obedience to the great commission? The need for restoration in our communities is keenly felt, but a vision of a community restored to God is rare. Actual work for restoration is rarer still, yet the Spirit has been moving to restore New Orleans through your churches.

One lesson this past year has taught undoubtedly: nowhere is the need for restoration more blatant than in communities which have experienced a natural disaster. Just over a year ago, Baton Rouge flooded, together with the surrounding areas—unexpectedly, devastatingly. In February, a tornado ripped through the East, leveling Suburban Baptist’s property along with large sections of that community, including many other churches and an elementary school. Even more recently, large sections of Texas and Southwestern Louisiana, as well as Florida and South America, survived hurricanes and earthquakes.

What does restoration look like in those communities, in the midst of disaster? I’ve seen it. Restoration looks like churches from all over our region sending their people and their resources to aid in recovery. I saw restoration when I roofed Suburban Baptist with men and women about my grandparents’ age, and gutted out homes in Beaumont with kids, still in school. I saw restoration when some poor churches gave an entire week’s offering to recovery efforts, and some rich churches sent out armies of volunteers in the midst of hectic lives. I saw restoration when Justin Morgan of Edgewater Baptist, among many others, used abundant talent and Spiritual gifting to lead a cooperative disaster response in confidence and effectiveness. I saw restoration in the midst of disaster when students from Chinese Baptist Church worked with dozens of volunteers from Iglesia Bautista Horeb to gut an entire education building in a day—two from that team stepping through nails, treating the wounds, and rising again to work until the day was through.

Again, I’ll ask, what does restoration look like in our communities? It looks like pastors knowing other pastors in their area. We met with a group of pastors ministering above I-10 in Metairie this past year, just for a time of fellowship, Scripture reading, and prayer—it was powerful. In 2018, we intend to begin similar groups across the region, facilitating relationships among the leaders of NOBA churches in pursuit of better connected pastors and healthier churches ministering to the needs of their entire community.

Restoration looks like the spread of the gospel message to every household in our city, which is why we are partnering with the LBC in 2018 in the Harvest initiative to do exactly that, using the latest technology to track and plan evangelistic efforts. We are praying that these tools can help you do what you have already done throughout this past year, with ever more creative and effective means of outreach. Father, restore us again. Amen. Be Patient

9 Baptist Community Health Services Shawn Powers, CEO 4960 St. Claude Avenue New Orleans, LA 70117

504.533.4999

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Dear NOBA Family,

On behalf of Baptist Community Health Services, it’s my privilege to provide you an update on your medical mission in the 9th, Lower 9th, and Chalmette.

BCHS Partners With You Earlier this year members of the BCHS Team were honored to be commissioned as your missionaries. Thank you for that privilege. While the number of known Christian clinics in the US is now greater than 150, we believe BCHS is the only SBC affiliated medical mission of its kind in North America. As we work in our mission field, we have been honored for many of you to have joined us both as patients and as volunteers in our community outreach and disciple-making activities. As an extension of Christ’s work through your churches, it has been a tremendous blessing to be able to work alongside you in ministering to patients from your pews; caring for our neighbors who are dealing with addiction; and partnering with many of you and your families in providing for their specific pediatric, family practice and internal medicine needs. BCHS truly appreciates our NOBA and SBC churches for sending hundreds of volunteers to us this year. Thank you for trusting us with your church teams as they have assisted our outreach, community partnerships and even doing some cleaning and minor construction on our properties – thank you and please keep sending us short-term teams!

BCHS Gives Back In 2017, BCHS was pleased to launch its free pharmaceutical give-away plan. Through the generosity of donors, we hope this year to give away more than $750,000 in free pharmaceuticals, over-the-counter medicines, and other medical goods. Many of these goods have gone to parishioners in your churches and to patients who rely on these medicines for improvements in their quality of life. BCHS never turns away a patient because of their inability to pay. Using federal guidelines, we work with every patient to ensure they have access to high quality medical care. We also partner with other medical groups and hospitals in the city which follow similar practices. If you have a church member with special health concerns, please feel free to contact us directly on their behalf, and we will work with you to assist them. As we look toward 2018, BCHS is pleased to announce that we will continue the existing NOBA Senior Pastor – Church Planter Plan, which offers free and reduced cost healthcare to lead pastors, church planters and their immediate family members whose churches are in friendly and full association with NOBA. BCHS has available free wallet-sized member cards that are available to every senior pastor and church planter. These cards are an easy way for pastors to identify themselves when they visit a BCHS clinic. To obtain your card, email [email protected] Bearing with One Another

10 Since its formation BCHS has sought to be an encouragement to others in the launching of Christ- exalting medical clinics. In recent months, the BCHS leadership Team has provided direct consultation to an emerging medical mission in the Delta of Mississippi; BCHS has consulted with NAMB regarding healthcare missions; and our CEO has spoken at a national Christian medical conference. We hope our work will continue to influence a movement of new SBC and Evangelical medical missions in North America.

BCHS Looks Forward BCHS is now three years old. While still young, we continue intentionally to mature and refine ourselves for our patients’ betterment and our mission’s good. We continue to pursue federal recognition of our work. BCHS presently has a completed application being considered by HRSA, the government agency that grants the sought-after distinction. Once achieved, BCHS will be able to obtain economic self-sufficiency. Our list of needs and opportunities remain significant. They would be overwhelming if not for God’s abundant grace and your support. Thank you for allowing us to continue to serve as your missionaries, labor- ing alongside you in the harvest fields of New Orleans. We invite you to pray for the work we are leading on your behalf. Pray for our mission field, the patients we build relationships with and for our BCHS Staff Team and Board, who are serving daily in New Orleans’ medically underserved communities. If you have not already visited our clinics, please schedule a visit. We are always honored when one of our pastors comes to say hello and inspect our work. Additionally, members of our BCHS Team routinely visit and speak at our NOBA churches. Health fairs, Sunday Sermons and other special events are activities in which we enjoy participating. Please contact us for any event you would like BCHS to come and help support at your church.

With All Joy,

Shawn Powers CEO, Baptist Community Health Services [email protected]

Baptist Community Health Services Staff Hannah Pounds, MD Chief Medical Officer, Internal Medicine Jeremy Simmons Director of Operations Elizabeth Goodly, MD Family Practice Nancy Tardy, RN Clinical Director Edwin Lin, MD Pediatrician

Carolyn Fountain Vithavas Tangpricha, MD Human Resources Director Pediatrician

Tina Bernandi Robert Jemison, FNP-C Senior Billing and Collections Associate Family Practice

Cary Calhoun, CPA Fay Davis, PLPC Financial Services Behavioral Health Therapist in Love

11 Crossroads NOLA Anna Palmer, Executive Director 5290 Canal Boulevard New Orleans, LA 70124

504.482.9135

crossroadsnola.org

In 2011, after years of devastating budget cuts, the Department of Children and Family Services, the state agency that serves the most vulnerable children in our community, hosted a meeting in New Orleans for pastors and church leaders. Their plea was simple:

We do not have enough safe families to care for children in foster care. Your churches are filled with wonderful families every Sunday, but we don’t have access to them. We need your help.

The State asked the Church for help. I wish they hadn’t had to. There is no clearer mandate in scripture than to care for the fatherless. When children are in foster care, though most have living biological parents, they are temporarily fatherless. Children don’t need a system; children need parents. On any given day, there are 4800 children in Louisiana in foster care. Currently, there are only 2200 foster families available to care for them. The deficit of foster families has a broad and devastating impact on vulnerable children.

The Church is changing this.

Through strategic partnerships with the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home, Crossroads NOLA has mobilized over 50 families from local churches to care for more than 150 abused and neglected children in our region.

Over 150 of the most vulnerable children in our community have been in the healing arms of families who know the unconditional love of Christ. They have not just been fed, clothed, and kept safe; they have been nurtured, loved unconditionally, and have experienced the kind of connection and relationship for which their Creator designed them. They have attended your churches, been involved in your children’s ministries, and been embraced by your congregation.

This good work has not gone unnoticed by state government officials. The Church, through Crossroads NOLA, has a place of influence with DCFS and other child welfare stakeholders. We are currently leading an effort, the Greater New Orleans Collaborative for Children, to elevate the level of care each child in foster care receives. We are shining light in dark places and speaking for the voiceless.

