Exciting Speakers
Churchnet’s 2016 Annual Gathering provides a wonderful opportunity for fellowship, worship, and training. This year’s Gathering will be Friday evening and Saturday morning, April 15-16, 2016, at First Baptist Church in Lee’s Summit. The Gathering begins on Friday evening with our Annual Missions Banquet at 5:30 p.m., followed by worship. The Gathering concludes following worship at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. The Saturday morning schedule includes a light breakfast, a brief business session, and a variety of workshops. Our theme this year is Engage the Future through Missional Collaboration.
Our speaker for our Friday evening worship
will be Rev. Samuel C. Tolbert, Jr. He has
served as Pastor of the Greater Saint Mary
Missionary Baptist Church in Lake Charles,
La., for the past 30 years. He was elected the
15th president of the National Baptist
Convention of America International, Inc.,
in June of 2014. Carol Bercian, founder
and director of the Tabitha Ministry in
Guatemala City, will be speaking at our
Annual Missions Banquet. Dr. Jim Hill,
Executive Director of Churchnet, will also
be sharing remarks during our Friday
evening worship.
Samuel Tolbert
Carol Bercian
Jim Hill