Dear Pastors, Deacons, and Fellow Believers in Christ,

Please mark your calendars for this year’s Conference on the Church for God’s Glory on Monday, May 24, 2020, from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM. Things have been opening back up in our area, restaurants included, and we believe our conference will be a help to pastors, deacons, and church members today.

In light of suggested Covid-19 guidelines for churches in Illinois, we will ask that our attendees wear masks unless they are seated and practice distancing as appropriate. Please note that we are limiting registrations to 80 attendees in order to accommodate for distanced seating.

Our theme for the day will be “Ministry in 2020: The Pastor, the Church, and Challenges Today.” As we see less of God’s common and saving grace in our society today, I believe that you will find this conference a help to you with the sessions that are offered:

• Jim Tillotson will open the day with an expository sermon to encourage us along the theme of “The Pastor, the Church, and Challenges Today.”
• Kevin Bauder will guide us through Scripture’s thoughts on creation, sex, and gender, and relate these topics to some of the issues of the sexual revolution of our day.
• Glen Currie will give us a Scriptural look at the senior pastor’s “last five years,” encouraging us towards how to plan and lead a church for when its senior pastor steps down.
• David Doran will tackle the topic of missions and planting churches, a challenge throughout the history of the church.
• Mike Harding will evaluate the social justice movement taking hold in many churches today.
• Matt Morrell will wrap up the day by encouraging us all with an expository sermon from 2 Timothy 4:1–5.

Each of the men above either pastor, regularly work with pastors at a seminary, or do both. Speaking apart from myself, I believe these speakers represent a wealth of integrity, giftedness, experience, and wisdom that will help you face the challenges that they address. The fellowship with the other conference attendees will be worth your time as well.

I hope you can make it. We look forward to ministering to those who are able to come.

Trusting in Him,

Pastor David Huffstutler First Baptist Church Rockford, IL

PS As always, wives are free to attend (but please still register), and there is a discount for students in college or seminary. We do not have staffed nurseries for the day, but our nursery rooms will be available to any mothers who wish to use them.