1890-Present
Judson Baptist Association
(now Baptist Association of Greater Baton Rouge)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana LA
On November 19, 1890, Beulah Baptist Association was chosen as the name for the new association. On November 7, 1891, the Association (Beulah Assoc.) voted to change its name from Beulah Baptist Association to Judson Baptist Association. The name was chosen in memory of Missionary Adoniram Judson, Jr.
At the 116th Annual Meeting (October 18, 2005 at Parkview Baptist Church), the messengers voted to change the name of Judson Baptist Association to Baptist Association of Greater Baton Rouge….[1]
The Baptist Association of Greater Baton Rouge is housed in a building named the Adoniram Judson Missions and Ministry Center. They also maintained for over 30 years the Judson Baptist Retreat Center in St. Francisville, LA (see entry 1979-2022).
Over 100 Southern Baptist Churches have banded togethehr to work in unison in the Baton Rouge area. They share this vision:
The Baptist Association of Greater Baton Rouge will be a Network of Churches and Missions cooperating together as agents for positive change in the spiritual, social, and cultural fabric of their communities through Christian redemption and Christian life values. This vision will be accomplished by penetrating the community with the Gospel of Jesus Christ through family and community orientation, and social involvement that exemplifies the caring and sharing nature of Jesus Christ in order to effect life transformtion in individuals, families and communities. Actions developing from this vision will be relationship based, evangelism centered, service oriented and training focused. .[2]
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[1] Jan Terral in an email to the compiler on February 26, 2015.
[2] http://bagbr.org/index.htm