Javier Chavez, pastor of Amistad Cristiana in Gainesville, baptizes a young girl in May of last year in Lake Lanier near Flowery Branch. The joint baptism service with two other churches was so heavily attended that more than 80 people were unable to witness it for lack of parking. AMISTAD CRISTIANA/Special
“…this business meeting is the vehicle that drives our convention’s action.”
“Let’s rebel against the status quo and pray with God for the advance of His Kingdom.”
We have pain; He will reverse it. We have disappointment; He will erase it.
“So let’s ask for more than we’ve ‘asked or imagined…'”
“More than 21 percent of Southern Baptists are non-white. Let that sink in, and praise God for it.”