Black Church Summit with video highlights
24 Mar 09 12:00 AM CDT
4th Annual NBJC Black Church Summit
Speakers and guests to include
State Senator Mark Leno and Bishop Yvette Flunder
The National Black Justice Coalition will have its fourth annual Black Church Summit on March 28th, 2009 at Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco, CA. Speakers and guests at this year's event include national leaders in the civil rights movement alongside high profile speakers in the national Black church.
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Video Highlights from the
2007 Black Church Summit:
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Featured speakers are Rev. Dr. Yvette Flunder, the Presiding Bishop of the Fellowship and Senior Pastor of City of Refuge United Church of Christ, and Rev. Frederick Haynes III of Dallas, TX. These powerful spiritual leaders have been empowering people to change their lives and the world for decades. They will be joined by dynamic special guests Rev. Deborah L. Johnson, Rev. Byron Williams, California State Senator Mark Leno and others.
This historic event is particularly important in the aftermath of the recently passed Proposition 8 in California, and the issues that surfaced during and after this election will make for a lively and sorely-needed conversation on race relations and the state of the LGBT movement. The theme of the summit is "We've come this far by faith."
Topics to be discussed include:
- Allies In Partnership With Justice
- We've Come This Far By Faith
- State of Black LGBT People Of Faith: Where Do We Go From Here?
- Presentation of the Pioneer in Faith Award
Register for this empowering event TODAY!
Featured Speakers
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Rev. Dr. Frederick Haynes III
Dallas, TX
Dr. Haynes has received numerous awards and recognition. Like great preachers before him, he was inducted into the Martin Luther King, Jr. Board of Preachers at Morehouse College. In 2000, he was invited by 42 nd U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton to participate in dialogue regarding issues impacting the African-American community. And he has spoken on national platforms, including the National Urban League Convention.
For 26 years, Dr. Frederick Douglas Haynes, III has made it his mission to empower changed people to change the world. His message is clear: If Christians are to positively impact the world, they must be willing to minister beyond the walls of the church.
As senior pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church since 1983, Dr. Haynes leads one of the largest church congregations in Dallas. In the last decade alone, the 31-year-old church has grown from approximately 500 members to over 8000 members.
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Bishop Dr. Yvette Flunder
San Francisco, CA
Rev. Flunder founded the City of Refuge Community Church UCC in 1991 in order to unite a gospel ministry with a social ministry. City of Refuge is a thriving inner-city congregation that celebrates the radically inclusive love of Jesus Christ.
In 1984 Rev. Flunder began performing and recording with "Walter Hawkins and the Family" and the Love Center Choir. Rev. Flunder is also an ordained Minister of the United Church of Christ and a graduate of the Ministry Studies and Master of Arts programs at the Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California. In June 2003 Rev. Flunder was consecrated Presiding Bishop of Refuge Ministries/Fellowship 2000 a multi-denominational fellowship of 50+ primarily African American Christian leaders and laity representing churches and faith-based organizations from all parts of the country and Africa.
Responding to the needs of the AIDS epidemic, Rev. Flunder and her staff opened Hazard-Ashley House and Walker House in Oakland and Restoration House in San Francisco through the Ark of Refuge, Inc., a non-profit agency which provides housing, direct services, education and training for persons affected by HIV/AIDS in the Bay Area, throughout the USA and in three countries in Africa. | |
AGENDA: 4TH Annual Black Church Summit Saturday, March 28, 2009
| 8:00 – 9:00 |
Registration: Freedom Hall
Music: Charlene Moore |
| 9:00 – 9:15 |
Welcome:
Dr. Sylvia Rhue, Director of Religious Affairs, NBJC |
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Opening Prayer:
Rev. Mark Wilson, Tapestry Ministries, Berkeley |
| 9:15 – 9:30 |
Welcome to Glide Memorial Church
Remarks from California State Senator, the Honorable Mark Leno
Presentation of Pioneer in Faith Award
Rev. Deborah L. Johnson
Founder and Pastor, Innerlight Ministries, Santa Cruz, CA |
| 9:30 – 9:55 |
Bishop Yvette Flunder
Presiding Bishop of The Fellowship and Senior
Pastor of City of Refuge, San Francisco
Musical Selection: “His Eye is on the Sparrow” |
| 9:55- 10:00 |
Break |
| 10:00 -11:00 |
Panel: Allies in Partnership with Justice
Moderator: Rev. Deborah Johnson
Panelists:
Rev. Amos Brown
Third Baptist Church of San Francisco
Rev. Byron Williams
Resurrection Community Church, Oakland
Rev. Francine Brookins
Wright Chapel AME, San Francisco |
| 11:00 |
We’ve Come This Far by Faith
Rev. Frederick Haynes
Friendship-West Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas |
| 11:30 |
Offering: Rev. Byron Williams
Musical Selections |
| 11:45 – 1:00 |
Lunch: Freedom Hall
Catered by “Done in Love Catering”
Youth Trak:
Lunch and re-convene in balcony at 12:15 with Rev. Mark Wilson |
| 1:00 – 2:15 |
Panel: State of Black LGBT People of Faith
Moderator: Rev. Lynice Pinkard, Senior Pastor First Congregational Church, Oakland
Panelists:
Rev. Roland Stringfellow
Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry
Bishop Yvette Flunder
City of Refuge and The Fellowship
Rev. Ken Samuel
Victory for the World Baptist Church, Stone Mountain, Georgia
Rev. Deborah Johnson
Innerlight Ministries |
| 2:15 – 2:30 |
Closing Remarks/Benediction |
