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Workshop Preview

Practical Instruction - Persuasive Preaching - One-Day Training

October 05 | El Paso, Texas
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What Is It?

The Workshop Preview is a one-day training 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 Preview is a one-day training aimed to encourage and equip you in the skills needed to read, understand, and proclaim the Word of God. Please note this is a “Preview” Workshop in that it includes instructional sessions, an introduction to Workshops on Biblical Exposition, and an opportunity to observe a small group. You will not need to prepare a text passage beforehand unless you have already been contacted by the host church. .

Who Should Attend?

The Workshop Preview is for men who are responsible for regularly preaching and teaching.

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The Workshop Preview is for men who are responsible for regularly preaching and teaching.

The Workshops on Biblical Exposition are for men who are responsible for regularly preaching and teaching. We also welcome those in bi-vocational ministries as well as those training for ministry. We also have Workshops for women who are responsible for teaching women.

Given our understanding of Scripture, most of our Workshops on Biblical Exposition are for men who are responsible for regularly opening up God’s Word for God’s people. Specifically, they are for those men currently in pastoral ministry and, as such, are responsible for preaching and teaching God’s Word in congregational settings. Though vocational preaching pastors are our priority, the Workshops are open to those in general teaching ministry: including some lay-preachers, teaching Elders, seminary students or professors, teaching missionaries, and those serving in similar roles. Again, our priority is those who regularly preach or teach from God’s Word.

I noticed you just said “men.” What if I am a woman?
We are fully committed to training women for ministry through our Workshops on Biblical Exposition for women. But we also have theological commitments as to what that means. The Charles Simeon Trust adheres to a position on church leadership that is often identified as “complementarian.” While we do not support the ordination of women for pulpit ministry, we do believe that women are called to teaching ministry for women in biblically appropriate settings and should be trained for it as such. It is our conviction that the Church in North America has been particularly slow in this kind of training effort, and as such, we need to do a better job of training women. Women need to be equipped for this task. While the local church should and will do much of this work, we believe that we can support the church in further enabling women. As such, we have established Workshops on Biblical Exposition for women in ministry. We believe that women who are working in ministry in churches need encouragement in their ministry and hope that, by encouraging women to participate in the Workshop for women in ministry, we can also establish a base for fellowship and encouragement. Knowing this, women who wish to attend a Workshop on Biblical Exposition, regardless of where they identify themselves on an egalitarian-complementarian spectrum, are welcome to participate in a Workshop for women in ministry. It is designed 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. Women who are interested in this Workshop or have questions about our position or philosophy on this matter are encouraged to contact the Director of Women’s Workshops, Colleen McFadden (cmcfadden@simeontrust.org).

How Should I Prepare?

We encourage you to take our First Principles Online Course.

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We encourage you to take our First Principles Online Course.

 

Leaders

BISHOP Ryan Bishop Senior Pastor, Redeemer Church

Ryan Bishop

Senior Pastor, Redeemer Church

Ryan is the Senior Pastor of Redeemer Church in Graham, Texas. Previously, he served as Associate Pastor at Kenwood Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky and a Pastoral Intern at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. Ryan holds an MDiv and a ThM from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Ryan is also certified by ACBC as a biblical counselor. He is the founder of the Brazos River Ministers Association.

BARNES Clift Barnes Lead Pastor, Horizon Christian Fellowship

Clift Barnes

Lead Pastor, Horizon Christian Fellowship
Clift Barnes is the lead pastor at Horizon Christian Fellowship in El Paso, Texas, where he planted the church in January of 2005. Clift has a BA in education from the University of Texas-El Paso, and has been in full-time ministry since 1995. Prior to his current position, Clift served in youth ministry for ten years.
Horizon Christian Fellowship
Schedule

10:30am-3pm, Thursday, October 5

Small Group Passage

Participants will observe a small group on Mark 9:14-29

 

 

 

Cost

$19 USD

Lunch is provided.

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