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2006 National Leadership Conference: Ministering in a Changing World
2005 National Leadership Conference: Real World Ministry
2004 National Leadership Conference: Eschatology
2003 National Leadership Conference: Sanctification

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» 2006 NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE: Ministering in a Changing World

2006 General Sessions

Session Topic	Speaker	Notes
Tuesday Evening: Ministering in a Changing World	Tim Jordan
Wednesday Morning (part 1): Understanding the Next Generation of Fundamentalist Leaders	Dave Burggraff
Wednesday Morning (part 2): The Questions of the Next Generation	Jason Janz
Friday Morning: Preaching Worth Listening To	Kevin Bauder

2006 Workshops

Wednesday, February 22, 9:45-10:45 a.m.
PW1	Genre-Sensitive Preaching: Respecting How the Text Means	Doug Finkbeiner, Sam Harbin
ML1	The Decision-Making Process in Your Church: Whose Role - Pastors', Deacons'?	Joel Tetreau
TB1	The Emergence of the Emerging Church : What's Oozing from "The Ooze"	Dave Pennington
WE1	Worldviews in Conflict: What's Going on in Our World?	Ray Jones
GA1	Seven Sins of Dying Churches	Kevin Schaal
MW1	The Change in Today's and Tomorrow's Missions Philosophy & Strategy: Church Multiplication	Steve Davis
L1	The 21st Century Woman and How to Reach Her	Lucy Burggraff
TS1	Is the Youth Ministry for the Youth Pastor? The Senior Pastor's Involvement in the Youth Ministry	Wayne Burggraff, Andy Burggraff
Wednesday, February 22, 11 :00 a.m. - 12 noon
PW2	Narrative Preaching: Interpreting Narrative Texts	Doug Finkbeiner, Sam Harbin
ML2	Preaching the Gospel to a Postmodern Audience: "Paul and the Athenians"	Sam Horn
TB2	Emergent Theology: How Generous Can Orthodoxy Be?	Al Huss
WE2	Against the World? Reassessing Fundamentalism's Response to Culture	Mark Farnham, Jason Janz
GA2	Breathing New Life into Dying Congregations: Changes that Enable a Local Church to become Vital and Relevant Again	David Stertzbach
MW2	The Apostolic Church Turned Its World Upside Down: Why Haven't We?	Steve Horine
L2	Ministering to a Culturally Diverse World	Jayne Cogswell
TS2	Does Your Youth Group Reflect Your Community? Developing a Multi-Ethnic Youth Ministry-and Let's Address Perceptions and Misunderstandings	Todd Barton
Wednesday, February 22, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
PW3	Narrative Preaching: Communicating Narrative Texts	Doug Finkbeiner, Sam Harbin
ML3	Ministering in a Postmodern Context in Light of the Emerging Church	Sam Horn
TB3	The EPIC of Worship in the Emergent Community	Dave Pennington
WE3	Celebrity: Dealing with Pop Culture's Hold on Christians	Mark Farnham
GA3	Ministry Mega-Shift: Staying on Course in a Changing Culture	Mark Franklin
MW3	Who Can Be Saved? Accessibilism: Reassessing Salvation in Christ - A Critique of a (Not so?) New Idea	Steve Davis
TS3	Summer Outreach Solutions that Work	Wayne Burggraff, Art Worley
Wednesday, February 22, 3:15-4:15 p.m.
PW4	First-Person Dramatic Narrative Preaching: A Case Study	Doug Finkbeiner, Sam Harbin
ML4	My Church Couldn't Be Struggling with Racial Prejudice - Or Could It?	Ron Jones
WE4	Finding God in Lord of the Rings, Etc. - Critiquing Pop Culture	Mark Farnham
WE4		Ray Jones
GA4	Leadership 501: What They Never Taught You in School and Seminary	Mike Sproul
L4	Ministering with a Heart of Contentment	Elma Sproul
TS4	Ministry to the Reluctant: What Do You Do With Teens Who Do Not Want to Be There?	Troy Gahman
Thursday, February 23, 10 :15-11:15 a.m.
ML5	The Pastor's Personal Development: A Theological Plea for Effective Biblical Ministry	Dan Davey
TB5	God's Word Preserved: A Defense of Historic Separatist Definitions and Beliefs	Mike Sproul
WE5	Determining Our Place in Our World: Social Responsibility versus Irresponsibility	Dave Burggraff
GA5	Are You Helping to Shape the Future? Let's Talk (and Do Something) about Internships	Mark Franklin
L5	Creative Helps for Women's Ministries	Angie Cunningham
Thursday, February 23, 11 :30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
PW6	Guidelines from the Psalms for Godly Music in the Church	Dan Carfrey
ML6	The Relevance of Irrelevance: After All, How Long Does Contemporary Last?	Dave Doran
TB6	The Emergence of Abductive Preaching	Sam Harbin
WE6	Determining our Place in Our World: Toward a Theology of Social Responsibility	Dave Burggraff, Jan Milton
GA6	The Church in the Mirror: Are You Reflecting Your Diverse Community?	Vince Sawyer
TE6	Discipleship from the Pulpit: How to Preach the Same Text Sunday AM, PM, and Wednesday - and Make It Come Alive for Your People	Wayne Burggraff, George Coon
L6	Are You and Your Husband Soul-Mates?	Holly Stratton
TS6	Counseling Single Adults	David Brock
Thursday, February 23, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
PW7	Ending the Worship Wars	Randy Gaumer
TB7	Theology: 2006!-Do You Know That . . . ? (Current Issues on the Theological Scene-Pastor, Beware, and Be Informed!)	Kevin Bauder
WE7	"Only Remember the Poor . . ." And Other Texts We Avoid	Al Huss
GA7	A Heart for Your City: Church Planting in Our Urban Areas -Thinking In and Out of the Box	Jason Ormiston
TS7	Managing Confidentiality with Singles	David Brock, Troy Gahman
C7	Dealing With Children	John Hodnett
Thursday, February 23, 3:15-4:15 p.m.
ML8	The Crisis of Misdirected Passion (Part 2)	Bruce Meyer
TB8	Why Is Our World Changing? The Story Behind What Is Taking Place Today (The Big Picture of Postmodernism)	Paul Gibbs
WE8	Must Social Action Entail Compromise?	George Coon
GA8	Making Sure We Are Making Disciples: Comprehensive Methods for Church Planting in a Changing World	Dan Brooks
TS8	Starting a Singles Ministry: Why? If So, When? How?	Frank Taylor

