St Catherine Baptist Association Brotherhood

“Finding Following Fraternizing”

Purpose:

• To project and sustain a programme of work which will have as its ultimate objective the leading of men of the Baptist Churches in fellowship with the association into a realization of their obligations and role in Missions/Evangelism.

• To provide a medium through which the men can serve efficiently and effectively in promoting the full programme of their Church and denomination.

• To co-operate with the association in the proper administration of its ministries.

Objectives:

To achieve the values inherent in the Purpose, the Organization seeks to promote among the men and instil into their thinking the following aims and objectives:

• Loyalty to Christ, to the Church, and its administration

• Co-operation with every agency and organization of the Church and denomination Constant emphasis upon the necessity of personal consecration for worthy Christian/Stewardship of home, self, substance and service

• A greater emphasis upon individual and group effort in evangelism

• Visitation to homes for the aged, orphanages, institutions for handicapped, hospitals and other similar institutions to cheer the inmates and extend the gospel of Jesus Christ

• Increased circulation of our denomination’s literature

• To co-operate with the Board of Mission and Evangelism, for the promotion and advancement of Baptist Work in Jamaica and the Caribbean

• An aggressive and continuing effort to reach, win and develop boys, young men, older men for Christ through Christian companionship and guidance

• To help build finances of the church and to facilitate administration by way of regular and generous offerings and tithes

• To help to ensure a progressive growth in Church budgets to meet local needs, and denominational causes, so that the gospel may be proclaimed to the uttermost end of the earth

• Liberal financial support and patronage of denominational institutions • A continuing effort through the Brotherhood to promote Christian Fellowship and to enlist, utilize and organize all the men of all our churches in active Christian service.