Baptist identity topic of conference hosted by Union University in April

JACKSON, Tenn. (UU)–The impact of post-denominationalism on Baptist identity will be the focus of a national conference hosted by Union University and sponsored by the university’s Carl F.H. Henry Center for Christian Leadership and the R.G. Lee Center for Christian Ministry.

The conference will be held on Union’s main campus in Jackson, Tenn., April 5-6.

"Baptist identity — is there a future?" is the theme of what Union president David S. Dockery called ‘the most significant conference you could attend in 2004." The conference is open to pastors and laypersons.

Among the scheduled speakers are Dockery, Morris H. Chapman, president and chief executive officer of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee; James Leo Garrett Jr., distinguished professor of theology emeritus at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; Stan Norman, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary; Gregory A. Willis, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; and Sam Shaw, pastor of Germantown Baptist Church (Tenn.).

Topics to be discussed include whether Southern Baptists are in danger of losing their identity from the perspectives of historians and theologians; new dimensions in Baptist church leadership; and specific matters distinctive of Baptist theology.

For registration information, contact the university at 731-661-5160 or register online at www.uu.edu/events/baptistidentity.