» 2005 NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE: Real World Ministry

2005 General Sessions

Session Topic	Speaker	Notes
Propositional Preaching in a Pluralistic Age	Sam Harbin

2005 "Perspectives"

Session Topic	Speaker	Notes
The Twenty-Something's Perspective	Andrew Burggraff
The Twenty-Something's Perspective	Mark Forman
The Thirty-Something's Perspective	Ryan Dupee
The Forty-Something's Perspective	Vince Sawyer
The Fifty-Something's Perspective	Cecil Cogswell

2005 Workshops

Workshop Name	Speaker	Notes
Church Plants
CP4 Beyond the One-Person Show: The Challenge of an Effective Worship Service in a Church Plant	Jason Young
CP5 We Need a Bigger, Better Building! Where Do We Turn?	Vince States
CP8 Our Church Has a Burden: We Want to Plant /Mother A New Church: What is the Process? What Must We Not Overlook?	Wayne Burggraff, Steve Davis
Ladies
L1 What Every Beginning Pastor's Wife Needs to Know	Carol Auckland
L3 The Titus 2 Curriculum for Teaching; Overview of What We are to be Teaching Those Following Us	Betty Brock
L4 Pressure-Cooker Living: Where are the Stresses of Everyday Life Coming From, and What Do We Do with Them?	Betty Brock
L5 Just Say "No" Without Guilt	Gayle Tuttle
Legal/Financial
LF1 Creating a Policy Manual	Walt Brock
LF3 Personnel Issues: Hiring Practices, Organization Handbooks, Employer/Employee Relationships	Jeff Drake
LF4 Legal Minefields: Reporting of Abuse, Background Checks, Political Involvement by 501 (c)(3) Non-Profit Corporations, Discipline of Members	Jeff Drake
Ministry/Leadership
ML2 Casting a Vision: The Most Important Skill They Never Taught You in Seminary	Walt Brock
ML3 Following God's Vision: Facing the Future When It's Not the One You Planned	Walt Brock
ML4 What Leaders Can Do to Motivate Those Who Follow Them to, in Fact, Follow Them: Leading People Who Don't Want to Follow	Walt Brock
ML6 Take That Leadership Off the Organizational Chart and into the Church: Practical Ways to Train Others to Take on Leadership Roles	Mike Sproul
Outreach/Missions
OM1 How Do I Organize and Prepare Our People for Short-Term Missions?	Steve Davis, Tony Fox, Vince States
OM2 Moving from Mono-cultural to Multi-cultural Ministry: Isn't It Time for Our Fundamentalist Churches to become Truly Indigenous?	Gary O'Neill
OM3 An Effective Missions Conference: How to Get Your People Interested, Involved, and Investing in MISSIONS	Ron Campbell, Steve Davis
OM4 Do You Have a Ministry to Your Missionaries: What More Can You Do?	Ron Campbell, Jeff Tuttle
Preaching/Worship
PW1 Preaching for Emerging Generations: What is it About our Models that Must Change?	Sam Harbin
PW5 The Sermon as Story: Using the Homiletical Plot to Combat Sermonic ADD	Doug Finkbeiner, Sam Harbin
PW6 Preaching Narrative Sermons from Narrative Texts	Doug Finkbeiner
PW7 Thinking Through Your Worship Services While Not Being Afraid to Rethink What We Do in Worship: Creating a Meaningful Worship Service	Ron Jones, Peter Radford
Teaching, Discipleship, Education
TE6 Creativity in Ministry: Creative Teaching Methods (Part 1) . . . Have You Tried These Ideas?	Chris McLain
TE7 Creating a Learning Environment in Your Ministry	Chris McLain
Theological/Biblical
TB2 The Emerging Church and Worship	Sam Horn
TB3 The Nature, Essence, & Elements of Biblical Worship	Sam Horn

