AFRICAN AMERICAN FELLOWSHIP
The African American Fellowship of the Baptist Convention of Maryland/ Delaware (AAFM/D) exists to encourage and nurture the development of partnerships among regional congregations to fulfill the work of the National African American Fellowship.
OUR HISTORY
The African American Fellowship was founded in 1998 at the Skycroft Retreat Center with the Director of Missions from Prince George’s, Montgomery, and Baltimore along with the Executive Director of the Baptist Convention of Maryland and Delaware.
The African American Fellowship (AAF) was originally formed as an Advisory team to the BCM/D to orient African American churches into Southern Baptist culture.
OUR PURPOSE
Our purpose is to provide a unified base of all Southern Baptist Churches in Maryland and Delaware that identify themselves as African American congregants. We aim to connect African American churches and pastors in order to build relationships, form partnerships, and organize fellowships with one another. We encourage African American churches to partner together to adopt and fulfill the objectives of the BCM/D and the objectives set forth by the National African American Fellowship.
OUR VISION
The AAF envisions a BCM/D that fully embraces the great commandment, reflects the unity of the body of Christ, and celebrates our diversity while carrying out the great commission. We embrace and adopt the core values of the National African American Fellowship of the SBC.
- We believe that the Bible is the inerrant Word of God.
- We believe and support the Baptist Faith and message.
- We believe that people are lost but created in the image of God.
- We believe that salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Jesus Christ alone.
- We affirm cultural diversity in expression of worship.
Our vision is to create a premier learning community that is intentional about developing the heart, the hands and the habits of servant leaders for global impact as ambassadors of Jesus Christ.
OUR STRATEGY
Our Strategy is to meet the needs of African American churches in the areas of Church Planting, Church Growth and Revitalization, as well as Church Sending (Missions).
To accomplish these tasks, we will work through the foundational structure and strategy of the George Liele Leadership Institute (GLLI).
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to enlist and equip Believers to think and live as Christ-centered, biblically based and Holy Spirit-led Christians; and to send them back to their neighborhoods and to the nations of the world, to proclaim and advance God’s kingdom agenda in the church and society.
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OUR GOALS
Strengthening Churches
Birthing New Ministries
Supporting Missions
Making a Lasting Impact
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Leadership Team
Rev. Dr. Nathaniel B. Thomas
President
Rev. Dr. Bernard Fuller
Executive Board Member
Rev. Victor O. Kirk, Sr.
Vice President
Rev. Dennis Marshall
Executive Board Member
Rev. Vernon Lattimore
Secretary
Rev. Mark Roy
Executive Board Member
Rev. Byron Day
Treasurer