God is using the Church to change foster care in Louisiana.

This is the work of the Church - to give our time, energy, and resources on behalf of those who cannot protect themselves. To learn more about becoming a church partner or to schedule a foster parent recruiting event at your church visit our website (crossroadsnola.org) or give us a call at 504.482.9135.

Make Every Effort

12 Baptist Friendship House Kay Bennet, Executive Director 813 Elysian Fields Avenue New Orleans, LA 70117

504.949.4469

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We would like to thank NOBA and our churches for their continual support of our ministry. Needs have increased in our city and you all have stepped up to make sure we are able to minister to those needs and to share Jesus and His love. We thank you for praying, volunteering, donating needed items, and giving financially. We have seen an increase with local pastors calling and making referrals of individuals in need. Thank you for allowing us to walk beside you and be a part of your ministry.

Decisions - 27 Bibles/tracts- 2,592 Number sheltered through transitional housing program – 2,018 Human Trafficking Victims assisted 13 Meals – 6,332; Snack Packs- 2,064; Emergency/Grocery Food Assistance 8,760 Total-18,156 Hygiene Packs - 890; Articles of Clothing- 10,750; Diapers- 103 GED/Literacy/Computer Skills/Job Readiness/Life Skills- 118 Backpacks with school supplies - 225 Showers for homeless and weekday ministry- 1,029

Often homeless individuals are stereotyped as addicts and not wanting to work, but this is not always the case. Such is the story of one of our families in our transitional housing program. She has multiple sclerosis. She has obtained employment, but some days she struggles to work due to her health. Her little boy is pre- cious and we admire her for taking good care of him. She became homeless when she got sick and was in the hospital for a couple of weeks. She lost her job, could not pay her rent, and was evicted from her apartment. Pray for her health and that we will be able to get her into permanent housing.

As a missionary, I am part of NAMB’s Send Relief and one of the issues Send Relief is tackling is human trafficking. At BFH we continue to assist those entrapped in slavery by human trafficking. We partner with the Human Trafficking Hotline, Homeland Security, FBI and local law enforcement participating in special operations to rescue victims. One of the girls that we have helped in the past has been accepted to a college for pre-med. We are so excited for her and assisted her with supplies for her dorm. She is nervous, but excited to begin a new chapter in her life. She told us she would not be where she is without our help and that she was going to pay it forward by helping others. Keep her in your prayers as she begins a new journey.

I am typing this on August 29, 2017 the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina which changed our lives in un- imaginable ways. Hurricane Harvey is also changing many lives at this time. We have many homeless coming through our doors today, with soaked clothes in need of a shower and dry clothing. One of the most valuable lessons I learned from Katrina is that we help people rebuild their lives one at a time. Thank you for helping us to care for others and change our world, one person at a time. To Keep the Unity

13 Vieux Carre Baptist Church Tom Bilderback, Pastor 711 Dauphine Street New Orleans, LA 70116

866.868.5905

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Vieux Carré Baptist Church, which we lovingly call “The Vieux” (located one block from Bourbon St.), has been ministering in the heart of the city since 1964. We operate in partnership as a mission of Celebra- tion Church. We are home to a small, close-knit group of people who are called to be Jesus-with-skin-on in a neighborhood knee-deep in brokenness. We embody Luke 15: eating, drinking and doing life with those so far from the church walls, in hopes of finding the one. Every Friday we turn our sanctuary into a living room and provide a solace for over 70 people. We call it “shower Friday.” They receive some basic services, and more importantly relationships, that are focused on bringing the Kingdom of God near. We provide a hot meal, clean clothing, hygiene, haircuts, showers, and bus tickets when needed. For those ready to surrender, we provide an incredible investment to walk with them as far as they are willing to go. We partner with transformation programs around the country and assist some to stay right here and join us. On any given Sunday, around 40-50 of us gather for worship. A third have a house, car, job, etc. An- other third were in the street and are now a functional/necessary part of our body. The other third are still living in the street with mental illness, loneliness, or chemical addiction. As we walk with people on their journey, we have partnered with Kay Bennet at Friendship House providing a safe and secure environment for women. We also have a great partnership with BCHS Nola. All the men whom we get connected to transformation partners need physicals and blood tests. They are so loving to our people. We recently walked with a couple who had been in deep heroin addiction. After we visited BCHS, they commented it was the first medical facility that hadn’t been abusive towards them because of their addiction. We are in the heart of the LGBT community and are called to love our neighbors. We do what we can to audaciously love and repaint Jesus correctly while never compromising the gospel. We purposely eat every Tuesday night at the gay bar around the corner from the church. We build trust with our neighbors and we are examples of true community in a worldly broken one. They know who we are and they are always glad to see us come in. We also partner with a short term missions company facilitating an experience to challenge students and adults to see our lifestyle and go live missionally in their own backyard. We can have as many as 300 plus folks come through our doors each season. We are also a hospitality ministry to traveling musicians. Many artists make so little that travel can burden them enough that they cannot share their art. We are in partnership with RYFO ministries. We lodge, make meals, love, encourage, laugh, and pray with musicians through their network. We are prayerfully walking into new territory. We have learned that people need family on the post end of short or long term transformation. They only had a broken worldly family before Christ. If the church doesn’t sacrificially become their new family they will go back. God has been opening the door for us to open and maintain a transformation house, providing a place for people to stay in a stable, drug-free, Christ-filled environment while they get established, discipling them while giving them opportunity to be a vital part of the body of Christ. We are just in the preparing stages now hoping to start physical rehab of house in 2018. God has put a unique calling of people here to be a reflection of His love. We covet your prayers, and if you would like to know how to come alongside or to come visit, please contact us. Of the Spirit

14 Bethel Colony South Transformation Ministries Mel Jones, Pastor 4114 Old Gentilly Road New Orleans, LA 70126 e hel ommunity 504.943.0456 B Baptist Church bethelcolonysouth.org

Bethel Colony South Men’s Ministry, Women at the Well, and the Bethel Family House (collectively known as Bethel Colony South Transformation Ministries) are Christian faith-based, residential rehabilitation programs for men and women struggling with alcoholism, drug addiction and other life-controlling issues. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, Bethel Colony South (a program for adult men), Women at the Well (a program for adult women) and the Bethel Family House (a program for single mothers with small children) are ministries of Bethel Community Baptist Church. Each of these long-term (6-month minimum) programs is designed to provide a compassionate and caring therapeutic community in which men and women are provided an opportunity to heal and grow…physically, mentally and spiritually.

The correlation between Christian faith and long-term sobriety is well documented. Over the years, countless men and women have been set free from the bondage of drug addiction and alcoholism through faith in Jesus Christ. That is why Jesus is at the heart of our programs. When you know Jesus “you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32) We offer those in need deliverance and healing from the spiritual strongholds of substance abuse and chemical dependency through the matchless power of Christ’s Gospel.

We motivate our residents, whom we refer to as “students,” to develop a personal relationship with Jesus Christ through traditional church services, classroom lectures, small group discussions, one-on-one counseling, individual and group prayer, community service, work therapy programs, and a variety of other faith- intensive activities. We believe that both the problems that lead to drug addiction and alcoholism and the problems caused as a result of drug addiction and alcoholism, can be resolved through faith in God. Our programs teach that there is victory in living through Jesus Christ and the truths of the Bible.

The Bethel Colony South Men’s Ministry currently serves approximately 120 men. Women at the Well currently serves approximately 60 women. The Bethel Family House currently serves approximately 15 single mothers and 35 children under the age of 10 years old. All Bethel Colony South programs are open to any and all men and women (18+) who struggle with substance abuse and other life-controlling issues, regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or religious affiliation. All services are provided free of charge.

Through the Bond of Peace

15 Baptist Collegiate Ministries Corey Olivier, Metro Director 7111 Freret Street New Orleans, LA 70118

504.616.4216

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As we begin the 2017-2018 academic year I am grateful once again to NOBA for your generous support of campus-based college ministry in NOLA. Baptist collegiate ministry (aka BCM Christian Community) is an extension of all our NOBA churches. Your generous gifts to both the association and TV Cooperative program allow us to do what we do. Without the local church there is no BCM!

