For those church history or Baptist history buffs out there, seriously consider taking in the upcoming The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies conference on the theme of “Baptist Spirituality.” More details about registration and such can be found here.
The speakers for the schedule are excellent. I seriously recommend you give consideration to attending this event August 24-25 at the beautiful campus of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY. Here’s the schedule:
Monday, August 24
7:30-8:45 am Registration
9:00 am Plenary session 1: Crawford Gribben
“Irish Baptist Piety in the 17th Century”
10:25 am Plenary session 2: Robert Strivens
“The Piety of English Dissent: Philip Doddridge and 18th Century Baptists”
11:45am Plenary session 3: Gerald Priest
“A. C. Dixon: Exemplar of Fundamentalist Spirituality”
1:00-2:30 pm Lunch Break: conference participants on their own
2:30 pm-4:45 pm Parallel Sessions
1. ENGLISH BAPTIST PIETY IN THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES (Chair: Paul Brewster)
a. J. Stephen Yuille “Saving Faith Discovered in Three Heavenly Conferences: A Look at the Pastoral Ministry of a 17th Century Baptist Pastor”
b. Steve Weaver “Piety in 17th Century Baptist Pastoral Ministry as Seen in Three Funeral Sermons”
c. Allen Mickle “A Fountain of Gardens, a Well of Living Waters”: A Survey of Christian Spirituality from John Gill’s (1697-1771) Exposition of the Book of Solomon’s Song
d. Josh Carmichael “The Hymns of Anne Steele: Baptist Spirituality in Verse”
2. BAPTIST PIETY IN 19TH CENTURY GREAT BRITAIN (Chair: Michael Haykin)
a. Michael Haykin, “Spirituality in the Marriage of Samuel and Sarah Pearce”
b. Terry Wilder “The Life, Thought, and Preaching of 19th Century Scottish Baptist, Peter Grant”
c. Ian Clary “Alexander Carson: A Plea for Further Study”
d. Jeff Straub “C.H. Spurgeon—Mr. Greatheart with a Great Heart for God!”
3. BAPTIST PIETY IN 19TH CENTURY NORTH AMERICA (Chair: Jeff Robinson)
a. Aaron Menikoff “Do Baptists Hold to the Spirituality of the Church? A Historical Look at the Causes and Consequences of the Nineteenth-Century Temperance Movement”
b. Roger Duke “The Pietistic Thought of Basil Manly, Jr.”
c. Gordon Heath “Canadian Baptists and Late-Victorian imperial Spirituality”
d. Jeff Robinson “The Piety of Henry Holcombe Tucker”
6:15 pm Dinner (Banquet Provided for all Conference Registrants and Speakers)
8:15 pm: Plenary session 4: Greg Thornbury
“Baptist Spirituality and Theological Education”
Tuesday, August 25
10:00 am SBTS Convocation
11:40 am Plenary session 5: Tom Nettles
“The Piety of James Petigru Boyce”
12:50-2:30pm Lunch Break: conference participants on their own
2:30-3:30pm Plenary session 6: Greg Wills
“Relevance, Severity, and Spiritual Power in Baptist Piety”
3:40-4:50 pm Plenary session 7: Kevin Smith
“A Distracted Piety: African-American Baptists”
5:00-6:45 Dinner Break: conference participants on their own
BONUS SESSION:
6:45 pm “Spirituality of Historic Baptist Hymnody: A Hymn Sing”
7:45 pm Plenary session 9: Malcolm Yarnell
“ „We Believe with the Heart and with the Mouth Confess‟: The Engaging Piety of John
Smyth and the Early General Baptists”
9:00 pm “Reformed and Anabaptist: Strength and Shortcomings of Two Traditions”
A Late Night Discussion between Drs. Yarnell and Haykin
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Mark Dever
Working out Salvation with Fear and Trembling 