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This year’s conference, "Developing a Worldview-Driven Church for
Serious Times," is designed to address this crisis. Adults, college
students, and teens are all invited to attend.
SPEAKERS
 The
conference will feature two extraordinary speakers and effective
Christian servants including
Dr. James
Emery White,
an author of 14 books (most published by InterVarsity and Baker),
president of "Serious Times" (a ministry that connects faith to
culture), and founding and current senior pastor at Mecklenburg
Community Church in Charlotte, NC (a church that started in 1992
with one family and now has over 5,000 active attenders). He has a
remarkable ability to help Christians of all ages understand their
faith and engage their culture. He will encourage, challenge, and
motivate you to understand and live a biblical worldview.
 Also
addressing the conference is
Mike Baker,
senior pastor at Eastview Christian Church in Bloomington, IL, a
fast-growing church with innovative ministries. Mike has also been
a popular youth speaker who has led sessions for over 150,000 at 40
Christ in Youth conferences, 15 state teen conventions, and 4 North
American Christian Conventions.
The conference will also offer special sessions just for teens and
youth workers and preview some presentations in
The Bible & Worldview Institute, a new weekend event that is
being developed for local churches. Short BWI previews will be
given by Bob Lowery, Bob Kurka, Don Green, Robert Douglas, Brian
Johnson, Brian Mills, Rondel Ramsey, and Rich Knopp.
SPECIAL “MENTORING” EMPHASIS
The conference is intended
to develop mentoring relationships—an opportunity for preachers,
elders, Sunday school teachers, youth sponsors, parents,
grandparents, and others to
bring and plan to mentor
a friend, a son or daughter, a grandson or granddaughter, a
co-worker, a young person at church, etc. We will even provide some
follow-up discussion questions to use after the conference.
While
we’d love to have entire youth groups or Sunday school classes
attend, we especially want church leaders to reach out to a few
people, invite them to come, bring them, and then plan to spend some
follow-up time with them after the conference.
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HOW CAN YOU MAKE A
DIFFERENCE?
Because of the important theme,
because of the mentoring emphasis, and because we are reaching out
for the first time to Christian teens, we need your help.
Here are some specific
ways that you can promote this conference and help your church and
others you care about develop a biblical worldview.
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Plan to attend
yourself. It will be a great opportunity for YOU to be fed.
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Specifically invite
and bring others with you—especially Christian teens or college
age youth. (But even if you cannot come yourself, you can still
be a big help.)
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Send out an email to
others and let them know about the conference.
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Make sure that
information about the conference is in your church bulletin and
newsletters from now until Feb. 23. (Specifically encourage
parents to bring their teenage children.)
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Download and print a conference poster for your church and
Sunday school classes.
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If you use a computer
and video projector in your church auditorium or other places, download
a PowerPoint file and copy and paste the slides in your
announcements.
We are
eagerly anticipating this conference and its positive effects on
churches, families, and individual Christians. And we truly
appreciate your involvement in making it a great success.
REGISTER ONLINE now to hold your spots. Discounts are available
for registering by February 15, and a reduced registration fee is
being offered to young people. Lunch will be provided at the
conference.
More information and a conference
schedule are available online or by contacting the Church
Development Office at 217-732-3168 x2201.
[Press Release from Lincoln
Christian College & Seminary]
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