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May 16th, 2009 | Posted in: First Isthmian Baptist Church, Global Baptist News | 5 Comments »
Shouts of “Panama” and “Viva Panama” were reportedly heard when Rogelio Brathwaite’s name was announced, and as he walked up to receive his Diploma in Ministerial Studies. More shouts erupted when he received the award for Faculty Award for Academic Excellence as well. The latter is the top award issued by the faculty each year to a graduating student who has at the time of graduation 70% A’s in their best 25 courses.
Rogelio himself has created history as the first member of First Isthmian to be trained at UTCWI although not the first Panamanian to attend UTCWI. He follows in the footsteps of at least 3 other Panamanians (need to double check my history here!) one of whom was the Rev. Sam Vernon from Bocas Del Toro, Panama who attended Calabar Theological College around 1950 or 1951. Calabar College was one of the antecedent theological colleges that merged for Ecumenical purposes to form the United Theological College of the West Indies, and opened its doors in 1966.
The graduation ceremony was held at the University Chapel, Mon, Kingston. From what I heard the service lived up to its usual impressive standard. Each year the service is unique, and it is somewhat influenced by the unique personality of a batch. The Class of 2009 is definitely unique.
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April 5th, 2008 | Posted in: Global Baptist News, Mission Opportunity | 2 Comments »
[CDBCA Member pastors: Revds. Banmattie Ram, Michael Friday, Marvia Lawes, Delroy Reid-Salmon]
Uniting as the Caribbean Diaspora Baptist Clergy Association (CDBCA) Inc, Baptist pastors living and working outside of their Caribbean homelands have formed an alliance to advance the mission of God. Together, we affirm a common calling to exercise ministry to and among Caribbean peoples [...]
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March 1st, 2008 | Posted in: Global Baptist News | 2 Comments »
Nearly 8000 Baptists from the 316 churches that comprise the Jamaica Baptist Union (JBU) witnessed the installation of Rev. Stephen Jennings as the new President.
The installation took place in the closing service of the JBU’s 158th General Assembly held on Sunday February 24 in the jam-packed National Arena, Kingston Jamaica.
Rev. Jennings succeeds the [...]
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January 28th, 2008 | Posted in: Global Baptist News | No Comments »
Panama Baptists Unite For Assembly Meetings Unity was the recurring theme of the recently concluded General Assembly of the Panama Baptist Convention. The word was on everyone’s lips. The re-elected President Francisco Medina emphasized it. The Assembly took decisions punctuated by it. The delegates debated, prayed and fellowshipped together signifying it. However, when it [...]
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January 19th, 2008 | Posted in: Global Baptist News, Ministry | 2 Comments »
The 48th Annual Meeting of the Panama Baptist Convention is set to take place January 23-25, 2008. Unity among Baptists in Panama will no doubt be very high on the agenda. Baptist unity or lack thereof, is a global Baptist issue. We have some inherent impulses we proudly trumpet about as ‘Baptist distinctives’ that could [...]
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November 4th, 2007 | Posted in: Global Baptist News, Panama Culture | 2 Comments »
The First Isthmian Baptist (FIBC) Women on Mission (WMU) celebrated the BWA Baptist Women’s Day Of Prayer 2007 today. The actual celebration is set for November 5th. However, that date is Colon Day. It is the biggest day of the patriotic month celebrations to be held in Colon. Parade time.
We had a special Patriotic Sunday [...]
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