Over the last 137 years, the name of Pilot Mt. Baptist Association has been recognized in our region, state, and beyond as a brand that represents faithfulness to the Gospel, compassion for the broken and partnership for missional activities. Over the last 137 years, the name of Pilot Mt. Baptist Association has been recognized in our region, state, and beyond as a brand that represents faithfulness to the Gospel, compassion for the broken and partnership for missional activities.  

As we move forward, we recognize that in order to bridge our past to our future we not only need to adjust our vision and strategies, we also need to refine our name. To do this, we wanted to find a way to honor our past and embrace our future.

The best solution we came up with was to create a name that reflects who we are and how we want to move forward. Our current name was drawn from our regional history that hearkened to a time when various Indian tribes would descend upon the area for a big pow-wow at the foot of Pilot Mountain. Our founders used that word-picture to depict the idea of gathering and marshalling our resources for Kingdom advancement. But the older model of Associational work whereby people came to us for whatever they needed to do their work has passed us by.

No longer are we like the old General Store where people traveled in from every hamlet to get everything they needed. Rather, we are more like an Amazon Distribution Center that moves products out to customers based on their current needs and requirements. We can mourn the passing of old ways, but in the end, we need to adapt and improvise in ways that reflect an ongoing faithfulness to the Gospel while embracing innovative approaches to ministry. To depict a collaborative movement that represents who we are and where we seek to go, we have come up with the following name and graphic: