Convention Schedule and Speakers

Convention Theme: Christ’s Church: The Pillar and Ground of the Truth
1700th anniversary of the Nicene Creed

Schedule:

Tuesday

11:00am – 4:00pm – Executive Committee lunch and meeting
7:00  Christ’s Church: The Pillar and Ground of the Truth, Dan Greenfield, Orwell Bible Church, Orwell, OH 

Wednesday

9:00  Standing for the truth, Acts 15:2, Mark Evans, Hope Presbyterian Church, Greenville, SC
9:30  Departing from the truth, 1 Tim 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
3:30    Breakout Session 2
4:30    Dinner (area restaurants)
7:00    God is Triune, Mike Harding, First Baptist Church, Troy, MI

Thursday

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    Breakout Session 3
2:30    Breakout Session 4
3:45    Panel discussion
5:00    Dinner at the church
7:00    Christ’s Church Preserving and Persevering in the Truth, Jonathan Smith, Tipton Bible Church, Tipton, IA

Breakout sessions

  • An analysis and assessment of Al Mohler’s theological triage, Kevin Hobi
  • Eastern Orthodoxy, John Mark Turner
  • Is music amoral? Mike Harding
  • Issues in the chaplaincy Ron Benzig
  • Modern Memoirs: Whose Glory and Whose Truth? Jonathan Peters
  • Teaching separation in discipleship, Randy Reagan
  • What’s going on in and through contemporary “Christian” music concerts? Dan Greenfield
  • Why the Roman Catholic Church is not the true church
  • Panel Discussion: Learning from Veteran Ministers—Mark Evans, John McKnight, Ron Benzig, Mike Harding