» 2004 NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE: Eschatology

2004 General Sessions

Session Topic	Speaker
The Biblical Covenants and Eschatology: Looking Back to the Future	David Burggraff
Never Give Up: I Corinthians 4:1-5:10	Doug Finkbeiner
Eschatology: Is It Enough of an Incentive for My Ministry?	Gary Jones
The Last Days and the Devaluation of Life	Doug McLachlan

2004 Workshops

Workshop Name	Speaker
The Olivet Discourse: Past (Preterist), Present, and/or Future?	Doug Finkbeiner
The Role of Eschatology in Ministry Relationships	Dan Anderson
Israel , the Church, and the New Covenant	Charles Baker
Can Someone Be a Fundamentalist and Be Other than Pre-trib?	Vince Sawyer
The Imminent Return of Christ: Watching for a Savior, Not for a Sign	Dave Jaspers
The Vision Thing: Seeing the Future through the Eye of the Past (Zechariah and End Times)	Sam Horn
The Two Views on Women in Ministry: Egalitarian vs. Complementarian (Women's session)	Lucy Burggraff
The Rapture in Revelation 3:10	Kevin Bauder
Toward an Understanding of the Destiny of Departed Old Testament Believers	Chuck McLain
What's the Point of the Olivet Discourse? A Discourse Analysis of Mark 13	Paul Gibbs
Interpreting the Prophets: What Makes the Task So Difficult?	Steve Horine
Some Difficulties with Pretribulationalism According to a Pretribulationalist	John Abent
Interpreting Luke 16: Abraham, Lazarus, and the Rich Man--Parable or History?	Doug Finkbeiner
The Hermeneutics of Covenant Theology	Kevin Bauder
The Biblical Framework of Eternal Rewards	Bill Smallman
The Eschatology of I John	Don Mills
Preaching Prophecy Properly and Practically	Sam Harbin
Help! I Am Being Asked to Give a Devotional: Where Do I Start? (Women's session)	Adrian Farnham
Can Someone Accept Christ after the Rapture if They Heard the Gospel before Christ's Return?	Dave Hockman
Eschatology in The Gospel of John: Realized or Unrealized?	Paul Gibbs
Eternal Punishment: Reconciling Eternal Suffering with the Love of God	Phil Burggraff
Should a Pretribulational Rapture Be Considered a Fundamental Doctrine?	Dan Carfrey
Of Prophets--True and False: A Theology of the False Prophets	Sam Horn
Post-Mortem Conversion: A Recent Evangelical Proposal	Bill Smallman
Messiah in the Passover	John Metzger
Counseling Eschatologically: Implications for Biblical Counseling from Eschatology	Sam Harbin
The Winepress of God's Wrath: Precursor to the Millenium?	Bob Crane
Heavenly Signs in Revelation and What They Meant to the Ancients: How Understanding Them Aids Exegesis	John Abent
Is the Kingdom Inaugurated or Does It Await the Second Coming?	Dave Burggraff, Al Huss, and John Whitcomb
John 14 and the Imminent Return of Christ: His Present Activity of Preparing a Place in Heaven	Dave Jaspers
Worship in the Eschaton: A Johannine Theology of Worship from the Book of Revelation	Peter Radford
Interpreting Ezekiel: How Much of the Past Will Appear in the Future?	Steve Horine
Believers Won't Live Forever in Heaven. Where Then?	Andy Hudson
The Significance of the Eschaton for Our Ministry Objectives: How Eschatology Impacts Worship, Instruction, Fellowship, and Evangelism in the Local Church	Joel Tetreau
When "Doing My Part" Seems More Than I Can Do (Women's session)	Megan Scheibner

