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The Blvd Welcomes All for Faith and Family Fest

The Blvd's annual family gathering features the inaugural Faith and Family Fest this year. (Photo courtesy of MBCC)

Looking for a place to get tools to strengthen your family and have fun at the same time?

Join Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church for its new family gathering, Faith and Family Fest, Sept. 22-23. Everyone is welcome to attend. Workshops are tailored to fit all families, including singles, married and newly engaged couples, divorcees and empty nesters. There’s also a conference for kids and teens.

Pastor Bryan Carter of Concord Church in Dallas and Internet sensation, Christianee Porter, best known as Ms. Shirleen, are special guests. The weekend culminates with an outdoor festival for the whole family. RSVP here.

– Alisha Tillery, KQ Communications

 

Social Justice, Community Leadership on Agenda for Brown Baptist Pastors’ Luncheon

A group of people during a luncheon.
Brown Baptist will host more than 300 Mid-South pastors and ministers. (Photo courtesy of Brown Missionary Baptist Church)

Brown Baptist will host a free luncheon to equip pastors, preachers, seminary students and church leaders with a stronger understanding of racial reconciliation, social justice and community leadership. Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship President Bishop Joseph Walker, III will deliver the keynote address.

“With all the issues facing our community, it’s important for all pastors, no matter the church size, to have access to resources to help the community,” says Bartholomew Orr, Senior Pastor at Brown Missionary Baptist Church.

The August 29 luncheon is open to pastors, ministers and other clergy. Interested parties can find additional details at brownbaptist.org.

– David Brown, KQ Communications

 

Southaven Church Will Serve City’s Growing Latino Population

Pastor Bartholomew Orr, Brown Missionary Baptist Church, and Pastor Roger Rodriguez, Union Christiana. (Photo courtesy of Brown Missionary Baptist Church)

The U.S. Census Bureau predicts the nation’s Hispanic population will more than double, to 128.8 million, by 2060. By that time, nearly one in three U.S. residents will be Hispanic, up from roughly one in six today.

“We recognize that Hispanics are the largest ethnic group in DeSoto County,” said Bartholomew Orr, Senior Pastor of Brown Missionary Baptist Church in Southaven.

Orr’s answer to the growing Hispanic population in the region has been to start Union Cristiana Church. It is a Spanish-language church that will be housed at Brown’s Main Campus location, beginning Sunday, April 16.

– David Brown, KQ Communications