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Building Dedication

The service will be Sunday July 30th at 2-PM.

Our Church Covenant

Having been led, as we believe, by the Spirit of God to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Saviour, and on the profession of our faith, having been baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, we do now in the presence of God, angels, and this assembly, most solemnly and joyfully enter into covenant with one another, as one body in Christ.

We engage, therefore, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, to walk together in Christian love; to strive for the advancement of this church, in knowledge, holiness, and comfort; to promote its prosperity and spirituality; to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline, and doctrines; to contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of the ministry, the expenses of the church, the relief of the poor, and the spread of the gospel through all nations.

We also engage to maintain family and secret devotion; to religiously educate our children; to seek the salvation of our kindred and acquaintances; to walk circumspectly in the world; to be just in our dealings, faithful in our engagements, and exemplary in our deportment; to avoid all tattling, backbiting and excessive anger; to abstain from the sale and use of intoxicating drinks as a beverage, and to be zealous in our efforts to advance the kingdom of our Saviour.

We further engage to watch over one another in brotherly love; to remember each other in prayer; to aid each other in sickness and distress; to cultivate Christian sympathy in feeling and courtesy in speech; to be slow to take offense, but always ready for reconciliation, and mindful of the rules of our Saviour to secure it without delay.

We moreover engage that when we remove from this place, we will as soon as possible unite with some other church, where we can carry out the spirit of this covenant and the principle of God's Word.

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MEXICO BAPTIST CHURCH

Welcome to Mexico Baptist Church! We are excited about what the Lord is doing in our community and want others to praise God for how awesome He is! Please come visit us soon. For more information about our church please visit our website at www.mexicobaptist.org

Cooperative Program Article

Western Kentucky Church Tops CP Giving
Release Date: 04/27/2006

MARION, KY. – Tucked away in a small western Kentucky community, Mexico Baptist Church is quietly teaching others a huge lesson about giving generously to the Cooperative Program.

During the 2004-05 church year the Crittenden County congregation topped the Kentucky Baptist Convention in per-capita giving to the Cooperative Program.

The Cooperative Program is Southern Baptists' method of supporting the missions and ministry efforts of state and regional conventions and the Southern Baptist Convention. State and regional conventions (like the Kentucky Baptist Convention) use a portion of church contributions through CP to support work and strengthen churches in their respective areas and forward a percentage to Southern Baptist national and international causes.

With 347 total members, the church gave $ 63,296.84 last year to the Cooperative Program, an average of approximately $182.41 per member. Those gifts amounted to more than one-quarter of its undesignated receipts of $246,460.

Former church treasurer Mary Sue Crider, who recently stepped down at the age of 83, says the church has had a long history of giving.

Long ago, members voted to set giving at 30 percent – 25 percent to the Cooperative Program and 5 percent to associational missions, Crider says.

“The sad part is the ones who had that inspiration have all passed away,” Crider says. “But we’re still pushing missions as the main thing of the church.”

Bob Hunter, who joined the church in 1941 after he accepted Christ as his Savior, credits several now-deceased deacons with the emphasis on tithing and giving that have characterized Mexico Baptist since his childhood.

“The Lord will bless you; He says He would,” Hunter said of giving to the Cooperative Program. “God loves a cheerful giver. Why should we keep that money and put it in the bank? Would God bless you if you put it in the bank?”

Pastor Tim Burdon, who came to Mexico more than two years ago, says the congregation has the deepest commitment to missions of any he has served.

In addition to its youth group participating in a 2004 World Changers project and other church-wide mission trips around the nation, in recent years two members have volunteered at a hospital in Honduras.

“We emphasize Lottie Moon and Annie Armstrong,” Burdon says. “It’s just a missions-oriented church. We have a great deal of tithers who support the church. With a commitment to missions and giving, here we are today.”

Even a recent building project has not dampened the church’s commitment to missions giving.

Mexico Baptist is in the process of finishing a two-level educational wing that will add seven classrooms, restrooms, a kitchen and storage space. In addition, it is completing a 4,800 square foot multi-purpose room.

While the project will cost nearly $500,000, regular giving hasn’t slowed. For the first six months of the current fiscal year, Cooperative Program receipts were running eight percent ahead of a year ago.

“The Lord has just blessed us and opened the door in a wonderful way,” Burdon says, noting that the church increased its 2006 budget by $20,000 and is exceeding that goal. “I can’t explain, other than the Lord is blessing us as we reach out and try to help the community.”

Mexico Baptist’s commitment to missions starts close to home, with active community outreach.

The outreach includes an annual Cinco de Mayo celebration, held on the Saturday closest to the annual May Day observation.

Playing off its name, Mexico Baptist sponsors a day featuring children’s games, piñatas, fireworks and Mexican food, plus a gospel message from the pastor.

Guests include a group of Hispanics from Hopkinsville, part of the crowd of 200 that flocks to the celebration.

The church also hosts a wild game dinner each February, which attracted 150 this year, outstripping the capacity of its fellowship hall.

That’s where the new multi-purpose room will come in handy, Burdon says, since the dinner attracts sportsmen and fishermen from outside the church.

Mexico Baptist has also started a new visitation program, with 65 members participating in the weekly program.

The pastor says these steps attract visitors and new members, which means increased giving to the church and more gifts to the Cooperative Program.

“It’s like a stair step; one step leads to another,” Burdon says. “But it’s all about people being saved.”

Although some people think money given to missions could do a lot of good at home, the majority of members realize Cooperative Program gifts support many different ministries, Burdon says.

Mexico Baptist strives to constantly educate members about missions and periodically schedules guest speakers at a monthly, mid-week “Missions Night,” according to the pastor.

Burdon encourages Kentucky Baptists to remember that by joining with other believers they can accomplish far more to spread the gospel than working individually.

“We need to do what we can,” Burdon says. “We need to work together and that will be the difference we make.”

Release prepared by Ken Walker, KBC Communications