Global Christian Mission Agency Meets in Atlanta
More than 250 pastors, church leaders and delegates, the largest in recent history, are attending the Lott Carey Spring Missions Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, March 23-25.
A hybrid event, virtual and in-person, the conference is for strategic planning, program updates, missions training, worship, and inspiration. It includes morning devotion, morning and evening worship services, and live interactive plenary sessions.
This is the first largescale meeting for the global mission agency since the Covid-19 pandemic. The gathering will explore the theme, “Reimagine – Doing Missions/Ministry in a Post-Covid World.” Participants will examine issues affecting Christian ministry and mission, the church, and the broader society, including social justice and climate change.
President Rev. Dr. Gina Stewart will lay out her emphases for the ensuing year at a worship service hosted by Ray of Hope Christian Church in Decatur, whose founder and senior pastor is Rev. Dr. Cynthia L. Hale.
Executive Secretary/Treasurer Rev. Emmett Dunn will present the State of Lott Carey address. The board will receive reports and consider matters important to Lott Carey’s ministry and mission programs.
Preachers, presenters, and facilitators include Dr. Clifford Jones Sr., senior pastor, Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, Charlotte, North Carolina; Dr. Cynthia Turner-Wood, senior pastor, Dayspring Community Church, Lanham, Maryland; Rev. Willie D. Francois, III, senior pastor, Mount Zion Baptist Church, Pleasantville, New Jersey; Dr. TaNikka Sheppard, president of Baptist Women of North America; and Minister Joyce Woodson, Environmental Justice Co-Lead at the Alfred Street Baptist Church, Alexandria, Virginia.
Established in 1897, Lott Carey has networks in 27 countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, North America, Oceania, and South America.
Based in the Washington DC Metro Area, Lott Carey provides financial support and technical assistance in leadership development, education, training, healthcare, advocacy, disaster relief, and other services.
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