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Preaching the Gospel of John

Practical Instruction - Persuasive Preaching - Small Group Practice

February 04-06, 2025 | Winnipeg, Manitoba
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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

BULLMORE Mike Bullmore Senior Pastor, CrossWay Community Church

Mike Bullmore

Senior Pastor, CrossWay Community Church

Mike serves as Senior Pastor of CrossWay Community Church in Bristol, Wisconsin. Mike earned a diploma in Bible and Theology at Moody Bible Institute and a BA in Biblical Studies from Wheaton College. He then earned an MDiv and ThM from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, followed by a PhD in Rhetorical History and Criticism from Northwestern University. Prior to leading the launch of CrossWay Community Church in 1998, Mike served for 15 years as an Associate Professor of Homiletics and Pastoral Theology, as well as chairman of the Practical Theology Department at TEDS. He also serves on the council of The Gospel Coalition.

BALASINGHAM Kesavan Balasingham Pastor, Fellowship Church Rouge Park

Kesavan Balasingham

Pastor, Fellowship Church Rouge Park

Kesavan Balasingham serves as the founding pastor of Fellowship Church Rouge Park in Toronto, Ontario. He earned his earned a BRE in Christian Ministry at Tyndale University College & Seminary. Kesavan has been serving in Pastoral ministry since 2011, and planted Fellowship Church Rouge Park in 2014 with a small core group. He also serves with the Canadian National Baptist Convention in the area of Pastoral Development, focusing on church based theological training.

DEVRIES Derek deVries Pastor, Park City Gospel Church

Derek deVries

Pastor, Park City Gospel Church

Derek deVries has served as Lead Pastor of Park City Gospel Church in Winnipeg, Manitoba since 2013. Prior to moving back to Winnipeg in 2013, he served for several years as an associate pastor in a small town in Alberta. He received his undergraduate degree from Providence and is currently working to complete a Masters of Arts in Biblical Studies at Reformed Theological Seminary.

Park City Gospel Church
Schedule

8:15am-4:30pm, Tuesday, February 4
8:15am-4:30pm, Wednesday, February 5
8:15am-12:15pm, Thursday, February 6

Small Group Passages

Participants will each be assigned two of the following passages:

John 1:1-18 John 11:1-27
John 2:1-12 John 12:20-36
John 4:1-26 John 17
John 7:1-44 John 20:11-18
Cost

$179 CAD before December 30
$209 CAD after December 30
Lunch and refreshment breaks are provided each day at no cost.

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