Our mission is to empower and equip college students to make disciples who make disciples through ac- countable relationships, prayer, study of Scripture, and missional living. This year we are directly impacting students at Tulane University, Loyola University, University of New Orleans, Southern University at New Orleans, Leavell College, and NOBTS. We are it indirectly impacting students at Delgado Community College, Xavier University, and Dillard University with our work at Privateer Place which houses students for multiple universities in the metro area. Below is a short synopsis of the work we have on the campuses we directly have impact on.

Tulane and Loyola are ministries that we do in conjunction with one another. Each week students have an opportunity to gather together for the time of worship and Bible study on Wednesdays at 8pm. This program is called Common Ground and meets at the BCM house located at 7111 Freret Street. On Thursday’s our associate director Danny Currie leads a small group at Loyola, specifically reaching out to that campus. On Thurs- day evenings at 6:30pm we have our weekly family dinner and then following that we have our International Student Conversation Hour which is designed to help international students meet American students while learning American culture. At various times throughout the week small group Bible studies are happening along with D-groups (2-3 person intentional disciple making groups). During the semester we hold various outreach and social events for the students on campus. I’m in the middle of my 11th year as the Tulane Ath- letics Chaplain. I am currently doing chapels for football, women’s volleyball, and baseball. I also co-lead and All-Athletes Bible Study on Sunday nights and a Coaches Bible Study that meets on Mondays at two different times to accommodate schedules and interest.

UNO and Leavell College are also done in conjunction with one another. At UNO the major day of ministry is Tuesday where we gather weekly at privateer Place where The Well: Dinner and Worship. This is a time for students can gather for free food, Bible study, and worship. On Tuesday afternoons we host a coffee and conversation time for international students in the international student lounge at UNO. This is a time to connect with international and help them learn conversational English and American culture. On Friday afternoons we host an international student Bible study in the International Student Center on campus. On two Sunday nights per month, we host an outreach event at UNO’s Pontchartrain Hall called Flapjack Feast. From 8pm – 9pm, we serve free pancakes to any of the residents that want to come. We have BCM students spread out throughout the courtyard area talking with the students who are attending. The goal is the have gospel conversations with some of the students there. Just as You Were CalledText 16 We integrate Leavell College students into all we do at UNO. We have made UNO their mission field while they are at Leavell College. We are excited to see how this year’s Freshman class has taken on that challenge and have served well thus far.

NOBTS continues to be a great partner to us mainly through supplying us with our interns we need each year to do the ministry on the various campuses. Our goal there is to get as many students out of the gates and into the city doing ministry. Outside of out interns we have students who volunteer time with our international ministries at both Tulane and UNO, volunteer as D-Group leaders, and who help with some of the outreach events we do.

SUNO ministry is done on Mondays with Jason Thomas, BCM director at Southern Baton Rouge, driving down to lead The Table which is a lunch and Bible study program. SUNO students are also encouraged to join up with the students attending The Well on Tuesday nights.

Thank you again, NOBA, for your support. If your church would like to join us in what we’re doing on the university campuses in NOLA please email any one of the following people. We will be happy to help you plug in. Corey Olivier Danny Currie Jason Thomas UNO & Leavell College Tulane & Loyola SUNO [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

TextTo One Hope 17 SEND New Orleans George Ross, SEND City Coordinator 2222 Lakeshore Drive New Orleans, LA 70122

504.343.1697

namb.net

What a great year for Southern Baptists in New Orleans! Thanks to your generous giving and kingdom vision, the SEND New Orleans strategy of mobilizing local churches to plant churches in NOLA is having great impact. Highlights: • We have welcomed 4 New Plants in 2017: Bo Smith- Lakeshore Church, Stephen Partain- King’s Church, Jona- than Sayles- Mission Community Church, and Gerry Anderson- Riverbend Church • We have 8 Long Term Student Missionaries serving with: Baptist Community Health Center, Baptist Friendship House (2), First Baptist Kenner, Connect Church Algiers, New Orleans Port Ministry, The Care Effect, and NOBA • We hosted 18 Generation SEND Colliegiate Students here in NOLA for 7 weeks. This team did a dynamic job of creating two potential church planting prospectuses for the 9th Ward and Irish Channel. 4 Students have committed to return to the city to serve; Justin Swartz, Emmy Reichart, Kristy Foley, & Taylor Broadbent. • YTD 102 participants on SEND New Orleans Catch The Vision Tours and 71 Mobilizations • Jan-July saw 98 Baptisms from 24 SEND New Orleans Church Plants, $41,765 (6.97%) in CP giving and $7013 (1.72%) in associational giving • Send New Orleans planters hosted over 1000 volunteers from partner churches this summer. • Began the Fall Semester of POD Coaching, averaging 16 planters. • Beginning and leading our first Multiply Cohort with 5 participants on Sept 5th. • Kicked off Boulevard Training with LDR Josh Holland and 5 participants. • Joy Ross planned and led Beach Spouse Retreat with 16 participants. • Planned and led New Orleans Family Waterpark Day with 58 participants. • Welcomed and spoke to over 100 new students at New Orleans Baptists Theological Seminary. • Leading 3 Residents through NAMB L1 & L2 Church Planter Pipeline • Confirmed up to 19 Credit Hours with NAMB and NOBTS residency partnership. • Upcoming Plants for 2018: Adam Wiggins, One Church, and Brian Morales, Lakeshore Iglesias. Church Planting Story: Justin Haynes, a planter in our hardest and darkest area of New Orleans, the Bywater; was the featured missionary at the NAMB Luncheon in Phoenix. Justin was diagnosed with cancer in February, at the same time becoming our featured missionary on the NAMB prayer calendar. Justin and his family were overwhelmed with the prayers, kind- ness and generosity of Southern Baptists. This was an incredible testimony of how prayer impacts our life and ministry. Justin has received his last chemotherapy treatment and is awaiting his next scan to determine next steps. Prayer Request & Praise Report: • Justin Haynes’ most recent scan showed he was cancer free! PRAISE! • A Vietnamese planter for 13-14k Vietnamese population in New Orleans East with no evangelical work. • Church plants across the city to become self-sufficient and self-sustaining works. • Church planters who are leading our much needed bi-vocational church planting models. • New works to start in our most unreached areas of the city. We are so grateful for the generous partnership of Southern Baptists enabling us to reach The City That Care Forgot with the good news of Jesus Christ. Thank you NOBA churches it is a privilege to work alongside you! There is One Body

18 Global Maritime Ministries Philip Vandercook, Director 3635 Tchopitoulas Street New Orleans, LA 70115

504.895.2028

portministry.com

Around the globe at any given moment there are over 1.5 million international seafarers moving cargo from country to country. Regardless of their contribution to society by bringing us a majority of the products we use every day, often these men and women are forgotten. Seafarers live most of their lives on the ocean, in a lonely existence, in order to provide for their families back in their home countries. Contracts take them from home for up to a year on ships that may sail up to six weeks at a time between ports. These mariners must face many issues while at sea including safety concerns, unfair treatment, loneliness, and depression.

Global Maritime Ministries stands ready to reach out to the forgotten and neglected sailors by meeting their spiritual, emotional, and physical needs. So far this year, we have been able to contact over 19,400 seafarers from 86 countries around the world. We meet physical needs by visiting ships to check on the welfare and needs of the crew. By providing free transportation from the ship to our ministry center as well as stores, seafarers have an opportunity to get off of the ship when in port. At the ministry center, seafarers enjoy a safe atmosphere in which to relax, call home, get online, receive mail, and wire money. Emotional needs are met with a listening ear. Building relationships is important and many times this can be done at the center while enjoying coffee and snacks. Recreational games such as pool and ping-pong also give seafarers a chance to have fun. Spiritual needs are met with prayer, Scripture, and the Gospel message. Bookshelves line two walls of our ministry center with Bibles in about 75 languages to give to the seafarers we encounter. Since January, we have had the opportunity to give away over 220 Bibles and share the Gospel with over 1,000 people. We are thankful that six of those responded to the Good News and made a profession of faith in Christ.

With such a variety of nationalities sailing on vessels, the ends of the earth are coming here to our port. Many of these countries are closed to traditional missionaries; however, we are able to send the Gospel to these countries through the mariners that visit our shores. By reaching the seafarers for Christ, the world will be impacted! We appreciate your prayers and support that allow us to continue to expand this vital ministry to the maritime community. If you would like to get involved in reaching the world at our doorstep, please contact us at [email protected].

