Wednesday, January 3, 2007

The Many Faces of the SBC: A Conference on Baptist Identity

The Baptist Identity Conference, February 15-17, in Jackson, Tennessee.

Speakers include:

Paige Patterson, of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary will speak on “What Contemporary Baptists Can Learn from Anabaptists.”

Timothy George, dean of Beeson Divinity School, will speak on “The Future of Baptist Identity in a Post-Denominational World.”

Tom Rainer, president of LifeWay Christian Resources, will speak on “Evangelism and Church Growth in the Southern Baptist Convention.”

David Dockery, president of Union University, will speak on “The Southern Baptist Convention since 1979.”

Frank Page, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, “The Role of the Cooperative Program in the 21st Century.”

Russell Moore, dean of the School of Theology and senior vice president for academic administration at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, “T.T. Eaton: Drawing on 19th Century Baptist Models.”

Steve Gaines, pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, Tenn., “The Future of the Traditional Church.”

Greg Thornbury, dean of the School of Christian Studies at Union University, “The Angry Young Men of the SBC.”

Ed Stetzer, missiologist and research team director at the North American Mission Board, “Toward a Missional Convention.”

Mike Day, director of missions for the Mid-South Baptist Association in Memphis, Tenn., “The Future of Baptist Associations and State Conventions.”

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