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Thur16
racial
reconciliation
3–6 p.m.Registration begins
Coffee and light refreshments
Dr. Kenneth Ellis
Senior Pastor
Northeast Community Church,
Norcross Ga
greg belser
host Pastor
morrison heights baptist Church,
clinton, MS
Dr. Kenneth Ellis is the Senior Pastor of the
Northeast Community Church, Norcross,
Georgia. He serves as Associate Professor
in Christian Ministry and Moral Rehabilitation and also as Director of Phillips State
Prison Extension Center both for New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Ellis previously served the North American
Mission Board (SBC) as an Evangelism
Group Team Leader and has also served
as a Regional Chaplaincy Administrator for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and
chaplain for several federal prisons. Prior
to this, he was Pastor of the First Baptist
Church in Burnham, Illinois (a suburb of
Chicago). He was born in Eustis, Florida
and grew up near Orlando. He has ministered throughout the U.S., Kenya, Ghana,
England, Switzerland, and Germany. Dr.
Ellis has been married to Penny Hildreth
Ellis of Birmingham, Alabama for 29
years and they have four children: Imani,
Nailah, Aisha, and Emmanuel. He holds
a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western
Kentucky University (Bowling Green, KY),
a Master of Divinity and Doctorate of Ministry from The Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky.
Dr. Jim Futral
Executive Director-Treasurer
Mississippi Baptist Convention,
jackson, MS
Dr. Jim Futral has been the Executive Director-Treasurer of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board since 1998. He
is also Author of Directions, The Baptist
Record, (1998-present). He served as
pastor in SBC churches for 35 years;
most recent Broadmoor BC, Jackson
for 13 years. He is a past President
of the Mississippi Baptist Convention
(1987-89), Member, Executive Committee and Mississippi Baptist Convention Board (1990-96) and a Member,
Executive Committee, Southern Baptist
Convention (1996-1998) He is married to the former Shirley Fay Moore of
Bessemer, Alabama. They have three
children: Melodi, Rob, and Mysti and
eight grandchildren: Madi, Trea, Ridge,
Rivers, Banks, Coleman, Mary Lamar,
and Clay Dr. Futral is a graduate of
Clarke College (1964), Blue Mountain
College (1967), New Orleans Baptist
Theological Seminary (M.Div. 1977)
and New Orleans Baptist Theological
Seminary (D.Min. 1980). In Addition
he holds several honorary degrees.
Registration is $50.
To register, visit www.mbcb.org and search
“Black Church Conference.”
For more information contact:
Chris McNairy
(770) 814-1405
[email protected]
David Michel
(800) 748-1651, ext. 231, or (601) 292-3231
[email protected]
Welcome
Greg Belser
Theme Interpretation
Dr. David Michel
Praise and Worship
Veronica Walker
Message
Dr. Kevin Smith
ice cream fellowship
fri17
gospel
collaboration
8:30 a.m. praise song
Veronica Walker
plenary devotion
Dr. T. Vaughn Walker
9–10:15 a.m. breakout session 1
10:15–10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m.–12 P.M. breakout session 2
12–1:30 P.M. lunch
Box lunches provided
1:30–2:45 P.M. can we talk?
Informal conversations and meetings
3–4:30 P.M. breakout session 3
6:30 P.M. evening worship session
Praise and Worship
Veronica Walker
Theme Interpretation
Rev. Chris McNairy
ministry context
in multi-racial ministry
Invocation
Rev. Chris McNairy
4:30–6:30 P.M. dinner
On your own
4 Those who want to learn more about
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missional discipleship principles
4 Those who are working in the Black
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4 Those who are seeking and working
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in innovative cross-racial ministry
4 Those who are seeking and working
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6:30 P.M. Opening Plenary Session
Praise and Worship
Veronica Walker
Dr. kevin smith
Teaching Pastor
Highview Baptist Church,
Louisville, Ky
Dr. Kevin Smith is the Teaching Pastor at Highview Baptist Church, Louisville, Kentucky and Assistant Professor of Preaching Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary. Before being appointed to the faculty, Professor
Smith served Southern as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellow since 2002.
