Wednesday, June 24, 2009

ABA Messenger Meeting 2009, Springfield Missouri - Tuesday Afternoon Part 2

Following the afternoon session a special workshop, World Missions Focus, was held in the John Q. Hammons room of the University Plaza Hotel. The workshop was sponsored by Faith Baptist Church-North Little Rock as a part of Lynn & Brenda Raburn's World Missions Ministries. The meeting was co-hosted by East Somerset BC, Faith BC-Cabot, and Flatwoods MBC.

Bro. Dean Grigsby welcomed those in attendance and introduced the workshop and speakers. Bro. Rusty Teer, Thailand, spoke on "The Myth of The Hungry Heart." Bro. Daren Clements, Asia, spoke on "The Myth Of The Closed Door." Bro. Joel Cobbs spoke on "The Myth Of The Finished Task." Bro. Alvin Dickerson, Scotland, and Bro. David Helmick, Kosova, led in prayers for world evangelism. Bro. Randy Cloud, ABA, concluded and led in an invitation time of prayer. Music was provided by Precious Seed and Shawn Crane.

4 comments:

Jonathan Melton said...

What were the two new statements to be added to the doctrinal statement, Matt?

Bro. Matt said...

Proposed Doctrinal Statement #22: We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between a man and a woman. We believe that any form of homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, bestiality, incest, fornication, adultery, and pornography are sinful perversions of God's gift of sex. We believe that God disapproves and forbids any attempt to alter one's gender by surgery or appearance. (Genesis 2:24, Genesis 19:5, 13, Genesis 26:8-9; Leviticus 18:1-30, Romans 1:26-29; 1 Corinthians 5:1; 1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8; 2 Timothy 3:1-4; Hebrews 13:4)

Proposed Doctrinal Statement #23: We believe that the only legitimate marriage is the joining of one man and one woman (Genesis 2:24; Romans 7:2; 1 Corinthians 7:10; Ephesians 5:22-23)

Jonathan Melton said...

If I'm not mistaken, I've seen those two particular statements in the doctrinal statements of First Missionary Baptist Church in Redlands, CA.

Bro. Matt said...

Yes, the individual that brought them forth stated they were from the California Doctrinal Statement.