Phil Lineberger to be Breakfast Speaker

Phil Lineberger, pastor of Williams Trace Baptist Church in Sugarland, Texas, will be the speaker for the twelfth annual Texas Baptists Committed breakfast. Lineberger is well known to Texas Baptists for his vision, leadership and service to the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

The breakfast will be at 7:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 31, Corpus Christi A-B-C Ballroom at the Omni Marina Hotel, Corpus Christi. Breakfast seating is limited to 800, therefore we will not accept phone reservations. Tickets are $17 and will be issued according to the first reservation forms/payments we receive. An order form is found on page 23 of this newsletter.

"We are excited to have a person of integrity, courage, discernment and vision as Phil Lineberger. He has a special gift for articulating his keen insight of the changing Baptist landscape. Texas Baptists need to hear him." said David Currie, coordinator of TBC.

Lineberger is a native of Texas, graduated from University of Arkansas and earned his Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has been the pastor of churches in Little Rock, Arkansas, Wichita, Kansas, and Richardson, Texas, before going to FBC Tyler. In 1995 he came to Williams Trace Baptist Church in Sugarland as pastor.

He is a member of the executive board of the BGCT and former president of the BGCT. Lineberger and his wife, Becky, have two children: Kathy and Amy who is married to Brian Seay.

September 2000