Brite Divinity School hosting Black Preaching Forum
Fort Worth
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Brite Divinity School at TCU will host the second annual “Preaching
with Power: An Interdenominational Forum on Black Preaching” Oct. 15-17
at two city churches and on the TCU campus. The event is sponsored by
Brite Divinity School’s Black Church Studies Program, under the
direction of Dr. Stacey Floyd-Thomas.
The schedule:
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Sunday, Oct. 15, 7 p.m. at Shiloh Missionary
Baptist Church, 2823 N. Houston Street — featuring the Rev. Stephen
John Thurston, president of the National Baptist Convention of America
Inc. (NBCA).
- Monday, Oct. 16, 7 p.m. at Carter Metropolitan CME
Church, 4601 Wichita Street — featuring the Rev. Dr. Renita J. Weems, a
former professor of Old Testament at Spelman College in Atlanta and
Vanderbilt University in Nashville.
- Tuesday, Oct. 17, 11 a.m. at Robert Carr Chapel at
TCU — featuring the Rev. Dr. Frank A. Thomas, senior pastor of
Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis, TN.
All of the worship services are free and open to the public.
Offerings and donations will go to support scholarships and programming
for seminarians enrolled in the Black Church Studies Program at Brite
Divinity School.
For more information, contact Dr. Floyd-Thomas, director, at
817-257-7140 or the Rev. Dr. Michael Bell, Forum chair, at 817-534-1365.
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Media contact:
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