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Leadership Matters

Dr. Roger Yancey

Director of Missions

Lottie Moon Christmas Offering

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Calendar

Why Do Church Revitalization?

Wings of Love

ACP Information

Jail Ministry Information

TEBA Newsletter Update

PASTORLESS CHURCHES STAFF POSITIONS

CHURCH OPPORTUNITIES

Center Hill

16771 FM1097 E

Willis 77378

936-856-4768

FBC Splendora

POB 1179

Splendora 77372

281-689-3727

Dacus

5403 N FM 1486

Montgomery 77356

936-597-5279

Honea

16430 FM2854

Montgomery 77356

936-588-1260

FBC Groceville

POB 7095

Cut & Shoot 77303

936-264-1868

Pleasant Grove

8751 FM 945 South

Cleveland 77328

281-592-5874

FBC Huntsville

1229 Avenue J

Huntsville 77340

936-291-3441

FBC Plum Grove

155 CR 345

Cleveland 77327

281-689-7696

First Baptist Church, Conroe is in need of nursery workers Monday through Thursday 8:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Contact Alexis Sparks at 936-756-6601 or alexis@fbcconroe.org. First Baptist New Waverly has the following opening: Part-time Youth Director. If interested, call the church at 936-344-6632 during regular business hours. FBC Splendora is accepting resumes for Senior Pastor. Send resumes to Pastoral Search Committee, 25980 FM 2090, PO BOX 1197, Splendora, TX 77372. New Beginnings Baptist Church, Splendora needs a bi-vocational Youth Minister and bi-vocational Music Assistant. Contact Pastor David LaGrone at 281-324-2374. Organ Donation, great condition. Call Glenda Nutt at 936-760-6926 x221. First Baptist Church, Shepherd is currently taking applications for a part-time Youth Minister position. Resumes may be sent to: First Baptist Church, P. O. Box 187, Shepherd, TX 77371-0187.

Director of Missions Dr. Roger Yancey ryancey@teba.org

Church Development Associate

Tracy Jaggers tjaggers@teba.org

Church Growth Associate* Hugh Durham

hdurham@teba.org

Church Planter and Ethnic Consultant*

Stewart Pickle spickle@teba.org

Financial Administrator* Lewis Fitts

lfitts@teba.org

Ministry Assistant to the DOM

Barbara Lambert blambert@teba.org

Receptionist and General Ministry Shannon Brown

sbrown@teba.org

Financial Assistant* Kay Hunt

kayhunt@teba.org

*Part-Time Team Members or Consultants

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THE WAY TO PEACE WITH GOD

THE PROBLEM-SEPARATION FROM GOD

Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”

THE RESULT-SPIRITUAL DEATH

Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus

Christ our Lord.”

GOD’S SOLUTION-HIS DEATH IN OUR PLACE

Romans 5:8 “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners,

Christ died for us.”

YOUR SALVATION-BY FAITH

Romans 10:9 “If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God

has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.”

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Staff Positions

Church Opportunities

Pastorless Churches

PASTORS CONFERENCE and EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING

Tuesday, January 12 12:00 p.m.

MESSAGE To Be Announced

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Tuesday December 8 at Noon

TEBA

RSVP by December 1st To RSVP call or email Shannon Brown

at 936-856-2001 or sbrown@teba.org

Pastors...bring your staff for a time of

inspiration, fellowship, and great food.

This will be a good opportunity for you and

your staff to share time away together from the

church office before the holiday begins.

CALENDAR

J A N U A R Y 1 New Years Day-TEBA CLOSED 11 Senior Adult Council, 10:30 a.m., TEBA 12 Administrative Team Meeting, 11:00 a.m., TEBA 12 Pastors Conference & Executive Board Meeting, 12:00 p.m., TEBA 18 Martin Luther King Day-TEBA CLOSED 19 Ministry Assistant Luncheon, 11:30 a.m., TEBA 21 Preteen Camp Planning Team Meeting, 10:30 a.m., TEBA

H E AL T H M I S S I O N S L E AD E R S H I P S TR E N G T H E N I N G

WINGS OF LOVE 55+ Ministry

Connecting Churches to Change Our World

www.teba.org

Leadership Matters Dr. Roger Yancey

Senior Adult Council Christmas Party will be held Monday, December 7th at 11:00

a.m. at the Olive Garden in Conroe (3041 I45 North, Conroe, 77304-Corner of

I45 and Carter Moore Blvd.) Contact Shannon Brown at 936-856-2001 to RSVP.

CHURCH CLERKS!

Annual Church Profile

It’s Not Too Late to Submit!