He has been a church planter in Tennessee and a pastor in Tennessee
and Kentucky, and served Watson Memorial Baptist Church. In 2006,
he became the first African-American ever elected Vice President of the
Kentucky Baptist Convention. He has planted a church in Tennessee,
pastored in both Kentucky and Tennessee, and served on multiple mission teams in the Caribbean and Africa. Kevin and his wife Patricia
have been married for 21 years and have 5 children. He is a member
of the Organization of American Historians and the American Society
of Church History. Dr. Smith holds a B.S., Hampton University; M.Div.,
Church of God Theological Seminary; Ph.D. (candidate), The Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary.
Dr. t. vaughn walker
Senior Pastor
First Gethsemane Baptist Church,
Louisville, KY
Dr. T Vaughn Walker is the WMU Professor of Christian Ministries
(1996) and Professor of Black Church Studies (1986).Dr. Walker
was the first African American scholar to be elected to the faculty of Southern Seminary. He has also been a visiting professor
at Berea College and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Dr. Walker has contributed to several journals and other periodicals.
Dr. Walker is a frequent speaker at conferences on both the church
and Christian social ministries. Dr. Walker married his Hampton
University college sweetheart, Dr. Cheryl D. (Jackson) Walker. They
have three children (David, Mary and Eryn) and 5 grandchildren
(Celeste, Celvion, Jai, Joi, & Josiah). He also serves as senior pastor of the First Gethsemane Baptist Church in Louisville. Dr. Walker
holds a B.S., Hampton University; M.S., Eastern Illinois University;
M.Div./C.E., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; Ph.D.,
Oregon State University.
Message
Dr. Ken Ellis
Missions Service Invitation
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missional
discipleship
8:30–9:45 a.m. breakout session 4
10 a.M. discussion with
conference participants
Closing plenary session
Praise and Worship
Veronica Walker
closing message
Dr. Jim Futral
decision time
and closing prayer
nathaniel Bragg
Pastor, Greater Belmont Baptist Church,
Byram, MS
Ivory craig
Care giving advocate,
Mt. Helm Baptist Church, Brandon, MS
Dessie Dixon
National pastors’ wives ministry specialist
and missionary, El Bethel Baptist Church,
Fort Washington, MD
James Dixon
Pastor, El Bethel Baptist Church,
Fort Washington, MD
Bill Duncan
Acts 1:8 strategy consultant,
Mississippi Baptist Convention, Starkville, MS
Chris Elkin
Director of Relationship Management,
Guidestone Financial Services, Dallas, TX
Johnny Ervin
Director of Church Planting,
Mississippi Baptist Convention, Jackson, MS
Carolyn Fountain
Educator, missionary and writer,
New Orleans, LA
Leroy Fountain
Church Health Strategist, New Orleans
Baptist Association, New Orleans, LA
Larry Garner
Church Health Strategist, Metro Jackson
Baptist Association, Jackson, MS
Charles Grant
Church Planter, Black Church Partnerships,
LifeWay Christian Resources, Nashville, TN
Daniel Hall
Executive Director,
Mississippi Baptist Foundation, Jackson, MS
Eddie Jones
Pastor, New Bethel Baptist Church
and missionary, Oklahoma City, OK
Willie McLaurin
Ministry Speciality West Tennessee,
Tennessee Baptist Convention, Nashville, TN
Chris McNairy
Founder and Director, Urban Fusion Network,
Atlanta, GA
David Michel
Associate Executive Director Mission Strategy,
Mississippi Baptist Convention, Jackson, MS
Roger Orman
Team Leader for the Discipleship Development
Center/Sunday School Specialist, Mississippi
Baptist Convention, Jackson, MS
Lawrence Overbey
Minister of Music and Worship, Northeaest
Community Church, Norcross, GA
Yolanda Overbey
Praise and Worship Leader,
Northeaest Community Church, Norcross, GA
Eddie Scott
Pastor, new church starter, and varied ministry
experience, Jackson, MS
Wendy Scott
Dean, Mississippi College of Law, Jackson, MS
Richard Taylor
New Work Associate Southern Baptist of Texas
Veronica Walker
Music and Worship Leader, Tupelo, MS
Ken Weathersby
Vice President for Convention Advancement,
SBC Executive Committee of the Southern
Baptist Convention, Nashville, TN
Equipping Areas will have four (4) non-repeating sessions
Pastors
Missions Acts 1:8 Style
James Dixon, T. Vaughn Walker,
Ken Ellis, and Ken Weathersby
Pastors will have guided conversations about
racial reconciliation, gospel collaboration,
and disciple development. Prayer, balancing
time, 21st century Pastoral leadership in the
family, in the church, and in the community
will be explored.
