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Preaching the Gospel of Luke

Practical Instruction - Persuasive Preaching - Small Group Practice

October 30 - November 01, 2024 | Youngstown, Ohio
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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 and Lead Instructor of the Chicago Course on Preaching. He is also the Resident Pastor for Ministry Apprenticeships at Christ Church Chicago. Previously, he served as a pastor in Nashville, TN and Nicaragua. He studied at Liberty University and Trinity Graduate School before completing a PhD in Theological Ethics at the University of Aberdeen. Jeremy was the Director of Spanish-Language Initiatives of the Charles Simeon Trust until 2019. He continues to regularly instruct at Workshops around the world.

MATHESON Mike Matheson Lead Pastor, Grace Church

Mike Matheson

Lead Pastor, Grace Church

Mike Matheson is the Lead Pastor of Grace Church in Racine, Wisconsin. He holds a BA in Communication from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia and an MDiv from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. After serving as a Combat Medic in the US Army, Mike was involved in a disciple-making ministry with US soldiers overseas and served as an associate pastor in churches in Northern Virginia.

GATZKE Nick Gatzke Senior Pastor, Old North Church

Nick Gatzke

Senior Pastor, Old North Church

Nick Gatzke is the Senior Pastor of Old North Church in Canfield, Ohio. He also serves as a Visiting Professor of Preaching at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He earned a BA from Moody Bible Institute, an MDiv at Gordon-Conwell, and then a PhD in Homiletics from the London School of Theology. Before coming to Old North, Nick was the senior pastor of Osterville Baptist Church in Osterville, Massachusetts. He serves as the Vice President of the Evangelical Homiletics Society and is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society. Nick has published several articles and book reviews with the Journal of the Evangelical Homiletics Society and the 9 Marks Journal.

Schedule

8:15am-4:30pm, Wednesday, October 30
8:15am-4:30pm, Thursday, October 31
8:15am-12:15pm, Friday, November 1

 

 

Small Group Passages

Participants will each be assigned two of the following passages:

Luke 1:5-25 Luke 16:19-31
Luke 4:16-30 Luke 18:15-30
Luke 6:37-49 Luke 19:1-10
Luke 12:1-12 Luke 23:26-49

 

Cost

$139 USD before September 23
$159 USD after September 23
Lunch and refreshment breaks are provided each day at no cost.

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