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What's Happening 

Here is a listing of major district (UMBA), state (Empire Baptist Missionary Convention),
and National Baptist Convention events to help in your planning.

To add dates to the calendar, please email Sis. Carla Francis at cfrancistbc@gmail.com

  • JANUARY

    • Sunday, 4th -- Ordination Services​ at St. Luke Baptist Church, Harlem

    • Monday, 12th-Thursday, 15th - National Baptist Convention Midwinter Gathering, Jacksonville, FL

    • Thursday, 15th -- Pre-installation service for Rev. Horace Sanders, Bethesda Baptist of New Rochelle

    • Friday, 16th -- Installation banquet for Rev. Horace Sanders

    • Sunday, 18th

      • Homegoing services for Rev. Dr. Charles Curtis, Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, Harlem

      • Installation services for Rev. Horace Sanders, Bethesda Baptist Church of New Rochelle

      • Third Pastoral Anniversary services for Rev. Gail Parker, Lowly Nazarene Baptist Church, Bronx

    • Friday, 23rd -- JLS Associate Ministers at Antioch Baptist Church, Harlem

    • Saturday, 24th -- Lottie B. Heath Youth & Young Adults convene at Antioch Baptist Church, Harlem

    • Sunday, 25th -- Ordination Services at Gethsemane Baptist Church, Bronx

    • Monday, 26th -- UMBA Mass Choir Rehearsal at Memorial Baptist Church

    • Tuesday, 27th-Friday 30th -- First Quarterly Session at the Union Baptist Church, Harlem ​​​

  • FEBRUARY

    • Tuesday, 4th -- UMBA Board Meeting at Memorial Baptist Church, Harlem

    • Sunday, Monday, 15th and 16th -- Empire Baptist Missionary Convention Congress Retreat in Poughkeepsie

    • Wednesday, 18th - ASH WEDNESDAY

    • Sunday, 22nd - Rev. Dr. Lois Giles' 17th Pastoral Anniversary, Seven Light Baptist Church, Bronx

    • Saturday, 28th -- Laymen's Auxiliary Annual Black History Breakfast 

  • MARCH

    • ​Friday, 6th -- Empire Baptist Missionary Convention Women's Conference

    • Saturday, 7th -- Rev. Shepherd Lee, Baptist Temple, 20th Pastoral Anniversary banquet at Eastwood Manor

    • Sunday, 8th -- Rev. Dr. Torrence Robinson's 43rd Pastoral Anniversary, Gethsemane Baptist Church 

    • Saturday, 21st

      • Rev. Dr. Gloria Bradshaw, Mt. Bethel Baptist Church, 20th Pastoral Anniversary banquet at Marina del Ray

      • Mt. Carmel Baptist Church's 70th Anniversary celebration

    • Saturday, 28th -- Men's Conference at Union Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Bronx

    • Sunday, 29th -- PALM SUNDAY​​​​​​​

  • APRIL

    • Sunday, 5th -- RESURRECTION SUNDAY

    • Saturday, 11th -- Pearl Tuthill Scholarship Luncheon at Eastwood Manor

    • Saturday, 25th -- Lottie B. Heath Youth & Young Adults convene at Antioch Baptist Church, Harlem

    • Tuesday, 28th - Thursday, 30th -- Second Quarterly Session at the Antioch Baptist Church, Harlem

  • MAY

    • Friday, 1st -- Second Quarterly Session at the Antioch Baptist Church, Harlem

    • Tuesday, 5th -- UMBA Board Meeting at Memorial Baptist Church, Harlem

    • Tuesday, 5th-Thursday, 7th -- 131st Empire Baptist Missionary Convention Semi-Annual Meeting

    • Monday, 11th-Friday, 15th -- UMBA Congress of Christian Education Week 

    • Saturday, 16th -- Ushers & Nurses Auxiliary Annual Tea

    • Thursday, 21st - Rev. Dr. Kimberly Holmes, St. John's Baptist Church, 1st annual sneaker ball at the Alhambra

    • Sunday, 24th -- Gethsemane Baptist Church, Bronx, celebrates its 97th anniversary

  • JUNE

    • Wednesday, 3rd-Friday, 5th -- UMBA Summer Revival at Memorial Baptist Church with Rev. Dr. DeCarto Draper

    • Sunday, 7th - Thursday, 11th -- Hampton Ministers' Conference

    • Monday, 22nd-Friday, 26th -- National Baptist Convention Congress of Christian Education Week

  • JULY

    • Saturday, 25th -- ​Lottie B. Heath Youth & Young Adults convene at Gethsemane Baptist Church, Bronx

    • Tuesday, 28th - Friday, 31st -- Third Quarterly Session at the Gethsemane Baptist Church, Bronx

  • AUGUST​

    • Tuesday, 4th -- UMBA Board Meeting at Memorial Baptist Church, Harlem​

    • Saturday, 8th -- Rev. Antonio Jordan, St. Stephen Baptist Church, 10th Pastoral Anniversary banquet

  • SEPTEMBER

    • Monday, 7th-Thursday, 10th -- National Baptist Convention USA, 146th Annual Session, Orlando, FL

  • OCTOBER

    • Saturday, 3rd -- Lottie B. Heath Youth & Young Adults convene at Mt. Neboh Baptist Church, Harlem

    • Monday, 5th - Friday, 9th -- UMBA's 71st Annual  Session at the Mt. Neboh Baptist Church, Harlem

    • Tuesday, 13th -- UMBA Board Meeting at Memorial Baptist Church

    • Monday, 19th-Thursday, 22nd -- Empire Baptist Missionary Convention's 131st Annual Session

  • NOVEMBER

    • Sunday, 15th -- Lowly Nazarene's 72nd Church Anniversary

    • Monday, 30th- Wednesday, December 2-- 47th Annual Sunday School Board Conference

  • DECEMBER

    • Saturday, 12th -- 80th Church Anniversary /20th Pastoral Anniversary, Rev. Frederick Crawford and the Union Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Bronx.

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