Clay Platte Baptist Association ABOUT US

The simplest definition of a Baptist association is: a self-governing fellowship of churches on mission. The churches in our association are free and autonomous. They choose to unite in a partnership. While our churches are diverse, they share a common theology. Thus, they are in fellowship. They are a family of churches - supporting, encouraging and caring for one another. They also share a common commitment to carry forth Christ's on-mission mandate set forth in Acts 1:8 - being witnesses of Christ in their Jerusalem, as to the uttermost part of the earth.

Our Mission:
To assist and network cooperating churches to fulfill the Great Commission.

Our Vision
We envision the Clay-Platte Baptist Association equipping church leaders to guide their congregations to be clear about their purpose and sensitive to their settings in order to reach and disciple persons beginning in their community.

Our Values

We value the autonomy and diversity of the local church.
We value meeting the needs of churches through quality ministries.
We value fellowship among our churches and partnership with Kansas City metropolitan area associations.
We value cooperative mission action beginning in Clay and Platte counties in Missouri.

Most of our churches are members of the Missouri Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention. There are a few churches that are related to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.

Church relationships have changed over the years. In this association it is no longer the case that churches belong to the same Baptist entity as they once did. These unique characteristics about our churches have not prevented us from maintaining cooperative relationships with our mission work here in the Clay-Platte Association. We hope this kind of synergy can continue to exist in order to provide a united ministry in Clay and Platte counties.