Events (2005)
"Clash of Cultures: Christianity in the Marketplace of Religion" was the theme for the 2005 Evangelical Ministries to New Religions Conference.
The conference was held on the campus of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, February 24-26. In addition to our five plenary sessions, there were forty workshops presented by our members and guest lecturers.
Plenary speakers were Jerry Buckner - Contending for the Faith, J.P. Moreland - Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, Bill McKeever - Mormonism Research Ministry, Calvary Bible and Theological seminary, and Phil Roberts - Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Tapes from the conference are available through EMNR at http://www.emnr.org/forms/2005tapes.htm.
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The Santa Fe Conference on Biblical Discernment was held May 5-7, 2005 at Calvary Santa Fe in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Conference was
sponsored by Calvary Santa Fe. There were 5 plenary sessions and 30 workshops. Speakers included Dr. Ron Rhodes - Reasoning from the Scriptures, Dr. Jerry Buckner - Contending for the Faith, Rev. Elliot
Miller - Christian Research Institute, Pastor Paul Scozzafava - Calvary Santa Fe, Bill McKeever - Mormonism Research Ministry, Marcia Montenegro - Christian Answers for A New Age, Joan Cetnar - Personal Freedom
Outreach, Rev. L.L. (Don) Veinot, Jr. - Midwest Christian Outreach, Kurt Goedelman - Personal Freedom Outreach, and others. There were approximately 160 attendees. Please call Calvary Santa Fe at (505) 988-3291 to purchase media from the Conference.
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The 2005 Midwest Conference on Cults and Culture was held May 12-14, 2005 at Brooklyn Park Evangelical Free Church, MN.
The conference was sponsored by The Religious Research Project and Word for the Weary ministries. There were 5 plenary sessions
and 35 workshops. Speakers included Greg Koukl - Stand to Reason, Jill Martin Rische - Relgious Information Network, Bill McKeever - Mormonism Research Ministry,
Marcia Montenegro - Christian Answers for A New Age, Jay Howard - Religious Research Project and others. There were approximitly 90 attendees.
CDs of each session are available for purchase at http://www.xmark.com/focus/Pages/midwest-cds.html.
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June 20-24, 2005 Pastor Gene Cook, Jr. participated in a debate series with Bruce Reeves. The debates took place at Reynolds Auditorium on the campus of UCA, Conway AK. Bruce Reeve is from the Church of Christ and holds to the teaching that water Baptism is essential for
the forgiveness of sins. Gene Cook is pastor of Covenant Baptist Church, San Diego CA and affirms that salvation is by faith only, without water baptism.
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