TextAnd One Spirit 19 The International Mission Board David Platt, President 3806 Monument Avenue, Box 6767

Richmond, VA 23230-0767 ®

800.999.3113

imb.org

When You Were CalledText 20 The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission Russell Moore, President 901 Commerce St. Nashville, TN 37203

615.244.2495

erlc.com

This year marks the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. 500 years ago an Augustinan monk was willing to stand for the clarity of the gospel, regardless of what the world around him thought. He had the fear of God. And he taught us to stand, bound by conscience to the Word of God. In that same allegiance to God’s Word, your Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission aims to do the very same thing. That’s why we, for example, stand and dissent from a watching world that would tell us that children are only valuable if they are “planned,” against those who seek to use government funds to subsidize a wicked and predatory industry. More broadly, though, with every initiative and in all we do, we aim to connect the agenda of the kingdom of God to the cultures of local congregations for the sake of the mission of the gospel in the world. The ERLC has been active, as always, serving our churches and speaking from them to the broader culture. But part of that responsibility this year has included investing a great deal of time and energy into churches to help them think through the sorts of issues that may not show up in newspapers or on television but are every bit as critical. As a result, one of the areas we have recognized and responded to with particular urgency are parents who are grappling with complex cultural issues at the dinner table with their children. Parents now wonder how to talk with children about their identities as boys or girls, with children who are called bigots because they believe in marriage and family the way Jesus defines them, or with children who seem powerless before the technological pull of screens, social media, and a weaponized pornography industry. Like no time before, parents and pastors now must confront complex questions about what it even means to be human. This is why the ERLC has partnered with LifeWay to develop a first-of-its-kind parenting curriculum designed for churches and small groups and Sunday School. This new curriculum brings together some of the most gifted thinkers from across the country to address these issues. At the same time, we’ve in- vested in our future leaders—welcoming hundreds of pastors and seminary students to training academies and graduate courses designed to equip them to address these very same issues and others. Beyond that, we have been active speaking a word of witness from our churches to the watching world. That’s why, for example, we launched a national campaign designed to build support and send a signal to every lawmaker in Washington that Planned Parenthood should not receive a single cent of taxpayer money. It’s why we have been active in courts, applying pressure to the Senate to consider the rights of the unborn and the vulnerable when confirming judicial nominees. It’s why we have been vigilant in Congress, contending for unborn children, religious liberty, family stability, human dignity, and more. It’s also why the ERLC has focused intensely on racial reconciliation and justice over the last several years and will continue to do so in the future. If we love the world, as Jesus does, we must lead the way in gospel clarity here. In the year ahead, the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission will continue to stand and to speak— thanks to the faithful and sacrificial giving of Southern Baptists through the Cooperative Program. Ethics and religious liberty aren’t grounded in cultural winds or government decrees but in the truth of the gospel. In order to stand up for those things, we must know how to nail theses to the wall of the world around us, not merely in protest but as ambassadors of reconciliation. So, we will work to arm the next generation to apply the Bible to the world around us. We will equip them to stand anywhere in any culture, with joy, and give a defense, without fear. TextOne Lord 21 New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary Chuck Kelley, President 3939 Gentilly Boulevard New Orleans, LA 70126

504.282.4455

nobts.edu

NOBTS: Focused on Evangelism and the Local Church New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary kicked off its 100th anniversary celebration this fall and has planned many upcoming centennial initiatives focused on evangelism and missions. The seminary is also making efforts to reconnect with local churches in New Orleans during this centennial year. When the seminary was created in 1917, only a few Southern Baptist churches existed in New Orleans. The city was anything but a Baptist stronghold. “We were put there to be a lighthouse as well as a school- house,” NOBTS President Chuck Kelley said. “From that day we started with five or six Southern Baptist congregations, there are now more than a hundred Southern Baptist congregations in New Orleans. New church plants are still going on today.” The task of New Orleans Seminary is to prepare students to answer the call of God. The curriculum blends classic theological training — biblical studies, theology, church history and preaching — with the practical — interpersonal relationship courses and evangelism training. “[Every student] must spend at least one semester going out door-to-door in the city of New Orleans sharing Jesus Christ and learning how to bring people to Christ,” Kelley said. “We simply have to get the Gospel out from behind our pulpits into the streets and neighborhoods of our cities and communities.” One of the ways NOBTS is reconnecting with local churches is through Caskey Center scholarships. The scholarship provides full tuition for students serving as bivocational ministers and those who serve smaller membership churches in Louisiana Baptist Convention churches. Many of these students are serving in New Orleans churches. Students receiving the scholarship are required to engage in at least one Gospel conversation each week. The results have been phenomenal. “In the past two years, these students have had 7,585 Gospel conversations with people who are lost,” Kelley said of their work. “Four thousand, seven hundred and eighty-seven of them got to the point of asking someone to give their lives to Jesus Christ and 1,061 people were born again.” Another recent development at NOBTS is the Fred Luter Scholarship for African American students, which will provide a total of $150,000 per year for African American students. Provided by an anonymous do- nor, the scholarships are available for African American students studying in both New Orleans and Atlanta. “We know we have to raise up a generation of leaders who can lead not only in African American churches, but who can bring an African American voice into the affairs of the Southern Baptist Convention,” Kelley said.

New Preaching and Evangelism Conference The seminary recently established the Adrian Rogers Center for Expository Preaching with the goal of helping students and current pastors to proclaim the Word of God in the best way possible. In the spring the center will host its first exposition and evangelistic preaching conference – Empowering the Pulpit. The event, held at NOBTS Jan. 29-31, 2018, will feature Southeastern Seminary’s Jim Shaddix and Robert Smith Jr. of Beeson Divinity School. These two great preachers will model expository preaching around the theme of “Engaging the Culture.” Watch for details about this event at nobts.edu/rogerscenter. One FaithText 22 Louisiana College Rick Brewer, President 1140 College Drive Pineville, LA 71360

318.487.7011

lacollege.edu

Your Louisiana College family remains grateful for the faithful support of our larger family of LBC churches. Every semester, young people come to faith in Christ at LC, which is the single-most important outcome we realize from your sacrificial giving to the Cooperative Program. There are many other significant accomplishments to report. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges approved three new graduate degrees and one undergraduate: Master’s in Nursing, Master’s in Social Work, Master’s in Education and a BS in Computer Science. We launched several new scholarship initiatives: C.S. Lewis Honors Scholarship, The Francis Schaeffer Christian Worldview Schol- arship, The Fred Lowery Missions & Ministries Scholarship, The G. Earl Guinn Residence Scholarship, and the Scholarship for International Students. These efforts and others strongly indicate a significant number of incoming freshmen this year. LC adopted a no-fee, flat rate annual tuition of $16,000 that allows student to enroll in 12-to-18 hours per semester, or even more hours with administrative approval and at no extra cost. We were pleased to host the Louisiana Baptist All-State Youth Choir camp as led by Herb Armentrout, Youth Music Consultant for the Louisiana Baptist Convention and Music Minister at Broadmoor Baptist Church in Shreveport. LifeWay Christian resources held two Fuge Camps at LC this summer, both XFuge and MFuge. With more than 600 campers serving local ministries and churches, 35 people came to faith in Christ; 27 were among the campers themselves. Campus facilities upgrades continue from an extensive insurance claim that will thoroughly remodel the interior of Guinn Auditorium. New sound system, lights, seating, carpet and re- styled acoustical ceiling will render the facility as one of the best of its kind. When complete in 2018, this will be the centerpiece of the campus. LC continues to enjoy donor support from our Board of Visitors, other gifts and grants. We were espe- cially pleased for the response of alumni and friends who matched an anonymous campus beautification gift of $100K. This helps the College with curb appeal, which is the third most important consideration of potential college students. After months of study and work, our leadership team has completed LC’s Vision 2020 Strategic Plan that projects a student enrollment of 1,500 by the year 2020 or sooner. Highlights include a combination of traditional undergraduate and graduate programs with expanded online program offering an array of academic programs for adult learners through Savant Learning Systems. Our inaugural Values & Ethics Series last year drew about 300 attendees. This year’s Oct. 9-10 Values & Ethics Series theme is Religious Liberty and features Gregory S. Baylor of the Alliance Defending Freedom and Warren Cole Smith, vice president of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. Slated for March 2018 is our God in the Workplace Seminar, featuring Richard Blackaby. These blessings and accomplishments would not be possible without the blessings of God and the support of Louisiana Baptists. We are thankful to God for His blessings and the blessings from His children -- our Louisiana Baptist family.

