The Baptists Are Coming, Part 1

The Baptists are coming.

I was trying to explain to Washington Post Religion reporter Michelle Boorstein exactly what that means for our city, but found I was having trouble. How do you articulate what it

means when 6,000 Baptists come to town? (And who knew there was an actual Baptist flag? I kid you not.)

My point exactly.

In two weeks American Baptist Churches USA and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship are overlapping for their big annual and bi-annual gatherings. To make things even more exciting, this is the 100th anniversary of the Northern Baptist Convention (now ABC USA), which was founded here at Calvary.

(You may find me hiding under my desk.)

This means many things for our city and our congregation, so many that the whole experience will require several posts. To begin, I share a 7-minute video recounting the history of this church, which was created to give folks a general overview.

More on tours, historical displays and archival adventures and what they mean for this church (and for my quickly-disappearing sanity) in future blogs.

In the meantime, hang onto your hats: the Baptists are coming!