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178th Annual Session

October 9–10, 2026

The Association will meet at Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Lexington, Tennessee.

Exterior of Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church

Host church

Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church

Date
Friday–Saturday, October 9–10, 2026
Time
Sessions begin at 10:00 a.m. each day.
Location
105 Oak Grove Cemetery Road
Lexington, TN 38351
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Annual program

Order of Business

Prepared from the order adopted for the 2026 session in the 2025 Association Minutes.

Friday · October 9

Friday Session

  1. Call the Association to order
  2. Appoint the Committee on Divine and Hospitality Service
  3. Appoint the Finance Committee
  4. Appoint the Topics Committee for the next annual session
  5. Appoint the Obituary Recorder
  6. Read the Rules of Decorum
  7. Call for reception of church letters
  8. Call for petitioning church letters
  9. Roll call of messengers
  10. Elect the Moderator, Clerk, and assistants
  11. Select the host church for the next annual session
  12. Select brethren to preach the next annual sermons
  13. Receive a love offering for the Associational Missionary
  14. Introductory Sermon — 11:00 a.m.
  15. Call for correspondence

Discussion topics

What is the difference between faith and presumption, and how does this distinction impact the counsel we give to seekers?

In a world divided over many things, how can Christians better promote and demonstrate unity, as Jesus prayed in John 17:21–23?

Saturday · October 10

Saturday Session

  1. Roll call of messengers
  2. Call for the Finance Committee report
  3. Call for the Obituary Recorder report
  4. Call for the Historical Committee report
  5. Call for the Topics Committee report
  6. Reports from missionaries
  7. Doctrinal Sermon — 11:00 a.m.
  8. Call for new business
  9. Read the Vote of Thanks
  10. Song and parting hand

Discussion topics

What is the biblical basis for the assurance of salvation?

As we seek to discern the voice of God’s Spirit, is the presence of the Spirit’s fruit in Galatians 5:22–24 an important clue in determining whether the leadership is of the Lord?