A RETURN TO BASICS – 2010
Parkside Church, Chagrin Falls OH
Was Held on May 10th – 12th
Each year we have a group of men made up of Elders, Deacons, Missionaries, and young men who are aspiring to serve the Lord in leadership at First Baptist Church of Sidney, in the pastorate, or on the mission field. This year we had ten men travel together to reflect on the challenges, responsibilities, and privileges that face the modern church. It was, as always, a great time of learning, bonding and being encouraged from the Word of God and from the lives of some of His gifted servants. If you are interested in learning more about this Men’s Leadership Conference go to parksidechurch.com or call FBC (607-563-8456) and we will be glad to answer any questions we can about this valuable conference for men in church leadership.
Conference Overview:
On Preaching -
Basics is our annual conference for pastors on preaching. Each year, pastors, church leaders, and seminarians are invited to join Alistair Begg & a number of guest speakers for 3 days as we reflect together on the challenges, responsibilities, and privileges that face the modern church.
For Men -
Basics is for men: pastors, missionaries, evangelists, and Christian workers or those training for such roles. To the extent that we value male friendship, support and camaraderie, we do not encourage wives to attend. Our brief but meaningful time is meant to equip, inspire and strengthen us in our demanding work.
Speakers For This Year Were:
Sinclair Ferguson is the Senior Minister at First Presbyterian Church of Columbia, South Carolina. In addition, Dr. Ferguson is Professor of Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary. A graduate of the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, he is the author of some two dozen books, has authored numerous articles and has contributed to various symposia. His writing interests have ranged from works of scholarship to books for children. He has served as minister of two congregations in Scotland, one on Unst, the most northerly inhabited island in the United Kingdom, and the other at the center of Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland. For more than twenty years, he has been a member of the faculty of Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia and Dallas and has served as a visiting professor in various other seminaries. Sinclair and his wife Dorothy have been married for more than thirty-five years. They have three sons, a daughter, and three grandsons and a granddaughter.
John Shearer is the Senior Minister at Musselburgh Baptist Church in Scotland.John was born and brought up in a working class home in a mining village in Central Scotland. He attended the Faith Mission Bible College for two years and worked as an evangelist with them for four years in the rural areas of the UK. It was there that he met Alistair for the first time as a teenager in Yorkshire. John sensed the need to do further study and went to Northern Ireland to study theology in Belfast. Since then he has pastored churches in Northern Ireland and Scotland and been involved in a pioneering work in the Republic of Ireland. He is married to Jan and they have two children and five grandchildren.
Alistair Begg has been in pastoral ministry for over 30 years. He served eight years in Scotland at both Charlotte Chapel in Edinburgh and Hamilton Baptist Church. He has been the Senior Pastor at Parkside Church near Cleveland, Ohio since 1983. He has written several books and is heard daily and weekly on the radio program, Truth For Life. He and his wife, Susan, have been married more than 30 years and have 3 grown children.