The following positions are to be filled at the 2012 Convention

Convention Officers: 2 positions

• President
• Vice President

Executive Committee: 3 positions

• Conference Representatives for Cape Fear, Central, and Eastern

Children’s Home Board: 3 positions

Foreign Missions Board: 1 position

Home Missions and Evangelism Board: 1 position

Minister’s Program Board: 1 position

Mount Olive College Board of Trustees: 5 positions

Retirement Homes Board: 2 positions

Many of our Denominational Ministries have their special times throughout the year that have become cornerstones for their financial support. For example, the Children’s Home has its “Change for Children,” Cragmont has its annual Golf Tournament, Mount Olive College has the annual fall dinners, Foreign Missions has its Telethon Sunday, the Sunday School Ministry has Rally Day and the Institute, and Home Missions has its First Thursday Meetings. Through these efforts, funds are raised that provide some stability and opportunity to expand their work.

Angels announced His arrival; Shepherds would hurry to see;
Wise men brought gifts in abundance, gifts that were fit for a King.
Stars in the night sky were dancing. All of Heaven broke out in a song,

This is the twelfth and final in a series of articles on the history of OFWBs in recognition of the four hundredth anniversary of the founding of the first General Baptist Church in England in 1611. As Original Free Will Baptists we are heirs of this important movement in Baptist history and it is fitting that we should celebrate our heritage in this Quadricentennial year. We, the Committee, appointed by the Executive Committee of the Convention (2010), hope that these articles have given readers a better appreciation of our denominational history.

WHEREAS, Dr. William Burkette Raper was reared in the Free Will Baptist Children’s Home from the age of nine until seventeen (1936–1944), and has faithfully served God and the Original Free Will Baptist Church since that time, and

The 99th Session of the Original Free Will Baptist Convention is history. What a great three days of worship, fellowship, learning, feasting, and fun. Powerful messages brought our focus back to winning the lost to Christ. The talents of our people were used as instruments of praise to celebrate the greatness of our God. Fun and laughter filled our late nights. The awesome diversity of ministry within our ranks exploded its way through the mid-week service. And, through it all there was a sweet fragrance of unity and harmony adorning the body of Christ.

This article is endorsed by the Convention Executive Committee.