DCBC SPOTLIGHT
The Way Forward
T
he world has changed drastically
purposeful,
flowing,
viscous,
and
since March 13, 2020. It is also quite
multilayered. Honeycombs are organic,
different from 1877 when the D.C.
active and collaboratively created, and allow
Baptist Convention was founded as the
room for new cells (initiatives) to be
Columbia Association of Baptist Churches
developed along the way. Unabashedly
during a meeting at Calvary Baptist Church.
Baptist, we will continue to be a Christ-
Throughout these years, DCBC has been a
centered Pan-Baptist convention (as in a
Great Kingdom experiment, dreaming into
cross-section of Baptist groups), centering
reality what other Baptist bodies in the
our beliefs around historic Baptist principles,
United States could not and cannot imagine
including but not limited to autonomy of the
possible. The Convention has been able to
local church, priesthood of the believer,
explore, wrestle with and navigate an array of
separation of church and state, non-credal,
diverse perspectives, heritages, languages,
soul liberty, authority of scripture, believer’s
theological foundations, social positions,
baptism by immersion, and congregational
denominational affiliations and so much
polity. To hear more about where we’re
more.
headed, you’re invited to lunch, hosted in
Our heritage is grounded and calls us into
various locations around the D.C.-Maryland-
a new future: one yet to be fully realized. We
Virginia area. Check your email for specific
will use the image of a honeycomb to help us
details or email the DCBC Ministry
visualize our future and understand how we,
Assistant,
as a convention, are interconnected, active,
loretta.polite-shipman@dcbaptist.org.
Loretta
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