By Staff, Baptist Press
PHOENIX – In addition to the annual meeting of the SBC, in Phoenix, Pastors Conference and WMU annual meeting, several fellowship groups plan to meet.
Annual meeting activities start with the 23rd annual Crossover on Saturday, June 11. That’s when Southern Baptists from across the nation will aid an oasis of local churches in ministering to the spiritual thirst in their communities.
Dozens of congregations will join volunteers – from Arizona and across the nation – at 70 ministry venues throughout the Phoenix-Tucson corridor, a 120-mile stretch encompassing 5.2 million residents. The North American Mission Board is working with the local Crossover coordinating team to provide volunteers with opportunities to share the love of Christ as they participate in block parties, prayerwalking excursions, Intentional Community Evangelism outreach projects and acts of kindness.
What makes this year’s Crossover events unique to the decades-long tradition is that it will directly impact and strengthen 10 new churches just starting in the five Baptist associations of the Phoenix-Tucson corridor – Central, Estralla, Valley Rim, Gila and Catalina Baptist associations.
Other activities:
The Southern Baptist Messianic Fellowship will discuss discipleship and spiritual warfare during its two-day meeting June 10-11 at CrossPoinTempe Church at 1001 East Southern Ave. in Tempe, Ariz.
The SBC Fellowship of Native American Christians will discuss calling an executive director, and establishing a regional network when they meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 13, in the Phoenix Convention Center.
The Filipino Southern Baptist Fellowship of North America will gather for a luncheon and meeting from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday at North Phoenix Baptist Church, 5757 North Central Avenue in Phoenix.
A NAMB Hispanic Celebration is set for 6 p.m. Sunday, June 12, at Phoenix’s Central High School.
The Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Directors of Missions is to meet at 11 a.m. Sunday at North Phoenix Baptist Church for worship, followed by Sunday dinner, two work sessions at 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m., followed by a business session at 4:50 p.m.
A NAMB Chaplains luncheon is set for noon Monday, June 13, in the Phoenix Convention Center.
A Bivocational and Small Church luncheon is set for noon Wednesday in the Phoenix Convention Center.
The Black Southern Baptist Denominational Servants Network is to meet at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 12, at Canaan Missionary Baptist Church in Mesa, Ariz., 931 S. Stapley Drive in Mesa. This year they opened the door for the 600 Black church planters across the nation to join with about 200 other denominational workers.
The National African American Fellowship of the Southern Baptist Convention will gather for worship at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, June 12, at Canaan Missionary Baptist Church, 931 S. Stapley Drive in Mesa. They’ll meet for business at 4 p.m. Monday in the Phoenix Convention Center, and for a dinner banquet Tuesday, also in the Convention Center.
The six Southern Baptist seminaries each will have luncheons at noon Wednesday, June 15, in the Phoenix Convention Center.
More specific information about each of these gatherings will be available in the Daily Bulletins distributed at the SBC annual meetings.