2012 BH&HS Annual Conference
THEME: BAPTISTS AND THEOLOGY
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Hosted by
First Baptist Church Raleigh, N. Salisbury Street
& First Baptist Church Raleigh, S. Wilmington St.
in conjunction with Campbell University
Raleigh, North Carolina
June 7-9, 2012
Note: The annual meeting of the Association of Librarians & Archivists at Baptist Institutions (ALABI) is meeting June 6-7, immediately prior to the BH&HS conference. ALABI will be meeting at nearby Southeastern Baptist Seminary in Wake Forest. For more information and to register, visit the ALABI website.
LODGING
Clarion Hotel, downtown Raleigh
$75 Conference Rate – ask for BH&HS rate
Call (919) 832-0501
The hotel is within walking distance of conference venues.
AIR TRAVEL
Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)
RDU, roughly 30 minutes from FBC Raleigh, is the closest major airport to downtown Raleigh. Ground Transportation is available from RDU.
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Glenn Jonas (Charles B. Howard Professor of Religion and Chair of the Department of Religion, Campbell University)
Thursday Evening - “Nurturing the Vision: Highlights from a 200 Year Old Baptist Church in Raleigh”
Bill Leonard (Dunn Chair of Baptist Studies and Professor of Church History, Wake Forest School of Divinity)
Friday Evening – “Conviction and Contradiction: Reassessing Theological Formation in Baptist Identity”
Fisher Humphreys (Retired, Professor of Divinity, Beeson Divinity School)
Saturday Morning - “To Go Forward We Must First Go Back: Baptist Theology since 1950″
Program Information
* All events are at First Baptist, N. Salisbury Street unless indicated otherwise
Auxiliary Meeting, Thursday Afternoon — June 7
4:00 PM – Fellowship of Baptist Historians Meeting
5:00 PM – Fellowship of Baptist Historians Dinner
Thursday Evening — June 7
6:30 PM – Welcome, Introductions and Greetings
7:00 PM – Glenn Jonas: “Nurturing the Vision: Highlights from a 200 Year Old Baptist Church in Raleigh”
8:00 PM – Refreshments and Book Signing
Friday Morning Session — June 8
8:00 – 8:30 AM – Devotional and Reports
8:30 – 9:30 AM – Session I, Breakout Paper Presentations
9:30 – 10:00 Refreshments
10:00 – 11:00 Session II, Breakout Paper Presentations
11:00 – 11:30 Refreshments
11:30 – 12:30 PM – Session III, Breakout Paper Presentations
12: 30 PM – Business Session
1:00 PM – Awards Luncheon
Friday Evening: First Baptist Church, S. Wilmington — June 8
(Note: This one session is open for free to the local public)
7:00 PM – Welcome and Introductions
7:15 PM – Dumas A. Harshaw: “A Brief Sketch of the History of FBC S. Wilmington, Raleigh”
7:30 PM – FBC S. Wilmington Choir
7:45 PM – Bill Leonard: “Conviction and Contradiction: Reassessing Theological Formation in Baptist Identity”
8:45 PM – Refreshments
Saturday Morning — June 9
8:00 AM — Breakfast and Presentation Sponsored by CBF North Carolina and Baptists Today
9:30 AM –Welcome and Introductions
10:00 AM – Fisher Humphreys: “To Go Forward We Must First Go Back: Baptist Theology Since 1950″
11:00 AM – Audience Participation
11:30 AM — Closing Notes
12:00 PM – Adjournment
Breakout Schedule and Paper Presenters
Breakout Sessions schedule with times, titles and presenters (pdf document)
Presenters and Affiliations
J. M. Abrahamse (Dutch Baptist Seminary, Netherlands)
Sheryl Dawson Adams (Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, NC)
Mikael Broadway (Shaw University Divinity School, Raleigh, NC)
Michael A. Dain (Wayland Baptist University, Lubbock, TX)
Jerry Faught (Wiley College, Marshall, TX)
Curtis Freeman (Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC)
John Hammett (Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, NC)
Steve Harmon (Gardner-Webb University Divinity School, Boiling Springs, NC)
Deane Langdon (Lompoc, CA)
Steve Lemke (New Orleans Theological Seminary, LA)
Marc S. Mullinax (Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, NC)
Welford Orrock (Second Baptist Church, Richmond, VA)
Bill Pitts (Baylor University, Waco, TX)
Nicholas T. Pruitt (Graduate Student, Baylor University, Waco, TX)
Benjamin Ross (Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church, Richmond, VA)
Craig Sherouse (Second Baptist Church, Richmond, VA)
Jay Smith (First Baptist Church, Bozeman, MT)
David Stratton (Woodhaven Baptist Church, Apex, NC)
Tracey Mark Stout (Bluefield College, Bluefield, VA)
Bill Sumners (Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives, Nashville, TN)
Joseph Francis Super (Graduate Student, West Virginia University)
Philip E. Thompson (Sioux Falls Seminary, SD)
Aaron Weaver (Graduate Student, Baylor University, Waco, TX)
Doug Weaver (Baylor University, Waco, TX)
* Note: Paper presenters will need to register for the conference.