Celebration 2008 | Detailed Schedule | | Print | |
Prophetic PreachingThursday, January 31 2 - 5 p.m. Sidney Marcus Auditorium Otis Moss - Pastor, Olivet Institutional Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio Ellis Orozco - Pastor, Calvary Baptist Church, McAllen, Texas Bill Self - Senior Pastor, Johns Creek Baptist Church, Alpharetta, Georgia Gina Stewart - Senior Pastor, Christ Missionary Baptist Church, Memphis, Tennessee Bill Wilson- Moderator Friday, February 1 2 – 5 p.m. Sidney Marcus Auditorium Joan Parrott - Executive Minister, University Park Baptist Church, Charlotte, North Carolina James A. Forbes, Jr. - President and Founder, Healing of the Nations Foundation, Senior Minister Emeritus, Riverside Church, New York, NY George Mason - Senior Pastor, Wilshire Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas Julius Scruggs - Pastor, First Missionary Baptist Church, Huntsville, Alabama Emmanuel McCall- Moderator Engaging the Criminal Justice SystemThursday, January 31 2 - 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 – 5 p.m. Room B203 Mark Osler - Professor, Baylor Law School, Waco, Texas Hugh Kirkegaard - Regional Chaplain, Correctional Service of Canada, Kingston, Ontario Bill Shiell- Moderator Friday, February 1 2 - 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 – 5 p.m. Room B203 Pat Anderson - CBF Global Missions, Cedar Key, Florida Dee Dee Coleman - Pastor, Russell Street Missionary Baptist Church, Detroit, Michigan Judge Wendell Griffen - Arkansas Court of Appeals, Little Rock, Arkansas Judge Oswin Chrisman- Moderator Breaking Cycles of PovertyThursday, January 31 2 - 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 – 5 p.m. Room B206 Christopher Gray - FCS Urban Ministries, Atlanta, Georgia Tom Prevost - CBF Global Missions, Atlanta, Georgia Diana Garland - Dean, Baylor University School of Social Work, Waco, Texas Patricia Ayres & Wallace Charles Smith- Co-Moderators Friday, February 1 2 - 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 – 5 p.m. Room B206 Jimmy Dorrell – Founder, Mission Waco, Waco, Texas Yvonne Brown - Mayor, City of Tchula, Mississippi Cara Lynn Vogel - Woman’s Missionary Union of North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina Mike Queen- Moderator Can We All Get Along? Finding Common Ground with Other FaithsThursday, January 31 2 - 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 – 5 p.m. Room B308 / B309 Gerald Durley – Pastor, Providence Missionary Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia Neville Callam – General Secretary, Baptist World Alliance, Falls Church, Virginia David Currie – Exec. Director, Texas Baptist Committed, San Angelo, TX Joe Lewis- Moderator Friday, February 1 2 - 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 – 5 p.m. Room B308 / B309 Noel Erskine - Associate Professor of Theology and Ethics, Candler School of Theology, Atlanta Georgia Faysel Sharif - People of the Book Ministry, Virginia Baptist Mission Board, Falls Church, Virginia Welton Gaddy - President, Interfaith Alliance, Washington D.C. William Brackney- Moderator Youth at a CrossroadThursday, January 31 2 - 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 – 5 p.m. Room B304 / B305 Trevor Beauford – Minister of Youth & Singles, Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, Charlotte, NC Colleen Burroughs – Executive VP, Passport, Inc., Birmingham, Alabama Ken Dibble – Youth Ministry Strategist, Virginia Baptist Mission Board, Richmond, Virginia Joel Taylor – Pastor, St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, Chicago, IL Mitch Randall- Moderator Friday, February 1 2 - 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 – 5 p.m. Room B304 / B305 Katrice Nolan – Christian TV-Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia Micah McCreary – Associate Prof. of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia Jonathan Marlow – Youth Director, Second Ponce De Leon Baptist Church, Atlanta, GA Wallace Smith – Associate Pastor, First Baptist Church, Indianapolis, IN Scott Walker- Moderator Proclaiming God’s Good News (Evangelism)Thursday, January 31 2 - 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 – 5 p.m. Room A411 Ronald W. Johnson - Assoc. Dean/Professor, Mercer University's McAfee School of Theology, Atlanta, Georgia Faye Gunn- Moderator
Reaching Out to the SickThursday, January 31 2 - 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 – 5 p.m. Room B302/303 Jimmy Lewis – Pastor, First Baptist Church, Jasper, Georgia Fleda Mask Jackson - Assoc. Professor, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Al Cadenhead- Moderator Friday, February 1 2 - 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 – 5 p.m. Room B302/303 LaRue Wilson – Registered Nurse, Greater Piney Grove Baptist Church, Decatur, Georgia Dreyton Sanders, M.D. – Pulmonary Disease Physician, Dalton, GA Carolyn Weatherford Crumpler- Moderator PeacemakingThursday, January 31 2 - 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 – 5 p.m. Room B402 Glen Stassen – Professor of Christian Ethics, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California Paul Dekar – Niswonger Professor, Memphis Theological Seminary, Memphis, Tennessee Roger Paynter- Moderator Friday, February 1 2 - 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 – 5 p.m. Room B402 David Gushee – Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics, McAfee School of Theology, Mercer University, Atlanta, Georgia Stan Hastey – Executive Director, Alliance of Baptists, Washington, DC Philip Wise- Moderator Welcoming a StrangerThursday, January 