You should have received your ACP

by now. If you haven’t received

yours, then please contact the

TEBA office if a BCGT church. If

not, contact the SBTC office at

877-955-7282.

The purpose of the ACP is to

enable your church to examine its

progress of ministry and growth.

As you cooperatively share this

information; associations, state

conventions, and Baptist agencies

are better able to assist your church

in all areas of church life.

TEBA NEWSLETTER

UPDATE

Would you like to receive future

TEBA newsletters electronically?

If so, please go to our website at

www.teba.org and find the

UPDATE NEWSLETTER link to

sign up. We will also continue to

send the monthly newsletter to

your mailing address if you

choose.

If you want to continue to receive

the newsletter by mail, no action is

necessary.

If you have any questions please call

the TEBA office.

Why Do Church Revitalization? (Adapted from an article by the Kansas Nebraska Convention ReFocus Ministry)

Change is tough—tough to lead and tough to live through. It is difficult, emotionally draining, fear-

building, and usually results in some sort of loss. What’s more, thriving in a climate of rapid-fire

change is even more demanding. Unlike the mantra of our present government, we need change,

but ―spiritual change‖ is the ONLY cure for our generation.

Church revitalization is a quest to discover NOW what is God’s unique calling for your church

and the surrounding community in which you now serve. The Revitalization process is an

opportunity to come together, hear from the Spirit of God, and then move in obedience to His

purpose and calling.

Revitalization is a spiritual discovery process that promotes spiritual renewal and church health in

local churches. As churches seek to link ministries and work together for a common good, within

the sovereign purposes and plan of God, they experience the growth of the church and advance

the kingdom of God. This leads to renewed vigor and passion to attempt new avenues for

penetrating the community and to impact communities that do not have an evangelical work. It

encourages prospective/new leaders, incites new church plants, and begins externally-focused

ministries.

Man cannot renew the church. Renewal is not something we

can manufacture; regardless of how good his tools,

resources, or processes. God brings renewal to His church.

It is the by-product of man’s obedience to the Word and

calling of God.

There are three distinct steps to the revitalization process.

First is evaluation – ―How did we get here?‖ Second is

envisioning – ―Where do we believe God wants us to go?‖ And third is implementation – ―How

do we get there?‖

Revitalization is a community of believers who are joyfully working together to accomplish the

plans and design of God. Partnering different ministries allows for unified manpower, expanded

creativity, economy of resources, and multiplied effectiveness. It helps answer some valuable

questions for healthy church growth:

1. What is our church’s purpose?

2. What do we do well?

3. Who is our Target Audience?

4. What do we Value most?

5. Where does God want us to go?

“The tragedy of modern man is not

that he knows less and less about

the meaning of his own life, but

that it bothers him less and less”

--- Vaclav Havel

Wanted: YOU…

...to help minister to inmates at the

Montgomery County Jail and the Joe

Corley Federal Detention Center in

Conroe.

These facilities need men to lead

church services on Sunday mornings

and also need Chaplains. This would

be on a rotating basis and you would

be ministering to over 1200 inmates.

For more information please contact

Dale Inman at 281-460-4900.

National Goal $175 million

Week of Prayer: November 29-December 6

Southern Baptists: a praying people

impacting a lost world.

For more information go to the

International Mission Board at:

www.imb.org/offering or 800-999-3113.

Excerpted from the Letter of Randy Newberry, Executive Director of the Galveston Baptist Association in response to the gift from the

TEBA Annual Celebration of more than $2200 to assist their member churches…

Words cannot express the gratitude we feel for your demonstration of care and encouragement to the Galveston Baptist Association. It is very impressive to me that you would even think of taking an offering to assist our churches in the rebuilding and restarting after hurricane Ike. Many of our churches are still struggling financially, they are hurting emotionally but they are strong spiritually.

Last night at the evening session, we sang that song that says, “The anchor holds in spite of the storm.” I could really feel the presence of the Holy Spirit in the room because the people were singing from their experience that he does hold us through the storm. Your gift to the Association is a real encouragement that others still care. Please express our thanks and sincere gratitude to the churches of the Tryon Evergreen Baptist Association for this gift.

Dr. Mark Estep welcomes

the churches to the first

Annual Associational

Celebration hosted at

Spring Baptist Church. Pastor Doug Long receives a

Bible from Tracy Jaggers of

the TEBA for bringing the

most church members to the

recent Equip 2009 Conference.

Dr. Jay and Dianna Gross

congratulate Lewis and

Mary Fitts on his retirement

from serving as the Financial

Administrator of the TEBA.

Dr. Steve Brazzel and

other pastors shared

how God was at work

in the churches and

ministries of the TEBA.

