What Do We Do? Without question the life, mission and ministry of the association is committed to bringing glory and honor to Jesus Christ our Savior and Lord. He gave himself for the salvation of all mankind and our collective life, mission and ministry seeks to lift him up in our community. B. The association supports and encourages the mission and ministry of the local church. There are 34 Sout
hern Baptist Churches in our GRBA. The responsibilities of the local church are six fold: worship, Bible study, Discipling, missions/evangelism, ministry and stewardship. C. The association offers training to church leaders for the responsibilities they have in leading their church in these six areas.