31 2 - 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 – 5 p.m. Room B405 Richard Munoz – Director, The Immigration Service and Aid Center (ISAAC), Dallas, Texas Houmphanh Vongsurith – President, Laotian National Baptist Fellowship and Pastor, First Laotian Baptist Church, Grand Prairie, TX Emmett Dunn- Moderator Friday, February 1 2 - 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 – 5 p.m. Room B405 Daniel Carro – Latino/Hispanic Kingdom Advance Ambassador, VBMB, Annandale, Virginia Richard Wilson – Columbus Roberts Professor of Theology and Chair of Christianity Department, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia Joy Fenner- Moderator Faith and Public PolicyThursday, January 31 2 - 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 – 5 p.m. Room B406 Suzii Paynter – Director, Christian Life Commission, Austin, Texas Lois Mitchell – Canadian Baptist Ministries, The Sharing Way, New Brunswick, Canada DeForest Soaries – Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Somerset New Jersey David Sapp- Moderator
Friday, February 1 The Spirit of the Lord Upon MeThursday, January 31 2 - 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 – 5 p.m. Room B312 William Flippin – Pastor, Greater Piney Grove Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia Molly Marshall – President, Central Baptist Theological Seminary, Shawnee, Kansas Joyce Bellous – McMasters Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Charles Wade- Moderator Friday, February 1 2 - 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 – 5 p.m. Room B312 Linda Bryan – Shaw University Divinity School, Raleigh, North Carolina Loyd Allen – Sylvan Hills Chair of Baptist Heritage and Professor of Church History and Spiritual Formation, McAfee School of Theology, Mercer University, Atlanta, Georgia Bob Browning- Moderator Sexual ExploitationThursday, January 31 2 - 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 – 5 p.m. Room B407 Lauran Bethell – Global Service Missionary, Prague, Czech Republic Joe Trull- Moderator Friday, February 1 2 - 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 – 5 p.m. Room B407 Ellyn Waller - Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Brenda Troy - New Salem Baptist Church, Columbus OH Trisha Miller Manarin- Moderator Race as a Continuing ChallengeThursday, January 31 2 - 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 – 5 p.m. Room B401 Joy Yee – Senior Pastor, Nineteenth Avenue Baptist Church, San Francisco, and former Moderator, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Denise Gillard – The HopeWorks Connection, Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada Chuck Poole – Author, Ridgeland, Mississippi Albert Reyes- Moderator Friday, February 1 2 - 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 – 5 p.m. Room B401 Miguel De La Torre – Director, Justice & Peace Institute, Iliff School of Theology, Denver, CO Alan Bean – Executive Director, Friends of Justice, Arlington, Texas Aidsand Wright-Riggins – Executive Director of National Ministries, American Baptist Churches USA, Valley Forge Pennsylvania Larry McSwain- Moderator The HIV/AIDS PandemicThursday, January 31 2 - 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 – 5 p.m. Room B314 Darrell Jackson – Pastor, Liberty Baptist Church, Chicago, Illinois Carla Nelson – Canadian Baptist Ministries, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Raphael Warnock – Pastor, Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta GA Malcolm Marler – Chaplain, Center for AIDS Research, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama Brent Beasley- Moderator Friday, February 1 2 - 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 – 5 p.m. Room B314 Wayne Smith – Director, Samaritan Ministry, Knoxville, Tennesse Robin Brown-Haithco – Director/Staff Support, Emory University Hospitals, Atlanta, Georgia Greg DeLoach- Moderator Religious Liberty and Separation of Church and StateThursday, January 31 2 - 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 – 5 p.m. Room A412 Brent Walker – Executive Director, Baptist Joint Committee, Washington, DC Cheryl Townsend-Gilkes – Professor, Colby College, Waterville, Maine Cynthia Holmes – Co-chair, Religious Liberty Council, Baptist Joint Committee; Attorney, Clayton, Missouri Bill Leonard- Moderator Friday, February 1 2 - 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 – 5 p.m. Room A412 Holly Hollman – General Counsel, Baptist Joint Committee, Washington, DC James Dunn – Professor, Wake Forest University Divinity School, Winston-Salem, North Carolina Stan Lemons – Professor Emeritus, Rhode Island College, and Church Historian, The First Baptist Church, Providence, Rhode Island Jeffrey Haggray – Executive Director, DC Baptist Convention, Washington, DC Walter Shurden- Moderator Responding to Natural DisastersThursday, January 31 2 - 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 – 5 p.m. Room B313 Samuel Tolbert – Pastor, Greater Saint Mary Missionary Baptist Church, Lake Charles, Louisana Gordon King – Director, Canadian Baptist Ministries, The Sharing Way, Mississauga, Ontario Millard Fuller – President, Fuller Center for Housing, Americus, Georgia Tommy McDearis- Moderator Friday, February 1 2 - 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 – 5 p.m. Room B313 Willard Ashley – Senior Pastor, Abundant Joy Community Church, Jersey City, New Jersey Mary Landon Darden – Writer and Community Activist, Waco, Texas Richard Brunson – Executive Director, North Carolina Baptist Men, Cary, North Carolina John Hewett- Moderator |