For several years now, I have had a growing burden to develop a preaching conference with a singular focus on Jesus. We have conferences uncounted in the independent Baptist orbit, and I am not against them. Conferences on prayer, on church growth, on missions, on separation, on preaching, on leadership, on addictions ministries, on bus ministries, on marriage, et al. We have conferences for pastors, for teenagers, for single adults, for ladies, for men, for missionaries, and for colleges. I repeat, I am not against them. I have been to more of them than I can count and I have always found a blessing. I am not saying our conference will be somehow better or superior to any of those. But as I grow older I find an ever-increasing burden to center the emphasis of whatever ministry I have around Jesus Christ. So as spring turns to summer here along the banks of the Mississippi River, the Bible Baptist Church of Dubuque, Iowa, plans to try to do exactly that.
When is it? The Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of Memorial Day week, May 27, 28, and 29. We will run two preachers each morning and two more each evening, twelve sermons in total. The only instruction each preacher has been given is to bring us a message about Jesus. Who is preaching? Nobody well known, really, but we are good with that. Joel Bible. Chris Birkholz. Tom Brennan. Paul Crow. Donald Link. Cole Mahle. Ed Mast. A. J. Potter. Ben Sinclair. Keeton Wainscott. How much does it cost? Nothing. We're working at providing accommodations. At the least, we should be able to point you in the direction of a discounted rate at a decent hotel. We'll tell you as soon as we can. As a church, we are new at this so be patient with us. We plan to provide lunch each day of the conference since good fellowship is an essential part of the edification of such things.
The Christ Conference. Ten men. Twelve sermons. Every message about Jesus.
We invite you to join us.
They ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ. Acts 5:42