Welcome to Your Association
San Antonio Baptist Association
One Mission Many Expressions
We are a family of autonomous Baptist Churches doing
Great Commission and Great Commandment efforts together.
The San Antonio Baptist Association is comprised of over 385 churches that are active at some level of cooperation as well as 250+ house churches. Over 470+ churches have been a part of SABA since 1858. Our congregations represent African, African-American, Anglo, Arabic, Burmese, Chinese, Deaf, Hispanic,
India, Korean, Laotian, Philippine, Romanian,
Vietnamese, and other people groups.
Our Mission: what are we doing?
We exist to connect, encourage, and support churches for kingdom impact
Our Values: why are we doing it?
Collaborative Connections - God-directed relationships that result in Kingdom impact and expansion. (Matthew 28:18-20; 1 Corinthians 3:10; Acts 1:8)
Missional Mindset - Intentional obedience to Christ’s Commission among all people groups based upon proven missiological principles. (Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:45-47; Acts 1:8)
Strategic Creativity - Innovative contextual ministry, which results in reproducing disciples, trained leaders, and new churches. (Matthew 28:18-20; 2 Timothy 2:2; Acts 14:23)
Spiritual Vitality - Christ-centered collective activities, which promote the overall spiritual health and welfare of God’s people. (Matthew 9:37-38; Romans 8:14-17, 26-28; 1 Corinthians 15:58; Ephesians 3:16-19, 5:18)
Our Strategy: how do we accomplish the mission?
KINGDOM IMPACT
DIGITAL DEPARTMENT
LEADER DEVELOPMENT
CHURCH STARTING
& RENEWAL
Engaging God-led
relationships globally
Technologically enhancing
kingdom impact
Investing in those who invest in others
Innovative efforts toward disciple making movements resulting in reproducing churches
Our Measures: how do we define success?
The number of churches and leaders we serve
The depth to which we serve churches and leaders
The stories of kingdom impact from those we serve
The number of strategic partners with whom we connect, encourage
and support in kingdom impacting relationships
