Register for the Convocation by emailing carolscott@txbc.org or calling the TBC office at 325-659-4102. The $15 registration fee will include lunch. To reserve a hotel room at the special TBC rate of $79 plus tax, call Holiday Inn Select in Richardson - by August 11 - at 972-669-0508, from 8:30-4:30, Monday through Friday. Ask for Carolyn or Lisa, and tell them that you want a room in the Texas Baptists Committed block.

If you arrive early, you can fellowship over a continental breakfast, which is being graciously provided by the members of Gaston Oaks Baptist Church, beginning at 8:30 a.m. For directions to Gaston Oaks, click here.

PANEL DISCUSSIONS (followed by question-and-answer sessions)

1. Helping Texas Baptist Churches Teach Baptist Principles: BaptistWay and Baptist History & Heritage Society materials

   Ronnie Prevost, Hardin-Simmons University | Doug Weaver, Baylor University | Ross West, BGCT

2. Helping Texas Baptist Pastors Grow Distinctively Baptist Churches: TBC's new Pastor Peer Group program

   Michael Bell, Pastor, Greater St. Stephen First, Fort Worth | Chad Chaddick, Pastor, Northeast, San Antonio | James Hassell, Pastor, First, Tulia | Jeremy Johnston, Pastor, Preston Highlands, Dallas | Steve Vernon, Pastor, First, Levelland | and others involved in the Pastor Peer Group program

3. Helping Texas Baptist Seminary Students Learn Historic Baptist Principles

   Tommy Brisco, Dean, Logsdon School of Theology | Bruce Corley, President, B. H. Carroll Theological Institute | David Garland, Dean, George W. Truett Theological Seminary

4. Helping Texas Baptist Churches Call Distinctively Baptist Pastors: Help for Pastor Search Committees

   Judy Battles, George W. Truett Theological Seminary | David R. Currie, Executive Director, TBC | James Stone, Logsdon School of Theology | Linda Wear, BGCT

The Importance of the BGCT and TBC Preserving a Distinctively Baptist Witness in Texas and the World