TextOne Baptism 23 Camp Living Waters Scott Mercer, Director 21230 Livingwater Road Loranger, LA 70446

985.345.1831

camplivingwaters.net

What a wonderful beginning it has been as the new director here at Camp Living Waters. As a volunteer in the early 90’s, I would have never dreamed that God would bring me back here, full circle, to be a part of this ministry. To begin my ministry here at the beginning of camp season was an adventure, but God had set before me a wonderful staff that loved to serve and assisted me more than I could ever imagine. During the three children’s camps that we sponsored, we had a little over 600 participants with 17 professions of faith and several other decisions. Over all this summer, we housed just over 2,000 campers.

Fall has shaped up to be a great time of year for us. First, we are in the middle of rebuilding the swimming pool. It should be completed by first part of November. Second, we are in the final stages of approving plans for a dining hall. With any luck, we hope to be started on construction by the end of the year. This will be a dining hall that will seat 250 per meal in fixed seating arrangement and around 500 in unfixed seating capac- ity. We will also have three large meeting rooms in this building. With these meeting rooms, it will allow us to host more than one group at time. I look forward to seeing how God will use this for His Kingdom. Last, as far as numbers are concerned, we are having an exceptional fall with over 2,000 campers during this time of year. To God be the Glory.

Summer is approaching fast. I hope that each of your churches have made plans to have your children and youth at the camps here at Camp Living Waters. We are restructuring our camps this summer to better meet the needs of our campers. We have increased the number of children’s camps from three to four camps and have added a youth camp. There will be big changes this summer in how we do camp, so check us out. I believe you will love what you see.

How can you show your support for the camp? First, you can join our prayer team. Go to our website and join today: www.camplivingwaters.net. Second, join us by participating in the use of our facilities and camps. We are your camp and we are here for you. Third, support us through volunteering or by doing mission projects with us. We have several rooms that we are asking churches to adopt as mission opportunities. Also, there are never too many volunteers to come serve alongside us in ministry. Then, lastly, give. The giving of our associations, local churches, and individuals are vital parts of helping us maintain the camp for the purpose of spreading the gospel. Pray about how God wants you to come alongside us in ministry. May God continue to bless, and we look forward to seeing you at camp.

One TextGod 24 Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home Perry Hancock, President & CEO 7200 DeSiard Street Monroe, LA 71203

318.343.2244

lbch.org

In its 117th year of ministry, Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home and Family Ministries continued its mission of providing love, care, and hope in Christ for children and families in need. The Children’s Home provided a positive Christian witness through its residential child and family care programs, foster care and adoption ministries, Granberry Counseling Centers, Christian Women’s Job Corp, the Mobile Pregnancy Care Center, and Orphans Embrace. In 2016 the Children’s Home provided ministry services for over 3,600 children, families, and individuals. Through its on-campus and off-campus residential programs, LBCHFM served 213 children and 32 mothers. An additional seventy families were served through placement referrals. Thirty-nine Louisiana Baptist couples were served through adoption services. The Granberry Counseling Centers staff provided professional Christian counseling for 1,254 individuals during the year. Through its Minister Care program, a partnership with the Pastoral Leadership division of LBC, Granberry provided counseling for 53 Louisiana Baptist minister families. The Mobile Pregnancy Care Center provided a pro-life witness for over 800 women across the state. Early in 2017, the MPCC ministry was transferred to Baptist Community Health Services in New Orleans. The ministry will continue to provide a positive pro-life presence in our state. Christian Women’s Job Corp provided life and job skills training for 87 women in 2016. A new partnership was established with Rolling Hills Ministries to provide life and job skills training at a compassion center which will open soon in Monroe. In 2016 the Children’s Home shared God’s love in word and deed through its international orphan care ministry, Orphans Embrace. Forty-one Louisiana Baptists ministered to over 1,100 children and others in Nicaragua and Haiti. Construction began on a children’s village and school in Haiti which is sponsored by the Children’s Home, several LBC churches, and the state convention. Louisiana churches once again provided support for the Children’s Home through the Annual Chil- dren’s Home Sunday Offering. The offering provides for many of the critical needs the children have during the year. Churches also continued to support children and families at the Home through the Fall Food Round- up which provides all of the non-perishable foods needed for the entire year. In the summer, churches from across Louisiana donated their VBS offerings to support the children. Many churches provided additional support in various ways throughout the year and God used LBC Cooperative Program giving from the churches to share His love with those in need. As a result of the support from our churches and the witness provided by the various ministries of the Home, over 130 people experienced the joy of salvation in Christ and received real hope for life and life eternal. Thank you, Louisiana Baptists, for meeting needs and changing lives through your Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home and Family Ministries.

TextAnd Father of All 25 Louisiana Baptist Convention David Hankins, President 1250 MacArthur Drive Alexandria, LA 71303

318.448.3402

louisianabaptists.org

The LBC is comprised of many pieces. The work of the Executive Board is divided into four major committees: Administrative, Business and Finance, Properties, and Missions Support. Dr. Wayne Sheppard serves in the Executive Office as the Executive Assistant to the Executive Direc- tor. A primary role is the direct liaison to the local Associational Directors of Missions. The strong partnership of the associations and the LBC strengthens the work of the churches and provides resources and strate- gies to make disciples and reach Louisiana with the Gospel. Because of our cooperation, we were better able to continue to mobilize relief and recovery to our Louisiana churches, pastors and staff, and families who experienced devastating loss during the spring and fall of 2016. Efforts like HARVEST, reaching every people group, and Regroup occur through this partnership. For our communications Team, Here for You, a multi-platform media strategy designed to give every person in Louisiana the opportunity to say “yes” to Jesus, continues to be the centerpiece of the external communications strategy. Churches are encouraged to go to HereforYou.org and share the spots on their church and personal Facebook pages, websites and other social media outlets. Churches can also visit LouisianaBaptists.org/Here- forYou, enter the password “luke1423” and discover multiple ways they can take advantage of the opportunities Here for You will create. The primary emphasis for the Evangelism-Church Growth Team in 2016-2017 has been the Harvest initiative. The Harvest has two primary goals: To pray for every dwelling place in Louisiana and share the Gospel with every individual between 2016-2018. There is a five part strategy: Prayer, Personal evangelism Training, Strengthening Sunday School/small groups, Harvest Events, and Follow up. The Louisiana Baptist Foundation offers encouragement and assistance to individuals and families who have the desire to make a gift supporting their church or other Baptist institution of the LBC and Southern Baptist Convention. Gifts can take the form of land, stocks, mineral rights, even cash, and can be established through a variety of methods including Gift Annuities, Bequests, Donor Advised Funds, Charitable Remainder Trusts and Pass-Through gifts. The LBF manages funds on behalf of Louisiana Baptist churches and entities. Dr. James Jenkins, Director of Church Planting, has led the church planting team since 2011. The team is successfully carrying out one of the 2020 Commission goals through our 10-3-1 Associational Church Plant- ing Strategy Plan. The goal to plant 300 new churches by the year 2020 is being pursued by the Missions team staff and our partners with the 200th church having been planted in July of this year. Dr. Jenkins is assisted by Carlos Schmidt and Lane Corley. For the Pastoral Leadership Team, the E4 conference was one of the best yet. Dr. Steve Gaines did an outstanding job encouraging the pastors and staff members present. The 2017 E4 is September 19. Make your plans now to join us for a great day of making ministry practical. During 2017, the Louisiana Baptist Message celebrated our 131st year of ministry by continuing to build on the legacy of Christian journalism which has marked our history. We give thanks to God for all that he is doing through the LBC. Who is OverText All 26 Celebration of NOBA Giving and Baptisms

Top Ten Baptisms (Per Capita) Top Ten Baptisms (Total)

