Building Bridges: Southern Baptists and Calvinism Line-Up

Tom Ascol and Ed Stetzer announced yesterday the full schedule for the upcoming conference, “Building Bridges: Southern Baptists and Calvinism” hosted by Founders Ministries and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and sponsored by LifeWay. This conference is one of the most significant developments in SBC life in a long time. For years, bridges have been burned and the smoke still remains in various areas of the SBC. I am grateful for men like Drs. Akin, Rainer, and Ascol who have chosen to chart a new course for cooperation and consensus in the SBC.

For those interested in attending, the cost of the conference is $104 which includes 2 evenings of worship, 3 days, 5 meals, 7 sessions, and 19 speakers. To register, go here. Here’s how the conference schedule shapes up:

 

Building Bridges:
Southern Baptists and Calvinism
November 26-28, 2007
Ridgecrest Conference Center

All sessions to be held in The ARC — Auditorium Recreation Center

Monday, November 26

3:00 – 3:45 p.m. Introduction — The ARC

Greetings from LifeWay Research
Brad Waggoner – Vice President, Research and Ministry Development
Ed Stetzer – Director, LifeWay Research and resident missiologist

Building Bridges Theme
Thom S. Rainer – President and CEO, LifeWay Christian Resources

3:45 – 5:30 p.m. Session 1 — The Historical Record

David Dockery – President, Union University
Tom Nettles – Professor of Historical Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

5:45 – 7:15 p.m. Dinner — Rhododendron Dining Hall

7:30 p.m. Worship

James Merritt – Pastor, Cross Pointe, The Church at Gwinnett Center, Atlanta, GA
R. Albert Mohler, Jr. – President, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Tuesday, November 27

7:00 – 8:00 a.m. Breakfast — Rhododendron Dining Hall
8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Prayer Time — The ARC

8:30 – 10:15 a.m. Session 2 — Calvinism: A Cause for Rejoicing, A Cause for Concern

Malcolm Yarnell – Assistant Dean, Theological Studies; Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Jeff Noblit – Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Muscle Shoals, AL

10:15 – 11:00 a.m. Break

11:00 – 12:30 p.m. Session 3 — The Atonement: Its Design, Nature, and Extent

David Nelson – Senior Vice President, Academic Administration; Professor of Theology, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Sam Waldron – Academic Dean; Professor of Theology, Midwest Center for Theological Studies, Owensboro, KY

12:30 – 1:45 p.m. Lunch — Rhododendron Dining Hall

2:00 – 3:45 p.m. Session 4 — Theological Stereotypes: Let’s Be Fair and Honest with Each Other

Charles Lawless – Dean, Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism and Church Growth, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Nathan Finn — Instructor of Church History, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

3:45 – 5:30 p.m. Session 5 — Election and Calling: A Biblical/Theological Study

Ken Keathley – Senior Associate Dean; Professor of Theology, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Greg Welty – Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

5:45 – 7:15 p.m. Dinner — Rhododendron Dining Hall

7:30 p.m. Worship

J.D. Greear – Pastor, Summit Church, Durham, N.C.
Voddie Baucham – Church planter and Pastor of Preaching, Grace Family Baptist Church, Spring, TX

Wednesday, November 28

7:00 — 8:00 a.m. Breakfast — Rhododendron Dining Hall

8:15 — 9:45 a.m. Session 6 — Panel Discussion

10:00 — 11:30 a.m. Session 7 — Working Together to Make Christ Known

Daniel Akin – President, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Tom Ascol – Senior Pastor, Grace Baptist Church, Cape Coral, FL; Executive Director, Founders Ministries