Change is in the air for the Southern Baptist Pastors’ Conference, June 17-18 in New Orleans, themed “Changing: Lives, Communities, the World.”
R. Wilton
D. Wilton“I am changing. You are changing. The world around us is changing,” said Grant Ethridge, president of the Pastors’ Conference and senior pastor of Liberty Baptist Church in Hampton, Va.
“But there is one thing that has not changed. God’s plan for getting the gospel to the ends of the earth is still the local church. Changing lives, communities and the world is not optional. It is the command of Jesus.”
Ethridge is praying that the Pastors’ Conference will impart “a burning desire to see lives changed in their community,” to encourage pastors in “believing that their church, no matter the location or size, can be used of God to change lives around the world.”
David Jeremiah, David Platt, Fred Luter Jr., Johnny Hunt, Jack Graham and Herb Reavis Jr. are among speakers. Charles Billingsley, Jeff Askew, Sounds of Liberty, the Liberty Worship Choir and Chi Alpha will lead in worship.
Honoring Father’s Day, the Pastors’ Conference will spotlight four father-son teams as speakers, including Spartanburg First Baptist Church pastor Don Wilton and his son, Rob Wilton, who pastors Vintage Church in New Orleans. Other father-son speakers will be Ronnie and Nick Floyd, Tony and Anthony Evans, and Bailey and Josh Smith.
Pastors’ Conference sessions at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans will be at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, June 17, and at 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 and 6 p.m. Monday, June 18.
For more information, visit www.sbcpc.net. – BP