1. Connect Church of Algiers 1 1. Celebration Church 558 2. Covenant Bible Fellowship .6 2. Franklin Avenue Baptist 121 3. New Testament Baptist Church .6 3. Iglesia Gracia y Restoración 67 4. Still Water Southeast .3 4. Iglesia Celebration 40 5. Calvary East Baptist Church .3 5. First Haitian Baptist Church 30 6. Westbank Baptist .3 6. Calvary Baptist Church 26 7. Bridge City Baptist Church .3 7. Williams Boulevard Baptist Church 21 8. St. Rose Community Church .2 8. First Baptist New Orleans 19 9. First Haitian Baptist Church .2 9. Still Water Southeast 18 10. Iglesia Celebration .2 10. Covenant Bible Fellowship 16

Top Ten CP Contributors (Per Capita) Top Ten CP Contributors (Total)

1. Edgewater Baptist Church $183 1. Franklin Avenue Baptist Church $182,335 2. FBC Port Sulphur $154 2. First Baptist New Orleans $156,964 3. Covenant Bible Fellowship $134 3. FBC Kenner $58,019 4. Bridge City Baptist Church $105 4. Williams Boulevard Baptist Church $35,509 5. Crossroads Community Church $103 5. Celebration Church $32,025 6. Connect Church of Algiers $101 6. Edgewater Baptist Church $28,402 7. FBC Kenner $96 7. FBC Belle Chasse $16,580 8. Christ Church $86 8. Parkview Baptist Church $16,527 9. First Spanish American Baptist Church $84 9. FBC Marrero $11,432 10. Iglesia Bautista La Viña $75 10. Memorial Baptist Church $10,319

Top Ten NOBA Contributors (Per Capita) Top Ten NOBA Contributors (Total)

1. Touchstone Community Church $570 1. Franklin Avenue Baptist Church $162,054 2. Suburban West Baptist Church $108 2. FBC Kenner $31,482 3. Bridge City Baptist Church $98 3. Celebration Church $24,025 4. Crossroads Community Church $82 4. First Baptist New Orleans $18,423 5. NOLA Baptist $75 5. Williams Boulevard Baptist Church $11,278 6. Calvary East $62 6. FBC Belle Chasse $9,274 7. Memorial Baptist Church $58 7. Memorial Baptist Church $8,542 8. Lakeshore Church $53 8. Calvary Baptist Church $8,000 9. FBC Kenner $52 9. FBC Marrero $6,943 10. Connect Church of Algiers $48 10. Edgewater Baptist Church $5,938

This information is compiled from 2016 Annual Reports. Churches which did not submit annual reports in 2016 were not able to be considered. TextAnd Through All 27 Giving and Baptisms by Church Active Total Total Association Church Members Baptisms Receipts Giving CP Giving Airline Baptist Church 55 - 59,524 - 705 Bridge City Baptist 16 4 40,889 1,575 1,673 Calvary Baptist Church 425 26 1,121,916 8,000 - Calvary East 7 2 390 440 20 Canal Street Mosaic 94 8 175,000 200 - Carrollton Avenue Baptist 198 5 87,500 100 - Celebration Church 8,291 558 6,712,617 24,025 32,025 Christ Church 83 4 204,180 2,973 7,147 City of Light Baptist Cathedral 6 - 600 121 - Coliseum Place Baptist 100 10 - - - Connect Church of Algiers 8 8 33,730 390 810 Covenant Bible Fellowship 25 16 39,879 257 3,349 Crescent City Rock 68 12 20,800 150 150 Cross Culture Community Church 35 - - 361 - Crossroads Community Church 25 1 104,919 2,050 2,581 Edgewater Baptist Church 155 4 264,721 5,938 28,402 Epiphany Missionary Baptist Church 72 6 37,076 318 448 Faith & Glory Baptist Church 86 5 90,124 - - FBC Avondale 104 1 85,308 780 - FBC Belle Chasse 224 5 373,126 9,274 16,580 FBC Gretna 71 - - 1,714 - FBC Hahnville 25 3 - 200 20 FBC Kenner 603 6 1,126,933 31,482 58,019 FBC LaPlace 235 11 430,926 2,600 4,559 FBC Luling 180 9 371,922 4,212 9,249 FBC Marrero 354 8 276,738 6,943 11,432 FBC Venice 24 2 18,000 789 - FBC Westwego 82 10 119,384 2,354 - First Baptist New Orleans 1,342 19 2,684,863 18,423 156,964 First Haitian Baptist Church 148 30 200 - - First Spanish American Baptist Church 56 - 80,576 2,600 4,713 Franklin Avenue Baptist Church 5,646 121 5,467,941 162,054 182,335 Grace Baptist Church 150 5 76,173 1,473 2,305 Grace Point Church 36 7 44,728 889 576 Greater St. Peter Baptist 7 1 1,241 320 - Iglesia Bautista Getsemani 117 4 151,000 450 1,800 Iglesia Bautista Gracia & Restauracion 349 67 236,162 2,600 4,272 Iglesia Bautista Horeb 190 7 271,907 440 - Iglesia Bautista La Viña 80 6 97,000 2,100 6,000 Iglesia Bautista Nueva Vida 90 - 48,900 1,050 1,025 Iglesia Celebration 200 40 100,000 2,228 - Immanuel Community Church 22 - 16,166 457 762 Irish Channel Christian Fellowship 40 - 76,613 900 1,200 And In All.”Text 28 Lakeshore Church 36 - 12,432 1,916 60 Level Ground Community Church 40 2 60,000 1,127 - Live Oak 38 4 30,000 655 - Memorial Baptist Church 145 5 255,393 8,542 10,319 Metairie Baptist Church 272 3 440,345 975 - Metairie Church 51 1 - - - New Salem Baptist Church 342 5 200,000 2,650 1,500 New Testament Baptist Church 10 6 51,113 - 435 New Vision Baptist Church 200 7 100,000 300 - NOLA Baptist 20 - 8,880 1,500 53 Parkview Baptist Church 406 - - 4,924 16,527 Port Sulphur Baptist Church 20 3 1,452 848 3,072 Poydras Baptist Church 330 - 98,761 1,539 - Refuge Church 30 - 98,696 325 525 Restoration Church 40 6 131,538 243 300 Rio Vista Baptist Church 57 1 54,086 - 2,923 St Rose Community Church 42 10 93,712 - - Still Water Southeast 60 18 6,820 125 - Still Water, Westbank 10 - 300 42 - Suburban Baptist Church 200 13 87,800 500 5,400 Suburban West 4 - 478 434 - Touchstone Community Church 3 - 11,972 1,712 8 West St Charles Baptist Church 110 2 139,806 3,151 4,913 Westbank Baptist Church 41 11 145,911 132 1,800 Williams Boulevard Baptist Church 644 21 911,499 11,278 35,509

This information is compiled from 2016 Annual Reports. Dashes represent unreported information. Churches which did not submit annual reports in 2016 were not listed. Ephesians 4:1-6

