Numerous groups plan meetings around SBC

By Texan Staff
May 3, 2012
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Numerous events are planned around the SBC Pastors’ Conference and annual meeting in New Orleans during the second and third weeks of June. The following list includes most of the meetings announced by press time:

The Southern Baptist Messianic Fellowship will meet June 15-16 at First Baptist Church in Kenner, La., 1400 Williams Boulevard, with a focus on discipleship and congregation planting. The sessions begin at 7 p.m. and 9 a.m., respectively. The group’s website is sbmessianic.net.
Crossover, an evangelistic outreach encompassing greater New Orleans, will be Saturday, June 16. The New Orleans Baptist Association—with support from 35 New Orleans Baptist churches, the Louisiana Baptist Convention and NAMB—will coordinate multiple events including prayerwalking, block parties, door-to-door evangelism and servant evangelism. To register, visit joinnoba.com/crossover.
The National African American Fellowship’s annual meeting will be June 16-20. The group’s business meeting will be Monday, June 18, from 4–6 p.m. in room 222 of the convention center. Its annual banquet on Tuesday, June 19 from 6:30–9:30 p.m. in rooms 220-221 of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.
The Black Southern Baptist Denominational Servants Network will focus on “The Father’s Business” at its annual awards on Sunday, June 17 from 2–5:30 p.m., at Suburban Baptist Church, 10501 Chef Menteur Hwy., with Jeffery Friend as host pastor.
The Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Directors of Missions will emphasize passion in ministry at its June 17-18 meetings, to be held in Leavell Chapel at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 3939 Gentilly Blvd. Registration and more details are available at sbcadom.org.
The Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists will hold preaching and business sessions from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, June 17 in the Napoleon Room of the New Orleans Hilton Riverside, Two Poydras St. The theme is “The Gospel: the Power of God Unto Salvation.” The group’s website is sbcevangelist.org.
North American Mission Board’s Send North America luncheon will be Monday, June 18, from noon-1 p.m. in Hall F at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center with speakers Kevin Ezell and Aaron Coe of NAMB. Online registration for the banquet-style luncheon is now open, with tickets priced at $10 each. To register, visit snaluncheon.com. Credit cards will be accepted until June 18, when cash only will be required.
The Chinese Baptist Fellowship of the U.S. and Canada will meet Monday, June 18 from noon-4 p.m. at New Orleans Chinese Baptist Church, 3413 Continental Drive in Kenner, a New Orleans suburb. “Church Planting: Past, Present and Future” will be the fellowship’s theme, drawn from John 4:30-38.
”Avance Hispano,” for Hispanic pastors and leaders to celebrate Hispanic ministries, will begin at 9 a.m. on Monday, June 18 in convention center rooms 213 and 218. The conference includes a luncheon. Josh del Risco of NAMB church mobilization and Robert Amaya, a Hispanic Southern Baptist pastor who starred in the film “Courageous,” will speak.
The Fellowship of Native American Christians will install Gary Hawkins of Oklahoma as FoNAC’s first executive director during its Monday, June 18 meeting in New Orleans as a step toward a greater national presence. Meeting will be 9 a.m. in Room 333 of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.
The Filipino Southern Baptist Fellowship of North America will meet Tuesday, June 19, from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 1400 Williams Blvd. in Kenner, La. Ken Weathersby, presidential ambassador for ethnic church relations at the North American Mission Board, will be the guest speaker. To register for the meeting, email Manao at rmanao@aol.com or call him at 610-580-8635.