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Conventions, SBC - 2000 -

2000 During the Ethics and Religious Commission Report, Richard Land Presents Southern Baptists from Across America Who are Hereos of the Faith

2000 Exhibit Hall - Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission - Harold Harper and Richard Land Interview Adrian Rogers

2000 Exhibit Hall - Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission - Sketch Artist Erin Curran Completes Sketches Free of Charge

2000 Exhibit Hall - LifeWay Christian Resources - Jerry Vines Signs Copy of His Book titled Spirit Works

2000 Mountain Rappelers Drop from the Ceiling of Orlando's Orange County Convention Center During the NAMB Report to Illustrate Theme That America is in Trouble and in Need of Rescue

2000 Newly Elected Woman's Missionary Union President, Janet Hoffman, Speaks During Closing Session of WMU Meeting

2000 North American Mission Board President, Robert E. (Bob) Record, Introduces Olympic Gold Medalist Mary Lou Retton

2000 Press Conference - Baptist Faith and Message Committee (Adrian Rogers, Al Mohler, Chuck Kelley, and Richard Land)

2001 A. L. Sutton Preaches at Franklin Avenue Baptist Church (New Orleans, Louisiana) Where Church Members Greeted Members of the African American Fellowship of the SBC

2001 As Evangelist Keith Fordham (Background) Offers a Closing Invitation, Participants (Many Pastors and Evangelists) Repent and Rededicate Their Lives to God's Work

2001 Bill Fudge (East Asia Regional Leader, SBC International Mission Board) Tells SBC Messengers About Evanelism Strategies in China as Part of IMB Report

2001 Billy Kim (President, Baptist World Alliance) Preaches During Sunday Evening Session of Woman's Missionary Union Annual Meeting

2001 Bobby Welch (Creator of the FAITH Witness Programs) Passionately Urges His Fellow Ministers to Purposefully be Witnesses Everywhere and All the Time

2001 Children Make Handcrafting Toys as a Mission Project for Inner-City Children, As Part of Childrens' Daycamp Program Offered During SBC Meeting

2001 Choir of Students from Three New Orleans-Area Churches Presents Theme Song (Truth Trackers) for LifeWay Christian Resources' 2001 VBS Kit

2001 Daniel R. Sanchez Presents Bible Study Lesson During Opening Session of Woman's Missionary Union Annual Meeting

2001 Exhibit Hall - International Mission Board - SBC Missionary Charles Beaty (Diagnosed with Terminal Lung Cancer) and His Son

2001 Following Election of SBC Executive Committee Officers, Committee Members Encircle the Officer and Pray for Them

2001 Fred Luter Worships as His Church Members Join with Members of the African American Fellowship of the SBC

2001 IMB Missionary and Cancer Patient Charles Beaty (Center) Asks God to Touch the Hearts of Baptists to Go in His Place as Global Ambassadors for Christ

2001 James Dobson (Founder and President, Focus on the Family) Addresses Messengers to SBC Meeting Via Satellite Uplink

2001 Janet Hoffman (President, Woman's Missionary Union) Delivers President's Address During WMU Meeting

2001 Jerry Rankin (Left) Introduces IMB Missionaries to North Africa Charles and Christy Beaty (During a 1998 U. S. Furlough, Charles Was Diagnosed with Lung Cancer)

2001 Jerry Spencer (Left, Outgoing President of SBC Pastor's Conference) Presents Newly Elected Officers Michael Claunch (Center, VP) and Ken Whitten (Right, President)

2001 Kay Arthur (Center, Founder and President, Precept Ministries) Talks with Marlene Merritt (Left) and Beverly Carlton (Right) at SBC Ministers' Wives Luncheon

2001 Keith Fordham (Evangelist) Preaches During Area-Wide Worship Service Sponsored by Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists

2001 Lee Porter (SBC Registration Secretary) Works with Philip Peavey (Volunteer) as Peavey Stamps Registration Cards to Obtain Official Messenger Count

2001 Leigh Scott (Center, Blind Southern Baptist) and His Guide Dog (Kaili) Join Jimmy Draper (Left) and Dan Johnson (LifeWay) at Presentation of Braile and Large-Print Baptist Hymnals

2001 Louis Venable Gives a Personal Testimony Concerning His Church's Use of and Success with LifeWay's FAITH Evangelism Materials

