Join us for the CBF Texas Spring Gathering, and connect with others across our fellowship as we celebrate all God is doing in and through our churches.

Schedule

Friday, March 21
4:00pm - Exhibitor Set-up
5:00pm - Registration, Narthex
6:00pm - Dinner, Piper Great Hall
7:30pm - Keynote Presentation: Presenter Jeremy Everett, Executive Director of the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty; Powell Chapel

Saturday, March 22
8:15am - Student Breakfast, Room 115
8:30am - Coffee, Piper Great Hall
9:00am - Workshop 1 (see below)
10:00am - Workshop 2 (see below)
11:00am - Worship: Preacher Jewel London, The Church Without Walls, Houston; Worship Leader Tim Lyles, Second Baptist Church, Lubbock; Powell Chapel

Workshops

9:00am

Room 107 What’s for Lunch?
Linda English and Lester Meriwether, Literacy ConneXus
Learn more about the innovative literacy program that provides access to books for children participating in summer meals programs.

Room 114 5000 Children Out of Poverty: CBF’s Latin America Strategy (ENGLISH)
Javier Perez, Director of Global Missions Programs and Impact, CBF
Find out how CBF Texas congregations can participate in making this collective missional
vision a reality. 

Room 115 Being Baptist in Democracy
Harrison Litzell, Baugh Center for Baptist Leadership
This workshop will preview a new resource from the Baugh Center for Baptist Leadership and the BJC (Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty). This video curriculum, which features BJC Executive Director Amanda Tyler, gives an overview of the history of religious liberty in the Baptist tradition, a primer on the current political landscape, and tools for Baptist churches and individuals to discern their role in democracy.

10:00am

Room 107 Immigration Ministry and Your Church
Anyra Cano, Fellowship Southwest, and Anne Chandler, Texas Immigration Law Council
In this rapidly changing political landscape, learn about the ways your congregation can engage in ministry with immigrants.

Room 114 5000 Children Out of Poverty: CBF’s Latin America Strategy (SPANISH)

Room 115 Together for Hope TNT4C (Tribal Nations, Texas, Four Corners): Moving Forward Together
Jason Coker, President, Together for Hope
In this workshop, we will look at the counties of persistent rural poverty in Texas and the larger region and identify the good work already happening there and determine how to build partnerships with them. We will also review the mission, priorities, and strategies of Together for Hope in tackling the worst poverty in the United States. 

Parking

Visitors may park in the adjacent parking garage on the corner of University Parks Drive and Dutton Avenue. Find more information about visitor parking around the Baylor campus on the Parking Services webpage.