The Mobile Baptist Builders is a ministry of the Mobile Baptist Association. MBB started in 1982 with nine men and five women, who built a log church in Utah. The group has built churches in Washington, Georgia, South Carolina, Maine, Colorado, and many other states. The team has one major project that is usually located some distance away from Mobile, and one or more smaller projects located clos
er to home. The shorter duration projects include building a chapel in prison, re-building a black church burned in a racially motivated fire, and building a home for a missionary. Who are these volunteers who give a week of their time to travel at their own expense to another place and work on a church they will likely never be a part of? There are engineers, managers, housewives, counselors, insurance professionals, bankers, teachers, and the list goes on. There are jobs for everyone - those that can hammer and build do so, and those that can provide support are also utilized, as they are willing. The experienced men and women work with the newcomers to ensure the work is completed. Some women organize into meal teams and provide nutritious meals for all the personnel at the site, and some work with hammers and nails alongside the men. And of course, since this group is based out of Mobile, Alabama, each breakfast includes a mountain of grits! These volunteers give because they want to express God's love in a tangible way. Each year, the project is in a different location, but when the group arrives, you would think you were at a family reunion. Young and old, each person is excited about working for the Lord and seeing familiar faces from past building trips and meeting new Christians. The volunteers come from a variety of backgrounds - they are not all Southern Baptist. When the team goes to a site one year, the next year some of the church people from that site join the family! God is working all around us, and when MBB comes to a site, revival often occurs, with a side benefit of completing a building when they leave.