2001 Morris Chapman (Right, President, SBC Executive Committee) Presents M. E. Dodd Award for Support of SBC Cooperative Program to James L. Sullivan, Age 91

2001 Morris Chapman Receives Congratulations from His Wife, Jody, Following Presentation by John Sullivan (Executive Director, Florida Baptist Convention)

2001 Press Box - Richard Land (President, ERLC) Listens as Charles Wade (Executive Director, Baptist General Convention of Texas) Articulates His Concerns About 2000 BF&M

2001 Press Conference - James Merritt (Newly Re-Elected SBC President) Answers Questions Following Election of Officers

2001 Press Conference - James Merritt (Newly Re-Elected SBC President) Speaks Following Election of Officers

2001 Recording Artist Wintley Phipps Opens the Rescue-Themed Presentation of the North American Mission Board Report

2001 Rhonda Harrington Kelley Speaks During Opening Session of Woman's Missionary Union Annual Meeting

2001 Richard Lee Speaks During an Area-Wide Worship Service Sponsored by the Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists

2001 Robert Record (President, North American Mission Board, SBC) Introduces Mission Service Corps Volunteer Sue Low During NAMB Report

2001 Rudy Gonzalez Holds up a Sheet Detailing Statistical Projections for the U. S. Hispanic Population

2001 Wanda Lee (Executive Director-Treasurer, Woman's Missionary Union) and Janet Hoffman (WMU National President) Give WMU Annual Report

2001 Wanda Lee (Executive Director-Treasurer, Woman's Missionary Union) Speaks Following Testimonies by Acteens and Missionaries During the Discover-the-Joy-of-Missions Portion of Annual WMU Meeting

2002 Adult Choir and Orchestra of First Baptist Church (Snellville, Georgia) Presents Concert of Praise

2002 Anne Graham Lotz Speaks at Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Directors of Missions Annual Meeting

2002 Bruce Coe (Outgoing Chairman, SBC Executive Committee) and Morris Chapman (President, SBC Executive Committee)

2002 Chaplain Brigadier General Charles Baldwin Delivers Prayer of Thanksgiving During Pastor's Conference

2002 Cheryl Berbyshire (Missionary to Southeast Asia and Oceania) Presents Her Testimony During Opening Session of Woman's Missionary Union Annual Meeting

2002 Chet Cantrell (Inner-City Missionary in East St. Louis, Illinois) Speaks About Where God Leads During Woman's Missionary Union Annual Meeting

2002 Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists Officers (Front Row - Benny Jackson, Jim McNiel; Back Row - Marion Warren, Steve Walker, Phil Glisson, Tod Brady)

2002 Crossover Evangelistic Effort - Debbie Edington (Director, Hands for Christ) Leads Team Members in the Motions to a Christian Song During the Group's Presentation at Neighborhood Block Party

2002 Crossover Evangelistic Effort - Hiram Acree Shares the Gospel With Resident of St. Louis' Water Tower Community

2002 Crossover Evangelistic Effort - Lewis Ellis (Center, Forward) Goes Through the Sinner's Prayer With a Young Resident of St. Louis' Water Tower Community

2002 Crossover Evangelistic Effort - Lewis Ellis (Left) and Victor Benavides (Right) Pray With Resident of St Louis' Water Tower Community

2002 Crossover Evangelistic Effort - Lewis Ellis (Left) Talks With Resident of St. Louis' Water Tower Community

2002 Crossover Evangelistic Effort - Mark Martin (Left) Hands Out Gospel Tracts and Witnesses in Downtown St. Louis

2002 Crossover Evangelistic Effort - Pat Patterson (Pittypat the Clown) Puts Helium and Tracts in Balloons as His Minsitry Team Prepares for a Balloon Launch

2002 Crossover Evangelistic Effort - R. A. Sharpe (Center) Leads Children in St. Louis' Water Tower Community Through the Sinner's Prayer

2002 Crossover Evangelistic Effort - Shetland Pony on Loan from Member of FBC (Arnold, Missouri) Helps Create Friendship Bond with Children from St. Louis' Water Tower Community During Block Party

2002 Crossover Evangelistic Effort - Three-on-Three Basketball Game for Children from St. Louis' Water Tower Community

2002 Crossover Evangelistic Effort - Victor Benavides (Left, Coordinator of Inner-City Evangelism, North American Mission Board) Talks With Resident of St. Louis' Water Tower Community

