Virginia Southern Baptists Open Three-Day Annual Homecoming Tonight in South Chesterfield
Bryant Wright preaches Sunday night at The Heights Baptist Church, and messengers will hear the 2027 Ministry Investment Plan before a Tuesday business session.
See where this is ›SOUTH CHESTERFIELD, Va. —
The SBC of Virginia opens its Annual Homecoming at 6:15 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8, at The Heights Baptist Church, 17201 Route 1, South Chesterfield, Va. The meeting runs through Tuesday, Nov. 10.
Sunday's evening session includes a welcome from Executive Director Brian Autry and a message from Bryant Wright, founder and chairman of Right From The Heart Ministries and the former founding senior pastor of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Marietta, Ga. Registration opens at 5:15 p.m., and a dessert reception follows at 8:15 p.m. The Heights Baptist Church leads worship at the sessions.
Monday, Nov. 9, begins with a Noble Warriors tailgate breakfast at 8 a.m. and two rounds of breakout sessions at 9:15 and 10:30 a.m. on subjects including children's ministry, church planting, evangelism, Hispanic ministry, legal issues, men's and women's ministry, missions and NextGen ministry.
The 1:15 p.m. Monday session brings the New Church Partners Report, the Nominating Committee Report and the executive director's and stewardship reports on the 2027 Ministry Investment Plan, with a message from Quintell Hill, the International Mission Board's Black and multi-ethnic network strategist and pastor of Multiply Community Church in Monroe, N.C. At 6:30 p.m., Steven Wade, lead pastor of Faith Baptist Church in Youngsville, N.C., and professor of pastoral theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, preaches.
Tuesday's 8:55 a.m. session includes the business session, a message from SBCV President Doug Echols, senior pastor of Bethel Baptist Church in Yorktown since 2010, and a closing message from H.B. Charles Jr., pastor and teacher of Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church in Jacksonville and Orange Park, Fla. A grab-and-go fellowship lunch follows at noon.
Organizers said main sessions and some breakouts will be interpreted for the deaf, with live text translation in several languages on attendees' phones. The SBC of Virginia streams its events at sbcv.org/live.
