Schedule

Schedule Content: 

Apohaqui Worship Team

Monday, October 20

• 2:00pm: Registration Desk Opens
• 7:00pm: Opening Session and Theme Address with John Stackhouse

Tuesday, October 21

• 9:00am: Worship and Theme Address
• 11:00am: Workshops/Seminars
• Afternoon: Free
• 7:00pm: Worship and Theme Address

Wednesday, October 22

• 9:00am: Worship and Theme Address
• 11:00am: Workshops/Seminars
• Afternoon: Free
• 7:00pm: Worship and Theme Address

Thursday, October 23

• 9:00am: Worship and Closing Address with John Stackhouse
• 11:00am: Conclusion of the Conference

Flexitabs

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The Speaker

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Dr. John Stackhouse

It is our privilege to have Dr. John Stackhouse as our theme speaker for this 2008 Conference on Evangelism.

Born and raised in Canada, Dr. John Stackhouse is an award-winning historian, philosopher, theologian, teacher, and public communicator. He specializes in explaining clearly what is happening at the intersection of contemporary religion and society. He also vividly presents the wisdom of ancient traditions plus the perspective of contemporary scholarship to equip audiences to face today's challenges at work, in the public square, and in private life.

Currently John holds the Sangwoo Youtong Chee Chair of Theology and Culture at Regent College, an international graduate school of Christian studies at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver. He has served also as Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies at McGill University and currently does so at UBC, responsible for supervising Ph.D. students.

John is the author of six books and over 400 articles, book chapters, and reviews in leading academic journals, major newspapers, and magazines. His commentary on religion and contemporary culture has been sought by major broadcast media all over Canada and the United States. He gives more than 40 interviews a year on questions of the intersection of ancient traditions and current trends.

Married for more than twenty years and the father of three sons, John enjoys skiing the Vancouver-area mountains with his family and playing basketball and hockey. He is also a jazz musician, and gives the occasional performance on piano, guitar, or electric bass.

Some of his books are: Can God Be Trusted: Faith and the Challenge of Evil; Humble Apologetics: Defending the Faith Today; Church: An Insiders Look at How We Do It; Finally Feminist: A Pragmatic Christian Understanding of Gender.

Visit his website: www.johnstackhouse.com [2]

Dr. John Stackhouse

The 2008 Conference on Evangelism is scheduled to take place at the historic Algonquin Hotel and Resort in St. Andrews, NB from October 20-23, 2008. Theme speaker for the event will be Dr. John Stackhouse, Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology and Culture at Regent College in Vancouver, BC. Dr. Stackhouse is an accomplished public communicator who specializes in explaining clearly what is happening at the intersection of contemporary religion and society. The focus of his talks will be Why Canadians Don't Care About – and Even Fear – Our Evangelism.

Worship for the Conference will be led by Rev. Gordon Dickinson and the worship team from Apohaqui Community Church. (www.accweb.ca [3])

About the Conference

Conference Site: Conference will be hosted by the historic Algonquin Hotel and Resort, 184 Adolphus Street, St. Andrews, NB. (Please note: You will not need to make hotel reservations as this will be done for you as registration forms are processed.)

Conference Registration Fees: Conference fees are subsidized by different agencies of the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches (CABC) to keep costs to registrants as low as possible. For registrants who are members of CABC churches the following structure applies:

Basic Conference Fee: $300 per person (based on double occupancy of hotel rooms; includes accommodations and all meals)

Bursary: A $100.00 bursary will be awarded to the first 75 pastoral couples to register.

Single occupancy requests add $75 to basic fee.

A non-refundable Registration fee of $50 per registrant must accompany the registration form and will be applied to total fees.

Registrants not from CABC churches will be charged a flat fee of $400.00 per person.

Registration: Attendees must pre-register prior to September 15, 2008. A letter of confirmation will be sent once the registration form and respective fees have been received. Registration will be completed in the main foyer of the Algonquin Hotel beginning at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, October 20.

Official Opening: The Conference will begin with the opening session at 7:00 p.m. on registration day.

Theme Addresses: Dr. John Stackhouse will address the Conference six times on the theme of “Understanding Ourselves and Our Times...Maximizing Evangelistic Impact” He will be addressing the issue of “Why Canadians Don't Care About – and Even Fear – Our Evangelism”. After each address there will be opportunity for questions and feedback.

Breakout Groups: On two of the Conference mornings, breakout groups will be formed to discuss the practical implications of what Dr. Stackhouse has shared. Questions will be provided and each group will be lead by a facilitator.

Leisure Time: Once again we want this Conference to be a time of retreat and rest as well as inspiration and reflection. Two full afternoons have been left free of scheduled events for that purpose.

Child Care: No provision has been made for child care during the Conference.