2002 Crossover Evangelistic Effort - Victor Benavides (Right, Coordinator of Inner-City Evangelism, North American Mission Board) Talks With Resident of St. Louis' Water Tower Community

2002 Debbie Morris (Victim of Brutal Attack) Talks About Her Experiences and How God Led Her to Forgive Her Assailant (Man Portrayed in the Movie Dead Man Walking) at WMU Annual Meeting

2002 Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission Briefing on ERLC's Stand for Israel Campaign-Richard Land (President, ERLC) Moderator

2002 Evangelist Bill Saye Gives Invitation During Sunday Evening Service Sponsored by Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists at Tower Grove Baptist Church (St. Louis, Missouri)

2002 Exhibit Hall - LifeWay - Lt. Col. Oliver North (USMC, Ret.) Interviews ERLC President Richard Land for North's Radio Show (Commonsense Radio)

2002 Exhibit Hall - North American Mission Board (Crossover Phoenix) - Fernando Amaro and John DeVoss Discuss Plans

2002 Exhibit Hall (Executive Committee) - John Kyle (Cooperative Program Development Director) is Gameshow Host for TruthQuest

2002 Exhibit Hall (Executive Committee) - John Kyle (Cooperative Program Development Director) is Gameshow Host for TruthQuest

2002 Exhibit Hall (LifeWay Christian Resources) - Dan Kassis Prepares to Launch a Blimp Promoting the Variety of LifeWay's Websites

2002 FAITH Luncheon and Commitment Service - Bobby Welch Greets Pastors and Others Who Participate in the FAITH Evangelism Strategy He Developed

2002 Gary Frost (Vice President Strategic, Partnerships, NAMB) Talks with His Son (Daniel) and NAMB Missionary Richard Lee During Black Southern Baptist Denominational Servant's Network Meeting

2002 Gary Hearon (President, Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Directors of Missions) Gives President's Address During SBCADM Annual Meeting

2002 Gigantic Billboards Stating Simply Jesus Appeared by Anonmymous Means All Over St. Louis, Missouri, as the SBC Prepared to Hold Its Annual Meeting

2002 Janet Hoffman (President, Woman's Missionary Union) Gives Presidential Address During WMU Annual Meeting

2002 Janet Hoffman (President, Woman's Missionary Union) Interviews Cheryl and Robert Reccord During WMU Annual Meeting

2002 Janet Hoffman (President, Woman's Missionary Union) Presents the Call to Order at WMU Annual Meeting

2002 Janet Hoffman (President, Woman's Missionary Union) Presides During the 2nd Day of the WMU Annual Meeting

2002 Jennifer Lynn Martin (Acteen Member) Gives Her Testimony (What Acteens Means to Me) During Woman's Missionary Union Annual Meeting

2002 Jerry Rankin (President, SBC International Mission Board) Greets Allen Stephens (DOM Rankin Association, Mississippi) At Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Directors of Missions Meeting

2002 Jim McNiel (Newly Elected President, Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists) Receives a Standing Ovation from Those Attending COSBE Annual Meeting

2002 Ken Whitten (President, Southern Baptist Pastor's Conference) Welcomes Thousands of SBC Pastors to Opening Session of Pastor's Conference

2002 Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North (USMC, Ret) Speaks During Closing Session of Pastor's Conference

2002 Mark Hammond (Center) Is Welcomed Into the Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Directors of Missions During the Group's Annual Meeting

2002 Messengers Take Up Challenge from St. Louis Metro Baptist Association to Donate Blood at SBC Annual Meeting

2002 Michael Lindsay (Religion and Culture Consultant, Gallup Institute) Speaks About Trends in U. S. Religious Beliefs During Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Directors of Missions Meeting

2002 Michelle Cantrell (Inner-City Missionary in East St. Louis, Illinois) Gives Her Testimony During Woman's Missionary Union Annual Meeting

2002 Missionaries with SBC North American Mission Board Wait to Pass Their Batons to Messengers Listening to Annual NAMB Presentation

2002 Missionary Samuel Gonzales Reads Scripture During the 5th Annual Celebration of the Southern Baptist Hispanic Multiplying Church Network Meeting

2002 Native American Women Share About Their Customs and Traditions at Woman's Missionary Union Annual Meeting

2002 Nicole Beatty (Acteen Member) Gives Her Testimony During the Woman's Missionary Union Annual Meeting

2002 Pastor's Conference Closing Session (Featuring Patriotic Salute by Music, Pyrotechnics, and Visuals Including Dramatization of the Iwo Jima Flag Raising)

