I'm live blogging from the fourth annual Mainstream Baptist Convocation. This year the meeting is in Dallas.
Yesterday's higlights were Tyrone Pitts, General Secretary of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, explaining why he is an "American-African Baptist" and Bill Underwood, President of Mercer University, addressing his commitment to Baptist Principles. Both of them were outstanding.
The most electrifying moments came when Pitts, Underwood, and Jimmy Allen spoke about their hopes and dreams for the New Baptist Covenant meeting that will be held in Atlanta on January 30-February 1, 2008. Dr. Clyde Glazener, pastor of Gambrell Street Baptist Church in Fort Worth and former President of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, admitted outloud that he was so enthusiastic about what they were saying that he felt like jumping up and down. I never did actually see him kick up his heels, though.
David Currie, Executive Director of Texas Baptists Committed, Joe Lewis, pastor of Second Baptist Church of Petersburg, Virginia and soon to be President of the Baptist General Association of Virginia, and I also spoke. Here's a link to an earlier version of the speech that I gave. (I'll make some modifications and get it updated to the speech I actually gave later today or tomorrow.)
When all is said and done, hearing songwriter-musician George Gagliardi and Cynthia Clauson sing together was most memorable.
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I keep going from being excited about the New Baptist Covenant meeting to being depressed that we in the Alliance of Baptists have still not been invited.
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