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Workshop on Biblical Exposition

A Workshop for Women Bible Teachers

March 06-08, 2025 | Chicago, Illinois

What Is It?

The Workshop on Biblical Exposition is a three-day training event aimed to encourage and equip you in the skills needed to read, understand, and proclaim the Word of God.

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The Workshop on Biblical Exposition is a three-day training event aimed to encourage and equip you in the skills needed to read, understand, and proclaim the Word of God. The Workshop includes times set aside for 1) Principles of Exposition (instructional sessions on how to better handle biblical texts), 2) Small Group Practice (when you will share and receive feedback on two passages you prepare in advance), and 3) Expositions (the opportunity to sit under the word). Each of these sessions is carefully designed to be interrelated for the greatest value in improving your work. In other words, this is a Workshop and not a conference. If you cannot be at all the sessions, then it really isn’t for you.

It is important to note: Partial participation is not permitted. Our pedagogical commitments in the small group sessions as well as the cumulative relationship between the small group and plenary sessions, full participation is required. Extenuating circumstances should be discussed with the Charles Simeon Trust and exceptions will be granted very rarely.

Who Should Attend?

The Women’s Workshops are generally for women who are currently in a teaching ministry with the responsibility to teach the Bible regularly.

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The Women’s Workshops are generally for women who are currently in a teaching ministry with the responsibility to teach the Bible regularly. It is open to women who lead in regular teaching ministries including large group instructors, small group teachers, and women’s and children’s ministry leaders appointed by their churches.

How Should I Prepare?

During the small groups, you will have an opportunity to get feedback on work you’ve prepared in advance.

 

PREPARE FOR A WORKSHOP

Leaders

COOPER Sharonda Cooper Bible Teacher

Sharonda Cooper

Bible Teacher

Sharonda is a Bible teacher whose passion is evangelism. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and a master’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and is currently working toward her M.Div. in Apologetics and Philosophy from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. She is a Content Coordinator for the Women’s Initiatives Team at The Gospel Coalition and an elite fitness instructor who teaches Les Mills programs at her local YMCA. Sharonda has served on the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and is currently the Secretary of the Convention. She is an active member of Emmaus Church where she enjoys serving on the praise team.

MCFADDEN Colleen McFadden Director of Women's Workshops

Colleen McFadden

Director of Women's Workshops

Colleen serves as the Director of Women’s Workshops for the Charles Simeon Trust where she is responsible for all activities related to the Workshops for women Bible teachers. She helps teach in the women’s ministry at Windsor Baptist Church where she and her husband are members. Colleen was previously in the corporate world for several years in sales and marketing. She earned a BS in Business Administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a MDiv from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. She also serves on the board of Matthias Media Ministries.

Holy Trinity Church Downtown
Schedule

5-8:30pm, Thursday, March 6
8:30am-5pm, Friday, March 7
8:30am-12:15pm, Saturday, March 8

Small Group Passages

coming soon…

Cost & Parking

$139 USD before January 30
$159 USD after January 30
Dinner Thursday, lunch Friday, and refreshment breaks each day are provided at no cost.