DOMs: ‘Partnering for Kingdom Purposes’
“Partnering for Kingdom Purposes” will be the theme for the Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Directors of Missions’ June 11-12 annual meeting in Greensboro, N.C.
The meeting will begin with a worship celebration at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, June 11, at the Greensboro Marriott Downtown. Tom Biles, Tampa Bay Baptist Association, Florida, will lead worship, along with Steve Biles, worship leader, First Baptist Church, Lutz, Fla. Ken Whitten, pastor of Idlewild Baptist Church, Tampa, Fla., will deliver the message.
A Sunday afternoon session will include a business meeting and a talk on “Reaching Broken People” by Ted Stone, an evangelist from Durham, N.C. Also, Jim Leak, the group’s treasurer, will speak about “Associations and Disaster Relief,” and Eddie Miller, Sierra Baptist Association, Nevada, will deliver the president’s message. Monday morning’s session includes a report on “Associational Summit 2006” by Sid Hopkins, Gwinnett Metro Baptist Association, Georgia, and Ricky Creech, Birmingham Baptist Association, Alabama, will speak on “Volunteers in the Association.”
The afternoon session will include an orientation for new directors of missions led by Johnny Rumbough, Lexington Baptist Association, South Carolina. At 1:30, Reggie McNeal, director of leadership development for the South Carolina Baptist Convention, will speak on “Continuing Education.”
Pastors’ Wives: ‘Contagious Joy’
“Contagious Joy” is the theme for the second annual Pastors’ Wives session of the SBC’s Pastors’ Conference in Greensboro, N.C., and the program features several noted pastors’ wives sharing ways God has given them joy in their life experiences. The session, which is June 12 from 8:30 to 11:45 a.m., will be held at the War Memorial Auditorium, adjacent to the Greensboro Coliseum.
Among the speakers are Anita Renfroe, a regular humorist at “Women of Faith” conferences, who will speak on having joy in worship and laughter; Liz Traylor, wife of Ted Traylor, Pensacola, Fla., speaking on joy in darkness; Jeana Floyd, wife of Ronnie Floyd, Springdale, Ark., speaking on joy in healing; Carol Ann Draper, wife of Jimmy Draper, retired president of LifeWay, speaking on joy in learning from the past; Ginger Spradlin, wife of Roger Spradlin, Bakersfield, Calif., speaking on joy in ministering outside the Bible Belt; Elizabeth Luter, wife of Fred Luter, New Orleans, speaking on joy in restoration; and Teresa Brown, wife of Joe Brown, Charlotte, N.C., speaking on joy in peace.
Evangelists: ‘Going Into All the World’
The urgency of preaching the gospel to all nations will be a rallying cry for the Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists June 9-11 as they focus on “Going Into All the World.”
Jerry Rankin, president of the International Mission Board, will be among the featured speakers at the evangelists’ retreat at the Holiday Inn Express Guilford Convention Center in Greensboro, N.C.
The Sunday morning service sponsored by COSBE will be June 11 in the Guilford Ballrooms A and B of the Sheraton Greensboro Hotel at Four Seasons from 8:45 until noon.
Bailey Smith, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, will be the featured speaker, along with COSBE president Bill Britt, Jerry Chaddick of Spirit Truth Ministries in Lake Charles, La., and Brian Fossett of Fossett Evangelistic Ministries in Dalton, Ga.
Inspirational music will be provided by Eddie Middleton, a Dove Award nominee and co-founder of NewSong, along with Joe and Kim Stanley, Jeff and Diane Anders and Eric Baker.
Younger Leaders: Summit II
What began in Nashville at the 2005 Southern Baptist Convention will continue in Greensboro when the Younger Leaders Summit II convenes at 10 p.m. Monday, June 12.
Marty Duren, pastor of New Bethany Baptist Church, Buford, Ga., and principle organizer for the gathering at the War Memorial Auditorium, said, “We really want this to be an interactive time,” Duren said. “We want those attending to have time to interact with the speakers as well as network with each other and hope that the fellowship following the meeting is as beneficial as the meeting itself. I think last year we saw the value of bringing younger leaders together. There were some beneficial relationships established.”
Jimmy Draper, who retired as president of LifeWay Christian Resources in February, will be among the speakers at this year’s summit. The main address will be delivered by Jeff Iorg, president of Golden Gate Baptist Seminary in Mill Valley, Calif.