Martha Stearns Marshall Month of Preaching - February 2010
December 13, 2009
Baptist Women in Ministry invites all Baptist churches to make plans now to have a woman preach on any Sunday in February 2010.
The number of participating churches in the Martha Stearns Marshall Month of Preaching has steadily increased each year. Fifty-four churches participated in February of 2007, and seventy-six churches invited a woman into their pulpit in February of 2008. Last year, over one hundred (110 to be exact) celebrated God’s gifting of women.
Here’s how your church can participate:
1) SAVE THE DATE!! Reserve ANY Sunday in February.
2) Invite a woman to preach–ask a member of your church, contact a nearby seminary or Baptist university and inquire about the availability of a student or professor, or ask someone in your community. If you need help, contact Pam Durso at pamdurso@bwim.info for some ideas.
3) Download the certificate from the BWIM website, www.bwim.info, print it out, and present it to the preacher on your church’s Martha Stearns Marshall Day of Preaching.
4) If you would like to order a “This is What a Preacher Looks Like” T-shirt to give to your preacher, see the BWIM website: www.bwim.info.
5) Incorporate the history of Martha Stearns Marshall during your worship service (available at www.bwim.info) or insert this information in your worship bulletins. If possible, include relevant songs in the worship service that celebrate women in ministry and women responding to God’s call in their lives.
6) Please send your church name, city, state, pastor, the name of your guest preacher, and contact information to Pam Durso at pamdurso@bwim.info. All participating churches and preachers will be listed in the Spring Issue of Vocare, the BWIM newsletter.
CBF Executive Coordinator Daniel Vestal meets with KY Pastors
November 4, 2009
On Tuesday, November 4, Daniel Vestal held a breakfast and conversation gathering with KBF pastors at Woodland Baptist Church in Louisville. This informal gathering was a great time of conversation about the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship as we learned from Daniel his insight as to how CBF can continue to be a vital resource to our churches.
