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18-20 September 2005 Co-sponsored by The James and Carolyn McAfee School of Theology, R. Alan Culpepper, Dean and The Center for Baptist Studies, Walter B. Shurden, Executive Director
Truett Gannon, presiding Sunday Evening: 18 September 4:00-7:45 Check In and Registration
8:00-8:30 R. Kirby Godsey, President, Mercer University “Preaching in the Baptist Wilderness”
8:30-9:30 Gardner C. Taylor, Pastor Emeritus, The Concord Baptist Church of Christ, Brooklyn, NY “From Glory to Glory”
9:30-10:15 Reception by President’s Office, Mercer University
Walter B. Shurden, presiding Monday Morning: 19 September
8:30-9:15 John Claypool, Professor of Preaching, McAfee School of Theology “Preaching as StoryTelling”
9:15-9:45 Bob Setzer, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Macon, GA “Preaching Not Only the Gospel, But also Your Self”
9:45-10:15 Kay Wilson Shurden, Marriage and Family Therapist, Macon, GA “The Church as Family”
10:15-10:45 Fellowship/Refreshments by Morningstar Treatment Services, Inc.
10:45-11:15 Jim Evans, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Auburn, AL “What Does Faith Look Like?”
11:15-11:45 Margaret Dee Bratcher, Professor of Christianity, Mercer University, Macon, GA “Preaching Values in the Book of Ruth”
11:45-12:30 John Claypool, Professor of Preaching, McAfee School of Theology “Preaching as Gift-Giving”
Truett Gannon, presiding Monday Evening: 19 September
7:30-8:30 Gardner C. Taylor, Pastor Emeritus, The Concord Baptist Church of Christ, Brooklyn, NY “A Dialogue in Depth”
8:30-8:45 Fellowship/Refreshment Break by Morningstar Treatment Services, Inc.
8:45-9:15 Hardy Clemons, Pastor Emeritus, First Baptist Church, Greenville, SC “Reflecting on Forty Years in the Pastorate”
Walter B. Shurden , presiding
Tuesday Morning: 20 September
8:30-9:00 Bill Coates, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Gainesville, GA “Putting the Fun Into Our Preaching”
9:00-9:30 Sarah Withers, Retired Pastor’s Wife “The Pew Talks Back to the Pulpit About Preaching”
9:30-10:30 Gardner C. Taylor, Pastor Emeritus, The Concord Baptist Church of Christ, Brooklyn, NY
“A Benediction for All”
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