29 Directory

CHURCH PASTOR NAME CHURCH ADDRESS CHURCH PHONE WEBSITE PASTOR CONTACT Airline Baptist Church Eric Benoy 421 N. Lester Ave., Metairie, LA 70003 (504) 737-7921 abcfaith.com [email protected] Ames Blvd. Baptist Church Robert Stewart 3233 Ames Blvd., Marrero, LA 70072 (504) 347-1614 amesblvd.com [email protected] Barataria Baptist Church Tony Thibodeaux 2596 Jean Lafitte Blvd., Lafitte, LA 70067 (504) 233-1319 baratariabaptist.net Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church Forell Bering, Sr. 147 East 20th St., Reserve, LA 70084 [email protected] Bridge City Baptist Church Michael Dawsey 217 Ninth St., Bridge City, LA 70094 (504) 436-7050 [email protected] Bridgedale Baptist Church Interim 313 Kent Ave., Metairie, LA 70001 (504) 888-6164 bridgedalebaptist.wordpress.com Calvary Baptist Church Michael Carney 2401 General DeGaulle Dr., New Orleans, LA 70114 (504) 367-6464 calvaryneworleans.com [email protected] Calvary East Baptist Church Ken Taylor 760 Read Ln., New Orleans, LA 70127 [email protected] Canal Street Church, a Mosaic Community Page Brooks 4302 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70119 (504) 482-1135 canalmosaic.org [email protected] Carrollton Ave. Baptist Church Brian Webber 2528 S. Carrollton Ave., New Orleans, LA 70118 (504) 862-5300 [email protected] Celebration Church - Kenner Campus Manley Miller 3550 Williams Blvd., Kenner, LA 70065 (504) 831-9673 celebrationchurch.org [email protected] Celebration Church - Main Campus Dennis Watson 2001 Airline Dr., Metairie, LA 70001 (504) 831-9673 celebrationchurch.org [email protected] Celebration Church - River Parishes Campus David Ford 3400 N. Hwy. 51, LaPlace, LA 70068 (985) 652-3113 celebrationchurch.org [email protected] Celebration Church - Slidell Campus Sidney Hidalgo 1950 Gause Blvd., Slidell, LA 70460 celebrationchurch.org [email protected] Celebration Church - St. Bernard Campus Patrick Eagan 7500 W. Judge Perez Dr., Chalmette, LA 70032 celebrationchurch.org [email protected] Celebration Church - Westbank Campus Claude Williams 525 Commerce St. , Gretna, LA 70053 (504) 252-9695 celebrationchurch.org [email protected] Christ Baptist Church Harold Mosley 3000 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey, LA 70058 (504) 362-2337 christbaptistharvey.net [email protected] Christian Fellowship Cathedral Willie Breaux 7643 Lehigh St., New Orleans, LA 70127 [email protected] Christian Light Baptist Mission Clarence Neason 1809 Governor Nichols, New Orleans, LA 70119 [email protected] Church of Shiloh Filmon Gebrekidan 5141 Franklin Ave., New Orleans, LA 70122 (504) 282-6467 (504) 875-8771 Coliseum Place Baptist Church J. T. Curtis 10125 Jefferson Hwy, River Ridge, LA 70123 (504) 737-4621 [email protected] Connect Church of Algiers Ryan Rice 1110 Kabel Dr., New Orleans, LA 70131 connectalgiers.com [email protected] Cosmopolitan Evangelistic Baptist Mission Andrew Amedee 1929 Bienville Ave., New Orleans, LA 70112 [email protected] Crescent City Rock Jim Louviere 5701 Veterans Blvd., Metairie, LA 70003 crescentcityrock.org [email protected] Cross Culture Community Church Troy Gause 5900 Paris Ave., New Orleans, LA 70122 [email protected] Crossroads Community Church Larry Johnson 3233 Loyola Dr., Kenner, LA 70065 (504) 466-4922 crossroadskenner.com [email protected] Delacroix Hope Baptist Mission Paul Hussey 1932 Bayou Road, St. Bernard, LA 70085 [email protected] Deliverance Baptist Mission Interim 6122 Hayne Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70126 Desire Fellowship Church Oscar Brown 3600 Desire Parkway, New Orleans, LA 70126 (504) 942-8827 [email protected] Edgewater Baptist Church Chad Gilbert 5900 Paris Ave., New Orleans, LA 70122 (504) 288-1461 edgewaterbc.org [email protected] El Camino Spanish Baptist Mission Thomas Lowrie 124 Trudeau Dr. Suite E, Metairie, LA 70003 [email protected] Epiphany Baptist Mission Richard Thompkins 5200 Cannes St., New Orleans, LA 70128 (504) 254-2430 [email protected] Evangelistic Baptist Church Anthony Pierce 2514 Elysian Fields Ave., New Orleans, LA 70117 [email protected] Faith & Glory Baptist Mission Samuel I. Davis, Jr. 7018 Haynes Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70126 (504) 628-2224 [email protected] Faith Baptist Church Interim 7902 S. Claiborne Ave., New Orleans, LA 70125 (504) 864-8125 [email protected] Faith is the Victory Thomas Glover 3145 Alex Korman, Harvey, LA 70058 (504) 341-5433 [email protected] First Baptist Church of Avondale Marc Daniels 360 S. Jamie Blvd., Avondale, LA 70094 (504) 436-7850 fbcavondale.org [email protected] First Baptist Church of Belle Chasse Jason Allen 8828 Highway 23, Belle Chasse, LA 70037 (504) 394-1707 firstbaptistbc.net [email protected] First Baptist Church of Chalmette John Jeffries 305 E. St. Bernard Hwy, Chalmette, LA 70043 (504) 277-2939 fbcchalmette.org [email protected] First Baptist Church of Destrehan Benny Jones 13562 River Rd., Destrehan, LA 70047 (985) 764-8755 [email protected] First Baptist Church of Gretna Jody Heneghan 100 Gretna Blvd., Gretna, LA 70053 (504) 367-6380 [email protected] First Baptist Church of Harahan David Eastland 270 Oak Ave., Harahan, LA 70123 (504) 737-2644 fbcharahan.org [email protected] First Baptist Church of Kenner Rhyne Putman 1400 Williams Blvd., Kenner, LA 70065 (504) 466-5381 fbckenner.org [email protected] First Baptist Church of LaPlace Paul Naylor 120 Ormond Blvd., LaPlace, LA 70068 (985) 652-6219 fbclaplace.org [email protected] First Baptist Church of Luling Tim Buford 921 Paul Maillard Rd., Luling, LA 70070 (985) 785-6297 fbcluling.org (931) 397-5141 First Baptist Church of Marrero Ronnie McLellan 4001 Seventh St., Marrero, LA 70072 (504) 340-7175 fbcmarrero.com [email protected] First Baptist Church of Norco Shane Dismute 626 Fifth St., Norco, LA 70079 (985) 764-6532 fbcnorco.org [email protected] First Baptist Church of Venice Steve McNeal 127 Ellzey Ln., Venice, LA 70091 [email protected] First Baptist Church of Waggaman Frank Romero 401 Azalea Dr., Waggaman, LA 70094 (504) 431-7568 [email protected] First Baptist Church of Westwego Jay Adkins 675 Avenue B, Westwego, LA 70094 (504) 341-3952 firstwego.org [email protected] First Baptist New Orleans David Crosby 5290 Canal Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70124 (504) 482-5775 fbno.org [email protected] First Haitian Baptist Church Joseph Blanchard 1723 Hancock St., Gretna, LA 70053 (504) 583-0118 First Spanish American Baptist Church David Lema 1820 Sophie Wright, New Orleans, LA 70130 (504) 525-2004 [email protected] Franklin Ave. Baptist Church Fred Luter, Jr. 2515 Franklin Ave., New Orleans, LA 70117 (504) 488-8488 franklinabc.com [email protected] Free Mission Baptist Church Johnny Jones, Jr. 1821 Egania St., New Orleans, LA 70117 (504) 304-5071 [email protected] Gentilly Baptist Church Ken Taylor 5141 Franklin Ave., New Orleans, LA 70122 (504) 282-6467 gentillychurch.org [email protected] Good News Baptist Church Oscar Williams 2301 Painters Street, New Orleans, LA 70117 (504) 944-0086 [email protected] Grace Baptist Church Interim 3900 N. Rampart St., New Orleans, LA 70117 (504) 943-6309 Grace Point Church Chris Housewright 1940 Ormond Blvd. , Destrahan, LA 70047 (785) 554-6821 [email protected] Greater St. Peter Baptist Church Roger Graham 2443 Mazant St., New Orleans, LA 70117 [email protected] Hahnville Baptist Mission Anthony Bellow 15640 River Road, Hahnville, LA 70057 [email protected] Harbor Community Church James Welch 