The family of Hugh and

Bobbie Durham join

together in celebrating

his retirement as the

Associate of Church

Growth and New Work

for the TEBA.

Dr. John Kramp of Lifeway

Christian Resources was the

keynote speaker.

Dr. Randy Newberry

accepts a check from

Dr. Roger Yancey on

behalf of the Galveston

Baptist Association

from the TEBA.

TEBA’s 2010 Proposed Budget The proposed budget for 2010 was presented to the Executive Board on November 10, 2010 for review with final

approval during the December 8th Pastor’s Conference (vote only without discussion). Prior to the vote the budget was presented by letter to all of the member churches with a time for questions and discussion held during

the Executive Board meeting in November. Mission Support $167,000.00 Church Strengthening $125,000.00 Leadership Development $109,000.00 Church Health $101,000.00 Overall Ministry Support $ 41,919.39 TOTAL MINISTRY BUDGET $543,919.39

Proposed 2010 Ministry Resouce Allocation

of $543,919.39

31% Church Planting / Missions23% Church Strenthening20% Leadership Development19% Church Health7% Overall Ministry Support

Church/ Mission Giving Report January through September Comparison CHURCH 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008Alana Lane/ Spring 2,577.31$ 2,852.57$ Fellowship/ Porter -$ 400.00$ Trinity/ Willis 1,013.83$ 1,250.99$ Allendale/ Conroe 2,614.00$ 2,719.00$ Fellowship/ Tomball 50.00$ 45.00$ Union Grove/ Richards 3,010.23$ 2,804.09$ Bear Creek/ Cleveland 2,385.29$ 2,852.68$ Fellowship of Huntsville Church 450.00$ 450.00$ Unity/ Cleveland 150.00$ 150.00$ Benui/ Montgomery 450.00$ 325.00$ Fire Tower/ Conroe 816.34$ 1,078.45$ Unity B. C. of Houston/ Porter 1,800.00$ 1,800.00$ Bethel/ New Caney -$ 3,200.11$ Forestwood/ New Caney 897.36$ 3,676.22$ University Heights/Huntsville 6,443.22$ 8,697.98$ Burning Hope/ Trinity 1,811.46$ 1,551.00$ Gateway/ Spring 500.00$ 400.00$ Walnut Creek/ Magnolia -$ -$ Calvary/ Cleveland 10,862.39$ 9,146.20$ Good Shepherd (Bapt. Fellowship) 1,350.00$ 1,614.15$ West Conroe/ Conroe 63,516.78$ 59,933.19$ Calvary/ Huntsville -$ -$ Grace/ Conroe 1,140.00$ 781.00$ Westway/ Huntsville 765.00$ 741.00$ Calvary Road/ Willis 1,849.90$ 2,600.67$ Grace/ Riverside 915.93$ 1,074.43$ Whispering Pines/ Conroe 750.00$ 951.00$ Center Hill/ Willis -$ -$ Harmony Fellowship/ Magnolia -$ 64.90$ Woodland Place/ Magnolia 11,050.00$ 11,250.00$ Central/ Cleveland 1,455.00$ 1,512.00$ Hawthorne/ New Waverly 1,990.00$ 1,892.00$ Total Church Gifts 357,693.14$ 363,925.33$

