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J.S "Bud" Parrish is serving as the sixth Director of Missions in over 30 years of long associational service of missions directors to Robeson County and surrounding counties. Since 2006, Bud has visited and worked with all of the churches in the association on a personal basis. Understanding that the needs of the association are tremendously diverse, Bud seeks to provide God-centered leadership to a county area with five distinct ethnic groups and one of the lowest average incomes in the state of North Carolina.
Mary Lynn Davis has served as Administrative Assistant for the association for over 30 years. She has a strong history of service not only to the association but to the community at large. She has a heart for missions and is very active in her church. If you need information about any of the area churches, Mary Lynn is the encyclopedia you need to contact.
The Robeson Baptist Association was officially organized at Raft Swamp Baptist Church November 1, 1883. Twenty-six churches united to form a new association. Most of these churches had formerly belonged to the Cape Fear Association, which stretched from Cumberland County to New Hanover County. Elder W.T. Jordan preached the introductory sermon and Elder D. Johnson was pastor of the host church.
The names of the Churches which formed the original Robeson Baptist Association were Ashpole, Antioch, Back Swamp, Big Branch, Bear Swamp, Clybonsville, Cape Fear, Cheerful Hope, Ephesus, Hog Swamp, Long Branch, Lumberton, Mount Elam, Mount Moriah, Pleasant Grove, Pine Grove, Pleasant Hill, Providence, Raft Swamp, Red Springs, Saddletree, Spring Hill, Ten Mile, Tolarsville, White Pond and Zion’s Tabernacle.
We should honor and remember our Past! God has been good to Robeson Baptist Association. We have seen many changes in our past and have some wonderful churches in six counties. In the twentieth century our Association has been effective by presenting to our churches the progress, methods, and ministries uniquely created by the Southern Baptist C Convention. God has given our Association the opportunity to begin ministries and introduce missions that met the needs of people in our communities. Our Associational structure has provided a "pipeline" through which denominational information and programs could flow. Thiswas very effective as long as the programs would fit all churches in every community. The "Church Age" has now given way to the Age of Missions. Thank you Lord for how you have worked in our past. Help us not to live in yesterday.
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