Our purpose

The DTBA is committed to help mature churches in their attempts to develop dynamic discipleship and mentoring relationships within their bodies. We believe that the smaller the group the greater the impact. Jesus casually communicated to the masses, sifted the crowds with hard sayings, sent out 120 committed, 70 house to house in search of the man of peace, mentored 12 for 3 years, pulled 3 very close and had 1 who knew Him best. The DTBA is committed to following this New Testament example of highly accountable discipleship as Paul taught Timothy in 2 Timothy 2:2. 

We take the Great commission of Jesus very seriously. It is our PURPOSE to identify those nations, people groups or subcultures who need to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ. We will work with our local churches to provide missions opportunities within numerous sites and encourage our members to become involved in missions locally, regionally and globally. We will strive to reach the nations for His glory and their joy. We will also emphasize the need for career missionaries and will offer vision trips and short term trips for those considering the call of God to a region as a vocation. 

Church history has demonstrated that church planting is the most effective evangelism tool on the planet. The vast majority of Southern Baptist Churches across our land are either plateaued or declining, and yet our denomination was built on the pioneer spirit of church planting. We desire to help existing churches thrive, but we are equally committed to seeing new work begin, locally, regionally nationally and globally. We are situated in one of the fastest growing sections of North America and it would be unconscionable to de-emphasize church planting. Our churches have committed themselves to planting churches and God continues to bless that commitment! 

At the DTBA we seek to minister to all people, Christians and non-Christians. As an SBC Association we also want to specifically minister to those serving in the local church. Our Network staff, directed by the AMD, wants to provide confidential encouragement, training, arbitration, and Biblical guidance to any church’s membership, staff or senior pastor however we can.