RIDGECREST, N.C. (BP) – “ReImagine” will be the theme as the Black Church Leadership and Family Conference (BCLFC) marks its 30th anniversary July 17-21 at Ridgecrest Conference Center in Ridgecrest, N.C.
Educational seminars, Bible study, worship, preaching, spiritual renewal and recreation comprise the event hosted by Lifeway Christian Resources with the support of several Southern Baptist Convention entities.
The conference has thrived for 30 years by reinventing itself to address contemporary church concerns and needs, conference convener Mark Croston said at Lifeway.com.
“Many conferences have come and gone over the course of this 30 years,” said Croston, Lifeway’s national director of Black church partnerships. “But this conference remains because we keep on reinventing ourselves, we keep on thinking about what’s new and innovative, and what are the real needs of the church.
“As we move out of the pandemic and into this new paradigm many are trying to get everything back like it was. The problem is you cannot get it back in the box,” he said. “This is a season to reimagine what the church needs to be to win this generation with the Gospel.”
Nightly preachers are, July 17-20, William Branch, assistant professor of Preaching and Bible, undergraduate chapel coordinator for The College at Southeastern, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary; Richard Blackaby, president, Blackaby Ministries International; Peter Wherry, pastor, Mayfield Memorial Missionary Baptist Church, Charlotte, N.C.; and James Gaillard, senior pastor, Word Tabernacle Church, Rocky Mount, N.C.
Morning Bible teachers are, July 18-21, Eric Beckham, pastor, Zion Baptist Church, Marietta, Ga.; Richard Gaines, pastor, Consolidated Baptist Church, Lexington, Ky.; David Sutton, pastor, Bread of Life Missionary Baptist Church, Chicago; and Mark Lavarin, pastor elect, First Calvary Baptist Church, Durham, N.C.
Monica Francis, executive minister, Wake-Eden Community Baptist Church, Bronx, N.Y.; and Diann Ash, Greenforest Community Baptist Church, Decatur, Ga., will minister to women during Woman2Woman sessions July 18 and 19.
Jasper Paul Taylor, senior pastor elect, Broadview Missionary Baptist Church, Broadview, Ill.; and Charles Salem III, pastor, New Destiny Christian Church, Quincy, Fla., are slated as Man2Man speakers.
Numerous leaders from a broad spectrum of Southern Baptist life will lead seminars, meetings and special events. Children will be automatically enrolled in daycare and Fuge camp activities designed for age groups.
More information and registration are available here and in the social media toolkit.
