Covenant signees note commitment, prayer for kingdom of God emphasis
COLUMBIA, S.C. (BP)--Five Southern Baptist leaders -- representing the convention's mission boards, entities, institutions and state conventions -- signed a covenant agreement to launch an Empowering Kingdom Growth initiative throughout the Southern Baptist Convention during the SBC's June 11-12 annual meeting in St. Louis.

The Baptist Courier recently interviewed the five signees: Morris H. Chapman, president and chief executive officer of the SBC Executive Committee; Chuck Kelley, president of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and a member of the SBC Great Commission Council; Carlisle Driggers, executive director-treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention and co-chair of the EKG Task Force; and Fermin Whittaker of California, president of the Southern Baptist Association of Executive Directors. At the time of the interviews, James Merritt, former SBC president and co-chair of the EKG Task Force, was on a youth trip with First Baptist Church, Snellville, Ga., where he is pastor and was unavailable for comment. [Read More]

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