Our annual three-day Grace Essentials conference at Colonial Baptist Church this spring will focus on the text. The purpose of the conference is to remind ourselves of the significant role that the scriptures play in our individual and corporate lives. The speakers will use the word to deepen our confidence in scripture and provide fresh insight into how to study and apply it to our lives. We’re asking God to use these speakers’ gifts with the Word to further equip our church for every good work.

**Nurseries will be provided for infants–3 yrs. old, and there will be a special children's conference for those in K4–3rd grade.**

Registration:

The first fifty people who register will get a free book written by one of the conference speakers (limit one book per family). Registration for the conference is free. The Saturday evening Homecoming Banquet is for adults (18 years old and up) and costs $20 per person. If you want to attend both the conference and banquet, please select both ticket options below.

Speakers:

Our two keynote speakers for this conference are Dr. Sam Horn and Dr. Andy Naselli.

Sam Horn is the Executive Vice President of Advancement and Ministerial Training at Bob Jones University. He has formerly served as the Executive Vice President of Northland International University and the President of Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Minneapolis, MN. Sam’s heartbeat is to glorify God through fulfilling the great commission, faithfully studying and teaching the Word, giving Christ supremacy in every area of life, and making disciples around the world. Sam is passionate about re-energizing and advancing ministerial training at BJU. Sam’s greatest gifts are his preaching and teaching the scripture.

Andy Naselli serves as Associate Professor of New Testament and Theology at Bethlehem College and Seminary in Minneapolis, MN. He loves to study and teach how the theological disciplines (exegesis, biblical theology, historical theology, systematic theology, and practical theology) inter-relate and culminate in doxology. Andy earned two PhDs: a PhD in theology from Bob Jones University and a PhD in New Testament Exegesis and Theology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School under D. A. Carson. He served as Carson’s research assistant from 2006 to 2013 and continues to work with him on various projects, including the theological journal Themelios, for which Carson is editor and Andy is administrator.

Schedule:

Friday, March 15-

5:45–6:30 pm Registration & Refreshments

6:30–7:30 pm Session #1 – Sam Horn

7:30–7:45 pm Refreshments

7:45–8:30 pm Session #2 – Andy Naselli

8:30–8:40 pm Break

8:40–9:00 pm Speakers’ Panel

Saturday, March 16-

9:00–10:00 am Session #3 – Sam Horn

10:00–10:20 am Refreshments

10:20–11:20 am Workshops

11:30–Noon Prayer Time

Noon–1:00 pm Lunch

1:00–2:00 pm Session #4 – Andy Naselli

6:00–8:00 pm CBC Homecoming Banquet

Sunday, March 17-

9:15–10:45 am CBC Worship Service: Session #5 – Sam Horn

11:00–Noon CBC Combined ABS: Session #6 – Andy Naselli