The 84th annual convention of the American Council of Christian Churches is in just over a week! Information, schedule, and registration are all available here. Please register if you’re planning on joining us so we may be adequately prepared to minister to you!
This year’s convention has 8 different breakout presentations planned, all directed toward expressing and fulfilling the convention’s theme of “Christ’s Church: The Pillar and Ground of the Truth.”
Here is the full schedule with breakout sessions (available as a poster here):
Tuesday, October 21
11:00 Executive Committee Meeting
7:00 Christ’s Church: The Pillar and Ground of the Truth, Dan Greenfield, Orwell Bible Church, Orwell, OH
Wednesday, October 22
9:00 Standing for the Truth, Acts 15:2, Mark Evans, Hope Presbyterian Church, Greenville, SC
9:30 Departing from the Truth, 1 Timothy 4:1, Stephen Spence, Grace Bible Church, Avella, PA
10:30 Break
11:00 Jesus Christ: Fully God, Fully Man, John McKnight, Reformation Bible Church, Darlington, MD
12:00 Lunch at the church
1:00 Floor business meeting
2:15 Breakout Session 1
- Issues in the Chaplaincy, Ron Benzig
- Modern Memoirs: Whose Glory and Whose Truth? Jonathan Peters
3:30 Breakout Session 2
- Teaching Separation in Discipleship, Randy Reagan
- Why the Roman Catholic Church is not the True Church, Dan Greenfield
4:30 Dinner (area restaurants)
7:00 God is Triune, Mike Harding, First Baptist Church, Troy, MI
Thursday, October 23
9:00 Rejoicing in the Truth, Acts 15:31, Bob Thompson, Heritage Hills Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, NC
9:30 How Important Is Complementarianism? Peter Youmans, Davidson Baptist Church, Hazard, KY
10:30 Break
11:00 The International Conference of Evangelical Chaplain Endorsers and the Military Chaplaincy, Ron Benzig, President, ICECE, retired Army chaplain with Associated Gospel Churches; currently pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church, Mills River, NC
12:00 Lunch at the church
1:15 Panel Discussion: Learning from Veteran Ministers, Mark Evans, John McKnight, Ron Benzig, Mike Harding
2:30 Breakout Session 3
- Is Music Amoral? Mike Harding
- Eastern Orthodoxy, John Mark Turner
3:45 Breakout Session 4
- An Analysis and Assessment of Al Mohler’s Theological Triage, Kevin Hobi
- What’s Going on In and Through Contemporary “Christian” Music Concerts? Dan Greenfield
5:00 Dinner at the church
7:00 Christ’s Church Preserving and Persevering in the Truth
Jonathan Smith, Tipton Bible Church, Tipton, IA