Chris McNairy, Johnny Ervin
and James Dixon
We will discuss missions ministry from the
biblical mandate and in context relating to
local (Jerusalem), state and regional (Judea
and Samaria), as well as world-wide (Uttermost) missions.
Associate Ministers
David Michel, Daniel Hall,
Chris Elkins, and Rick Blythe
Explores individual and local church stewardship based on biblical principles. Retirement
planning and insurance as well as family
budgets, grace giving in the local church,
wills, and estate planning will be discussed.
Leroy Fountain, Eddie Jones,
and Willie McLaurin
God is calling out many to undergird the
local church where they are planted, while
others are called out to experience serving
before being sent out to lead. In these modules we will discuss certainty of the ministerial call, the prayer life of a minister, the
character of a minister, being thoroughly
furnished, and serving in various capacities
in the local body.
Pastor’s Wives/
Women’s Ministry
Dessie Dixon, Carolyn Fountain,
Wendy Scott, and Ivory Craig
Through sessions we will minister to and
encourage specifically pastors’ wives and
sharing insights of how best to minister to the
various female contexts in the 21st century
mission field and local church.
Cross Racial Ministry
Kevin Smith and Richard Taylor
Mississippi has the distinction of being the
state with the largest percentage of African
Americans in America (57% White and 40%
Black). This mission field dynamic informs a
missional conversation that is primarily racial
and secondarily cultural. Both Black and
white churches now and going forward will
need to wrestle with cross racial inclusion.
These modules will address this conversation
in practical biblical ways.
Leadership Development
Larry Garner
Explores the pattern of Jesus as the leadership example for the church, serving out of
spiritual giftedness, seeing the transformational work of the Holy Spirit, and knowing/
understanding doctrine as an essential element in leading/equipping other disciples
for the work of the ministry.
Stewardship
Church School and
Church Growth
Roger Orman and Charles Grant
Discusses enlisting teachers, equipping
teachers, new member orientation approaches, in reach, and intentionally starting new
units. We will also share various resources
to achieve success in the church school and
disciple making.
Music and Worship
Lawrence and Yolanda Overbey
Worship is the heart of God. In these sessions we will talk about what authentic
worship looks like. How to facilitate group
worship in various settings, among diverse
peoples, and different size churches in the
small and mid-sized context.
Church Administration
Willie McLaurin and Chris Elkins
Explores carrying out the business and organizational side of the local church. In addition to church administration principles,
personnel and insurance matters will be
discussed as well as legalities and financial
record keeping.
Southern Baptist
Orientation
Ken Weathersby, David Michel,
Bill Duncan, and Nathaniel Bragg
We will learn about and discuss the Southern
Baptist Convention at the local, association,
state, and national levels. Particular attention
will be given to process for newly affiliating
churches.
Contextual Evangelism
Chris McNairy, Eddie Scott
and Eddie Jones
We will learn how to understand the mission
field for Gospel Planting. Discuss effective
methods of personal and group evangelism.
Gain better understandings of beginning the
diverse peoples on their disciple journey.
Sponsored by
Mississippi Baptist Convention Board