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High Pointe Baptist Church

            One of the unique factors of High Pointe is the people which God has brought together by

His grace and for His glory.  Though united by God's Spirit into one body through faith in the one lord, Jesus Christ, you will find that regardless of your cultural or ethnic background, God has assembled a beautiful gathering of believers which reflects the cultural and ethnic    diversity of Austin, the United States and the world.

High Pointe is an autonomous local church associated with the Southern Baptist      Convention.  As an autonomous church, we are self-governing.  This means that we are not in a denominational structure that requires us to follow the dictates of a national ecclesiastical body.  In an effort to cooperate with other churches of like mind in advancing the kingdom of God, we are in friendly cooperation with the Southern Baptist Convention.

The Southern Baptist Convention

            The Southern Baptist Convention is a national fellowship of Baptist churches.  It      cooperates with state fellowships of Southern Baptist churches called ‘state conventions' and county-sized fellowships of Southern Baptist churches called ‘associations.'  Most                fundamentally, however, the Southern Baptist Convention cooperates with the local church.  Messengers to the annual, national, two-day convention, do not represent Southern Baptist    associations or state conventions; they represent churches.

            Through the cooperation of over 40,000 churches, the Southern Baptist Convention is able to support the cause of world missions and other Christian ministries through some focused institutions that include:

International Mission Board (1845)

North American Mission Board (1845)

Seminary Education (1859-1957):

            -Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky (1859)

            -Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas (1908)

            -New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, Louisiana (1917)

            -Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, Mill Valley, California (1951)

            -Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri (1957)

Lifeway Christian Resources (1891)

Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (1913)

(Information on SBC taken from Basic Baptist Background by Aaron Menikoff)

The Southern Baptists of Texas Convention

            The Southern Baptists of Texas Convention (SBTC), founded in November of 1998, exists to facilitate, extend and enlarge the Great Commission ministries of the Southern Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptist churches and associations in Texas, upon the authority of God's inerrant Word, to the glory of God the Father, under the Lordship of Jesus Christ, and the empowerment of the Holy Spirit.

The Austin Baptist Association

The Austin Baptist Association (ABA) is a local association of Southern Baptist Churches which seek to be a catalyst alongside Great Commission churches to reach all people groups with the gospel, transforming our community and world through the power of God.