Traveling to the General Conference

June 25, 2010

I’ve been in Atlanta for just about a week now. Aside from the fact that it’s 97 degrees and incredibly humid, things are going really well. The first few days I was here I attended a pastors’ conference, the highlight of which was reconnecting with some Seminary friends that I haven’t seen in nearly 10 years. I also facilitated a Q&A session after a screening of Stained Glass: Hollywood Blvd with about 50 pastors. In case you haven’t heard of it, Stained Glass: Hollywood Blvd is a documentary made by one of our members, Melody George, about the early missional transformation of our congregation. It’s always rewarding for me to interact with other pastors around the story of what God has been up to here.

In between the pastors’ conference and General Conference I took a few hours and visited the home where Martin Luther King, Jr. was born. Just down the street from his home is the Ebenezer Baptist Church where Martin Luther King, Jr’s father and grandfather both ministered. I also snuck in a quick trip to Southern Adventist University to visit with Melody, who’s staying there for the time being. It was my first visit to Southern and contrary to some rumors, I think the campus is incredibly beautiful!

The opening of General Conference has been interesting. Amidst rumors about whether our current General Conference President, Jan Paulsen, is retiring, or who the next GC President will be, and other discussions about policy, I’ve been helping set up the Spectrum booth. New Name Pictures has a small portion of the booth and it’s been great to share our vision for NNP with the visitors to the booth. This weekend will be the SONscreen Film Festival and our two social justice PSAs will be among the films screened there.

Please keep these proceedings in your prayers. While the decisions made here might seem far removed from the missional life we are living in Los Angeles, they really do have an impact on our congregation and others who are trying to live faithfully as God’s people in our postmodern world.

And of course, I miss you…

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