2002 Press Conference - Brothers Emir and Ergun Caner Answer Questions About Thier Book (Unveiling Islam An Insider's Look at Muslim Life and Beliefs)

2002 Press Conference - Carlisle Driggers (Executive Director-Treasurer, South Carolina Baptist Convention) Speaks to Reporters About the SBC's New Empowering Kingdom Growth Task Force

2002 Press Conference - Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer (Arrested by the Taliban in August 2001) Speak to Reporters About Their Experiences in Afghanistan

2002 Press Conference - Empowering Kingdom Growth Task Force (Morris Chapman, James Merritt, and Carlisle Driggers)

2002 Press Conference-Evangelist Ted Stone (Famous for His Walk Across America to Speak Out Against Substance Abuse) Speaks to Reporters

2002 Protesters Outside SBC Meeting - Soulforce Members Pray and Kneel in Front of St. Louis Police Department

2002 Rick Muchow (Pastor of Magnification, Saddleback Church, Lake Forest, California) and Other Musicians Sing at SBC Annual Meeting

2002 Robert Record (President, SBC North American Mission Board) Interviews David and Carla Tubbs (NAMB Mission Service Corps Volunteers) During 25th Anniversary Celebration of MSC Program

2002 Robert White (Executive Director, Georgia Baptist Convention) Presents Theme Interpretation (The Highest Power for the Greatest Task)

2002 Roy Cotton (President, Black Southern Baptist Denominational Servants Network) Gives President's Address During BSBDSN Annual Meeting

2002 Shawna Davis (Missionary to Southern Africa) Gives Her Testimony During Woman's Missionary Union Annual Meeting

2002 Shawna Davis (Missionary to Southern Africa) Gives Her Testimony During Woman's Missionary Union Annual Meeting

2002 Southern Baptist Messianic Fellowship Annual Meeting-Davidic Dancers Perform a Joyous Dance Traditionally Performed in Israel

2002 Tim Goeglein (Special Assistant to the U. S. President) Expresses Gratitude on Behalf of White House Staff to Southern Baptists for Prayers Following September 11 Terrorist Attacks

2002 Tim Vineyard (Vice President for Technology, LifeWay Christian Resources) and Jimmy Draper (President, LifeWay)

2002 Wanda Lee (Executive Director-Treasurer, Woman's Missionary Union) and Janet Hoffman (President, WMU) Present WMU Annual Report

2002 Wanda Lee (Executive Director-Treasurer, Woman's Missionary Union) Honors June Whitlow (Senior Associate Executive Director, WMU) for 35 Years Service

2002 Wanda Lee (Executive Director, Woman's Missionary Union) Presents Executive Board's Report During WMU Annual Meeting

2002 Woman's Missionary Union Annual Meeting - Breakout Session, Doing Missions the Native Way, Presented by Rubye McMillan

2008 Angela Kim (2008 Recipient of Dellanna West O'Brien Award for Woman's Missionary Union Development) Teaches at Breakout Session for Korean Women at WMU Missions Celebration

2008 Billy Kim (Former Pastor in South Korea, former President, Baptist World Alliance) Accepts Resolution of Appreciation from Morris Chapman

2008 Billy Kim (Former Pastor in South Korea, former President, Baptist World Alliance) Gives Acceptance Speech After Receiving Distinguished Baptist Statesman Award from SBC Executive Committee

2008 Billy Kim (Former Pastor in South Korea, former President, Baptist World Alliance) Receives Distinguished Baptist Statesman Award from Morris Chapman

2008 Brian Fossett (President, Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists) Leads Time of Congregational Prayer

2008 Conference of Southern Baptist Evanelists - Junior Hill (Long-Time Alabama Evangelist) Tells Attendees They Are Soldiers Who Serve, Athletes Who Run, and Farmers Who Sow

2008 Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists - 50th Anniversary Reception - COSBE President Brian Fossett Talks with Charles and Kristine Shumway

2008 Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists - Sammy Gilbreath (Director of Evangelism for Alabama) Gives a Message Titled Live Like You're Dying

2008 Crossover Evangelistic Effort - Cloverleaf Baptist Church (Indianapolis, Indiana) - Sign Advertising Block Party

2008 Daniel Simmons (Senior pastor, Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Albany, Georgia) Speaks During Opening Night of Pastor's Conference

