UBAI Investiture Program

United Baptist Association, Inc.

Investiture of President & Cabinet First Emanuel Baptist Church 1829 Carondelet Street New Orleans, LA 70130 September 22, 2015 7:30 p.m.

UBAI OFFICERS President ~ Dr. Charles J. Southall, III ~ First Emanuel B. C. Vice-President ~ Pastor Gerald Vinnett ~ Fifth African B. C. (St. Rose) Executive / General Secretary ~ Pastor Darrick R. Johnson ~ Mt. Kingdom Missionary B. C. Correspondence Secretary ~ Pastor Bernard Murray ~ Greater Mt. Rose B. C. Treasurer ~ Dr. Eugene Mitchell ~ First Pilgrim B. C. Social Justice ~ Pastor Donald Robinson ~ Marine & Mt. Moriah Ministries Pastoral Development & Empowerment ~ Bishop R.C. Blakes, Jr. ~ New Home Family Worship Center

Legal Parliamentarian ~ Pastor L. Gerome Smith ~ Resurrection B. C. AUXILIARY LEADERS Congress President ~ Dr. Mitchell J. Stevens ~ Mt. Zion B. C. (New Orleans) Women ~ Sis. Cynthia Rambo ~ New Zion B. C. Usher ~ Sis. Norma Monroe ~ First Emanuel B. C. Minister’s Wives & Widows ~ Sis. Carolyn Murray ~ Great Mt. Rose B. C. Music ~ Sis. Lydia McCoy ~ New Zion B. C. Youth ~ Bro. Jasper Vinnett ~ Fifth African B. C. Administration ~ Sis. Sandra Averett ~ Marine & Mt. Moriah Ministries EXECUTIVE BOARD Dr. Sam Johnson Pastor Larry Crockett Pastor Lonnie Williams Pastor Isaiah Franklin Pastor Fredrick Matthews PAST PRESIDENTS Dr. C. S. Gordon Dr. Fred T. Porter

Programme’ Presiding

Vice President Gerald Vinnett

Processional Call to Worship

President Charles J. Southall, III & Cabinet Psalm 100

Rev. Freddie Dixon Mount Zion Baptist Church

Devotional Period Selections

FEBC Choir

Welcome/Occasion

Pastor L. Gerome Smith Resurrection Baptist Church

Greetings

Mr. Ashton Ryan, First NBC Mayor Mitch Landrieu LMBSC, Pastor C. S. Gordon Judicial

Offering Introduction of Speaker Selection Sermon Invitation of Discipleship Reading of Officers Charge to the President

Dr. Mitchell J. Stevens Mt. Zion B. C. New Orleans FEBC Choir Pastor Theron Jackson Morning Star Baptist Church, Shreveport, LA Pastor Fredrick Matthews New Mount Bethel Baptist Church Pastor Eugene Mitchell First Pilgrim Baptist Church Pastor Melvin Zeno St. Joseph Missionary Baptist Church

Charge to the Cabinet Installation Prayer Passing of the Gavel Introduction of the President President Speaks

Pastor Fred T. Porter Cypress Grove & St. Matthew Baptist Church Al’Lachea L. Davis President Charles J. Southall, III First Emanuel Baptist Church

Love Offering Presentations Announcements Benediction

Pastor Lonnie Williams St. Mark Baptist Church

UBAI CHURCHES City of Light Baptist Cathedral - Pastor Najee Johnson Community M. B. C. - Pastor Robert Tanner, Jr. Corinthians M. B. C. #2 - Dr. Sam J. Johnson Cypress Grove B. C. - Dr. Fred T. Porter Fifth African B. C. (St. Rose) - Pastor Gerald Vinnett

First Emanuel B. C. - Dr. Charles J. Southall, III First Love B. C. - Pastor Larry Crockett First Pilgrim B. C. - Dr. Eugene Mitchell Greater Mt. Rose B. C. - Pastor Bernard Murray Guiding Light B. C. - Pastor G. R. Washington, Jr. Marine & Mt. Moriah Ministries - Pastor Donald Robinson Mt. Kingdom M. B. C. - Pastor Darrick R. Johnson

Mt. Zion B. C. (New Orleans) - Dr. Mitchell Stevens Mt. Zion B. C. (St. Rose) - Pastor Isaiah Franklin New Home Family Worship Center - Bishop R. C. Blakes, Jr. New Home Family Worship Center - Bishop Samuel Blakes New Mt. Bethel B. C. - Pastor Fredrick Matthews New Zion B. C. - Dr. C. S. Gordon Resurrection B. C. - Pastor L. Gerome Smith

St. Mark B. C. - Pastor Lonnie Williams St. Matthew B. C. - Dr. Fred T. Porter Second Nazarine B. C. (Algiers) - Pastor Peter Crawford Second New Pleasant Zion B. C. - Pastor Alex Cotton