From the BBA Prayer Ministry Team Leader

Every Christian should set their heart and mind and soul and will to pray regularly every day. The psalmist said morning, noon, and night will I pray. Unless we definitely set our purpose to pray for a worthy length of time daily, we shall never make much of the glorious gift of prayer. And when we pray as we ought, problems about prayer vanish. He who enters into the vine-branch relationship devotes himself not to the problems of prayer, but to the problem of getting himself to pray and continuing

steadfastly there in. E. F. Hallock

May we be an association that is devoted to prayer. Pray individually, pray as a church! There are enormous advantages to being people of prayer. Pray for our nation, pray for our association, pray for your pastor and the leaders of your church. Pray for our missionaries and those who are being persecuted because of their stand for Christ. Pray for Christian businesses, for God to raise up Christian politicians who have a Biblical World View. Pray for a mighty revival and spiritual awakening in this

darkening land of ours. Just Pray!

In His Grip, Bro. Anthony

The Challenger

March 2015 As you probably already know, Colby and Whitni Corsaut and family have been called by God to go to France with the International Mission Board. Colby was, of course, the director of Baptist Collegiate Ministries on the campus of Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Since the announcement of his call to go to Europe, the search for his replacement has been prayerfully progressing. I am grateful to God for the opportunity to introduce that person to you now.

Please join me in welcoming Trey Hedrick as BCM director at SOSU. He and his family are no strangers to the Durant area or the BCM at SOSU. Both Trey and Paige (his wife) hold degrees from Southeastern and I suspect their daughter, Abrah, is already being groomed as a staunch Savage Storm fan! Since graduation from the university Trey has served in a variety of ministry positions in this area. These include the roles of Youth Ministry Intern at First Baptist, Durant, Associate BCM Director on the SOSU campus, and, most recently, pastor of Voca Baptist Church near Caddo. He will assume leadership at the BCM on March 1st.

I can say without hesitation that Trey is God's man for this work. I look forward to working with him and his staff as BCM continues to make an important impact on the campus of Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Please join me in a commitment to pray for Trey, his family, the BCM leadership team, and the students at SOSU as the gospel is shared and disciples are made. I love you all, Tim

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Birthdays

3/3 - Garry McNeill

3/5 - Mary Couch

3/6 - Becky Simmons

3/6 - Danny Spoon

3/8 - Brenda Harp

3/10 - Wayne West

3/16 - Cynthia Wesley

3/18 - Dennis Cullum

3/20 - J.C. Curtis

3/21 - Elaine Lashley

3/22 - Deirdre Schreier

3/27 - Wanda Tolbert

3/29 - Sharon Ledbetter

3/30 - Preston Burns

3/31 - Robin Bowen

Wedding Anniversaries

2/1/12 - Cole & Tiffany Newton

Ministry Anniversaries

3/1/09 - Andy Hanson, Fairview

3/1/89 - Jay Perry, Utica

3/11/05 - DeeDee Pena, BBA

3/30/10 - Jim Hodson, Durant, First

Please pray for our pastorless churches

Albany BC, Blue River Fellowship, Bokchito, Faith, Reynolds Chapel, Robinson,

Streetman Rd

Happy Birthday & Happy Anniversary

What’s Going on in Our Churches

Streetman Rd Baptist Church is prayerfully searching for a pastor. If the Lord leads you, please send your resume to: Pastor Search Committee Streetman Rd Baptist Church 26 W Turner Rd, Mead, OK 73449.

REVIVAL at Hendrix Baptist Church

Beginning Sunday, March 22 at 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Evening services Monday through Wednesday, March 23-25 will begin at 7:00 p.m.

Bro. Tim Bowen, BBA Director of Missions will bring the messages.

Tim and DJ Meek will be bring the music each night.

Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend.

Please call Larry Dresser at 580-230-9660 to have a Celebrate Recovery team come to your church to give a presentation.

What is Celebrate Recovery? A Christ centered program that gives people the resources and relationships to help recover from life's hurts, habits, and hang-ups. This is a program for anyone struggling with past or current dysfunctions or compulsions, whether they are affecting their own life or the lives of those around them. The purpose of Celebrate Recovery is to fellowship and celebrate God's healing power in our lives through the Eight Recovery Principles found in the Beatitudes and Christ-Centered Twelve Steps. As we pro-gress through the program, we discover our personal, lov-ing and forgiving Higher Power Jesus Christ, the one and only true Higher Power.