6100 Canal Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70124 (504) 482-3109 harbornola.com [email protected] Holy Anointed House of Prayer Lionel Roberts 1373 Senate St., New Orleans, LA 70122 (504) 342-2169 [email protected] Hope Church Matt Tipton 4836 West Esplanade, Metairie, LA 70006 (504) 302-3508 hopenola.com [email protected] Iglesia Bautista Bethel Miguel Benitez 1400 Williams Blvd., Kenner, LA 70062 (504) 220-2863 [email protected] Iglesia Bautista El Buen Pastor Gonzalo Rodriguez 5033 Wabash St., Metairie, LA 70001 (504) 456-0263 [email protected] Iglesia Bautista El Calvario Manuel Poncé 1110 Kabel Dr., New Orleans, LA 70131 [email protected] Iglesia Bautista Emmanuel Eric Gonzalez 2110 Bruin Dr., Kenner, LA 70065 (504) 443-2366 [email protected] Iglesia Bautista Getsemani Jorge Alvarenga 5834 Elysian Fields Ave., New Orleans, LA 70122 (504) 444-2071 [email protected] Iglesia Bautista Horeb David Rodriguez 230 Bellemeade Blvd., Gretna, LA 70056 (504) 392-3868 [email protected] Iglesia Bautista Horeb - Chalmette Emilio Lora 2615 Jacob Dr., Chalmette, LA 70043 [email protected] Iglesia Bautista La Viña Santos Geovany Gomez 2850 Helena St., Kenner, LA 70062 [email protected] Iglesia Celebration David Speed 2001 Airline Dr., Metairie, LA 70001 (504) 831-9673 celebrationchurch.org [email protected] Iglesia Gracia y Restoración Yony Matute 3000 Williams Blvd., Kenner, LA 70065 [email protected] Immanuel Community Church Matthew Delaughter 2200 Lafitte St. , New Orleans (Treme), LA 70119 immanuelnola.com [email protected] Irish Channel Baptist Church Cornelius Tilton 819 First St., New Orleans, LA 70130 (504) 523-7658 [email protected] King's Church Stephen Partain 3436 Magazine St. #129, New Orleans, LA 70115 (504) 605-5621 kingschurchnola.com [email protected] Korean Agape Baptist Church Joshua Yong Shin 2020 Barataria, Marrero, LA 70072 [email protected] Lakeshore Church George Ross 600 N. Old Hammond Highway, New Orleans, LA 70124 (504) 343-1697 lakeshorechurchnola.com [email protected] Level Ground Community Church Josh Holland 3613 Cambronne St., New Orleans, LA 70118 (504) 948-9629 lgnola.com [email protected] 30 Live Oak Church Adam Bourne 3800 Jefferson Hwy., Jefferson, LA 70183 (504) 517-4186 liveoaknola.com [email protected] Living Water Baptist Mission Stan R. Genovese 625 Woodland Dr, LaPlace, LA 70068 [email protected] Loving Faith Baptist Church Interim 45 Fifth Ave., Gretna, LA 70056 Loving Four Baptist Church Matthew Tanner, Jr. 2900 Thalia Street, New Orleans, LA 70113 (504) 371-5865 [email protected] Lower Light Baptist Mission Kenneth Davis [email protected] Maranatha Spanish Baptist Mission Carlos Lopez 120 Ormond Blvd., LaPlace, LA 70068 (985) 652-6209 [email protected] Matairie Korean Church Woo Il Jun 3501 Severn Ave. Suite #9, Metairie, LA 70003 [email protected] Memorial Baptist Church Dan Pritchett 5701 Veterans Blvd., Metairie, LA 70003 (504) 887-1716 mbcmetairie.org [email protected] Metairie Baptist Church Thomas Strong 401 Codifer Blvd., Metairie, LA 70005 (504) 835-2611 metairiebc.org [email protected] Metairie Church Augustine Hui 3501 Severn Ave., Ste 9, Metairie, LA 70002 metairiechurch.com [email protected] Mission Community Church Jonathan Sayles 9830 Lake Forest Blvd. Suite 117, New Orleans, LA 70127 (504) 330-2191 missioncommunitychurch.net [email protected] New Hope Community Baptist Church Mark Mitchell 2751 Gadsden St., Kenner, LA 70062 (504) 464-4623 [email protected] New Hope Community - East Campus Mark Mitchell 3708 Gentilly Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70122 (504) 464-4623 [email protected] New Life Ministry Kenneth Foy 13802 Hayne Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70128 (504) 872-9337 mynewlifeministry.org [email protected] New Orleans Chinese Baptist Church Guo Hua Wu 3413 Continental, Kenner, LA 70065 (504) 463-0235 chinesebaptist.us [email protected] New Pilgram Baptist Church Forell Bering, Sr. 147 East 20th St., Reserve, LA 70084 [email protected] New Salem Baptist Church Warren Jones 1530 Alvar St., New Orleans, LA 70117 (504) 944-2657 nsbcf.com [email protected] New Testament Baptist Church Jerry Davis, Jr. 1500 Pailet St., Harvey, LA 70058 (504) 365-0266 [email protected] New Vision Baptist Church Mark Joslin 10868 River Rd., St. Rose, LA 70087 [email protected] NOLA Baptist Church Kyle Jagers 7902 S. Claiborne Ave., New Orleans, LA 70125 [email protected] Nueva Vida Baptist Mission Gonzalo Aroldo Vargas 3901 7th St., Marrero, LA 70072 nuevavida.20m.com [email protected] Parkview Baptist Church Michael Pogue 6301 Camphor St., Metairie, LA 70003 (504) 888-1153 parkviewbc.com [email protected] Port Sulphur Baptist Church Interim 27080 Highway 23, Port Sulphur, LA 70083 (225) 335-1269 Potter's Wheel Family Life Center Joseph Walker, III 804 1st St., Harvey, LA 70364 [email protected] Poydras Baptist Church John Galey 8213 Saro Lane St., St. Bernard, LA 70085 poydrasbaptist.org [email protected] Rebuild Church NOLA Richard Johnson 1501 Deslonde St., New Orleans, LA 70117 rebuildnola.org [email protected] Refuge Church Justin Haynes 2372 St. Claude Ave., New Orleans, LA 70117 refugechurchnola.com [email protected] Restoration Church Dean Ross 2929 Metairie Ct., Metairie, LA 70002 (504) 834-8409 restorationgathering.com [email protected] Riverbend Baptist Church Gerry Anderson 1343 Holiday Place, New Orleans, LA 70114 (931) 619-8833 riverbendbc.com [email protected] Rio Vista Baptist Church Interim 3800 Jefferson Hwy., Jefferson, LA 70121 riovistabaptist.com Riverside Baptist Church Jarrod Muller 9220 Jefferson Hwy., River Ridge, LA 70123 (504) 737-2373 riversidelife.org [email protected] Shiloh Christian Fellowship Church Michael Raymond 2441 N. Claiborne Av., New Orleans, LA 70117 (504) 948-4599 shilohchristianf.org [email protected] St. Bernard Baptist Church Paul Gregoire 2615 Jacob Dr., Chalmette, LA 70043 [email protected] St. Rose Community Church Brandon Langley 627 St. Rose Ave., St. Rose, LA 70087 strosecc.org [email protected] Still Water, Westbank Darryl Menina 1500 Lafayette St. Suite #122, gretna, LA 70053 (504) 495-6884 [email protected] Suburban Baptist Church Jeffery Friend 10501 Chef Menteur Hwy, New Orleans, LA 70127 (504) 242-0980 suburbanbaptistchurch.org [email protected] The City of Light Baptist Cathedral NaJee Johnson 3620 De La Ronde Dr. Suit C, chalmette, LA 70043 (504) 481-0598 [email protected] Touchstone Community Church Herschel Moore 2353 S. Derbigny St., New Orleans, LA 70125 (504) 460-7622 touchstonecm.org [email protected] Vietnamese New Orleans Baptist Church Nathan Nguyen 203 17th St., Gretna, LA 70053 angelfire.com/vi/no [email protected] Vieux Carre' Baptist Church Tom Bilderback 711 Dauphine St., New Orleans, LA 70116 thevieux.com [email protected] Vintage Church NOLA Dustin Turner 3927 Rayne Street, Metairie, LA 70001 (504) 324-2374 vintagechurchnola.com [email protected] West Marrero Baptist Church Anthony Barrett 605 Jung Blvd., Marrero, LA 70072 [email protected] West St. Charles Baptist Church Mike Picard 13099 Highway 90, Boutte, LA 70039 (985) 785-0584 weststcharlesbaptist.org [email protected] West Bank Baptist Church Ryan Melson 2001 Bonnie Anne Drive, Marrero, LA 70072 (504) 478-2013 wearewestbank.com [email protected] Williams Blvd. Baptist Church Tim Williams 3000 Williams Blvd., Kenner, LA 70065 (504) 443-2363 williamsblvd.org [email protected]

31 “I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.” - Ephesians 4:1-6