Laurens Baptist Association

The Laurens Baptist Association is organized for the following purposes:

1.    To promote cooperative and harmonious activities of the local churches of its denomination  in carrying out the Great Commission of our Lord.

2.    To encourage Christian fellowship and close cooperation among its member churches and with sister Associations, the Georgia Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention.

3.    To provice a channel through which the energies of the churches may be directed and magnified by cooperative effort to minister to the spiritual, moral, social and physical needs of the people living within the territory of the Association and throughout the world.

4.    To operate the Laurens Baptist Assembly for recreation, Bible study, prayer and other purposes of the Association, to be used for meetings and other functions of various church organizations (such as Men's Ministries, Women's Missionary Union, Girls in Action, Royal Ambassadors, etc.) and other groups authorized by the Association.

5.    To operate exclusively for religious, charitable and educational purposes, receiving contributions and other income to be used for the stated purposes of this Association or to be paid to other tax exempt organizatoins.

6.    To provide administrative services and other aids for its member churches and to assist them in strengthening their programs.