The New Baptist Covenant traces its roots to April 10, 2006 in Atlanta, when former U.S. President and Baptist deaconJimmy Carter and Mercer University President Bill Underwood convened a gathering of 18 Baptist leaders, who produced A North American Baptist Covenant for social justice.[1]
In 2007, the organization was officially founded. [2]
In 2008, an event bringing together representatives of American moderate Baptist denominations was held in Atlanta to present the vision of the organization.[3][4]
In 2013, it launched a program to promote cooperation among Baptist churches from different communities in joint community service projects.[5]
References and notesEdit
^ William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2021, p. 429
^ Mark Wingfield, New Baptist Covenant shifts gears to convene, connect and communicate, baptistnews.com, USA, February 22, 2022
^ Neela Banerjee, A Baptist Coalition Aims for Moderate Image, nytimes.com, USA, January 27, 2008
^ Carla Hinton, Ex-president Jimmy Carter works to unite all Baptists, oklahoman.com, USA, July 25, 2009
^ Bob Allen, New Baptist Covenant among faith groups ‘to watch’ in 2016, baptistnews.com, USA, January 20, 2016
External linksEdit
New Baptist Covenant website
August 27, 2023
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