By Dr. Steve Crawley, Executive Director • Ministers Resource Services Years ago, some creative guys in our work created a parody of Bruce Springsteen’s song “Born in the USA,” replacing the well-known lyrics with “Born in the BMA!” Such was the case for me. My grandfather, Verner Crawley, was present at the 1950 ABA Annual meeting in Lakeland, Fla. Disagreements between the brethren at that meeting resulted in the genesis of the North American Baptist Association later that year. In ...