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July 18, 2011, FWB21 held its first panel discussion at the National Association of Free Will Baptists meeting in Charlotte, NC. Curt Gwartney, Matt Pinson, David Potete, Karl Sexton, Charles Cook, and Archie Ratliff to discussed “Denominational Identity + Kingdom Mindedness.” Jacob Riggs was moderator.

For more information about fwb21, please see this website.

The video below is a copy of the feed that streamed live during the discussion. It has not been edited in anyway. Due to bandwidth limitations on site, we had to limit the size and quality of the feed.

According to statistics provided by our hosting company, more than 2,500 viewers from more than 20 countries and 45 states tuned in to watch services of the National Association of Free Will Baptists meeting in Charlotte, NC, July 17-20, 2011. In addition to the anonymous data provided by the web host, viewers commented via email, text message, web posts, Twitter tweets, and Facebook messages. The response was overwhelmingly positive.

One of the most common requests was that we provide video of the services on demand and that we broadcast NYC events, especially the Wednesday night awards ceremony. The Media Commission will continue to work with the Executive Office and Randall House to expand the access and availability of online video feeds of the convention.

If you are a local church or association webmaster and would like to syndicate the live feed of the National Convention services on your website, please contact the webmaster here at fwbmedia.com. You may download the necessary code here, but please let the webmaster know if you have embedded the feed into your site. We will inform you of any updates or last-minute technical announcements.