Gabriel Missionary Baptist Church, in its new building northeast of downtown Indianapolis, will host the worship celebration of the SBC’s National African American Fellowship (NAAF) on Sunday, June 13.
The worship service will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the church at 5169 N. Norwaldo Ave. Jerry Dailey, the guest speaker, is president of the African American Fellowship of Texas and pastor of Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in San Antonio. He will be joined by the Gabriel Choir, led by Denise Carpenter and Angela Rowe.
On Monday, June 14, the National African American Fellowship’s annual meeting and banquet will begin with a business session at 4 p.m. in the Sagamore 1 hall in the Indianapolis Convention Center, site of the June 15–16 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. The NAAF banquet is to start at 6 p.m. in Sagamore 2.
Mezzo-soprano Jacqueline Anderson will minister in song at the Sunday evening service and the Monday evening banquet. A trained classical singer, Anderson has inspired diverse audiences throughout the United States for many years. She recently released her first CD, “Til the First Lady Sings,” a recorded live concert of sacred music. She is the wife of the fellowship’s president, Robert Anderson, pastor of the Baltimore-area Colonial Baptist Church in Randallstown.
Frankie Harvey, NAAF secretary, told Baptist Press, “We do have larger African-American churches, but, for the most part, the fellowship is made up of smaller churches. We’re making a statement by meeting for worship with a small congregation. We’re saying that small churches are just as important to God’s Kingdom as are large churches.”
About 300 people are expected to participate in National African American Fellowship events. For information about the NAAF, call Anderson at 410-655-1080. (BP)
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