The North Texas Baptist Association (NTBA) is an association of conservative evangelical Christian churches in the
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area.
NTBA was formed in March, 2000 by seven local churches that were aligned with the conservative
Southern Baptists of Texas
The Southern Baptists of Texas Convention (SBTC) is an association of conservative Southern Baptist churches in Texas. It is supportive of the national Southern Baptist Convention. It was formed by churches within the Baptist General Convention of ...
Convention (SBTC), and who wanted to form a local association of churches for regional religious proselytism throughout North Texas.
NTBA is currently headquartered in
Lewisville, Texas
Lewisville ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, predominantly within Denton County with a small part lying within Dallas County. As a suburban community within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the 2020 census tabulated a population of 111 ...
on the campus of
Lakeland Baptist Church Lakeland Baptist Church is a Baptist church located in Lewisville, Texas. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention.
History
During the late 1950s and early 1960s, Jim Angel, a resident of Denton who worked at Southwestern Bell in Dall ...
, and has friendly cooperation with the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) and SBTC.
The cooperative efforts of NTBA currently support several mission churches in the DFW area, pregnancy care centers, and various other Christian ministries throughout North Texas. The churches that make up NTBA cooperate for the primary objective of missions while also providing opportunities for continued Christian leadership training.
The NTBA exists to promote fellowship within the member churches and to assist in strengthening those churches in carrying out the Great Commission. They are a multi-cultural association and cooperate according to confessional agreement of the Baptist Faith and Message 2000 and also affirm the
Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy
The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy is a written statement of belief formulated by more than 200 evangelical leaders at a conference convened by the International Council on Biblical Inerrancy and held in Chicago in October 1978. The stat ...
.
The founding director was Ed Ethridge and since June 2014 NTBA is led by Richmond Goolsby, Director of Missions.
Footnotes
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External links
North Texas Baptist Association
Southern Baptist Convention
Christian organizations established in 2000
Baptist denominations established in the 20th century