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Several Commission members were present
at the 20th Congress of the Baptist World Alliance held in Honolulu,
Hawaii, July 28-Aug 1, 2010, but as is usual on these occasions
(in contrast with the regular annual General Council), there
were no dedicated sessions for the Commissions. At the General
Council meetings held at the commencement of the Congress, however,
those members present were able to asemble very briefly to meet
with the new Commission Chair, Dr Craig Sherouse, and to hear
from him about the current situation and hopes for future planning.
Deputy Chair, Dr Cawley Bolt was also present. About a dozen
commission members were in the group.
Announcements and explanations were
also made about the new Commission arrangements following on
the restructure.
Further developments will occur in
the months ahead in the lead up to the first meeting of the Commission
at the 2011 General Council to be held in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia,
July 4-9. Registration forms for this event were distributed
at the Congress and are available from the BWA Office and also
on-line.
There was no other official Heritage
and Identity activity at the Congress but there were some related
presentations.
One of the Congress Forums was titled,
Baptists at 400, and was chaired by Dr Cawley Bolt. Over
two days it had fine presentations by Karen Bullock (former Chair
of the HIC - for paper, click here),
Daniel Carro (for paper, click
here), Devon Dick (for paper, click
here) and Blake Killingsworth (for paper, click
here).
The American Baptist Historical Society
had a display and there were some books of interest on the Baylor
Press stand.
 
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