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Practical Instruction - Persuasive Preaching - Small Group Practice

February 14-16, 2024 | Indianapolis, Indiana
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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 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.

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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?

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

 

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Leaders

MEEKS Jeremy Meeks Director of the Chicago Course on Preaching

Jeremy Meeks

Director of the Chicago Course on Preaching

Jeremy is the Director of the Chicago Course on Preaching. He also serves as a Lead Instructor. Prior to taking on this role, he was the pastor of Hope Community Church in West Nashville, Tennessee. Previously, he served as a church planting missionary in Nicaragua. He earned a BS from Liberty University, an MA in Bioethics from Trinity Graduate School, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Theological Ethics from Trinity College Bristol. In addition to his pastoral duties at the church, Jeremy was the Director of Spanish-Language Initiatives of the Charles Simeon Trust until 2019.

WILLIAMS Peter Williams Associate Pastor, The Progression Church

Peter Williams

Associate Pastor, The Progression Church

Peter J. Williams serves as the Associate Pastor of The Progression Church (Lilydale Progressive Missionary Baptist Church) of Chicago. Peter answered God’s call to preach His Word in November of 2005. He was licensed and preached his first sermon on January 29, 2006. On August 30, 2009 he received his certificate of ordination into the gospel ministry. Peter earned his BA in Christian Ministries with an emphasis in Pastoral Leadership, from Trinity International University and is presently pursuing an MDiv.

JOHNSTON Tommy Johnston Lead Pastor, Castleton Community Church

Tommy Johnston

Lead Pastor, Castleton Community Church

Tommy Johnston has been serving as the Lead Pastor of Castleton Community Church since it was planted in 2017. He holds a BA from Florida Atlantic University, and an MDiv from Knox Theological Seminary in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Previously, Tommy served as an Associate Pastor at College Church in Wheaton for six years.

Schedule

8:15am-4:30pm, Wednesday, February 21
8:15am-4:30pm, Thursday, February 22
8:15am-12:15pm, Friday, February 23

Small Group Passages

Participants will each be assigned two of the following passages:

Acts 1:1-11 Acts 12:1-23
Acts 2:1-13 Acts 13:13-43
Acts 8:26-40 Acts 20:17-38
Acts 10:1-33 Acts 22:30-23:11
Cost

$139 USD before January 15
$159 USD after January 15
Lunch and refreshment breaks are provided each day at no cost.

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