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| July 8, 2008 |
| ANNUAL TBC CONVOCATION: HELPING TEXAS BAPTISTS STAY BAPTIST |
Our annual Texas Baptists Committed Convocation will be held on Tuesday, August 19, 2008, from 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. We will meet at Gaston Oaks Baptist Church, which is located at 8515 Greenville Ave. in Dallas. The theme of this year’s Convocation is “Helping Texas Baptists Stay Baptist.”
Bruce Troy, pastor of Gaston Oaks, will begin the Convocation at 9:30 a.m. by welcoming the attendees on behalf of the host church. Randel Everett, BGCT executive director, and Joy Fenner, BGCT president, will then bring greetings on behalf of the convention leadership.
Registration for the Convocation will cost $15, which will include lunch.
Ellis Orozco, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in McAllen, will highlight the Convocation by bringing a closing message entitled “The Importance of the BGCT and TBC Preserving a Distinctively Baptist Witness in Texas and the World.”
Last fall, the TBC Board of Directors restructured the organization to strengthen its focus on partnering with the Baptist General Convention of Texas and local churches in teaching historic Baptist principles and preserving an authentic Baptist witness. Presentations at the Convocation will discuss the ways in which TBC is carrying out this focus.
Attendees will hear four panel presentations, each of which will be followed by an opportunity to ask questions of the panel.
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Panel discussions are as follows:
Helping Texas Baptist Churches Teach Baptist Principles:
BaptistWay and Baptist History & Heritage Society materials
Helping Texas Baptist Pastors Grow Distinctively Baptist Churches:
TBC’s new Pastor Peer Group program
Helping Texas Baptist Seminary Students Learn Historic Baptist Principles
Helping Texas Baptist Churches Call Distinctively Baptist Pastors:
Help for Pastor Search Committees
In accordance with the educational emphasis of Texas Baptists Committed, TBC seeks to duplicate all or part of this program in local churches and associations throughout Texas this fall. To request a presentation for your church, please contact the TBC office.
To register for the Convocation, email carolscott@txbc.org or call 325-659-4102. TBC has reserved a block of rooms at the Holiday Inn Select at 1655 N. Central Expressway in Richardson, just a few minutes from Gaston Oaks, at a rate of $79 plus tax. To reserve a room at the reduced rate, please call the Holiday Inn Select at 972-669-0508, from 8:30-4:30, Monday through Friday. Ask for Carolyn or Lisa, and be sure to tell them that you want one of the rooms in the Texas Baptists Committed block. To obtain the TBC reduced rate, please make your hotel reservation by August 11.