Music, sermons mark General Missionary Baptist Convention; attendees also hear from DuBose Porter
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Church and state are taking center stage in Rome this week.
Issues ranging from the government bailout of the economy to health care reform and H1N1 vaccinations are being discussed by more than 2,400 members of the General Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia during the 139th annual session at The Forum and in churches across the city through Thursday.
Convention Coordinator Brenda Eason described the daily activities as being sprinkled with educational classes and worship services.
The Rev. Alvin Edwards, pastor of the Mt. Zion First African Baptist Church in Charlottesville, Va., (and former mayor of Charlottesville) asked pastors and lay leaders during a luncheon at Lovejoy Baptist Church in South Rome how they could “change a culture that is crumbling around us.” He said “this generation leads every generation in human history in divorce, suicide … loneliness and emptiness.”
Convention President Clarence Moore said swine flu vaccines and health care reform are among the “burning issues” the church is facing.
He pointed to mistrust about the H1N1 vaccine, health care reform and the bailout of the economy as issues being discussed this week.
Moore will address the assembly during the President’s Hour closing program Thursday morning at The Forum
Democratic gubernatorial candidate DuBose Porter addressed the assembly Tuesday morning and spoke about the importance of establishing a passenger rail system through Georgia. Porter also talked about water quality and conservation, increasing funding for public defenders and public safety personnel, a variety of partnerships to improve health care, public-private partnerships in education and additional on the job training opportunities for students in the junior and senior years of high school.
Deacon Allen Lane of Naylor also stressed the importance of evangelism.
“We go into the streets, ministering to the lost,” said Lane. Teams will fan out across Rome this afternoon and the success of those teams will be celebrated with baptism services at Thankful Baptist Church at 6 p.m.
Those evangelistic outreach efforts made during the convention last year “blew me away,” Edwards said.
Click here for more about Baptist conventions in Georgia this week
Issues ranging from the government bailout of the economy to health care reform and H1N1 vaccinations are being discussed by more than 2,400 members of the General Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia during the 139th annual session at The Forum and in churches across the city through Thursday.
Convention Coordinator Brenda Eason described the daily activities as being sprinkled with educational classes and worship services.
The Rev. Alvin Edwards, pastor of the Mt. Zion First African Baptist Church in Charlottesville, Va., (and former mayor of Charlottesville) asked pastors and lay leaders during a luncheon at Lovejoy Baptist Church in South Rome how they could “change a culture that is crumbling around us.” He said “this generation leads every generation in human history in divorce, suicide … loneliness and emptiness.”
Convention President Clarence Moore said swine flu vaccines and health care reform are among the “burning issues” the church is facing.
He pointed to mistrust about the H1N1 vaccine, health care reform and the bailout of the economy as issues being discussed this week.
Moore will address the assembly during the President’s Hour closing program Thursday morning at The Forum
Democratic gubernatorial candidate DuBose Porter addressed the assembly Tuesday morning and spoke about the importance of establishing a passenger rail system through Georgia. Porter also talked about water quality and conservation, increasing funding for public defenders and public safety personnel, a variety of partnerships to improve health care, public-private partnerships in education and additional on the job training opportunities for students in the junior and senior years of high school.
Deacon Allen Lane of Naylor also stressed the importance of evangelism.
“We go into the streets, ministering to the lost,” said Lane. Teams will fan out across Rome this afternoon and the success of those teams will be celebrated with baptism services at Thankful Baptist Church at 6 p.m.
Those evangelistic outreach efforts made during the convention last year “blew me away,” Edwards said.
Click here for more about Baptist conventions in Georgia this week
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