Annual Meeting

During the business portion of the meeting we reviewed the Annual Reports of the Executive Secretary, the Trustees, and The Committee on Christian Work. Copies of the report are available to members of the Boston Baptist Social Union upon request to the Executive Secretary. Mr. Larry Thompson, President of the Nominating Committee, presented a report of nomination the men listed below for election. The men were elected unanimously.

Special Guest: Rev. Dr. John Douhan

The Rev. Dr. John Douhan was born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in nearby Cambridge. He attended Cambridge High and Latin School and received a BA from Harvard College, BD from Bethel Seminary, STM and Doctor of Ministry from Andover Newton Theological School.

He has been a pastor at the South Baptist Church in Worcster, an Area Minister for Metropolitan Boston with The American Baptist churches of Massachusetts (TABCOM), an Associate Executive Minister with TABCOM and Executive Minister of the Inter-Church Council of Greater New Bedford. He has been a faculty member at Barrington College, Harvard Divinity School, and Andover Newton Theological School. He has been a guest lecturer at Boston University School of Theology, Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Central Baptist Theological School, Northern Baptist Theological School, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has also been a Guest Lecturer at the Baptist Seminaries in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland.

He is presently the President of the Massachusetts Baptist Historical Society. He is married to Zelinda and has three sons; John III, Paul and Karl.

The Baptists of Boston: Whence and Whither

Dr. Douhan shares his knowledge of our Baptist heritage in Greater Boston. Dr. Douhan helped us understand our Baptist roots by recounting what he termed the Baptist movement. He told us about men who had “baptist” leanings in Austria and Germany that were contemporaries of Martin Luther. He talked about the Anabaptists in Northwestern Europe and England in the late 16th century. We learned about some of the first Baptists in America here in Boston.

BBSU Choir

The music tonight is provided by the Boston Baptist Social Union Choir. Participation in the choir is open to any of the members. Rehearsal will be held at 5:30 PM in the dining room before the meeting.

Program