Metro Peoria Baptist Association
Friday, January 27, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                METRO PEORIA BAPTIST ASSOCIATION   
                                             EVERY CHURCH ON MISSION, EVERY BELIEVER A MISSIONARY
          
                                                      
                            Dr. Joe Gardner
                       Director of Missions  joe.gardner1@att.net
                             Telephone:  (309) 633-5440         
                                         Office Hours                                                             
                   5112 W. Smithville Rd.                 Monday-Thursday           
                   Bartonville, IL 61607                    9:00a.m. - 3:00 p.m
                                    Friday 8:30-11:00 a.m.
                  Office Email: MPBA5112@att.net                             
 
     Diana Morris. Exec. Assistant: mpbadiana@sbcglobal.net   
                                              
  •  Metro Peoria consists of 31 churches and 3 missions.
  •  550,000 people live within our association.
  •  Metro Peoria covers 13 counties.
  •  Three counties do not have any Southern Baptist Convention work.
  •  380,000 people live in the four counties that make up metropolitan Peoria. 
  •  Peoria is the second largest metropolitan area in Illinois, second only to Chicago.
  •  Two African-American churches  are included in our association.
  •  A network has recently been developed to identify locations for new church starts.  We project  eight new   churches in the next few years.
  •  Metro Peoria is 200 miles east to west and 100 miles north to south.  It takes over three hours to travel from the Eastern-most church to the Western-most church.
  •  Approximately 325,000 unchurched people live in Metro Peoria Association.    
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