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Summer 2025 Revivals

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   Below is a listing of 2025 Summer Revivals and Homecomings in the Piedmont-Okefenokee Baptist Association. If your church's information is not listed, please contact the POBA office at (912) 285-8161 with details. You can also  submit this information online .  Revivals: Dates Church Speaker(s) June 16-18 Mt. Calvary Derek Chastain Logan Simmons Homecomings: Date Church Speaker July 6 Mt. Calvary James Connor October 5 Laura Chapel

Southeast Georgia Women's Center Update

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From May 2024-2025, the Southeast Georgia Women’s Center: *saw 196 unique individuals and had 940 appointments *held 1,608 education classes *performed 162 pregnancy tests, and 181 ultrasounds *performed 11 STI testing & treatment exams   Out of the 196 ladies seen, 37 of them came in seeking an abortion. After ministering to those women, 28 chose life for their babies!  

Pastors Attending the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting

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  Pastor’s Conference: June 8-9 Annual Meeting: June 10-11 Dallas, TX Register at: sbcannualmeeting.net The POBA has funds available to help POBA ministers with lodging for up to three nights to attend the SBC Annual Meeting in June. Contact Greg Benfield at (912) 285-8161 for more information.   You can watch the SBC Annual Meeting LIVE at:    https://sbcannualmeeting.net/live/  

2025 Scholarship for Seminary Students

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    For Seminary Students: Crawford Street Baptist Church (formerly located in Waycross, Georgia) established a fund to provide scholarships to Southern Baptist theological seminary students. Piedmont Okefenokee Baptist Association has the privilege of nominating candidates to receive a scholarship to students out of the POBA    who will be attending one of the six Southern Baptist Theological Seminaries in the fall of 2025. This scholarship is for young people who desire to matriculate as students in any Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and who are preparing for the ministry as a pastor, minister of music, youth, or education. 1.   Are you a member of a church in the Piedmont Okefenokee Baptist Association? 2.   Will you be enrolled in classes at a Southern Baptist Theological Seminary for the fall of 2025? 3.   Are you preparing for ministry as pastor, minister of music, youth, or education? If you answered yes to these questions and wish to be ...

Brotherhood at Satilla Baptist

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  Satilla Missionary Baptist Church invites all men, sons, and grandsons to attend Brotherhood at 1:00 PM on May 3, 2025. Join for a time of fellowship, connection, and brotherhood, coming together to strengthen our bond as men of God. It will be a great opportunity build relationships, share experiences, and support one another on our spiritual journeys. Satilla Baptist looks forward to seeing you there and encourage you to invite other men in your life to join this special gathering. Come together to uplift and empower each other while walking the path of faith together.  

Collection for the Georgia Baptist Children's Home

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  POBA will be collecting items for the Georgia Baptist Children's Home during the month of May. If you would like to participate, please bring items to the POBA Office by Thursday, May 29, 2025.  The suggested items are: Paper towels Laundry detergent Dish detergent Individually wrapped snacks Large canned vegetables Canned Chicken Gift Cards If you have any questions, please contact the POBA office at (912) 285-8161. 

Surge Music Camp

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  June 16-21, 2025 Rome, GA Students of POBA member churches are eligible for a $75 scholarship to Surge Music Camp. Call the POBA Office at (912) 285-8161.