February 2026

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February 2026 Calendar

 

Tues 3rd Crusade Team meets at 4 PM

Sun 15 Hope for Today (Crusade) Prayer Meeting

     at New Home Baptist Church at 4:00 PM

Sun 15 Focus on WMU Sunday

Tues 17: ABA Mission Team Meeting at 10:00 AM

Tues 17 at 5:45, Mission Rally at New Home B.C.

Sun 22 “Operation Andrew” Sunday. Make a

     commitment to pray for 5 of your friends and to

     invite them to your church and to the Hope For     

    Today Celebration (crusade).

Tues 24 NC Discipleship Conference at Hickory

    Grove, Mallard Creek.

Sat 28 One Day Mission Trip to the United Christian

    Alliance in Morganton.

 

March 2026 Calendar

1 – 8 Week of Prayer for North American Missions and

     the Annie Armstrong missions Offering.

Sun 1 at 4:00 PM Wadesboro Prayer Walk. Meet at the   

     courthouse.

Mon at 6:30 PM Christian Time Management Seminar  

     at Red Hill Baptist Church. Led by Dr. Rodney   

     Clements

Tues 3 2026: Primary Election Day. Vote!

Mon 9 at 6:00 PM ABA Executive Council Meeting

Sun 15 at 4:00 PM Hope For Today Celebration  

     RALLY at Cathedral Baptist Church.

Tues 17 at 10:00 AM, ABA Mission Team Meeting

Tues 17 ABA WMU Annual Meeting. Refreshments at

     6:00 & program at 6:30 PM.

Thurs 19 at 7:00 PM Crusade Counselor training with

    Dr. Eric Cook.

 

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Celebrating in February

 

Birthdays:

Tracy Hickson - 4

Randy Swaringen – 27

Ronda Helms - 29

 

 

Events

 

• Prayer meeting on Feb. 15th at New Home Baptist Church at 4:00 PM

• Operation Andrew Sunday in our churches on Sunday, Feb. 22nd. Challenge your people to pray for 5 lost friends and to invite them to your church and the crusade.

• In the month of March churches are encouraged to prayer walk (or ride) their communities. We are planning a prayer walk in Wadesboro, our county seat, on March 1st at 4:00 PM. Join us as we pray for our county as well as Wadesboro!

•  Hope For Today Celebration Rally. March 15th at 4:00 p.m. at Cathedral Baptist Church. This will be a full worship service with our evangelist, Quintell Hill. There will be training afterwards for those who would like to volunteer to help with the crusade.

• Saturday, April 18, from 10:00 – 2:00, A Day of Hope will be held at the Anson High School ballfield serving the needs of our county and sharing Christ to meet their greatest need!

Operation

Andrew Sunday

 

Bring A Friend To Jesus!

Sunday, Feb. 22nd

 

 

 

 

On February 22nd, challenge your church and Sunday School classes to pray for 5 family members, friends, neighbors or co-workers. Write their names down and pray for them daily. Pray for God to save them! Pray and invite them to your church and to the Hope For Today Celebration (crusade)!

 

• If you don’t pray for their salvation, who will?

• If you don’t invite them to church and the crusade, who will?

• If you don’t share the gospel with them who will?

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Worship Rally

March 15th at 4:00 PM

Cathedral Baptist Church

Speaker Rev. Quintell Hill

(Our Crusade Evangelist)

Special Music

Training for Crusade

Volunteers at 5:00 PM

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Engaging The Christian Life

With David Ross

 

As we rapidly approach the crusade in April, we need to be praying for our lost and unchurched family, friends, neighbors and co-workers. Will you pray for 5 of them? Will you invite them to your church and then to the Hope for Today Celebration (crusade)? In the article below, Jentezen Franklin explains where the idea came from.

 

Operation Andrew

By Jentezen Franklin

 

“Andrew…first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, ‘We have found the Messiah’…And he brought him to Jesus.” (John 1:40-42)

 

In the early days of his ministry, Billy Graham wanted to mobilize local Christians to bring their unsaved friends and relatives to his evangelistic meetings. So, the Graham team devised “Operation Andrew,” a simple plan whereby church members listed the names of their unsaved friends, began praying for them, and invited them to Billy Graham’s crusades to hear the gospel. Why the name “Operation Andrew”? Because each time we see Andrew in John’s gospel, he’s bringing someone to Christ. First, he brought his brother, Peter. Then in John chapter six he brought a lad to Jesus who had five loaves and two fish. And in John chapter twelve he led a group of Greeks to Christ. And you can do the same. Years ago, a new Christian, twenty-four-year-old Albert McMakin, loaded his pickup truck with friends and drove them every night to an evangelistic campaign in his city. Now, the chances are that you’ve never heard McMakin’s name before. But you’re probably familiar with one of his passengers on the truck, a young man who was converted to Christ that same week—Billy Graham. Andrew brought his brother Peter to Christ, and Peter ended up bringing multitudes to Christ. You just never know! The person you share your faith with today, or bring to church next Sunday, may be used by God to do things you never dreamed possible. And if you’ll do your part—God will do the rest.

