Groundbreaking Consultation explores the meaning and practice of “believers baptism” for the future unity of the church

Participants in the Consultation:

Baptist World Alliance

Rev. Neville Callam, General Secretary, Baptist World Alliance (Washington, D.C.)

Rev. Dr. Glenroy Lalor, Lecturer, United Theological College of the West Indies (Kingston, Jamaica)

Rev. Dr. Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church (Richmond, Virginia)

Church of the Brethren

Rev. Dr. Jeff Carter, President, Bethany Theological Seminary (Richmond, Indiana)

Dr. Denise Kettering-Lane, Assistant Professor of Brethren Studies, Bethany Theological Seminary (Richmond, Indiana)

World Convention of the Churches of Christ

Dr. John Mark Hicks, Professor of Theology, Lipscomb University (Nashville, Tennessee)

Dr. Gary Holloway, Executive Director, World Convention of Churches of Christ (Nashville, Tennessee)

Dr. Mark Weedman, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, Johnson University, (Knoxville, Tennessee)

Disciples Ecumenical Consultative Council

Rev. Dr. Marjorie Lewis, President, United Theological College of the West Indies (Kingston, Jamaica)

Rev. Dr. David M. Thompson, United Reformed Church and Emeritus Professor of Modern Church History, University of Cambridge (England)

Rev. Dr. Robert K. Welsh, General Secretary, Disciples Ecumenical Consultative Council (Indianapolis, Indiana)

Mennonite World Conference

Rev. Dr. Fernando Enns, Professor of (Peace-)Theology and Ethics, Free University Amsterdam (Netherlands) and University of Hamburg (Germany), member of Central Committee of World Council of Churches

Dr. Alfred Neufeld, Rector, Protestant University of Paraguay (Ascension, Paraguay)

Rev. Rebecca Osiro, Mennonite World Conference Eastern Africa Representative, and pastor of Mennonite Church in Nairobi, Kenya

Pentecostals

Dr. Cecil M. Robeck, Professor of Church History and Ecumenics, Fuller Theological Seminary (Pasadena, California)

Rev. Dr. Tony Richie, Pastor, New Harvest Church of God (Knoxville, Tennessee) and Adjunct Professor of Pentecostal Theology (Cleveland, Tennessee)

Rev. Dr. Daniel Tomberlin, Pastor, Vidalia Church of God (Vidalia, Georgia)

Faith and Order Commission of WCC

Rev. Dr. Dagmar Heller, Academic Dean of the Ecumenical Institute (Bossey, Switzerland) and Executive Secretary for Faith and Order, WCC (Geneva, Switzerland)

Report: Believers’ Baptism Consultation

Observations on the Believers’ Baptism Consultation by Tony Richie

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Category: Ministry, Winter 2015