» 2003 NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE: Sanctification

2003 General Sessions

Session Topic	Speaker
Legal or Legalistic? The Biblical Use of Standards: A Framework for Reflection	Dr. Timothy Jordan
Sanctification: A Process or an Experience? Understanding the Multiple Views	Dr. David L. Burggraff
The OT Law and NT Sanctification: How is the Christian to Construe the Law?	Dr. Albin Huss
How are We then Sanctified? Philippians 2:12-13	Dr. Timothy Jordan
Discipling the Next Generation: Developing God-Loving, Word-Filled, Ministry-Minded, Disciple-Makers	Dr. Jim Berg

2003 Workshops

Workshop Name	Speaker
"Be Ye Holy as I Am Holy": Sanctification Under Law and Grace	Dr. Steve Horine
Grace Living: Presenting Yourselves to God: Understanding Romans 6	Dr. Douglas Finkbeiner
Sanctification in a Postmodern World	Prof. Mark J. Farnham
The Doctrine of Perseverance: And What about Those Christians Whose Sanctification is not Progressing?	Mr. Phil Burggraff
"Let Go and Let God": Keswick Movement's Lasting Impact on Fundamentalism's View of Sanctification	Mr. Paul Gibbs
Is Traditional Youth Ministry Really Working? The Importance of Family Ministry in the Sanctification Of Youth	Pastor Troy Gahman & Pastor John Hodnett
I Peter 3:16 - God's Pattern For Sanctification?	Dr. Jeff & Mrs. Gayle Tuttle
Sanctification in Black and White: O.T. Wisdom Literature	Dr. Charles E. McLain
The "I" of Romans 7: Who is Paul Talking About? Should Romans 7:14 Be Used To Evangelize, Edify, or Both?	Dr. Doug Finkbeiner
Disorders, Demons, and Deceptive Hearts: What Really Hinders Our Growth in Grace?	Dr. Sam Harbin
What does Biblical Holiness Look Like? A Discourse Perspective on I Peter	Dr. Jeff Capshaw
Baptism of the Spirit: Should We Seek It?	Dr. Larry Oats
Pastors Fearing People vs. Fearing God	Dr. Thomas Zempel
What Should I Wear? How Should I Look? etc. Should Sanctification have Social Expectations?	Mrs. Lucy Burggraff
Israel's Exile and Restoration: A Biblical Model for Corporate and Personal Sanctification	Dr. Steve Horine
How can These Christians Be Called "Sanctified"? I Corinthians 1:2	Prof. Mark Farnham
Sanctification and Sinless Perfection: What Sayeth John?	Dr. Al Huss
Pauline Teaching on the "Flesh": What Implications For Counseling?	Mr. Joe Fleener
Filled with the Spirit: Acts vs. Ephesians	Dr. Larry Oats
Resisting the Urge to Strike Back: Sanctified Under Personal Attacks	Mrs. Adrienne Farnham
Toward an O.T. Theology of the Holy Spirit: A Study of Wind/Spirit in the OT Poetic Books	Dr. Charles E. McLain
Contemplative Sanctification: The Dark Side of Mysticism	Dr. Robert Crane
(Can It Make) Is It Making a Difference In People's Lives? Let's Discuss the Theology Behind the Public Invitation	Pastor Wayne A. Burggraff
Swimming Upstream in a Downstream Culture: Remaining Moral in the Midst of Immorality	Prof. Bruce K. Meyer
Fallen, Forgiven, And...? The Church's Response to Fallen Ministers	Dr. Sam Horn
Sanctified Checkbooks: A True Test of Your Discipleship Ministry	Mr. Jim Rollick
What If You Are Not Meek?	Mrs. Marilyn Jordan
The Holy War: Sanctification And Spiritual Struggle	Dr. David Doran
Cultural Values or Biblical Imperative? Missiological Reflections on Socio-Cultural Aspects of Sanctification	Pastor Steve Davis
Can We Rank Commands according to Relevance? Galatians 5 & 6 as a Test Case	Dr. Jeff Capshaw
The Idea of a Sanctified Temper: What's Within the Limits?	Dr. Paul Downey
Sanctification Confused: Understanding the Controversy Being Created by the Free Grace Movement	Mr. Lenny Demers
Christian Liberty and License	Dr. Sam Horn
Sanctified Offerings: The Result of Your Discipleship Ministry	Mr. Roy Russell
Sanctification: Let's Talk about It	Ladies Panel

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