Announcing the New Baptist Covenant Midwest Regional Meeting
At the Norman Convention Center on August 6-7, 2009
At the Norman Convention Center on August 6-7, 2009
In January 2008 more than 15,000 Baptists from across the United States, Canada and Mexico met for the first ever meeting to celebrate a New Baptist Covenant. The covenant represented the commitment of more than 20 million Baptists in North America to fulfill our “obligations as Christians to promote peace with justice, to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to shelter the homeless, to care for the sick and the marginalized, welcome the strangers among us, and promote religious liberty and respect for religious diversity.” The covenant also reaffirmed our “commitment to traditional Baptist values, including sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ and its implications for public and private morality.”
The leaders of the New Baptist Covenant, representing more than 80 Baptist Conventions, fellowships and organizations in North America, agreed to meet collectively every three years to renew this commitment. Between these triennial meetings, the leaders of the New Baptist Covenant called for regional meetings that would gather to unite Baptists from our various Conventions, fellowships and organizations to celebrate, exhort, network and encourage one another in fulfilling the obligations of our new Baptist Covenant.
The Steering Committee for the New Baptist Covenant Midwest Region is pleased to announce that the New Convention Center in Norman, Oklahoma has been selected for the first ever meeting of the Midwest Region of the New Baptist Covenant. The meeting will be held on August 6-7, 2009. Former President Jimmy Carter has agreed to speak at our meeting. We will be celebrating the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Baptist denomination.
The Steering Committee will release further information as preparations for this historic meeting advance.
Dr. Bruce Prescott
Executive Director, Mainstream Oklahoma Baptists
Chair, Steering Committee for the New Baptist Covenant Regional Meeting
Contact Information: Office: United Ministry Center at 1017 Elm Ave. Norman, OK 73072
Phone: 405-329-2266 E-mail: bprescott (at) mainstreambaptists.org
Steering Committee for the New Baptist Covenant Midwest Regional Meeting
Jimmy Allen, Past President of the Southern Baptist Convention, Coordinator for the National New Baptist Covenant Meeting
Hal Bass, Dean of the School of Social Sciences at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas
Michael Bell, Pastor, Greater St. Stephen First Church in Fort Worth, TX
Will Brown, Campus Minister and Special Assistant to the President at Bacone College in Muskogee, OK
Ray Captville, General Bishop of the Western Division of United Free Will Baptists
David Currie, Executive Director, Texas Baptists Committed
Darryl DeBorde, Pastor, Braden Park Baptist Church in Tulsa, OK
Timothy Eaton, President, Hillsdale Free Will Baptist College in Norman, OK
Debbie Ferrier, Laywoman, Tallowood Baptist Church in Houston, TX
Karen Grubb Gilbert, Missional Church Specialist, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
Clyde Glazener, Pastor, Gambrell Street Baptist Church in Fort Worth, TX
Major Jemison, Pastor, St. John's Missionary Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, OK
Todd Littleton, Pastor, Snow Hill Baptist Church in Tuttle, OK
Rene Maciel, President, Baptist University of the Americas In San Antonio, TX
George Mason, Pastor, Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, TX
Rick McClatchy, Coordinator, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Texas
John Ogletree, Pastor, First Metropolitan Church in Houston, TX
Bruce Prescott, Executive Director, Mainstream Oklahoma Baptists
Mitch Randall, Pastor, NorthHaven Church in Norman, OK
John Reed, Pastor, Fairview Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, President of the Oklahoma National Baptist State Convention
Wade Smith, Pastor, First Baptist Church in Norman, OK
Alan Stanford, General Secretary, North American Baptist Fellowship of the Baptist World Alliance
Bob Stephenson, Layman, NorthHaven Church in Norman, OK
William Tillman, Professor of Christian Ethics at Logsdon School of Theology in Abilene, TX
Charles Thomas, Coordinator, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Oklahoma
George Young, Pastor, Holy Temple Baptist Church in Oklahoma City (Progressive National Baptist Convention)
Thelma Chambers Young, Past Vice President of North American Baptist Women
Charles Wade, Retired Executive Director, Baptist General Convention of Texas
Chester A. West, Emmanuel Baptist Church in Oklahoma City (National Missionary Baptist Convention)
John Williams, Executive Minister of American Baptist Churches Central Region
Aidsand Wright-Riggins, Executive Director of National Ministries, ABCUSA
