2018-19 BCA History
Meetings
- Board Meetings:
- October 5, 2018, North American Mission Board, Alpharetta, Georgia
- March 4, 2019, The Mission Inn, Riverside, California
- 5th Annual Fall Forum: October 4, 2018, North American Mission Board, Alpharetta, Georgia
- 65th Annual Workshop: April 10–13, 2019, The Mission Inn, Riverside, California
Officers
- President: Mike Ebert, North American Mission Board
- President-Elect: Jim Veneman, California Baptist University
- Past President: Shannon Baker, Baptist Resource Network of Pennsylvania/South Jersey
- Program Vice President: Katherine Chute, Gateway Seminary
- Program Vice President-Elect: Marilyn Stewart, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
- Membership Vice President: Brandon Elrod, North American Mission Board
- Professional Development Coordinator: Doug Rogers, Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions
- Treasurer: Elizabeth Young, Arizona Southern Baptist Convention
- Communications Vice President: Bobby Puffenburger, Innovative Faith Resources
- Awards Chairmen: Cam Tracy, Union University (Interactive, Photography, Overall Publication); Chris Turner, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board (AV, Design); Katherine Chute, Gateway Seminary (Public Relations, News Writing, Feature Writing)
- Historian: Cam Tracy, Union University
- Executive Director: Margaret Colson
Lifetime Members Inducted
Workshop Recap
Baptist communicators meet for networking & learning
By Art Toalston
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (BP) — Kimber Huff once was in Russia engaging in church planting in the nation’s fourth-largest city, Yekaterinburg, with an estimated 1.4 million people.
Today, Huff is in Northborough, Mass., writing and editing articles for the Baptist Convention of New England and its 360 churches.
She also designs and updates the BCNE website and blog, creates posts for social media, keeps the convention’s smartphone app updated, manages the monthly e-newsletter, and helps develop promotional materials to educate Baptists across six Northeast states about missions and ministries supported by the Cooperative Program and BCNE missions offering.
The BCNE’s lone communications worker had a few days of much-valued networking at the Baptist Communicators Association’s annual workshop in Riverside, Calif., in mid-April.
Awards
- Arthur S. Davenport Award for Exceptional Achievement in Public Relations:
Office of University Communications of Union University for "God in the Whirlwind: A 10-Year Remembrance Campaign" - Diane Reasoner Award for Exceptional Achievement in Interactive Communications:
Office of Communications & Marketing of Ouachita Baptist University for "It's [wash-i-tah] Social Media Post" - M.E. Dodd Award for Exceptional Achievement in Audio-Visual Communications:
Creative Services of the North American Mission Board for "First Baptist Church Sutherland Springs: One year after the shooting" - Fon H. Scofield Award for Exceptional Achievement in Publication Photography:
Adam Covington of Baptist Press for "Patterson: End of an Era" - Frank Burkhalter Award for Exceptional Achievement in News Writing:
Illinois Baptist Media for "Graham in Illinois" - Leonard Holloway Award for Exceptional Achievement in Feature Writing:
Grace Thornton of Baptist Press for "Mothers headed to abortion get baby-saving compassion" - Albert McClellan Award for Exceptional Achievement in Print Media and Design:
Office of University Communications of Union University for "Women's Basketball Locker Room Wrap"