Birmingham Meeting: Historic and Effective

On January 31, 2009 more than a thousand people crowded the sanctuary of the historic 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham for a New Baptist Covenant regional meeting.

Highlights of the event included work sessions on the Luke 4 mandate, as well as messages from President Jimmy Carter, Marian Wright Edelman, and Wayne Snodgrass.

The meeting was co-chaired by Gary Furr, pastor of Vestavia Hills Baptist Church and Arthur Price, pastor at 16th Street Baptist Church. Brent McDougal of the Alabama Cooperative Baptist Fellowship served as the event's coordinator.

More information can be found at se.newbaptistcovenant.org .

To learn more about upcoming meetings in Kansas City, MO, Winston-Salem, NC, and Norman, Oklahoma, click "read more."

Birmingham will host a regional gathering of the New Baptist Covenant on Saturday, January 31st, 2009.

The event will be held at 16th Street Baptist Church and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.

Former President Jimmy Carter will be present for a leadership breakfast  and to provide a keynote address in the sanctuary of 16th Street Baptist Church.

Learn more at the Southeast Regional New Baptist Covenant website by clicking here.

The New Baptist Covenant is an informal alliance of more than 30 racially, geographically, and theologically diverse Baptist organizations from throughout North America that claim more than 20 million members. Representatives of these Baptist organizations have reaffirmed traditional Baptist values, including sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ and its implications for public and private morality, as well as their obligations as Christians to fulfill the biblical mandate to promote peace with justice, to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, shelter the homeless, care for the sick and the marginalized, and promote religious liberty and respect for religious diversity.