{"id":496,"date":"2009-07-07T15:26:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-07T19:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=496"},"modified":"2013-06-21T12:17:51","modified_gmt":"2013-06-21T16:17:51","slug":"southern-baptists-evangelicals-and-the-future-of-denominationalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=496","title":{"rendered":"Southern Baptists, Evangelicals and the Future of Denominationalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Fall, October 6-9, Union University will host a major conference on the theme, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uu.edu\/events\/baptistfuture\/\">Southern Baptists, Evangelicals and the Future of Denominationalism.&#8221;\u009d<\/a> I referred to this conference in passing previously, but now the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uu.edu\/events\/baptistfuture\/\">conference website<\/a> is up with details and registration.<\/p>\n<p>The conference is timed to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Baptist movement and intends to examine some of the most vital issues facing Southern Baptists and Evangelicals as we prepare to move into the second decade of the 21st Century.<\/p>\n<p>I have pasted in the schedule below so you can see who is speaking and what their topics are.<\/p>\n<p>My address will focus on the renewal needed in our vision of pastoral ministry- the need to reclaim the centrality of the oversight of souls. I hope to see you here.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">Schedule<br \/>\n<\/span>Tuesday, October 6<\/strong><br \/>\n5:00 p.m. Ed Stetzer: Denominationalism: Is There a Future?<br \/>\n6:00 p.m. Dinner<br \/>\n7:00 p.m. Jim Patterson: Reflections on 400 Years of the Baptist Movement: Who We Are. What We Believe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, October 7<br \/>\n<\/strong>Continental Breakfast<br \/>\n8:30 a.m. Harry L. Poe: The Gospel and Its Meaning: Implications for Southern Baptists and Evangelicals<br \/>\n10:00 a.m. Timothy George: Baptists and Their Relations with Other Christians (G. M. Savage Chapel)<br \/>\nNoon Luncheon Address &#8211; Duane Litfin: The Future of American Evangelicalism<br \/>\n2:00 p.m. Ray Van Neste: The Oversight of Souls: Pastoral Ministry in Southern Baptist and Evangelical Life<br \/>\nAfternoon and dinner on your own<br \/>\n7:00 p.m. Corporate Worship: Robert Smith, preaching, (G. M. Savage Chapel)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, October 8<\/strong><br \/>\nContinental Breakfast<br \/>\n10:00 a.m. Daniel Akin: The Future of the Southern Baptist Convention<br \/>\nNoon Luncheon Address &#8211; Michael Lindsay: Denominationalism and the Changing Religious Landscape in North America<br \/>\n2:00 p.m. Jerry Tidwell: Missions and Evangelism: Awakenings and Their Influence on Southern Baptists and Evangelicals<br \/>\n6:00 p.m. Banquet<br \/>\n7:00 p.m. David S. Dockery: Denominationalism and a Global Evangelical Future<br \/>\n8:00 p.m. Mark DeVine: Emergent or Emerging: Questions for Southern Baptists and North American Evangelicals<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, October 9<br \/>\n<\/strong>Continental Breakfast<br \/>\n8:30 a.m. Nathan Finn: Southern Baptists and Evangelicals: Passing on the Faith to the Next Generation<br \/>\n10:00 a.m. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.: Southern Baptists, Evangelicals, and the Future of Denominationalism (G. M. Savage Chapel)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Fall, October 6-9, Union University will host a major conference on the theme, &#8220;Southern Baptists, Evangelicals and the Future of Denominationalism.&#8221;\u009d I referred to this conference in passing previously, but now the conference website is up with details and registration. The conference is timed to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Baptist movement and &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=496\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Southern Baptists, Evangelicals and the Future of Denominationalism&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[130],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=496"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3073,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496\/revisions\/3073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}