8:30 am Early registration
(for Pre-Conference Seminar participants)
9:00 am Pre-Conference Seminars Begin
(requires separate registration)
1. Developing a Biblical Sermon
Timothy Warren
2. Preaching in the New Church Setting
Mark Batterson
12:00 pm Pre-Conference Seminars Adjourn
1:00 pm Registration Begins / Exhibits Open
2:30 pm Opening General Session
Plenary Address: James Emery White,
"Where Do Preaching and Culture Meet?"
Pastors Panel Discussion
5:00 pm Sessions Adjourn; Dinner Break
6:45 pm Pre-Session Music: Richard Allen Farmer
7:00 pm Evening Session
Sermon: Mark Batterson,
"Chase the Lion" (
2 Samuel 23:20-23)
Sermon: A.R. Bernard
9:00 pm Adjournment
8:45 am Morning Session 1
Plenary Address: William Willimon,
"Culturally Relevant Preaching"
Sermon: J. Alfred Smith,
"To Preach or Not to Preach" (
Amos 7:16)
10:30 am Break
11:00 am Morning Session 2
Keynote Address: Charles Colson,
"Preaching and the Public Square"
12:00 pm Lunch Break
2:00 pm Workshop Session One
1. James Emery White
(Santuary)
2. Timothy B. Cargal,
"Seeing a Sermon through
a Camera's Lens" (Multi-Purpose Room)
3. Joseph N. Evans, "Powerful Preaching
that Persuades Powerful People"
(Wedding Chapel)
4. Lucy Hogan, "The Bible in One Hand --
A Blog in the Other"
(Reception Room)
3:00 pm Break
3:30 pm Workshop Session Two
1. William Willimon,
"Preaching the Politics of Jesus"
(Sanctuary)
2. J. Alfred Smith,
"The Bible and Social Justice"
(Wedding Chapel)
3. Timothy Warren,
"Seven Ways to Structure Your Sermon"
(Multi-purpose Room)
4. Lucy Hogan, "On the Seventh Day You
Shall Rest -- How Do Preachers Keep
the Sabbath?" (Reception Room)
4:30 pm Dinner Break
6:45 pm Pre-Session Music: Richard Allen Farmer
7:00 pm Evening Worship
Sermon: Rick Warren
Sermon: Robert Smith,
"The God Who Reads"
(
Isaiah 37:14-18,
36-38)
8:45 am Morning Session
Sermon: R. Leslie Holmes
9:30 am Workshop Session Three
1. James MacDonald,
"25 Things You Can't Learn in School"
(Santuary)
2. Calvin Pearson, "Sheep, Serpents,
and Doves: Using Argumentation Theory
in Biblical Preaching" (Multi-purpose Room)
3. Larry Mercer, "Building a Sermonic Bridge:
Linking Text and Content"
(Wedding Chapel)
10:30 am Refreshment Break
11:00 am Workshop Session Four
1. Robert Smith, "Hybrid Homiletics:
The Art of Reconnecting Head and Heart
in Biblical Preaching" (Sanctuary)
2. David R. Stokes, "This Just In --
Effective Preaching in ian Age of 24/7 News"
(Multi-purpose Room)
3. R. Leslie Holmes,
"How to Reach Your Market Square"
(Sanctuary)
12:00 pm Lunch Break
1:30 pm Afternoon Session 1
Plenary Address: Timothy Warren,
"They Shoot Preachers, Don't They?"
Sermon: Michael Duduit:
"Preaching Wisely" (
1 Cor. 1:17-25)
3:15 pm Refreshment Break
3:45 pm Afternoon Session 2
Plenary Address: Greg Thornbury,
"The Postmodern Opportunity"
5:00 pm Dinner Break
6:45 pm Pre-Session Music: Richard Allen Farmer
7:00 pm Evening Session
Sermon: James MacDonald
Sermon: Barry Black,
"Preaching for a Verdict"
(
1 Kings 18:20-24)
9:00 pm Conference Adjourns