In a joint meeting of the Executive Committees of the Hephzibah and Kilpatrick Associations, representatives from thirty-one churches voted to call Rev. Timothy W. Batchelor, formerly of  Spring Place Baptist Church, as Associational Missionary.

Brother Tim grew up in the Marietta area of Georgia.  He  “came to know Jesus as Lord and Savior” as a 12 years old and he was baptized at the Noonday Baptist Church.   As a teenager, he “came to the conviction that the Lord was calling” him to “the ministry as a vocation.”  In response to God’s call, Tim prepared himself by completing  a BA degree in Bible from Columbia Bible College in Columbia, South Carolina.  He received the Master of Divinity degree in 1990 from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas.

Brother Tim’s wife is Susan and they have three daughters:  Melanie, Sarah and Abby.  Susan graduated from Oauchita Baptist University in 1987  with a BA in Spanish and she completed the MRE degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1990.  Presently, she home-schools their children.

Brother Tim has been serving churches since 1990.  He spent two years as a pastor in Buckhead, Georgia and then two more as the assistant pastor of a church in Marietta, Georgia.  Since 1996, he has been pastor of a church of 450 members in northwest Georgia.  His present church has one full-time and one part-time ministerial staff members in addition to him.  Over the past 13 years the church has grown in attendance and recently completed a 19,000 sq. ft. Preschool/Children/Youth Educational addition debt free.  This new facility is designed “to accommodate current and future growth in addition to space needs for” their “Hispanic ministry.”  Under Tim’s leadership the church started an Hispanic ministry that has expanded to include a Spanish worship service and a Sunday School of over 70 in attendance.  This ministry has grown to a “mission” status and employs a full-time mission pastor.

Brother Tim has been active in his local Baptist association and has served as Moderator from 2000-2002.  He is currently a member of the GBC executive committee.  He has a zeal for missions and his ministry objective is “to help churches carry out the Great Commission by encouraging church health and facilitating involvement in missions.

His personal interests include hunting, beekeeping, building and woodworking.  He enjoy spending time with his family.

The purpose of this newsletter is to share prayer requests, stories from the North American Mission Board , the International Mission Board, and to encourage each of you to be Women of Purpose as you pray each day for missions. Thru this newsletter we intend to share specific prayer requests and opportunities for service each month. I would appreciate your feedback and suggestions!

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May God bless you! Steph

Bruce Poss has faithfully served in the Kilpatrick Association for many years through his local church Marshall Baptist, in Disaster Relief and the West Virginia Mission program. He has accepted, and is already serving in, the Coordinator position for Disaster Relief for the North American Mission Board.  Read the article here…