Central/ Pinehurst -$ -$ Heritage Baptist Church 320.60$ -$ MISSIONCharity/ Splendora 453.42$ 404.96$ Highpoint Fellowship (United) 100.00$ 900.00$ Caney Creek Cowboy Church 238.19$ 799.64$ China Grove/ Willis 741.13$ -$ Honea/ Montgomery 2,824.76$ 3,156.49$ * Church of the Extreme 202.00$ 1,476.00$ Cook Springs/ Huntsville 3,600.00$ 3,600.00$ Iglesia Pueblo/ Conroe -$ -$ Concord/ New Waverly 100.00$ 125.00$ Cornerstone/ The Woodlands 6,446.84$ 6,652.33$ Lake Church -$ -$ Conroe Community Church (C3) 5,546.95$ 3,279.81$ Country Campus 450.00$ 500.00$ Mims/ Conroe 5,066.09$ 5,532.47$ Cross Roads Oakhurst (FBC Oakhurs 221.00$ 209.00$ Cross Roads/ Cleveland 593.00$ 1,387.14$ Mt. Calvary/ Conroe 2,678.29$ 2,373.39$ Cypress Fellowship 450.00$ 450.00$ Crossroads/ The Woodlands 37,500.03$ 38,233.37$ New Hope/ Cleveland 1,314.29$ 1,393.52$ Drew's Landing/ Shepherd 916.54$ 777.58$ Dacus/ Montgomery 3,525.17$ 3,959.75$ New Hope/ Pinehurst 450.00$ 450.00$ D'Upper Room Ministries -$ -$ Davis Hill/ Cleveland 180.00$ 180.00$ New Sonrise/ New Caney 120.45$ 445.74$ First Missionary/ Conroe 175.00$ 175.00$ Dolen/ Cleveland 1,787.68$ 1,707.55$ Northridge/ Conroe 1,474.67$ 1,523.17$ God's Tabernacle of Praise 20.00$ -$ Elkins Lake/ Huntsville 13,091.63$ 10,787.34$ Northside/ Huntsville 50.00$ 400.00$ Iglesia Bautista Getsemani 813.51$ 1,183.27$ Faith Baptist/ Montgomery 1,000.00$ 900.00$ Oak Ridge/ Spring 3,753.00$ 2,997.00$ Iglesia Hermosa/ New Caney 130.00$ 70.00$ FBC of Cleveland 7,751.71$ 9,006.85$ Oak Shade/ Cleveland 6,917.54$ 2,240.15$ Iglesia Jesucristo/ Huntsville -$ -$ FBC of Coldspring 5,838.45$ 5,189.80$ Peach Creek/ New Caney 60.00$ 60.00$ Iglesia Libertad -$ -$ FBC of Conroe 17,523.84$ 20,012.12$ Pin Oak/ Cleveland 180.00$ 180.00$ Iglesia Bautista Nueva Vida 540.00$ 420.00$ FBC of Dodge 984.78$ 739.48$ Plantersville/ Plantersville -$ -$ Iglesia Oakforest -$ 6.00$ FBC of Grangerland 4,822.59$ 5,114.09$ Pleasant Grove/ Cleveland 1,227.21$ 596.94$ Iglesia Spring Creek -$ -$ FBC of Groceville 2,801.00$ 5,683.16$ Prairie Bapt./ Formerly Tarkington 1,449.90$ 1,571.95$ Iglesia Unida/ New Waverly -$ -$ FBC of Huntsville 10,907.74$ 11,987.21$ Primera Iglesia Bautista Conroe 240.00$ 180.00$ Iglesia Walnut Creek/Magnolia -$ -$ FBC of Magnolia 7,533.36$ 8,475.03$ Rainbow/ Rye 750.06$ 666.72$ Open Range Cowboy Church -$ 850.51$ FBC of Montgomery 582.13$ 1,439.91$ Riverpointe/ Conroe 1,800.00$ 1,800.00$ Primera Cleveland -$ 8.13$ FBC of New Waverly 4,841.64$ 1,356.72$ Riverside/ Huntsville 3,882.51$ 3,346.18$ Primera Shepherd 59.11$ 100.20$ FBC of Patton Lakes/Splendora -$ -$ Rural Shade/ Cleveland 11,394.43$ 10,151.35$ Primera Splendora -$ 147.54$ FBC of Plum Grove 3,162.53$ 3,247.48$ Sawdust Road/ Spring 560.48$ 2,580.57$ Primera Willis 316.68$ 389.65$ FBC of Point Blank 1,314.06$ 1,555.05$ Second/ Huntsville 2,000.00$ 1,800.00$ San Jacinto Cowboy Church 500.50$ 69.79$ FBC of Porter 3,943.59$ 4,433.17$ Security FBC/ Cleveland 1,202.58$ 1,579.36$ The Church @ Alden Bridge 6,376.00$ 3,333.32$ FBC of Romayor -$ 400.00$ Silver Springs/ Magnolia 4,482.91$ 3,966.85$ Walker County Cowboy Church 873.00$ 1,116.33$ FBC of Shepherd 3,589.00$ 3,157.96$ South Side/ Now Good Shepherd -$ 317.00$ Total Mission Gifts 17,478.48$ 14,986.77$

FBC of Splendora 2,862.56$ 2,526.36$ Spring Bapt. Church/ Spring 4,500.00$ 4,000.00$ 2009 2008FBC of The Woodlands 900.00$ 600.00$ Spring Creek/ Spring 300.00$ 700.00$ CHURCH GIFTS 357,693.14$ 363,925.33$ FBC of Tomball 14,222.57$ 14,805.15$ St. Paul/ The Woodlands -$ -$ MISSION GIFTS 17,478.48$ 14,986.77$ FBC of Willis 15,028.88$ 15,160.87$ Stone Bridge/ The Woodlands -$ -$ TOTAL GIFTS (Jan.-Sept.) 375,171.62$ 378,912.10$