 

(Jentezen Franklin, March 14, 2018, https://jentezenfranklin.org/daily-devotions/operation-andrew, accessed 05/08/2025)

 

 

“God our Savior … wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.” (1 Tim 2:4)

 

 

Region 6 Mission Rally!

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

New Home Baptist Church

 

Join us for a missions rally that will highlight the variety of opportunities NC Baptists have to be involved in missions across our state, nation and world. Featured will be worship, testimonies, mission videos, and a prayer time for missions. These rallies are for anyone in your church who is interested in missions. A main focus of these rallies will be state, national, international partnerships and projects (including Disaster Relief) and the NC Missions Offering.

 

A meal is provided for the NC Mission Rallies at no charge, but reservations are necessary to ensure an accurate meal count. The cutoff date for reserving a meal is Feb 10th. Please register by using the link below.   You may also register by sending an email to Tina Holder at tholder@ncbaptist.org or by calling 919-459-5596.
 

https://baptistsonmission.org/bom/region-rallies/region-6-nc-missions-rally-2026---peachland/7451

 

The meal will begin at 5:45 pm, followed by the program from 6:50 PM - 8:30 PM. 

 

 

 

WMU Directors/Pastors & Wives Appreciation Banquet

February 27th at 6 PM

Brown Creek Baptist Church

 

WMU Directors, their spouses, and pastors and their spouses, are invited to an Appreciation Banquet to be held in their honor. This will be held on Friday, February 27th at 6 PM at Brown Creek Baptist Church. Contact Ann Thomas at 704-695-4373 for more information.

 

 

2026 Disciple-Making Conference

Tuesday, Feb 24, 2026

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Hickory Grove Baptist Church

Mallard Creek Campus

Cost $15

https://ncbaptist.org/disciple-making-conference/

 

Join N.C. Baptists from across the state to learn from experienced ministry leaders and expand your disciple-making capacity. Be equipped with biblical principles to multiply and mobilize disciples, so that everyone can reach, train, send and serve on mission together.

 

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One Day Mission Trip to Western NC

United Christian Alliance

Morganton, NC

Saturday, Feb 28, 2026

 

We plan to help this ministry by doing work in and around their warehouse which is providing much needed ministry to those who are hurting in western NC. The current plan is for our volunteers to sort and organize lumber outside and to sort and organize donations of food, toiletries, blankets, etc. inside. Lunch will be provided by UCA, so we need to be able to let them how many are coming, so please contact the ABA office to let us know if you or your group is coming.  Email: ansonbaptist@yahoo.com or Phone: (704) 694-2790.

 

 

ACP Reports are due by January 29th. This should include information from January – December 2025. The download to this report has been sent to pastors to pass along to their clerks. If you haven’t received this link, please contact the ABA office (704-694-2790) or ansonbaptist@yahoo.com as soon as possible in order that we may get it to you. Please let us know if you have any questions or would like us to enter the information online for you.

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The Anson Crisis Ministry need for February is corn. ACM needs volunteers to serve, and monetary donations are appreciated as well. Hours are Tuesday-Friday, 8 am until 1 pm. Margot Barnes is director and can be reached at 704-694-2445. You can access more information at: www.ansoncrisisministry.com. 

 

We thank the following Churches for their January financial support of the mission and ministry of the Anson Baptist Association: Calvary, Cedar Grove, Deep Creek, Faith, Freedom, Gum Springs, Lilesville, Morven, Mt. Beulah, Mt. Zion, New Home, Peachland, Pleasant Grove, Polkton, Red Hill, Rocky Mt., Rocky River, & Victory

 

A New CR Group has formed at North Wadesboro Baptist Church, 1211 N. Greene St., Wadesboro, NC 28170, on Thursday Nights at 6:30 PM.

 

Celebrate Recovery is a Christ centered recovery program to help people “find freedom from their hurts, hang-ups, and habits” including addiction. Anyone interested is invited to attend. For more information contact David Wesley Helms at (980) 278-6189 or Rev. Ernie Walters at (910) 506-6066.

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Pray for the county-wide

Hope For Today Celebration (Crusade)

April 19-22, 2026

Anson High School Gym

Day of Hope, April 18, 2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“It is time to

seek the LORD.”

(Hosea 10:12)