Save the Date! 64th Annual Session in Chicago July 20-24, 2025

Rev. Dr. Kary Gerone Free

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Rev. Dr. Kary Gerone Free. Dr. Free transitioned from earth to eternity on October 31, 2020 at Integris Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City, OK.

Reverend Dr. C. S. Sanders

Reverend Dr. C. S. Sanders went home to be with our Lord on Friday, September 4, 2020 at 10:12 PM in his home surrounded by family and close friends.

PNBC Social Justice Commission: The D.C. Declaration Statement

Once again, the body of Christ has been called upon by God to witness to the creative power of love, Justice, mercy and righteousness over the cruel and infernal powers of darkness that has usurped God’s creation and bent it to the will of political corruption, cruelty, avarice and greed.

The Rev. John Robert Lewis

The Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. Celebrates the life and witness of one of our Convention’s beloved soldiers, Congressman, The Rev. John Robert Lewis, a National treasure and legendary Civil and Human Rights Icon.

59th Annual Session Update

On April 18, 2020 under the leadership of the Twenty-first President, Dr. Timothy Stewart, the Board of Directors of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. unanimously agreed upon a virtual Fifty-ninth Annual Session and authorized the President to use the influence of his office to usher the idea into reality.

PNBC Annual Session and COVID

On January 21, 2020 a young man in Washington State was diagnosed with novel coronavirus (covid-19), by February 26th we had our first case with a citizen with no travel history and by March 13th the President declared we had a national emergency as the pandemic reached all corners of the world.

Mother Jessie W. Jordan

Regretfully, we announced the passing and home-going of another Progressive sister, Mother Jessie W. Jordan (Oklahoma City, OK), affectionately known as “Mama J,” on January 21, 2020. At 105 years young, the Lord allowed her to take her eternal rest from earthly labor to receiving her eternal reward.