Greetings From Houston
July 2, 2009
My name is Jeremy Shoulta and I have the wonderful opportunity to keep you up-to-date on some of the happenings here at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly (CBFGA). My wife and I arrived in Houston @ around 7:30 local time and took a cab with some friends to the Hilton Americas in downtown Houston. The hotel is directly connected to the George R. Brown Convention Center, and let me say that it is a perfect venue for the event.
I was able to participate in the first auxiliary event for the CBFGA which was a leadership seminar led by Gallup author Allen Winseman, who presented much of the information from his book Growing an Engaged Church. While I cannot go into too much detail about his presentation in this short entry, he spoke to us about the importance of actually engaging church members and learning how to truly be the church. PLEASE consider looking into Winseman’s book; his ideas would be of great benefit to a congregation looking to become more missional.
My wife and I were unable to make the CBF Field Personnel Commissioning Service as we were exhausted from being up since 3:00 am. But we are now well rested and ready to check out everything else that the CBFGA has in store! Check out some of the following links to keep up with what’s been going on:
These are just a few sites that I regularly visit and happen to know that they are keeping up with the events of the CBFGA. If you know of any others be sure to add them to the comments section.
Have a great day!