National Preaching Conference

Chapel Registration is currently CLOSED, however, overflow registration is being provided at a lower cost.  For any questions, call 800.294.2774.

“What’s the Big Idea?”

National Preaching Conference in honor of Haddon Robinson by the Center for

Preaching at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

Dates
September 9-10, 2010

Speakers include...
Haddon Robinson, Tony Evans, Alistair Begg, and Soong-Chan Rah

Plus...afternoon workshops with some of Haddon Robinson's family and closest friends!

Thursday Sept. 9, 2010 

11:00     Registration opens
1:00       Session I (Soong Chan Rah) “Preaching in Preparation for the Next Evangelicalism”
2:30       Break
3:00       Session II (Alistair Begg) “Preaching Between Two Worlds”
4:15       Break
4:45       Session III (Workshops)
6:00       Dinner
7:30       Session IV (An Evening with Haddon Robinson)

Friday Sept. 10, 2010

7:30       D-Min Breakfast with Soong-Chan Rah and Haddon Robinson
8:00       Doors open
8:30       Session V (Tony Evans) “Poison in the Pot”
10:00     Break
10:30     Session VI (Discover the Word – Live) 
12:00     Lunch (Special "Roast Preacher" Alumni Lunch with Haddon Robinson)
1:30       Session VII (Workshops)
3:00       Break
3:30       Session VIII (Haddon Robinson) “A Love Story”

Come to Worship, Be Equipped and
Be Inspired

Please join us for What’s the Big Idea? on September 9 and 10, 2020. During this momentous occasion we will be honoring Haddon Robinson for a lifetime served as a preacher and teacher of God’s Word.

Pastors, students, ministry spouses, and others who have accepted the call to be preachers to this generation will gather together for worship, training and inspired preaching. Conference participants will be equipped with tools and a renewed passion to carry out their calling through an impressive array of accomplished preachers and teachers.

Haddon has invited some of his family and closest friends to teach and preach which includes four opportunities to worship God together and listen to inspiring sermons. There will also be a live broadcast recording, “Discover the Word,” as well as a night of honoring Haddon Robinson.

The biennial preaching conference, sponsored by the Center for Preaching at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, exists to promote preaching excellence by modeling biblical preaching, and by equipping preachers with practical skills for proclaiming the Word of God.

Registration

Register online or complete and mail or fax the attached registration form. Early registrations are due by August 13, 2010. Your registration fee will cover all plenary sessions, workshops, and breaks.

For group reservations, copy the registration form and submit one for each individual attending the conference. Please send all of your group’s registration forms together.

Register early. Seating is limited. Closed circuit television will be provided once chapel seating capacity has been reached.

Meals will be served on campus and must be reserved in advance.

Confirmations and Cancellations. Your cancelled check or credit card statement indicates receipt of your registration. Cancellations must be received by the morning of September 9 to receive a refund, minus a $10 processing fee.

Questions? Call 1.800.294.2774

Lodging Information

Listed below are accommodations within 30 minutes of the seminary. Blocks of rooms are reserved for conference participants. Participants must arrange their own accommodations. Please call the hotel directly and mention “Gordon-Conwell Preaching Conference.”

Courtyard by Marriott
1.800.228.9290 $110/night
See www.stayatmarriott.com/gordonconwell for descriptions of this hotel and other Marriott hotels.

Hampton Inn
1.800.HAMPTON or 978.536.2020 $89/Night

Day’s Inn
978.777.1030 www.daysinndanvers.com $70/Night

Directions to the Seminary

The conference will take place in the Walter Kaiser Chapel/Academic Center. From I-95: Take Rte. 128 North toward Gloucester. After the Beverly exits, take Exit 17 (Grapevine Road). Turn left off the exit ramp and continue past Gordon College. Take the first right onto Rte. 22 (Rubbly Road). Turn left at the first stop sign (Essex Street). The entrance of the seminary will be 200 yards ahead on the right. Follow the signs to the Chapel/Academic Center.

Workshops

Alice Mathews “What Women Want…in Preaching”

Jeff Arthurs “Preaching With Relevance: Applying the Big Idea.”

Scott Gibson “What’s the Big Idea with Special Occasion Sermons?”

Torrey Robinson – 1st person preaching "What's the Big Idea with First Person Preaching?"

Vicki (Robinson) Hitzges – "Put Away the Lawnmower, Charlie, Those Are Trees Out There"
(The Power of People Skills)

Calvin Choi – Preaching Big Idea Cross Culturally "Cultural Sensitivity in Preaching"

 *Includes a one-year subscription to Pulpit Talk

Dr. Haddon W. Robinson is the Harold John Ockenga Distinguished Professor of Preaching at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary



Known worldwide as a preacher and teacher of preaching, Dr. Robinson has been named one of the 12 most effective preachers in the English-speaking world. His text, Biblical Preaching, is used in more than 100 seminaries and Bible colleges in North America. He is also host of the Radio Bible Hour that airs on 400 stations across the world. Former President of Denver Seminary, he has served as a contributing editor for Preaching, is currently editor of Preaching Today.Com, writes regularly for Our Daily Bread and has authored numerous articles and books. 




Dr. Alistair Begg is the senior minister of Parkside Church in suburban Cleveland, Ohio, where he has served since 1983. Following graduation from the London School of Theology, he served for two years as assistant to the Reverend Derek J. Prime and in 1976 was ordained to the Gospel ministry at Charlotte Chapel in Edinburgh.



Alistair enjoys the privilege of leading the Parkside pastoral team and seeing a succession of young men settled in pulpits throughout the country. His teaching is heard daily across the nation on over 1000 radio stations that air the program, Truth For Life. He has written a number of books, including The Hand of God, Pathway to Freedom, On Being a Pastor (with Derek Prime) and a revision of Spurgeon's devotional, Morning and Evening.  He has been married to Susan for 34 years and they are the parents of three adult children.




Dr. Tony Evans is the senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship with over 8,000 congregants and 100 plus ministries. He also serves as president of the Urban Alternative, a national ministry that seeks to bring about spiritual renewal in America through the church. His daily radio broadcast, The Alternative with Dr. Tony Evans, can be heard on more than 600 stations daily throughout the United States and in more than 40 countries. A dynamic speaker, Dr. Evans regularly appears at crusades and bible conferences in the United States and abroad.

Dr. Soong-Chan Rah is Milton B. Engebretson Associate Professor of Church Growth and Evangelism at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, IL and the author of The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from Western Cultural Captivity.



Rah is formerly the founding Senior Pastor of the Cambridge Community Fellowship Church (CCFC), a multi-ethnic, urban ministry-focused church committed to living out the values of racial reconciliation and social justice in the urban context. Soong-Chan was a plenary speaker at the 2003 Urbana Student Missions Conference, the 2005 Summer Institute for Asian American Ministry and Theology, the 2006 Congress on Urban Ministry, the 2007 ECC Midwinter Conference, the 2007 Urban Youth Workers Institute Conference and the 2008 and 2009 CCDA National Conference.

Soong-Chan received his B.A. in Political Science and History/Sociology from Columbia University; his M.Div. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; his Th. M. from Harvard University; and his D.Min. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He is a contributor author to Growing Healthy Asian-American Churches (IVP). 

Soong-Chan, his wife, Sue, who teaches special education, and their two children, Annah and Elijah live in Chicago.