GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Messengers at the 49th annual meeting of the Colorado Baptist General Convention (CBGC) celebrated a historic note-burning following the final payment of a significant debt.
About 190 messengers gathered at the Adam’s Mark Hotel in Grand Junction for the Oct. 19–20 meeting hosted by Bookcliff Baptist Church. Under the theme of “Bound to Commitment,” Colorado’s Southern Baptists celebrated God’s work across the state and resolved to continue to reach toward all pockets of lostness in the state.
“The CBGC made sure that none of the investors lost any money,” said Doug Lohrey, director of the CBGC’s finance and operations division. The Colorado convention went into debt by $2.6 million to save the foundation’s investors.
The note-burning was a symbolic end to the debt, which frees up $240,000 each year for missions causes in Colorado.
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