This Sunday is Pentecost in the church calendar, a day in which we acknowledge the Holy Spirit’s outpouring on the early church (Acts 2). It will be a day to affirm God’s salvation and call “upon all flesh,” a calling whereby “your sons and your daughters shall prophesy…even upon my slaves, both men and women”Continue reading “Celebrating 50 years of women ordination”
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Triennial Convention reminds us of God’s work in the world
This May marks the bicentennial anniversary of the first Baptist Triennial Convention, a meeting of like-minded Baptists passionate about missions. It was the summer of 1814 in Philadelphia. More than 30 delegates pooled resources to support missionaries. It came after a century of revolution and war, but also of explosive missionary activity inspired by theContinue reading “Triennial Convention reminds us of God’s work in the world”
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