Our group continues to spend most of our days at the Myanmar Baptist Convention's Bicentennial Thanksgiving celebration. Yesterday, December 6, we attended both the morning session (which lasted well into the afternoon) and were back at the celebration venue before 6:00 p.m. We arrived back at the hotel around 11:00 p.m.
The morning session included several leaders bring official greetings from Baptist bodies near and far.
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Dr. Molly Marshall, President of ABC-related Central Baptist Theological
Seminary in Kansas City brings greetings. |
The evening session included a sermon by Rev. Dr. Neville Callam, General Secretary of the Baptist World Alliance. Dr. Callam prefaced his remarks by commenting on the death of former South African anti-apartheid leader and president Nelsom Mandela by calling for Baptists to embrace the work of justice. In his sermon, based on John 15, Dr. Callam urged listeners to remain connected to the true vine and to produce abundant fruit of faith and love.
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| BWA General Secretary Dr. Neville Callam preaching. |
The highlight of the last couple of evening programs, for both Myanmar natives and overseas visitors, has been a program of cultural song and dance numbers performed by members of the various ethnic conventions that are members of the Myanmar Baptist Convention. Here are a few photos of last night's song and dance program.
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