From today’s Baptist Press:

Though the signing and celebrating of the covenant still needs to take place, it’s official: Baltimore will become the North American Mission Board’s newest Strategic Focus City.

Baltimore Baptist Association pastors officially have agreed to NAMB’s November 2005 invitation to form a partnership to focus national resources in local church evangelism and church planting efforts in the Baltimore area.

Now is the time to come be a part of our state convention. This is a great convention, dare say, the best in the convention. The best that I’ve been a part of certainly.