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Consultation 05
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THE MERCER PREACHING CONSULTATION 05

18-20 September 2005
The King and Prince Hotel
St. Simons Island, GA

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”

                               

 

The Center for Baptist Studies, Mercer University, 1400 Coleman Avenue, Macon, GA 31207      Phone (478) 301-5457