(SBC African American Advisory) Council identifies needs of black Southern Baptists
Posted on Jun 8, 2012 | by Staff
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) -- Encouraging stronger churches to partner with declining churches and developing effective mentoring strategies to groom future missionaries, state convention leaders and denominational employees were among the topics discussed during the first meeting of the African American Advisory Council May 29–30 at the SBC Building in Nashville, Tenn.
Led by chairman K. Marshall Williams, members began the meeting with an extended season of prayer. The group then discussed with Frank Page, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee, ways that the SBC benefits from participation of its 3,400 cooperating African American churches, and how these churches can more fully participate in convention processes.
Page, drawing from Judges 2:1-7 in his opening devotional, noted three kinds of tears when the angel of the Lord shows up -- tears of regret, tears of repentance and tears of rejoicing. Page expressed gratitude for the "tears of regret" and "tears of repentance" that led to the SBC's 1995 Resolution on Racial Reconciliation. "That was good," he said. "But we have to go far beyond that." ...
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