The Associational Advisor

  The POBA Regular Spring Meeting will be held on Thursday, April 23 at Youmans Chapel Baptist Church in Blackshear. A meal will be served at 6:30 PM and the Spring Meeting will begin at 7:00 PM To RSVP for the meal call the POBA Office at (912) 285-8161 or click HERE . Youmans Chapel Baptist Church is located at 3497 Dean Still Road in Blackshear. 

The 57th Annual Meeting of the Piedmont-Okefenokee Baptist Association will be held on Thursday, October 9 at Central Baptist Church . Central Baptist is located at 201 Ava Street in Waycross.  The meal will be held at 6 PM and the meeting will begin at 7 PM.  You can RSVP for the meal by calling the POBA office at (912) 285-8161 or at https://bit.ly/Oct25AnnMeal . 

  The POBA Regular Meeting will be held on Thursday, April 24, 2025 at Liberty Baptist Church. Liberty Baptist Church is located at 7755 Liberty Church Road in Nicholls.  There will be a meal at 6:30 PM and the meeting will begin at 7:00 PM. Please let us know you will be eating by calling the POBA Office at (912) 285-8161 or online at:  https://bit.ly/APR25RegMeal .

  There were 16 churches represented at the April 2024 Regular Meeting held at Laura Chapel Baptist Church. The following churches were represented: Camp Pinckney, Central, First Blackshear, Hickox, Laura Chapel, Manor Community, Mt. Calvary, Pineview, Pleasant Hill, Pleasant Valley, Set Free, South Gate, Southside Nahunta, Ten Mile, Waynesville, Youmans Chapel. Highlights: Approved forms for POBA Leadership & Policy Manual Presented proposed bylaw amendment (to be considered at Annual Meeting)   These documents can be seen at https://www.mypoba.org/governingdocuments  

  Thursday, April 18 Laura Chapel Baptist Church, Patterson 6:00 PM Meal 7:00 PM Meeting Please RSVP for the meal by Thursday, April 11 by calling the POBA Office at (912) 285-8161 or online at: https://bit.ly/APR2024RegMeal .  

The Regular Meeting of the POBA was held on April 20, 2023 at Pineview Baptist Church in Waycross, GA. There were 16 churches represented: Camp Pinckney, Central, Emmanuel, FBC Blackshear, Haywood, King Memorial, Laura Chapel, Manor Community, Mershon, Millwood, Pineview, Pleasant Hill, Pleasant Valley, Southside Nahunta, Ten Mile, and Walkerville.  Some highlights:  * Bree Howard of Emmanuel Baptist Church and a student at South Georgia State College in Waycross spoke regarding the newly formed BCM (Baptist Collegiate Ministries) chapter.  *A Policy Review Committee will be formed to make recommendations (propose policies that align with new bylaws) at the August Executive Committee Meeting  *A Compensation Committee will be formed to make recommendations (propose compensation packages) at the August Executive Committee Meeting *POBA will meet with migrant workers every other Wednesday through July for a meal and devotion. If you are interested in being a part of mi...

  The Regular Meeting of the Piedmont Okefenokee Baptist Association will be held at Pineview Baptist Church on Thursday, April 20, 2023.  There will be finger foods at 6:30 PM, followed by the meeting at 7:00 PM.  Please let us know you will be there. You can RSVP HERE or contact the POBA Office at (912) 285-8161.