For immediate release..... 6/22/25 @ 5:10 PM EDT Local Pastor to receive EQUALITY AWARD for service.
The Noank Baptist Church (NBC) is proud to announce that our Pastor, Junior White, was chosen to receive the 2025 "Passion for Equality" Award from the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists (AWAB). He will be only the 5th recipient of this prestigious award, which will be presented to him during Church worship on June 29, 2025. The local public are welcomed to this event.
As the only organization solely devoted to building the Welcoming and Affirming movement within the Baptist traditions, AWAB has been supporting churches in being and becoming Welcoming and Affirming of all people regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation. AWAB works as individuals, congregations, regional groupings and as a national body to advance the Radical Welcome and Love of God in Jesus Christ through being the Ministry of Reconciliation.
The NBC itself has a long record of being inclusive as well as being focused on our local Noank area community. Currently, we sponsor activity programs for young children as well as help provide residential services for senior citizens at both the Independent Living and Congregate levels, We recently assisted a Haitian refugee family which enabled them to eventually locate a permanent home, .
For further info, call the office at 860 536 7129 on Tuesdays through Thursdays 9am to 2pm. ----------------------------------------------------------
Submitted by- Edward Johnson, Church Council, 18 Cathedral Heights, Noank, CT 06340