Meets Every Monday Night in the Chapel of Durant First Baptist Church,

the corner of 2nd & Evergreen from 5:00-8:30 p.m.

Childcare is provided.

VBS Directors Meeting March 28th, at Fairview

Mark your Calendars - Save the Date VBS Clinic

May 2nd at Fairview Contact Kimberly Moore at 580-230-5057

for more information.

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The Pastor/Staff

Conference that is held at Calvary Baptist Church begins at 10:30 a.m. each Tues-day morning. Please come join the time of fellowship and refresh-ing with your fellow leaders. Below are a list of the scheduled speakers for the next couple months. We usually have a time of fellowship with coffee and refreshments then a special speaker will share a word. 03/03/15 Anthony Williams 03/10/15 03/17/15 NO Pastor’s Conference – Spring Break 03/24/15 Jacob Toews 03/31/15 Bruce McLaughlin 04/07/15 James Swain (Falls Creek Director) 04/14/15 Mark Harris 04/21/15 Andy Hanson 04/28/15 Jimmy Moore

If you are having a revival or special speaker in town and they would like to speak at our conference please call me and we will get them scheduled. Thank you,

Disaster Relief Training March 7th At Roberta Baptist Church 8:00 a.m. until about 3:00 p.m. Contact Mike Wingfield with any questions 580-380-5086

OBU Announces Martin Scholar Full Tuition Scholarship

OBU recently announced the establishment of a full-tuition scholarship for students of Choctaw heritage. The Martin Scholar Full Tuition Scholarship award will be presented annually to a qualified incoming freshman and is renewable for eight semesters. OBU has previously awarded the LeRoy and Zula Martin Scholarship, which will continue along with the new Martin Scholar award. “With the establishment of this new scholarship, the university hopes to encourage more Choctaw students to consider Oklahoma Baptist University as a viable option for their college education,” We are grateful to the Martin family for making this a reality.” To compete for the Martin Scholar Full Tuition Scholarship, students must achieve at minimum a 3.0 cumulative high school GPA and a 25 ACT score or 1150 SATscore (Critical Reading and Math only). Candidates must be Choctaw with a degree of Choctaw blood recognized by the Choctaw Nation. Candidates must provide the following documents to the university which should be postmarked no later than March 13, 2015, for consideration. These items include a completed application for admission to OBU; the FAFSA submitted to OBU, demonstrat-ing financial need; a current high school transcript; their ACT or SATscores; a current resume exhibit-ing leadership and involvement in school, church, community and work activities; and a letter of recommendation from a teacher attesting to the student’s academic accomplishments and abilities. Applicants must also submit a 500-1000 word essay addressing one of three questions. Learn more about the Martin Scholarship requirements at http://www.okbu.edu/financial-aid/scholarships Selected candidates will be invited to campus for an in-person interview in conjunction with OBU’s Be a Bison Day held Friday, March 27.

BCM Lunch Heroes for Spring 2015

Mar 4th- FBC Colbert

Mar 11th- Kemp

Mar 18th- SPRING BREAK Mar 25th- Caddo/ Robinson Apr 1st- Albany Apr 8th-Mead/ Yuba Apr 15th-FBC Calera Apr 22nd- Fairview Apr 29th- Cartwright

Upcoming Senior Events

Luncheons:

March 11th at Calvary BC

April 8th at Western Meadows BC

Phone: 580-924-2351 Emails: Tim@bbaok.com DeeDee@bbaok.com Website: bbaok.com

Director of Missions---------Tim Bowen Administrative Assistant --DeeDee Pena Moderator-----------------------Jacob Toews Vice-Moderator--------------- Scott Hamilton Clerk----------------------------- John Heath Treasurer---------------------- Haley Stringfellow

We love to have your church’s events in the

Challenger. If you or your church have any

announcements or news you would like to be

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March 2015 DR

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Pastor/Staff Conference 10:30am

ANNIE ARMSTRONG EASTER OFFERING March 1 - 8 North American Missions

VBS Meet-ing for Directors Only @ Fairview