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Monday, February 08, 2010
Every Church On Mission, Every Believer a Missionary.
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                            M etro Peoria Baptist Association
                            EVERY CHURCH ON MISSION, EVERY BELIEVER A MISSIONARY
                                                  
                           "HEARING THE SHEPHERD'S HEART"      
                          Dr. Joe Gardner, Director of Missions
 
                                                                                                                                               
          Diana Morris. Executive Secretary    mpbadiana@sbcglobal.net
          5112 W. Smithville Rd.                        Office Hours
         Bartonville, IL 61607                            Monday-Thursday        Telephone: (309) 633-5440
                                                               9:00a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
                                                                 Fax: (309) 633-5460
                                                             Fridays by Appointment
                                         Email: MPBA5112@sbcglobal.net
 
  • Metro Peoria consists of 33 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.
  •  Five African-American churches and One Korean speaking church 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.