We are excited host the 2025 Annual Gathering of the Alliance of Baptists, March 28-30!

Conference Keynote Speaker: Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney

The Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney, Ph.D. is a biblical scholar whose work focuses on translation of the scriptures for congregations and lay readers, womanist and feminist biblical interpretation and, women who prophesied in ancient Israel and the ancient Afro-Asiatic world. She is the Right Rev. Sam B. Hulsey Professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth, Texas. She is the author of A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church and translator of its biblical selections; the first two volumes, Year A and W (a stand-alone volume) were published in 2021. Volume B was published in July 2023 and C in July 2024. She is the author of Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to Women of the Torah and of the Throne, a commentary on Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah in the Wisdom series; Daughters of Miriam: Women Prophets in Ancient Israel; and co-editor of The Peoples’ Bible and The Peoples’ Companion to the Bible. The second volume of Womanist Midrash focusing on women in the Former Prophets: Joshua Judges, Samuel and Kings is expected in October 2024.

Preachers

Rev. Dr. Gabby Cudjoe Wilkes, founding-co lead pastor of The Double Love Experience Church in Brooklyn, New York and The Inaugural Director of The Technology, Innovation & Digital Engagement Lab Fellowship at Union Theological Seminary. 

Rev. Dr. Leah Grundset Davis (she/her), pastor at Ravensworth Baptist Church, Annandale, VA, an Alliance of Baptists’ partner congregation.

Rev. Danielle Dufoe, preacher, teacher, and dedicated abolitionist. As a Black transgender woman, Rev. Dufoe has a particular sensitivity for those harmed by the weaponization of gender. She is a life-long learner and proud alumna of Howard University School of Divinity. 

Early-Bird Registration is now open!

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Register to Attend Virtually HERE.

Full Conference Information: https://allianceofbaptists.org/ag25