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Preaching Apocalyptic Literature: Revelation

Practical Instruction - Persuasive Preaching - Small Group Practice

May 08-10, 2024 | Wheaton, Illinois
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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

COPELAND K. Edward Copeland Pastor, New Zion Missionary Baptist Church

K. Edward Copeland

Pastor, New Zion Missionary Baptist Church

K. Edward Copeland serves as pastor of New Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Rockford, Illinois. He earned a BA from the University of Illinois, a JD from the University of California, an MDiv from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary in Mill Valley, California, as well as a DMin from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He has taught for the National Baptist Convention of America, USA Inc. as well as district associations, conventions, and conferences throughout the nation and across denominational lines. He is author of Riding in the Second Chariot: A Guide for Associate Ministers, and a contributing author to Entrusted with the Gospel by Crossway. He also serves as a Council Member of the Gospel Coalition.

NEWKIRK Chuck Newkirk Lead Pastor, Church on Mill

Chuck Newkirk

Lead Pastor, Church on Mill

Chuck Newkirk is the Lead Pastor of Church on Mill in Tempe, Arizona. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Phoenix Seminary. Chuck holds an MDiv from Gateway Seminary and a Doctor of Preaching from Talbot Seminary. Chuck is on the board for the Gospel Coalition Arizona, and has taught for several international missions organizations and churches.

MOODY Josh Moody Senior Pastor, College Church

Josh Moody

Senior Pastor, College Church

Josh Moody serves as Senior Pastor of College Church in Wheaton, Illinois. He has a PhD in Theology from Cambridge University, did a Research Fellowship at Yale Divinity School, and was a Fellow at Yale University. He is also the president of God Centered Life Ministries. His books include: How Church Can Change Your LifeHow the Bible Can Change Your Life, Burning Hearts: Preaching to the AffectionsJourney to JoyNo Other GospelThe God-Centered LifeAuthentic Spirituality, John For You, and 7 Days to Change Your Life.

College Church in Wheaton
Schedule

8:15am-4:30pm, Wednesday, May 8
8:15am-4:30pm, Thursday, May 9
8:15am-12:15pm, Friday, May 10

Small Group Passages

Participants will each be assigned two of the following passages:

Revelation 1:9-20 Revelation 12
Revelation 2:1-7 Revelation 17
Revelation 5 Revelation 19:6-21
Revelation 8:6-13 Revelation 21
Cost

$139 USD before April 1
$159 USD after April 1
Lunch and refreshment breaks are provided each day at no cost.

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