The Flint River Baptist Association recently met at First Baptist Church in Zebulon, Georgia, for its annual associational meeting — and for its bicentennial anniversary celebration. Associational Mission Strategist Frank Nuckolls announced that “What He’s Done!” would be the theme for the Sept. 15 meeting.
At the bicentennial celebration and 201st annual meeting of the Flint River Baptist Association at First Baptist Church of Zebulon the gathered assembly had much to commemorate and celebrate.
Nuckolls addressed those in attendance, saying, “I am grateful for God’s calling to serve this great network. Serving you has been one of the highlights of my 47 years of ministry. God is at work in our association. Let’s follow His leadership and never look back.”
Encouraging reports were given highlighting the expansive work being accomplished by the associational staff and its network of churches.
Ricky Thrasher, the Georgia Baptist Mission Board associational missions and convention planning/chaplaincy representative, read a letter from W. Thomas Hammond, Jr., executive director of the GBMB, acknowledging the association’s historic meeting and Nuckolls’s effective leadership.
History
The Flint River Baptist Association, the 10th association to be constituted in Georgia, was organized at the Rocky Creek Baptist Church in Monroe County near Forsyth in the fall of 1824. The Flint River Association was formed by the Ocmulgee Baptist Association transferring 14 of their churches to the Flint River Association and six newly constituted churches. Those 20 churches were the original charter churches for the new association.
A history of the Flint River Baptist Association written and compiled by Nuckolls reveals that the association came into full cooperation with missionary associations in 1842. It was at this point in its history that the association became fully engaged in the total world missions program. Shortly thereafter, the Flint River Baptist Association began cooperation with the Georgia Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention.
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EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by J. Gerald Harris and originally published by the Christian Index.
