BCM/D NEWS
2025 Mobilization and Planting Team Report
By Jamie Caldwell
The heartbeat of Send BCMD is simple: we exist to multiply gospel impact by planting churches, developing leaders, and resourcing congregations across Maryland and Delaware. Over the past year, that mission has taken shape in powerful and tangible ways.
Church planting remains at the core of who we are. In the past year alone, we have celebrated the launch of 13 new churches across our region. Each of these new congregations represents more than just a Sunday gathering — they are outposts of the Kingdom planted in neighborhoods and among people who desperately need the hope of Jesus.
2025 Missional Impact Team Report
By Mark Dooley
The Missional Impact Team exists to resource and assist churches in impacting their communities. We focus on five broad areas of doing this
Evangelism – As State Director of Evangelism, Mark Dooley leads the effort to encourage evangelistic fruitfulness among our churches. This year, a training event was held in March where 125 people learned how to use The Evangelism Kit, a NAMB resource designed to help create a culture of evangelism in our churches. Also, a little more than 100 pastors and staff attended Evangelism encouragement lunches held in each Associational area. Next year, we will host two training events: April 16 at Weems Creek Baptist and October 15 at Skycroft. We hope to see many of you there
2025 Church Strengthening Team Report
By Jeremy Dickson
In 2025, the BCM/D Church Strengthening Team focused on equipping leaders, supporting churches, and investing in the next generation.
We launched the first BCM/D Church Leadership Conference, drawing over 300 leaders to Riva Trace Baptist Church for training across discipleship and operational ministries. Our Men’s Conference brought together more than 350 men to grow as godly leaders in their homes and churches.
Through the State Missions Offering, we helped 6 churches begin revitalization, and 13 more received assistance through our Strengthening Church Grant—fueling transformation and health across the region.
October 2025 News Highlights
There’s SO much happening in Maryland/Delaware churches this fall. New pastors are being installed, youth are on fire for Jesus, and holiday preparations are in full swing. From new ministry leaders to growing youth movements, here’s just a glimpse of how God is at work across our convention.
As SNAP benefits at risk, food pantries prepare
By Scott Barkley
(BP) The uptick in those visiting The Good Samaritan Ministry began weeks ago, Wilma Erickson noticed.
“It’s really almost doubled,” Erickson told Baptist Press Thursday (Oct. 30). “On Tuesday, we had 50 families over four hours and it wiped us out of produce, milk and eggs. I’ve seen a lot of senior citizens and single parents, especially, who are used to getting a lot on SNAP but were cut back, and now they’re getting nothing starting in November and they’re panicking.”
Young Adults Gather at Skycroft for Worship, Rest and Renewal
Following a successful “ABA Big Event” youth gathering earlier this year, Arundel Baptist Association (ABA) pastors hosted a young adult gathering at Skycroft Conference Center on Oct. 31- Nov. 2. About 70 young adults in their 20s and early 30s showed up ready to worship, grow, and experience God on South Mountain. The ABA and the Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware helped with resources.
The organizers, representing multiple ABA churches, were excited. Matt Gardner, youth pastor of The Church at Severn Run, said, “We began meeting and praying about this event so long ago. Seeing God provide and bring it all together is a huge blessing.”