O'Briens and Parks to Highlight July TBC Convocation on Missions

Bill and Dellanna O'Brien, two famous names in Baptist life, along with Keith Parks, will highlight the annual TBC Convocation to be held in Dallas, July 20-21, 2001. The theme of the convocation is Texas Baptists and Missions--Looking Toward the Future.

Dellanna O'Brien, long-time director of the Women's Missionary Union of the Southern Baptist Convocation, will open the convocation as our banquet speaker on Friday evening, July 20, at 6:00 p.m. O'Brien will speak on Christian Women in the 21st Century.

Bill O'Brien, former vice-president of the SBC Foreign Mission Board, will be the breakfast speaker on Saturday morning, July 21, at 7:30 a.m. O'Brien's message is entitled 21st Century Missions: Global and Apostolic.

Keith Parks, former President of the SBC Foreign Mission Board and later Coordinator of Global Missions for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, will be the closing speaker for the convocation on Saturday morning. Parks' message is entitled Missions: One Way - Many Ways.

The entire program features outstanding speakers. On Friday evening, Dellanna O'Brien will be followed by Ron Cook, vice-chair of TBC and pastor of First Baptist Church, Brownwood. The concluding speaker Friday evening is Paul McBride, pastor of Friendship Baptist Church, The Colony.

Other speakers Saturday morning will be Charles Johnson, pastor of Second Baptist Church, Lubbock and Dennis Harris, an evangelist and president of Lifeline World Missions. Rev. Harris' web page, which describes his various ministries can be viewed at lifelineworldmission.org. 

A full program is listed on page 22 on this newsletter. Reservation forms for the banquet ($23) and the breakfast ($14) are printed on page 23.

Special music will be provided Friday evening by the The Friendship Baptist Church Male Chorus and on Saturday morning by Larry Ford. 

May 2001