The fifth and last session was led by Dr. Randy Stinson. Dr. Stinson has served in numerous church staff positions over the years. He is the President of The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood and the Dean of the School of Leadership and Church Ministry at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He and his wife Danna have six children, three of whom are adopted. Dr. Stinson noted that he fellowshipped at Providence Baptist Church when he was an M. Div. student at Southeastern Baptist Seminary. And it was at Providence that Dr. Stinson first developed a burden for men’s … [Read more...] about reThink Conference – Session V – Randy Stinson
Archives for May 2008
reThink Conference – Session IV – Steve Wright
The fourth session was led by Steve Wright, Assistant Pastor of Student Ministries at Providence Baptist Church. (I previously interviewed Steve -- here is part 1 and part 2 of that interview.) INTRODUCTION Wright explained that he came to Providence really wrestling with why youth leaving for college were so shallow in matters of the faith. He asked the question: What would it look like if churches equipped families to have a daily encounter with the gospel? In his first decade of ministry, Wright confessed, he leaped onto the never-ending treadmill of bigger is better. For many, this … [Read more...] about reThink Conference – Session IV – Steve Wright
reThink Conference – Session III – Dave Owen
Dave Owen, Associate Pastor of Evangelism and College Ministries at Providence Baptist Church, led the third session. Dave has served at Providence since 1995. His message, Affirming Truths that Matter, was taken from II Timothy 4:1-8, which is Paul's charge to Timothy to remain faithful. How do we remain faithful? By affirming and persevering in the truth. Owen's thesis was: A student ministry that is passionate about bringing fame to God is one that is saturated with the Bible, centered on the Gospel, devoted to the family, and committed to the local church.This thesis was naturally … [Read more...] about reThink Conference – Session III – Dave Owen
reThink Conference – Session II – David Horner
David Horner is the founding pastor of Providence Baptist Church, which was established October 1, 1978, and he has served as the senior pastor ever since. Horner's message was entitled Knowing How to Live. His thesis was that we need to know what it means to live life God’s way and love it enough to lead others to do the same thing according to that same purpose. Taking his text from Deuteronomy 6:4-9, Horner sought to show us answers to two questions: 1. Where do we get this idea that we are supposed to be partnering with parents in the area of cultivating youth? 2. Where do we get the … [Read more...] about reThink Conference – Session II – David Horner
reThink Conference – Session I – Leon Tucker
Pastor Blake Hickman of Providence Baptist Church kicked-us off this morning by reiterating the three-things the conference hosts hope to accomplish today. 1. That we will make “much of Him.” 2. That the gospel of Christ and its rich provisions will once again be proclaimed as our only hope. 3. That pastors and church leaders will be inspired to do ministry “on His terms”. We then enjoyed a wonderful time of worship through singing led by Daniel Renstrom. We sang Not to Us, Beautiful One, Praise to the Lord the Almighty, Come Thou Fount, and Here I Am to Worship. After that, Leon Tucker, … [Read more...] about reThink Conference – Session I – Leon Tucker
Interview with Steve Wright: Part 2 of 2
[This is part 2 of a two-part interview with Pastor Steve Wright. Part 1 can be found here.] ALEX: You've been in youth ministry for over 20 years. How has it changed during that time? STEVE: Unfortunately I see student ministry heading in a very dangerous direction. Many of us got caught up on the “bigger is better” treadmill. Bigger budgets, bigger programs, bigger personalities. We believed we could entertain students all the way to the cross. While I would have never confessed it early in my ministry, I was literally trying to prop up the gospel with gimmicks, giveaways, and all the … [Read more...] about Interview with Steve Wright: Part 2 of 2