A Southern Baptist Presence at New Baptist Covenant Midwest

March 15, 2009

Wade Burleson and Dwight McKissic will be at the Midwest Regional Meeting of the New Baptist Covenant on August 6th and 7th in Norman, Oklahoma. Event organizer Bruce Prescott has the details. See below:

The Midwest Regional Meeting of the New Baptist Covenant will be begin at noon on August 6th and conclude 9:30 PM on August 7th at the new Embassy Suites Hotel and Convention Center in Norman, Oklahoma.

Testimonies will be given by Wilford Brown, former National Coordinator for Intercultural Ministries for American Baptist Churches and now the Campus Minister at Bacone College in Muskogee, OK, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry, former Oklahoma Congressman J.C. Watts, and Sarah Stewart, a recent graduate of Truett Seminary who is now a Minister in Residence at First Baptist in Oklahoma City.

Messages will be given by Wade Burleson, pastor of Emmanuel Baptist in Enid, Oklahoma and past President of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, Major Jemison, pastor of St. John’s Missionary Baptist in Oklahoma City and past President of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, and by Ellis Orozco, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church of McAllen, Texas, who has served on served on the Administrative Committee and on the board of the Christian Life Commission of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

Other participants include Tim Eaton, President of Hillsdale Freewill Baptist College, Javier Elizondo, Executive Vice President and Provost of the Baptist University of the Americas, and Dwight McKissic, pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas and past President of the Southern Baptists of Texas Pastor’s Conference.

Workshops and breakout sessions will focus on building bridges cross-culturally to minister to the families of the imprisoned and to the impoverished.

Hotel reservations can be made at the Embassy Suites Hotel for $99 (+ taxes) nightly by calling 1-405-364-8040. Reservations for $70 (+ taxes) nightly can be made at the Guest Inn by calling 1-405-360-1234 (tell them you are with the New Baptist Covenant Convention).

Quite a diverse crowd. I especially look forward to hearing Ellis Orozco of Calvary Baptist Church in McAllen, Texas. I heard Orozco back at the Preaching Conference during the New Baptist Covenant Celebration in Atlanta last year. He preached an amazing sermon on welcoming the stranger.