Preaching Old Testament History: 1 Kings
Practical Instruction - Persuasive Preaching - Small Group Practice
October 15-17, 2025 | Portland, Oregon
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.
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.
How Should I Prepare?
During the small groups, you will have an opportunity to get feedback on work you’ve prepared in advance.
Aaron Messner
Senior Minister, Westminster Presbyterian Church
Aaron is the Senior Minister at Westminster Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Atlanta. He served as the Chaplain of Covenant College from 2007 until 2012. Before moving to Covenant, Aaron was the Associate Pastor at Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. He received both Bachelors and Masters degrees from Wheaton College and an MDiv from Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey. He has authored two articles in the Princeton Theological Review and has worked with the Nehemiah Project in Philadelphia.
Josh Waltz
Pastor, Parker Hills Bible Fellowship
Josh Waltz serves as Pastor of Parker Hills Bible Fellowship in Parker, Colorado. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Maranatha Baptist Bible College, his DMin at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and is currently working on a ThM at Denver Seminary. He served as the Student Minister at Berean Baptist Church in Livonia, Michigan for over eight years before coming to Parker Hills in June of 2007.
Michael Lawrence
Lead Pastor, Hinson Baptist Church
Michael became Senior Pastor at Hinson Baptist Church in Portland, Oregon in September, 2010. Michael came to faith at an early age, but never understood that the Christian life was more than salvation until he was introduced to the InterVarsity campus ministry at Duke. Michael earned an MDiv at Gordon-Conwell and a PhD from Cambridge University in 2002. He served as Associate Pastor for more than 8 years at Capitol Hill Baptist in Washington D.C. He is the author of Biblical Theology in the Life of the Church: A Guide for Ministry, co-author of It Is Well: Expositions on Substitutionary Atonement (with Mark Dever), and contributed to Perspectives on Christian Worship: Five Views.
Hinson Baptist Church
1137 SE 20th Avenue
Portland, OR 97214
503-232-1156
Schedule
Schedule
8:15am-4:30pm, Wednesday, October 15
8:15am-4:30pm, Thursday, October 16
8:15am-12:30pm, Friday, October 17
Small Group Passages
Small Group Passages
Participants will each be assigned two of the following passages:
| 1 Kings 2:13-46 | 1 Kings 12:1-33 |
| 1 Kings 4:1-34 | 1 Kings 14:1-20 |
| 1 Kings 5:1-18 | 1 Kings 17:1-24 |
| 1 Kings 8:22-53 | 1 Kings 19:1-21 |
Cost
Cost
$139 USD before September 8
$159 USD after September 8
Lunch and refreshment breaks are provided each day at no cost.