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RELIGION/ The Charlotte Post
March 7, 1996
National Baptist Convention
headed to Kansas City in ‘98
a Kansas City, Kan., resident.
Another convention will be
held in June in St. Louis.
Simons said that meeting will
focus on educational and
instructional issues.
By Traci Carl
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - With
prayers and spiritual songs,
Kansas City leaders welcomed
Saturday the annual conven
tion for the nation's largest
minority religious organiza
tion.
Mayor Emanuel Cleaver and
Henry Lyons, president of the
National Baptist Convention
USA Inc., signed several con
tracts, making it official that
the religious group's conven
tion would be held September
1998 in Kansas City.
Cleaver described the con
vention as “the most-coveted
African-American convention
on the planet."
“This will represent the high
water mark for my 20 years in
office," the mayor said.
Cynthia Linden with the
Convention and Visitors
Bureau of Greater Kansas
City said the contracts includ
ed a promise from the mayor's
office for fund raising and eco
nomic support. Linden said
the mayor's office had helped
put together $150,000 of in-
kind services and scholar
ships.
Lyons promised that the con
vention will bring more than
$30 million to the city. The
association of black churches,
based in Nashville, Term., has
8.5 milHon members and rep
resents 33,000 churches.
The announcement came
just weeks after the National
FFA Organization said it was
considering finding a new
location for its annual meet
ing, partly because it needed
more hotel rooms. The group,
known previously as the
Future Farmers of America,
has been Kansas City's largest
convention, attracting 37,200
people each year.
Leaders of the Baptist group
said a year ago that more
hotel rooms would be needed
to bring their convention to
Kansas City.
But the Marriott hotel in
downtown Kansas City, which
is less than a block from
Bartle Hall, where much of
the convention will be held,
imploded an old hotel two
weeks ago to make room for
1.000 more hotel rooms.
Although some estimates
said the convention will bring
30.000 to 40,000 people to
Kansas City, Lyons said the
meeting would bring 50,000
people to the city.
The week-long convention
will focus on economic and
finemce issues.
“It's just like a church busi
ness meeting," said Harold
Simons, vice president of the
National Baptist League and
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At 4 p.m. Pastor William
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Christopher Davon
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•St. Marks United
Methodist
917 Clanton Road
A special black heritage
program will be 5 p.m.
Sunday. The Rev. Rico
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•St. Phillip Missionary
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The Rev. Larry A. Daniel
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Bishops
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bishop hurt the church by act
ing on a disputed issue before
the church reached a consen
sus.
Browning sympathizes with
the bishops who brought the
charge but said “it's not a
matter that's going to be set
tled by a court case ... it's a
matter of the heart."
Browning, whose 12-year
term as bishop ends next year,
notes that, after a heated
fight, there is a relative accep
tance today of women minis
ters. And he hopes the battle
over homosexuality can be
resolved the same way.
“I don't think everybody will
be happy about it," he said.
But I think we eventually
will reach a level of tolerance
that will reflect the Gospel of
Jesus Christ."
• Statesville
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They will sponsor a five-
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every Monday beginning
through March 25. AIF^ ses
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For more information,
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2400 Keller Ave.
The church family will con
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Friday. The service is titled
“Our Friday Night at the
Park Service.”
The Rev. Claude R.
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more information, call 392-
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