A group of Southern Baptist leaders gather around Dr. Avery T. Willis Jr. (seated) for a time of prayer and encouragement during a banquet in his honor at Oklahoma Baptist University March 4. The group included (from left) Dr. Tom Elliff; Elvin McCann, IMB missional church strategist; Gerald Kelly; Dr. Jimmy Draper; and Bob Green (center), pastor of Arrow Heights Baptist Church in Broken Arrow, Okla. Willis, who is battling leukemia, asked all in attendance to pray for a cure.