If you have an interest in Calvinism in the Southern Baptist Convention, you will not want to miss this Building Bridges event at Ridgecrest.
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I will present some research on Calvinism among recent SBC seminary graduates. The rest of the presentations are included below in the (now official) schedule:
Building Bridges: Southern Baptists and Calvinism November 26-28, 2007 Ridgecrest Conference CenterMonday, November 26
3:00 - 3:45 p.m., Introductory Matters – The ARC
• Greetings from LifeWay Research
Brad Waggoner - Vice President, Research and Ministry Development
Ed Stetzer - Director, LifeWay Research and resident missiologist• Building Bridges Theme
Thom S. Rainer - President and CEO, LifeWay Christian Resources
3:45 - 5:30 p.m., Session 1 – The Historical Record
• David Dockery - President, Union University
• Tom Nettles - Professor of Historical Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary5:45 - 7:15 p.m., Dinner – Rhododendron Dining Hall
7:30 p.m., Worship
• James Merritt - Pastor, Cross Pointe, The Church at Gwinnett Center, Atlanta, GA
• R. Albert Mohler, Jr. - President, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Tuesday, November 277:00 - 8:00 a.m. Breakfast – Rhododendron Dining Hall
8:00 - 8:30 a.m. Prayer Time – The ARC
8:30 - 10:15 a.m., Session 2 – Calvinism: A Cause for Rejoicing, A Cause for Concern
• Malcolm Yarnell - Assistant Dean, Theological Studies; Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
• Jeff Noblit - Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Muscle Shoals, AL10:15 - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 - 12:30 p.m., Session 3 – The Atonement: Its Design, Nature, and Extent
• David Nelson - Senior Vice President, Academic Administration; Professor of Theology, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
• Sam Waldron - Academic Dean; Professor of Theology, Midwest Center for Theological Studies, Owensboro, KY12:30 - 1:45 p.m., Lunch – Rhododendron Dining Hall
2:00 - 3:45 p.m., Session 4 – Theological Stereotypes: Let’s Be Fair and Honest with Each Other
• Charles Lawless - Dean, Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism and Church Growth, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
• Nathan Finn – Instructor of Church History, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary3:45 - 5:30 p.m., Session 5 – Election and Calling: A Biblical/Theological Study
• Ken Keathley - Senior Associate Dean; Professor of Theology, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
• Greg Welty - Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary5:45 - 7:15 p.m., Dinner – Rhododendron Dining Hall
The late night coffee debates over effectual calling should be... well... exciting to the people having them. Grin.
Comments (4)
Okay Ed
the real question is not Calvinism or Arminianism...
The question is: are you a Mac guy?
You're one of the few leaders today that I'd really like to meet. But I must know the answer to this question. I hope you choose wisely :)
Blessings!
larryboatright
Posted by Larry Boatright | October 10, 2007 8:07 PM
Posted on October 10, 2007 20:07
Ed,
As a SBC church planter and pastor who is also Reformed theologically, I wish I could attend this conference. I will not be able to though due to my commitments to California Baptist University where I teach Church Planting twice a week. This is my first semester to teach and I better not miss any classes.
If you are ever on the West Coast let me know... I would love to meet you. So would our pastors at Murrieta Valley Church in Murrieta, CA.
May God's blessings be upon this conference and I look forward to listening to the audio.
Posted by Jason Robertson | October 11, 2007 12:08 AM
Posted on October 11, 2007 00:08
Ed,
I don't know what's more amazing, that Calvinism was misspelled or that no one in the blogosphere caught it until now!
See you at the conference.
Mark
Posted by johnMark | October 11, 2007 11:53 AM
Posted on October 11, 2007 11:53
This issue has been resolved thousands of times in the Lounge and Coffee shops of Seminaries across the land!!
I am praying that there will be a beneficial and exegetical dialogue with genuine substance. Most such endeavors are long on polemics and tragically short on exegesis.
We always hear an appeal for balance - - in October I went to Leiden and visited the reported burial site of Jacobus Arminius. In April I will go to Dordrecht and visit the site of the Council of Dort.
When John Calvin & John Wesley met in heaven there was an immediate reconciliation and resolution of their differences. The reason - Wesley said - "John, you were correct all along!!"
What does the text say? That should be the passion of every Pastor/Scholar exegete. All claim to humble themselves under the authority and sufficiency of Scripture. However, that is profoundly a myth as evidenced by the condition of the church in America. We measure everything except what matters most - - TRANSFORMATION. When this dimension of ministry appears on the ACP we will be able to say we are making real progress - genuine, humble theological progress.
In Grace,
Tom
Posted by Tom Fillinger | November 16, 2007 6:47 PM
Posted on November 16, 2007 18:47