Welcome to the High Desert Baptist Association. Our association is a warm and loving one, and we want you to feel comfortable and at liberty to call on us for anything you need. Feel free to browse through the various areas of our website and learn about our association.
Since its organization in 1845 in Augusta, Georgia, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has grown to over 16 million members who worship in more than 42,000 churches in the United States. Southern Baptists sponsor about 5,000 home missionaries serving the United States, Canada, Guam and the Caribbean, as well as sponsoring more than 5,000 foreign missionaries in 153 nations of the world.
California Southern Baptist Convention (CSBC) is a fellowship of about 450,000 members in approximately 1,800 language and multi-ethnic congregations that cooperate with the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), the largest Protestant denomination in America . Each week throughout California 60 language groups and almost 100 ethnic groups are represented in congregations throughout the convention.
California Southern Baptist Convention is one of 39 state Baptist conventions and fellowships that work in all 50 states and American territories. Each state convention is independent of, but cooperates financially in, the work of the SBC. CSBC and the SBC share a common bond of basic biblical beliefs and a commitment to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the entire world.
The North American Mission Board assists Southern Baptists in their task of fulfilling the Great Commission in the United States , Canada and their territories through a national strategy for sharing Christ, starting churches and sending missionaries, in cooperation with Acts 1:8 Partners.
The International Mission Board's main objective is presenting the Gospel of Jesus Christ in order to lead individuals to saving faith in Him and result in church-planting movements among all the peoples of the world. Almost 5,000 people groups - 1.6 billion people - still live with little or no access to the Gospel.