Dallas to be host city for National Baptist Congress Annual Session

City of Dallas sent this bulletin at 04/08/2014 12:43 PM CDT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                           For more information:

April 10, 2014                                                                Call (800) 382-6772 or visit                                                                                                                                           www.rhboydpublishing.com

 

Dallas to be host city for National Baptist Congress Annual Session;

Press conference will be held April 10 at Dallas City Hall


WHAT: 

National Baptist Congress leaders and Dallas officials will announce Dallas as the host city for the 108th Session of the National Baptist Congress to be held June 8 to 13. This will mark the second time the Congress has been held in Dallas in the past six years. Dr. T. B. Boyd III, President and Chief Executive Officer of R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation and the National Baptist Congress, will be in Dallas to increase awareness of the National Baptist Congress, provide information and encourage involvement in this year’s 108th Annual Session.

 

The event is expected to bring up to 12,000 African American attendees to Dallas, and result in a potential boost of more than $7 million to the city economy. The Sheraton Dallas Hotel is the official venue host for the six-day Congress/

 

WHEN & WHERE: 

11 a.m. Thursday, April 10, Dallas City Hall Flag Room, 1500 Marilla Street, 6th Floor

 

WHO: 

- Dr. T.B. Boyd III, President and Chief Executive Officer, R.H. Boyd Publishing, Nashville

- Dr. David Groves, Director of Publishing, R.H. Boyd Publishing, Nashville

- Dr. A.E. Sharp, Congress Host Pastor and Pastor of Tabernacle of Praise Baptist Church, Dallas

- Dr. Denny D. Davis, Congress Co-Host Pastor and Pastor of St. John Church, Grand Prairie

- Rev. Daryl Carter, Congress Co-Host Pastor and Pastor of Carver Heights Baptist Church, Dallas

- Dr. T.L. Brown, Congress Co-Host Pastor and Pastor of Ervay Cedar Baptist Church, Dallas

- Mike Rawlings, Dallas Mayor

- Dwaine Caraway, Dallas City Councilmember, District 4

- Bobby Demby, National Sales, Sheraton Dallas Hotel

- Representatives from the Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau, DFW Airport, Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce, United States Christian Chamber of Commerce and others.

 

Note: Dr. T.B. Boyd III and other Congress officials will be available for interviews after the press conference by contacting Winsor Barbee at (212) 920-9147.

 

 

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