SADDENED BY THE PERSISTENT RACIAL AND THEOLOGICAL DIVISIONS BETWEEN BAPTIST COMMUNITIES AND IN THE UNITED STATES, IN 2007 PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER BROUGHT TOGETHER PROMINENT LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE BAPTIST FAMILY REPRESENTING 30 BAPTIST ORGANIZATION AND MORE THAN 20 MILLION PEOPLE. FROM THIS EFFORT, A MINISTRY OF ACTION NAMED NEW BAPTIST COVENANT WAS BORN, TO CREATE VIBRANT, INCLUSIVE BAPTIST COMMUNITIES, BUILDING BRIDGES IN PLACES PREVIOUSLY MARKED BY DIVISION. WE ARE CALLED BY GOD TO CHAMPION THE WEAK AND OPPRESSED, HONOR THE DIVERSE WORKINGS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND TO SHARE THE LOVE OF CHRIST.