Counseling Ministry 
The Association sponsors the Christian Counseling Center of the Duck River Baptist Association. The Center provides an extension of the church’s pastoral care and skills by offering counseling to individuals and families. People who seek help at the Center struggle with varied life experiences and situations including:
* Marriage and family problems
* Domestic violence and sexual abuse
* Dilemmas of aging, parents and step family life
* Coping with loss and grief
* Personality disorders
* Personal struggles with anxiety, depression and self-esteem
* Spiritual meaning and direction
* Difficulties related to school, job & social
Fees for counseling are charged on the basis of people’s ability to pay, and no one is turned away because of inability to pay the cost of counseling. The churches of our Association make this important service possible because they desire that people be healthy spiritually, physically and emotionally and that they have wholesome relationships with family and friends.
We give thanks to God for the service our Center provides and celebrate our partnership in this ministry with forty-four (44) churches and two (2) missions in our area. The Christian Counseling Center is located at 11133 Tullahoma Highway, 41A South in Tullahoma. The counselor is available Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. For further information concerning this ministry, call the Duck River Baptist Association at 455-5072. For an appointment, please call 454-9994. Dr. Barbara Singleton, a Licensed Professional Counselor, is the primary counselor with whom we partner at the present time. Dr. Singleton will return your call if you will leave a message on the answering machine when she is not available.
Jail Ministry 
The Good News of Jesus Christ is being shared at the Franklin County jail by volunteers of Duck River Association. Ellen Mann, leader of our jail ministry, and other volunteers conduct Bible Studies as well as literacy classes on a regular basis. Free Bibles are distributed to the inmates. Several inmates have made a profession of faith and have been baptized.
For more information, please contact Duck River Association at (931) 455-5072 or e-mail drba@cafes.net.
For the most recent Jail Ministry report, please click here.
Resort Ministry 
Beginning the Sunday before Memorial Day and ending the Sunday before Labor Day, Duck River Baptist Association provides worship services for campers at Tims Ford State Park (Picnic Shelter #2) and Devils Step/Fairview Campground (Pavilion). Various churches lead in music, drama, preaching and other worship activities. Also, several times during the summer children's festivals are held.
If you are interested in learning more about the Campground services, contact the Associational Office at (931) 455-5072 or e-mail us at drba@cafes.net.
For the most recent Resort Ministry report, please click here.
Hispanic Ministry 
The Duck River Baptist Association is very pleased to have the opportunity to participate in a ministry to Hispanics. We partner with the Tennessee Baptist Convention, Trinity Baptist Church, which sponsors the work, and the Hispanic mission, known as Iglesia Nuevos Horizontes, in providing this ministry.
Worship services for the Hispanic people are held each Sunday at 11:00 a.m.. The address is 924 Madison Street in Manchester, TN. For information covering this ministry, please call Trinity Baptist Church at 728-4588 to speak with Pastor Abner Flores.
Media Ministry 
Duck River Association makes available to their churches media equipment such as TVs, VCRs, overhead projectors, and screens (large and small). This equipment may be used free of charge by the churches on a first come first served basis.
Sample copies of LifeWay resources such as Sunday School, Discipleship Training, Church Music, Pastoral and Church Administration and other literature are available for review. Anyone desiring to take a look at these materials is encouraged to visit the Baptist Building.
Videos related to a wide range of subjects are available for viewing or may be checked out of the Media Center. Of particular interest are videos produced by the North American Mission and the International Mission Boards of the Southern Baptist Convention. Also, a few DVD's are available.
Disaster Relief Ministry 
The Disaster Relief Ministry continues to grow in our association. We have people trained in Introduction to Disaster Relief Services, Chain Saw & Recovery, Mass Feeding, Rebuild and Reconstruct, Mud Out, Water Purification, Crisis Intervention, N.O.V.A., Church & Association Preparedness, Damage Assessment, Communications, Team Leaders, and Child Care.
The Association owns a 10x6x6 cargo/utility trailer. A number of our churches have assisted in equipping the unit with a variety of tools and equipment designed to assist in disasters. The unit has been utilized to assist with local disaster relief and has been used in other states.
The Disaster Relief Coordinator for the Association is Bobby Hasty, who also coordinates the Chain Saw Teams. The Rebuild and Reconstruct Coordinator is Prentice Wilkerson and the Mass Feeding Coordinators are Bill and Barbara Simmons.
Anyone interested in becoming involved with the Disaster Relief Ministry is encouraged to contact our office for further information. We may be contacted at 931-455-5072, by fax at 931-455-5086, by email at drba@cafes.net or if long distance at 1-800-465-8105.
Our Theme: We cannot plan for today’s disaster tomorrow.
Our Goal: To make Christ known by serving.
Our Purpose: To have a servant heart and thereby live out the message of I John 3:17-18.
For the most recent Disaster Relief report, please click here.