2008 Danny Akin Presents Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Report and Calls for Unity Among Southern Baptists

2008 David Dockery (President, Union University) Expresses Thanks to Southern Baptists for Their Help After a Tornado Hit the Campus Earlier in 2008

2008 Donna Gaines (Center, Keynote Speaker for Ministers' Wives Conference) Encouraged by Janice Thomas and Suzanne Noblitt

2008 E. W. McCall Receives Plaque for His 38 Years of Service from Robert Anderson at National African American Fellowship of the SBC Banquet

2008 Ed Litton (Newly Elected President of Pastor's Conference) Shares Part of His Life Story at Pastor's Conference

2008 Evangelist Bill Stafford Calls on Pastors to Allow God's Love to Work Through Them at Pastor's Conference

2008 Exhibit Hall - International Mission Board - Amanda Dimperio (IMB Regional Representative for South America) Readies Prayer Cards to Hand Out at IMB Booth

2008 Frank Page Shares from His New Book (The Nehemiah Factor) at the Women’s Missionary Union Missions Celebration

2008 Geoff Hammond (President, North American Mission Board, SBC) Speaks During the NAMB Hispanic Celebration (Living with Urgency)

2008 Glen Osborn Prays During an Altar Call at the End of Message by Ed Litton on Last Day of Pastor's Conference

2008 Gonzalo Rodriguez (Pastor, Good Shepherd Baptist Church, Metairie, Louisiana) Speaks During North American Mission Board Hispanic Celebration

2008 H. Bruce Stokes (Dean of the School of Behavioral Sciences, California Baptist University), Speaks at Southern Baptist Messianic Fellowship Meeting

2008 Jeff Cruse (Missionary Working in Student Ministry in Philippines) Speaks During Woman's Missionary Union Annual Meeting

2008 Jim Futral (Executive Director-Treasurer, Mississippi Baptist Convention), Preaches at the Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Directors of Missions

2008 Kay Miller (Executive Director-Treasurer, Woman’s Missionary Union) Shares Her Experiences As as Missionary Kid at WMU Annual Meeting

2008 Ken Weathersby (Senior Strategist for Evangelization, North American Mission Board, SBC) Announced 759 Professions-of Faith Were Made During Crossover 08

2008 Kerry Shook Shares About the Book He Co-Authored with His Wife Chris (One Month to Live) at Pastor's Conference

2008 Larry Wynn Asks Messengers to Gather in Groups for Prayer During One of Two Prayer Times Held During Two-Day Annual SBC Meeting

2008 Leon Johnson Receives Plaque for 36 Years of Ministry from Joseph Lyles at National African American Fellowship of SBC Banquet

2008 Mark Croston (President, National African American Fellowship of the SBC and Pastor, East End Baptist Church, Suffolk, Virginia) Gives Closing Remarks During NAAF Meeting

2008 Michael Catt (President, Pastor's Conference) Encourages Pastors Attending the Two-Day Conference to Purchase CDs of Speakers

2008 Movie Screening (Fireproof) - Michael Catt (Senior Pastor, Sherwood Baptist Church, Albany, Georgia) Introduces Movie

2008 Newly Elected Executive Committee Officers (Randall James, Chairman; Michael Lewis, Vice President; and Martha Lawley, Secretary)

2008 Newly Elected Officers of Pastor's Conference (Bruce Schmidt, Vice President; Ed Litton, President; and James Peoples, Secretary)

2008 Stephen Davis (Executive Director, State Convention of Baptists in Indiana) Speaks During Woman’s Missionary Union Missions Celebration

2008 Stephen Davis (Executive Director, State Convention of Baptists in Indiana) Welcomes Nearly 7,000 Messengers to 151st Annual Meeting of SBC

2008 T. Vaughn Walker (Senior Pastor, First Gethsemane Baptist Church, Louisville, Kentucky) Preaches at June 8 Worship Service of National African American Fellowship of the SBC SBC08014a mm

2008 Wanda S. Lee (Executive Director-Treasurer, Woman's Missionary Union) and Kaye Miller (President, WMU) Deliver WMU Annual Report

2008 Youth Evangelistic Event (One, One Night, One Purpose) - Tony Nolan (Vocational Evangelist) Encourages Hundreds of Students to Live an Authentic Christian Life





















































































































































































































































































































