Mid-Delta Baptist Association

03/11/2026

03/11/2026

Not an endorsement, but some information.
MDBA received the info below from DOO Derek Hinckley of Archway Charter School:

I’m reaching out from Archway Charter School to share an opportunity for families in your congregation.

This August, we are launching Mississippi’s first tuition‑free hybrid school in the Delta, enrolling grades 7–10 for the 2026–2027 year. Students learn online from home most days with highly qualified teachers, then gather twice a month on our Belzoni campus for labs, presentations, and fellowship.

Enrollment is limited, and all Delta students are eligible to attend for free.

If you know families seeking a flexible, high‑quality alternative to traditional public school, would you consider sharing this with them?

More information can be found on our website at www.ArchwayCharterSchool.org

Parents can also fill out a brief form found on the website, and we will contact them to answer any questions.

Thank you for your partnership and for your dedication to the youth of the Delta.

Best regards,

Derek Hinckley

Director of Operations
Archway Charter School
[email protected]
714-337-8364

Access Quality Education for Grades 7-12 Archway invites students into a vibrant, highly accessible, tuition-free learning experience with exceptional teachers who care. Archway's Three in One Approach: 1: Engaged Together Photo by Antoni Shkraba Studio on Pexels.com Engaging, Synchronous Online Lea...

03/08/2026

Thousands of churches praying. Mission teams showing up. Letters flooding in. The Annie Armstrong Easter Offering isn’t just an offering; it’s God multiplying your generosity in ways you can’t even imagine. It really is more than a gift.

03/07/2026

Oscar & Wendy Ortiz started Iglesia Bautista Esperanza Eterna knowing one church wouldn’t be enough.
With 46,000 people and almost no gospel witness in their community, they’re already planting the next church in Loíza, with help from Send Relief teams building relationships and opening doors. Small in size, big in faith. God is doing more than they imagined.

Their church plant is small. But their vision is big.

When Oscar Ortiz started Iglesia Bautista Esperanza Eterna in Río Grande, Puerto Rico, he knew one new church would not be enough.

“We desperately needed to plant more churches. So did we wait until we had more people? No. We prayed for help. And God answered.” ~Oscar Ortiz

“Here, there are 46,000 people and almost no gospel witness,” Oscar says. “We can’t wait until we have lots of people and resources. We need to plant more churches now.”

Fortunately, Oscar and his wife, Wendy, have help. Send Relief, Southern Baptists’ compassion ministry arm, is sending volunteer mission teams to Loíza, a needy community where Oscar and Wendy hope to plant another new work. “Loíza is a spiritually dark place,” Wendy says, “but by serving the community, Send Relief is helping open doors for us there. They’re repairing homes and enabling us to build witnessing relationships.”

Now, a foundation is being laid for what will one day be a new church in Loíza. “We want to be a church plant that plants churches,” Oscar says. “And even though we’re small, now we’re seeing how God is able to do so much more with us than we can imagine.”

Prayer Requests
*Send Relief teams to connect Oscar and Wendy to more people in Loíza who are open to hearing the gospel.
*God to raise up leaders in the church plant who can help start and grow a new work in Loíza.
*Doors to open in other nearby communities that need a gospel presence.

03/06/2026

Leon & Javon Every drove by a church for years until one packed parking lot made them curious. A few Sundays later, they walked in, and their story changed forever. With missionaries Troy & Chanel
Gause, Ames Boulevard Baptist Church was replanted to reach people like the Everys. They are now seeking Christ and seeing their children and grandchildren transformed.

03/05/2026

A tiny, aging church was months from closing until they hired Troy Gause to mow the lawn. What started as a landscaping job turned into a God-sized miracle. Troy, a church planting missionary,
connected with Ames Boulevard Baptist Church’s faithful few, and together, they re-launched Cross Community Church. Now? Baptisms, salvations, and life are back in the building. God raised this church from the dead.

It was the parking lot that got their attention.

Leon and Javon Every had been driving by the Baptist church on Ames Boulevard for years, but they’d never seen anything momentous happening there. It wasn’t until one morning when they noticed a suddenly packed parking lot that their curiosity got the better of them.

“Seeing all the people we’ve baptized since we replanted here—it says something to the community. It says God’s not finished with Marrero, Louisiana.” ~Troy Gause

“Out of the blue,” Javon says, “we said, ‘We should go to that church.’ So the next Sunday, we went. And the rest is history.”

That new life at an old church was the result of God calling church planting missionaries Troy and Chanel Gause. They joined with the struggling congregation of what had been Ames Boulevard Baptist Church and, together, they birthed Cross Community Church to reach people like the Everys.

“The Everys were unchurched,” Troy says. “We got to know them and learned that even though they’d been together for 35 years, they weren’t married.”

“They gave us a beautiful wedding, and we kept going back every Sunday,” Javon says. “We brought our family, and seven of our kids and grandkids got saved. It’s amazing. I always wanted us all to follow Jesus, and this new church—this is how it happened.”

Prayer Requests
*More of Leon and Javon’s family to hear the gospel and give their lives to Christ.
*God to draw more unchurched families from the surrounding community to the new church.
*Troy and Chanel to continue to faithfully represent Christ and His kingdom.

