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American Baptist Event to Address Violence

AMERICAN BAPTIST NEWS SERVICE 
Office of Communication  
American Baptist Churches USA 
P.O. Box 851, Valley Forge, PA 19482-0851 
Phone: (610)768-2077 / Fax: (610)768-2320 
Web: www.abc-usa.org
Richard W. Schramm, Director 
 E-mail: richard.schramm@abc-usa.org

American Baptist Event to Address Violence
 
 A national consultation addressing the opportunities 
for redemption in the context of violence will be held Oct. 
27-30 at the Wyndham Marriott Hotel, Westborough, Mass.  
 Sponsored by National Ministries, American Baptist 
Churches USA, all sessions of "Grounded in Hope: Discerning 
God's Presence Amid Conflict and Violence" are open to the 
public.  Pre-registration is requested.
 "Violence has spread all across our nation--into 
public schools, churches, workplaces, neighborhoods," said 
the Rev. Hector Cortez, associate executive director for 
Biblical Justice, National Ministries.  "We invite you to 
join us at this event to be part of a Christian response."
 The event will begin with a banquet on Oct. 27 
featuring Dr. George Cummings, pastor of Imani Community 
Church in Oakland, Calif., and professor of systematic 
theology at the American Baptist Seminary of the West in 
Berkeley.  Other leaders include the Rev. Daniel Buttry, co-
pastor of the First Baptist Church in Dearborn, Mich.; the 
Rev. Timothy Tseng, assistant professor of American 
religious history at The Divinity School in Rochester, N.Y.; 
the Rev. James West, president/CEO of Futures for Children 
in Albuquerque, N.M.; the Rev. Bruce Wall, co-pastor of 
Boston's Dorchester Temple Baptist Church and 
founder/director of Bruce Wall Ministries; the Rev. Kirk 
Jones, pastor of First Baptist Church in Randolph, Mass.; 
and Carolyn Schrock-Shenk, director of Mennonite 
Conciliation Service, a program of the Mennonite Central 
Committee. 
 Participants will have a unique opportunity to learn 
firsthand how one church has addressed violence in a special 
session at Dorchester Temple Baptist Church in Boston.  Co-
pastors Bruce Wall and Craig McMullen have been instrumental 
there in organizing grassroots efforts to bring about the 
"Boston Miracle."
 Major presentations of the event will be translated 
into Spanish and Portuguese.
 To pre-register call 800-222-3872, ext. 2394.  Daily 
registration is $15 plus the cost of any meals provided on 
site.  Registration for the full consultation is $80 
(includes five meals).

9/24/99
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