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Baptist World Alliance Commission on Heritage and
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Officers: 2010-2015
Chair: Dr
Craig Sherouse
Vice-Chair: Dr Cawley Bolt |
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The Commission on Baptist Heritage
and Identity of the BWA is one of seven commissions under the
BWA Mission, Evangelism and Theological Reflection Ministry (METR)
that meet annually, each year in a different part of the world,
in conjunction with the meetings of the BWA's General Council.
The July 2011 meeting is planned for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
At its first meeting, in Singapore
in 1986, members of the commission stated its purpose as:
to investigate and promote the meaning of Baptist heritage
and identity
The Commission on Baptist Heritage
and Idenity seeks to clarify issues pertaining to the heritage
and identiy of the Baptist family with a view to furthering the
local congregation's understanding of it splace and calling in
the world and also in the worldwide Baptist movement. The Commission
records the story of God's dealings among Baptists around the
world and produces materials suitable for use by Baptists and
by others who are interested in understanding Baptist Idenity.
(BWA Committee and Commission Handbook, 2010)
About 40 people from all parts of
the world are named as members of the Commission
Members have explored the Baptist
heritage in higher education, evangelism, justice and peace,
spirituality and worship, the role of women. Another series of
studies has focused on Baptist origins and the lives of some
Baptist leaders. In 1987, the Commission produced a statement
defining Baptist identity. The Heritage and Identity Commission
contributed the opening chapter, "Baptists: a Global Community
of Faith" to the book-length We Baptists (Providence
House: Franklin, Tennessee, 1999) a project of the Study and
Research Division of the BWA. Members of the Commission were
deeply involved in the centenary history of the BWA, Baptists
Together in Christ 1905-2005, especially Dr RV Pierard as
Editor, and Dr Eljee Bentley as co-editor; a second co-editor
was Dr G Borchert. |
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The Commission
has published materials to help Baptists discover and preserve
their heritage:
International Directory
of Baptist Archives/Libraries (1990)
Manual for Developing Baptist Archives (1990) (click here)
Bibliography of Selected Histories
of BWA Member Bodies in Countries other than the USA
Commission members Richard Pierard
and Eljee Bentley took a leading role in producing Baptists
Together in Christ 1905-2005, a Hundred-Year History of the Baptist
World Alliance (BWA, 2005)
The Commission assisted
Albert Wardin in producing Baptists around the World (Broadman
and Holman, 1995).
Selected papers by
members are included in the volumes of the Study and Research
Division of the BWA:
Faith, Life and Witness (1990)
Baptist Faith and Witness (1995)
Baptist Faith and Witness II (2000)
Baptist Faith and Witness (2005)
Baptist Faith and Witness (2010) forthcoming
Contact Chair for more information
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Charters for METR
Commissions
Purpoose
The purpose of BWA Mission, Evangelism and
Theological Reflection (METR) is to be a space for common theological
reflection on, and engagement in, ecclesiological and missiological
challenges facing local Baptist churches affiliated with BWA's
Member Bodies.
Responsibilities of Commission Leaders
& Members
1. Ensure that their respective programs are
aligned with the purpose of BWA METR as identified above. To
this end, Commission members are expected to develop recommendations
and resources intended to assist BWA member bodies and churches
to fulfill their calling.
2. Share in orientation to role and become fully aware of the
Commission's purpose and be ready to commit to active participation
as follows:
Regular members commit to attending at least three of the four
meetings held annually in each quinquennium.
Corresponding members contribute to the work of the Commission.
They also endeavor to attend at least one Commission meeting
in each quinquennium.
3. Collaborate in carrying out Commission business making appropriate
use of modern communications technology.
4. Commission leaders serve in close cooperation with the Director
and Advisory Committee of METR.
5. At the start of a quinquennium, develop the program of work
for the planning cycle in consultation with the METR Director.
This program is determined after an effort at the widest possible
consultation with the members of the Commission.
6. Each Commission normally meets in three or four sessions during
each Annual Gathering.
7. Commission leaders stand ready to offer leadership in Forums
held at the Annual Gathering when invited to do so by the BWA
General Secretary.
The Commission on Baptist Heritage and Identity seeks
to clarify issues pertaining to the heritage and identity of
the Baptist family with a view to furthering the local congregation's
understanding of its place and calling in the world and also
in the worldwide Baptist movement. The Commission records the
story of God's dealings among Baptists around the world and produces
materials suitable for use by Baptists and by others who are
interested in understanding Baptist identity..
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