In 2008, Baptist young leaders will gather for our annual retreat in Atlanta in cooperation with the New Baptist Covenant meeting. The Current retreat will be Tuesday, January 29th through Wednesday, January 30th at First Baptist Church, Decatur, when it will merge into the NBC at the World Congress Center for the session with Jimmy Carter. FBC Decatur is located east of downtown Atlanta and a direct 20 minute MARTA train ride away from the World Congress Center and also easily accessible by MARTA from the airport.
Registration fee will be $55 and includes two meals (dinner Tuesday, lunch Wednesday, and a T-shirt). Download and print the registration form. Limited seminary student stipends are available (details posted soon please check back). Checks are made payable to CBF with Current Retreat in the Memo line and mailed to:
Mary McCoy
Leadership Development Associate
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
P. O. Box 450329
Atlanta, GA 31145
Seminarians note! We have a limited number of travel stipends. You may apply by emailing Ronda Cole at ronda.k.cole@gmail.com or calling her cell phone at 321-506-0885.
Program and Breakout speakers include
Julie Pennington-Russell, senior minister First Baptist Church Decatur (keynote preacher)
Emmanuel McCall, immediate past moderator of the Fellowship and founding pastor of The Fellowship Group, a new church in East Point, Ga.
Joy Yee, senior pastor of Nineteenth Avenue Baptist Church in San Francisco and 2005-2006 CBF moderator
Bill Leonard, dean and professor of church history at Wake Forest University Divinity School, Winston-Salem, NC.
Worship Music will be led by Christian performance artist Anna Hutto
Hotel Information:
Holiday Inn Conference Center Decatur
130 Clairemont Avenue
Decatur, GA 30030
404-371-0204
800-972-2404
Rate: $89 per night Reserve now!
Church Information:
First Baptist Church
308 Clairemont Avenue
Decatur, GA 30030
404-373-1653
Tuesday, January 29th
4-6 p.m. Registration @ First Baptist Church, Decatur, Georgia
6-7 p.m. Dinner (included in registration fee)
7:30 p.m. Worship Session I
9 p.m. Fellowship and Mingle
Wednesday, January 30th
9:30 a.m. Breakfast – FBC Decatur
10 a.m. Worship Session II
11:15 a.m. Lunch
1-2 p.m. Break-out Sessions I
2:15-3:15 p.m. Break-out Sessions II
3:15-5 p.m. Break
(Reconvene at World Congress Center)
7 p.m. New Baptist Covenant
Register for the New Baptist Covenant Jan. 30-Feb.1. It is a separate event. Student information is available.