03/04/2026

Please be in prayer for Bro Butch Nowlin and his family.

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Bryon Shawn Nowlin, 55, passed away on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, in Mantachie after a sudden illness. He was born February 1, 1971, in New Albany, MS, to Freddie Wayne and Barba Ann Cobb Nowlin, Sr. He was a graduate of W.P. Daniel High School in New Albany and a

03/04/2026

In Montreal, where it is less than 1% evangelical, Andrew Adil’s church plant is seeing God move in amazing ways. From Friday night street conversations to baptizing 10 people in their first year, the gospel is spreading where many thought it couldn’t.

“At first, people look at you like you’re a unicorn.”

That’s the initial reaction Andrew Mark and Petra Adil get when they strike up gospel conversations with people in downtown Montreal.

In Montreal, only 0.7% of the population identifies as evangelical.
“Quebec is less than 1% evangelical and very ethnically diverse,” Andrew Mark says. “So when people here meet a Christian, they’re actually very curious. They ask all kinds of questions like, ‘How can we know the Bible is true?’ or ‘What’s the difference between your God and my god?’ ”

Every Friday night, Andrew Mark and his evangelism team— “And when we say, ‘team’ ” he says, “we mean our whole church” —go out to the busy sidewalks lined with restaurants and shops to talk with people. “Answering questions, sharing the gospel,” he says, “it’s our favorite thing to do.”

It’s not surprising, then, that their church plant is growing faster than anyone ever imagined. “For us to baptize ten people in our first year and then to double in size in less than two years—that’s unheard of in Montreal,” Andrew Mark says. “Only a big God can take a small church plant like ours and do such amazing things.”

Prayer Requests
*More fruit to come from Friday night on-the-street gospel conversations.
*God to call and equip church planting interns out of Andrew Mark’s church who will help plant more new works.
*More Christians to come and share Christ with the 99% of people in Quebec who are lost.

03/03/2026

Once addicted to pills & he**in, Will Buchanan thought his life was over. But God had other plans.

Today, Will is a pastor in Hanover, VA, one of many transformed through The Fix, a church plant & recovery program. Only Jesus makes this kind of change possible.

03/02/2026

From chasing a fix, to finding the Fix. Fred & Casey Weymouth were once homeless he**in addicts. Then they met Jesus, and everything changed. Now they’ve planted The Fix Church in Richmond, VA, where people are finding freedom & hope in Christ.

It’s such a small, simple word.

And yet, for church planting missionaries Fred and Casey Weymouth, “fix” is a multipurpose word with a variety of meanings—some sad, some sacred.

In a previous life, Fred and Casey were homeless he**in addicts, and a “fix” was a shameful thing. “We spent many nights sleeping in the backseat of our car,” Fred says. “Every waking moment was chasing the next fix.” But when Fred and Casey met Christ, “something,” Casey says, “got rearranged inside us. We’d been through every program and nothing worked until we came to the Lord. Turns out, Jesus was our fix. He transformed us and called us to ministry.”

The United States consumes more illicit drugs than any other country.
Source: World Population Review

Fred and Casey started a residential recovery and discipleship program for those trapped in addiction and living on the streets of Richmond. It was appropriately enough called “The Fix.” Out of that grew a church plant that now ministers to those in recovery, their families, and the local community. “We’re seeing things we never thought possible,” Fred says. “We have junkies receiving Christ, then never picking up a needle again. Only Jesus can make that happen. He is the ultimate Fix.”

Prayer Requests
*Students in The Fix’s recovery and discipleship program to grow in their walk with Christ.
*More encounters on the streets of Richmond that lead to gospel conversations.
*Opportunities for Fred and Casey to start similar ministries and church plants in other cities.

03/01/2026

Jordan and Jessamy planted The Chapel in West Lafayette, IN.
The church baptized 81 college students in its first year! Your generosity is more than a gift; it fuels life-change.

“I’m seeing things I’ve never seen before.”

That’s what Jordan Adams said the morning after a three-hour, standing-room-only worship service where his church plant baptized 38 college students.

“Seeing auditoriums overflow and students get baptized—this has been way more than we ever imagined.”
Jordan Adams

“When we came in 2023, I knew God was going to work,” he says. “But I never imagined auditoriums overflowing, all these people getting baptized—this is more than anything we ever could’ve dreamed up.”

Jordan and his wife, Jessamy, are church planting missionaries in West Lafayette, Indiana, the home of Purdue University. “There are 41,000 students here,” Jessamy says, “and most of them are at that stage of life where they’re looking for something to live for. That makes this a perfect place to plant a church.”

Now, students can leave Purdue with something more valuable than a college degree. “We have students meeting Christ, getting discipled, then graduating saying, ‘Where’s the next church plant? I want to move there,’ ” Jordan says. “We’re sending them out as ambassadors for Christ. Now, I’m certain God’s going to change our world, and He’s going to do it through college students.”

Prayer Requests
Thousands of students to meet Jesus at Purdue.
God to send mature adults to the Adams’ church plant who can disciple new believers.
God to equip and send graduating students to other communities where they can help plant more new churches.