About Calhoun Baptist Association
Nestled
in a tree-lined valley of the Appalachian foothills in northeast Alabama,
Calhoun Baptist Association (CBA) equips
its churches by preparing "God's people for works of service so
that the body of Christ may be built up." (Ephesians 4:12 NIV)
CBA enables and assists
the family of self-governing churches in Calhoun County in cooperating
to extend the kingdom of Jesus Christ in their local setting and beyond.
On May 27-29, 1892 twenty-nine churches in Calhoun County met at the First Baptist Church in Jacksonville to form an Association. The delegates led by E. T. Smyth moved that the Association be known as the Calhoun County Baptist Association.
Today
CBA helps its 87 Southern Baptist churches to meet a particular need
and to cooperate as a group of 
churches
to achieve goals involving missions, training leaders, and influencing
government to make decisions that are basically Christian. CBA and
its churches are involved in meeting the physical, emotional, and
spiritual needs of people in Calhoun County, the state of Alabama,
the US, and the world. From Disaster Relief trips to the Gulf Coast
or World Changers teams coming to the Anniston/Oxford area CBA churches
minister to and share the Gospel to people while lives are being changed.
Calhoun Baptist Association obeys Jesus' charge: "God authorized
and commanded me to commission you: Go out and train everyone you
meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in
the threefold name: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Then instruct them
in the practice of all I have commanded you." (Matthew 28:18-20
The Message)