When 293 delegates gathered in 1845 in Augusta, Georgia, for the inaugural meeting of the convention, their first resolution expressed the desire to “organize a convention for the propagation of the gospel.”
“There’s nothing quite like the training and resourcing platform that we provide,” said Robbie Seay, executive vice president of leader development and content at the Worship Initiative.
A South Carolinian became pastor of a struggling Massachusetts congregation and was invited to merge it with Hope Community Church, the BCNE-affiliated fellowship he planted in 2017.
“It represents a priority of ministry particularly to our elderly members, but it also serves all the church family,” said John Waters, lead pastor of First Baptist Church Statesboro, Georgia.
