Alabama CBF Meeting
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 10:08 pm
We (wife Ann and I) went to the Annual Alabama CBF meeting in Birmingham on Monday after several years of not going - retirement enables much.
Suzii Paynter was there and immediately sat next to my wife at the business meeting time and discussed clothing/winter wear/etc. for 10 minutes. Made my wife feel welcome but Ann had no idea who she was.
It was a time of renewing old friends and meeting several new ones (many of which live in Huntsville).
Suzii gave an excellent discussion of the CBF current programs.
There was a break out session on Pay Day Lenders (didn’t attend) and another on Covenants of Actions that the New Baptist Covenant (NBC) is promoting (did attend). The Covenants of Actions are where 2-3 Baptist churches from differing denominations propose ministries to the NBC and some are selected for partial funding. I’m working on some ideas and contacts right now hopefully to be ready for the 14-15 Jan NBC convention where proposals will be evaluated (can't seem to end those proposals even though retired ).
The NBC Covenant of Action presenter was a young lady (Hannah McMahon) who grew up in an SBC church (Hillsboro Heights BC) in Huntsville (for a few years) and whose father was the pastor. I remember this pastor and his wife used to come to the CBF organizing sessions at our church until some at his church found out about it and he soon lost his job. No doubt left an impression on young Hannah.
The NBC keeps on inviting SBC participation but no church has done so yet. I may try to get Hillsboro Heights and a black Baptist church into the proposed covenant.
Suzii Paynter was there and immediately sat next to my wife at the business meeting time and discussed clothing/winter wear/etc. for 10 minutes. Made my wife feel welcome but Ann had no idea who she was.
It was a time of renewing old friends and meeting several new ones (many of which live in Huntsville).
Suzii gave an excellent discussion of the CBF current programs.
There was a break out session on Pay Day Lenders (didn’t attend) and another on Covenants of Actions that the New Baptist Covenant (NBC) is promoting (did attend). The Covenants of Actions are where 2-3 Baptist churches from differing denominations propose ministries to the NBC and some are selected for partial funding. I’m working on some ideas and contacts right now hopefully to be ready for the 14-15 Jan NBC convention where proposals will be evaluated (can't seem to end those proposals even though retired ).
The NBC Covenant of Action presenter was a young lady (Hannah McMahon) who grew up in an SBC church (Hillsboro Heights BC) in Huntsville (for a few years) and whose father was the pastor. I remember this pastor and his wife used to come to the CBF organizing sessions at our church until some at his church found out about it and he soon lost his job. No doubt left an impression on young Hannah.
The NBC keeps on inviting SBC participation but no church has done so yet. I may try to get Hillsboro Heights and a black Baptist church into the proposed covenant.