Business Session
3:55 p.m. Session ended.
3:54 p.m. Statement #4 has a speaking for the Statement of Concern. Statement passed. I did see one or two people against this one on war.
3:49 p.m. Statement #3 passed.
3:47 p.m. Statement #2 passed.
3:43 p.m. Statement of Concern presenting. Voting with no speakers for or against. Vote by raising ballot. #1 Statement passed.
3:25 p.m. Roy Medley bringing the report for the Office of the General Secretary. Puerto Rico church is the #1 giving church to United Mission.
3:11 p.m. International Ministries report. 10 new missionaries. Signs of the Holy Spirit.
3:00 p.m. Report from American Baptist Home Mission Society and video.
2:49 p.m. Motion: approval of ABC USA officers Ruth Clark, Donald Ng, James Raliff. President, VP, and budget officer (respectively). Ballots collected.
2:47 p.m. Motion passed with show of ballots. No’s asked to stand. No one standing.
2:45 p.m. Motion to approve the slate of nominees for the Board of General Ministries.
2:40 p.m. New bylaws passed: 518 favored 44 against. Near 90% favored. Room cheered and applauded. Vice President Patty Stratton praying and asked us to lift our hands to God.
2:39 p.m. Business session starting. Room not as full as yesterday.
2:35 p.m. Still waiting to begin. Room slowly filling up.
2:20 p.m. Discernment Session focusing on Bylaw changes, Program Board reports, Statements of Concern Voting, and Election of Officers. Everything starts at 2:30 EST.
Morning
This morning I had the pleasure of attending the American Baptist Home Mission Societies breakfast which featured Rev. Dr. J. Alfred Smith Sr. Dr. Smith is J. Alfred the pastor emeritus of Allen Temple Baptist Church in Oakland, California, and professor of Preaching and Church Ministries at American Baptist Seminary of the West. He spoke on having hope in uncertain times and challenged us to embody Jesus’ mission as found in Luke 4.
Later in the morning everyone was invited to attend worship in local churches.
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