Covenant Meeting to
have impressive Special Interest sessions
Here are a few examples:
Prophetic Preaching
Thursday, January 31
2–5 p.m.
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
Friday, February 1
2–5 p.m.
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
Proclaiming God’s Good News (Evangelism)
Thursday, January 31
2–3:15 p.m. and 3:45–5 p.m.
Martha Simmons – President, The African American Pulpit, Atlanta,
Georgia
Ronald W. Johnson - Assoc. Dean/Professor, Mercer University’s
McAfee School of Theology, Atlanta, Georgia
Friday, February 1
2–3:15 p.m. and 3:45–5 p.m.
Brenda Little – Pastor, Bethany Baptist Church of Christ, Morton
Grove, Illinois
Ronald Bobo – Pastor, West Side Missionary Baptist Church, St.
Louis, Missouri
Faith and Public Policy
Thursday, January 31
2–3:15 p.m. and 3:45–5 p.m.
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
Friday, February 1
2–3:15 p.m. and 3:45–5 p.m.
Gerald Thomas – Pastor, Lamberth Memorial Baptist Church,
Roxboro, North Carolina
Melissa Rogers – Visiting Professor, Wake Forest University
Divinity School, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Mark White – Former Governor of Texas
Religious Liberty and Separation of Church and State
Thursday, January 31
2 - 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 – 5 p.m.
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
Friday, February 1
2–3:15 p.m. and 3:45–5 p.m.
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
Can We All Get Along? Finding Common Ground with Other Faiths
Thursday, January 31
12–3:15 p.m. and 3:45–5 p.m.
Gerald Durley – Pastor, Providence Missionary Baptist Church,
Atlanta, Georgia
Neville Callam – General Secretary, Baptist World Alliance, Falls
Church, Virginia
David Currie – Exec. Director, Texas Baptists Committed, San
Angelo, TX
Friday, February 1
2–3:15 p.m. and 3:45–5 p.m.
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.
For a complete listing of the Special Interest Sessions, please visit
http://www.newbaptistcelebration.org/
