2011 Reformed Baptist Family Conference
"The Church at the Crossroads"
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. We are grateful that you are registered to attend the 2011 Reformed Baptist Family Conference in Louisville, KY, July 5th through July 8th. We know that many of you have joined our church in praying for this time together and we look forward to God answering those prayers in many ways. We know that your attendance at the conference requires the giving of time and financial resources to this effort so we thank you for making those sacrifices. The sign in for the conference will be held in the lobby of The Legacy Hotel on campus at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. See the location page for a simple map that should assist you in finding that location and Legacy is well marked and easy to find once you are on campus. The seminary's address is on the map as well if you need it for GPS or printing online directions. From 1:00 pm to 5:30 pm on Tuesday, July 5th our church will have folks there to greet you and provide you with detailed schedules, meal tickets and information regarding the week. Also, if you have rooms reserved at The Legacy Hotel or in the dorm, you will be able to get the necessary keys and room assignments there in the lobby. Tuesday evening's dinner will begin at 5:30 pm and the first preaching service will begin at 7 pm (evening services will be at the main Chapel at Southern), the first message being preached by Pastor William Hughes. We have approximately 335 people registered for the conference so we trust that many will meet brethren previously unknown to each other and that this conference will create further church and personal ties that bind us together in Christ.
For many years Reformed Baptists and like minded brethren throughout the midwestern and eastern United States enjoyed annual family conferences. We are pleased to announce the return of a similar family conference! The Reformed Baptist Church of Louisville will host the conference on the campus of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY on July 5-8, 2011.
Our goal in hosting this conference is to renew the fellowship that often formed during those past conferences, to have the Gospel preached and to provide a restful few days for those who attend.
We chose the name "Church at the Crossroads" to represent what we asked the invited pastors to meditate and preach on at the conference. Our prayer is that the conference will give us the opportunity to look back at the foundational truths God has established among us, to evaluate some of the issues confronting us today and to hopefully look to the future.
Below are the preaching topics by speaker:
Pastor Bill Hughes - How Firm a Foundation, the essential elements of our faith
Pastor Stu Johnston - Contemporary Challenges, reaching our world and our communities with the Gospel
Pastor Jeremy Walker - The Way Forward, encouragements for a future, faithful generation
Pastor Jim Savastio - Our Great Need, Our Great Hope
We are excited to announce that there will be a Matthew Smith acoustic concert and hymn sing on Thursday evening for any who are interested. It will be following the conclusion of the evening service and will be in a separate location from the chapel where the evening services are located. Matthew Smith is a singer-song writer based out of Nashville who writes new music to centuries old hymns. His website can be found at http://www.matthewsmith.us/. During his concerts, he has lyrics of the hymns available and he will encourage those in attendance to sing along with him. In an interivew with the St. Petersburg Times, Matthew states "I think that the honesty of the hymn writers struck me, as well as their focus on Jesus and what he has done, rather than on ourselves and what we have done or what we want to do." He goes on to say, "I think our culture in general is self-centered, and so that's going to be reflected in the church as well. It's good for me to sing these hymns by people who lived 300 years ago because it helps me step out of my cultural context for a moment and get a perspective that's older and of very wise men and women who lived hundreds of years ago."
For many years Reformed Baptists and like minded brethren throughout the midwestern and eastern United States enjoyed annual family conferences. We are pleased to announce the return of a similar family conference! The Reformed Baptist Church of Louisville will host the conference on the campus of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY on July 5-8, 2011.
Our goal in hosting this conference is to renew the fellowship that often formed during those past conferences, to have the Gospel preached and to provide a restful few days for those who attend.
We chose the name "Church at the Crossroads" to represent what we asked the invited pastors to meditate and preach on at the conference. Our prayer is that the conference will give us the opportunity to look back at the foundational truths God has established among us, to evaluate some of the issues confronting us today and to hopefully look to the future.
Below are the preaching topics by speaker:
Pastor Bill Hughes - How Firm a Foundation, the essential elements of our faith
Pastor Stu Johnston - Contemporary Challenges, reaching our world and our communities with the Gospel
Pastor Jeremy Walker - The Way Forward, encouragements for a future, faithful generation
Pastor Jim Savastio - Our Great Need, Our Great Hope
We are excited to announce that there will be a Matthew Smith acoustic concert and hymn sing on Thursday evening for any who are interested. It will be following the conclusion of the evening service and will be in a separate location from the chapel where the evening services are located. Matthew Smith is a singer-song writer based out of Nashville who writes new music to centuries old hymns. His website can be found at http://www.matthewsmith.us/. During his concerts, he has lyrics of the hymns available and he will encourage those in attendance to sing along with him. In an interivew with the St. Petersburg Times, Matthew states "I think that the honesty of the hymn writers struck me, as well as their focus on Jesus and what he has done, rather than on ourselves and what we have done or what we want to do." He goes on to say, "I think our culture in general is self-centered, and so that's going to be reflected in the church as well. It's good for me to sing these hymns by people who lived 300 years ago because it helps me step out of my cultural context for a moment and get a perspective that's older and of very wise men and women who lived hundreds of years ago."
