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HOUSTON?The Southern Baptists of Texas Convention will mark 10 years of ministry during its Bible Conference and annual meeting Nov. 9-11 at Houston’s First Baptist Church with a celebration service on Nov. 10 and an International Mission Board commissioning service for newly appointed missionaries the following evening.
Special guests will include noted author and speaker Beth Moore (for the Women’s Luncheon Nov. 10), humorist and motivational speaker Charles Lowery (President’s Luncheon Nov. 11), and musical soloist Travis Cottrell.
This year’s theme?”Still Standing on the Word, Sending to the World”?reflects the SBTC’s historic beginning and its continuing mission in Texas and abroad as a Southern Baptist Convention partner.
“It was our stand on the infallible and inerrant Word of God that essentially birthed this convention,” Richards told the SBTC’s missions magazine, Crossroads. “And that same blessed book will be our road map as we continue sharing the gospel, planting churches and supporting missions at home and around the world.”
LEAD-UP EVENTS
Prior to the convening of the convention on Monday night, Nov. 10, the week’s events include the “Crossover Houston” evangelistic outreach, the SBTC Hispanic Rally, and the annual Bible Conference.
During the Nov. 8 Crossover Houston event, area churches will serve as launch points for training and neighborhood outreach. Ten Houston-area churches are involved, with six offering neighborhood block parties and two hosting harvest festivals in addition to neighborhood surveys.
Participating churches include: Antioch Community Church, 200 Almeda-Genoa Rd.; Asian American Church of Houston, 7887 Beechnut; Clay Road Baptist Church, 9151 Clay; Rose of Sharon, 1106 Valentine; Farrington Mission Center, 3625 Gager; FBC Galena Park, 206 Woolfe St., Galena Park; FBC Katy, 600 Pin Oak, Katy; Needham Road Baptist Church, 9268 SH 242, Conroe; FBC Rose Hill, 18214 FM 2920, Tomball; Northridge Baptist Church, 10681 FM 1484, Conroe.
Events will be held at or nearby participating churches. Block party activities will vary from event to event. Contact individual churches for more details.
Members of Southern Baptist churches who are interested in participating may register online at sbtexas.com, by e-mailing jdean@sbtexas.com, or by calling the SBTC evangelism office toll-free at 877-953-7282 (SBTC).
The SBTC Hispanic Rally begins at 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, at First Baptist Church, Galena Park, 206 Woolfe St., 77547. For additional information, e-mail Mike Gonzales (mgonzales@sbtexas.com) or call him toll-free at 877-953-7282 (SBTC). The Bible Conference begins at 6:30 p.m., Sunday at Houston’s First Baptist Church, 7401 Katy Freeway.
The conference will include plenary worship services but will also include a noonday Women’s Luncheon Nov. 10 with noted speaker and author Beth Moore and a “Men’s Ministry Café” featuring four different speakers to choose from in four different lunch settings.
Cost for the Women’s Luncheon is $10 per person, with limited seating in the main room. For advance tickets, e-mail jvanhooser@sbtexas.com.
For a $5 lunch, men may choose from among John Bisagno speaking on “Leading the People,” John Morgan addressing “Reaching Today’s World,” Rodney Woo speaking on “It’s Now a Multi-Cultural World,” or David Fleming on “Temptations of Leaders.”
To reserve a seat at a men’s luncheon, e-mail tthomas@sbtexas.com.
The Bible Conference will feature Tim McKenzie of On Every Word Ministries, preaching on “God’s Creation in God’s Word”; evangelist Afshin Ziafat, a former Muslim who grew up in Houston; a testimony from Houston Astros’ All-Star first baseman Lance Berkman; and David Fleming, pastor of Champion Forest Baptist Church, Houston, preaching on “Next Level Leadership.”
The SBTC annual meeting will begin Monday evening at the church and will include a 10-year anniversary celebration with music, preaching and testimonies of the convention’s founding and subsequent growth to more than 2,100 congregations.
SBTC President Bob Pearle, pastor of Birchman Baptist Church in Fort Worth, will deliver the president’s address on Monday evening. John Meador, pastor of First Baptist Church, Euless, will preach the convention sermon Tuesday morning, with SBTC Executive Director Jim Richards reporting to the convention Tuesday afternoon. The convention will close with the IMB commissioning service Tuesday night.
Along with soloist Cottrell, the choirs and orchestras from Houston’s First Baptist Church, Champion Forest Baptist Church, Houston, Birchman Baptist Church, Fort Worth, and the New Beginnings Associational Ensemble will perform.
Additional musicians will include Philip Griffin, Birchman Baptist Church, Fort Worth; Ron Thiebaud, North Oaks Baptist Church, Spring; Michael Armstrong, FBC Humble; Jennifer Dean, FBC Euless; Dick Hill, Champion Forest Baptist Church, Houston; and Tiffany Rachel, Unity Spirit Baptist Church, Houston.
