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2013 VBMDG conference

Feb. 25-26, 2013

Location: Roslyn Retreat Center

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History

1946 William Byrd Hotel, Richmond, VA
Preaching to Young People, Ted Adams
Changing Lives Through Sunday Evening Program, Ed Clarke
Christianity Confronts Communism, Socialism and Competitive Capitalism, J. P. Allen
What to Preach and How From Humanism to Personalism, Ben Lynes
Religious Education in the Home, Church Directed, Ed Clarke
Guiding People to Understand the Bible
A  Brief Comparative Survey of Kunkel, Stolz, Jung and Adler, Ben Lynes

1947 Thomas Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, VA
Fundamentals of Liberal Protestantism, Wesley Shrader
What Can We Do with Sunday Night?
What I Believe About Sin
What I Believe About Atonement
Personal Counseling
The Art of Conducting Public Worship
The Baptist Position on Foreign Affairs
What I Believe About Prayer
Program Chair: L.D. Johnson

1949 Hotel John Marshall, Richmond, VA
The Incarnation, Leonard Stagg
Reformation – Then and Now, Goy Heyl
Prayer-An Evaluation
The Real Forces Behind SB Isolationism
[Concern expressed about cutting of fruitful discussion because of the tyranny of a full schedule]

1950 Patrick Henry Hotel, Roanoke, VA
Prayer, Randolph Gregory
An Analysis of SB Isolationism, Ruben Alley
SB and the Ecumenical Movement

1951 Hotel John Marshall, Richmond, VA
Three Years with an Ecumenical Church, Gordon Cosby
Religious Education as Interpreted by Myers Park B.C., George Heaton
Ministry in the Hospital, Dick Young
Best of Reinhold Niebuhr, Paul Stagg
Role of the Church in the Years Ahead, Russell Stroup

1952 William Byrd Hotel, Richmond, VA
Therapeutic Value of Preaching, G. Edward Luttrell, Baltimore, MD
American Foreign Policy and the UN, Dependent People, Curtis C. Strong, US Dept. of State
Counseling and Family Problems, William Rhodenhiser
New Trends in Social Ethics, Kenneth Smith, Crozer
Realized Eschatology, John Moore
Christian Action in America Today, John Turnbull, NY

1953 John Marshall Hotel, Richmond, VA
NT Sources of Evangelistic Preaching, Morton Enslin
Evangelistic Preaching and Outreach

1954 William Byrd Hotel, Richmond, VA
Pastoral Approach to Bereavement Prayers
Social Security for Ministers

1955 William Byrd Hotel, Richmond, VA
Discharging Pastoral Responsibility
Baptism
Sociology of Communism
Church as Agent of Depersonalization
Christian Conviction and Supreme Court Decision
Christology of William Temple

1958 William Byrd Hotel, Richmond, VA
Baptist and the Church

1959 William Byrd Hotel, Richmond, VA
Baptist in a Day of Crisis

1961 YMCA and Second Baptist Church, Richmond, VA
Biblical Theology, Donald Miller and Cowen Ellis
Ministry in Baptist Tradition, William Lumpkin

1962 Second Baptist Church, Richmond, VA
Trends in NT Study, T.C. Smith
Prophetic Task, Stuart Grizzard
Resurrection, Arthur Brown

1963 Hotel Richmond, Richmond, VA
Theology of OT, Norman K. Gottwald
Fundamentalism vs Freedom  in the Baptist Future
Current Religious Movements in the South, Thomas O. Hall

1974 Williamsburg B.C., Williamsburg, VA
Rise and Fall of the Established Church in Virginia, David L. Holmes
Religion and the Student Mind
Right to Personhood-Changing Status of Women
Care of the Terminal Patient, David Tetrault
Black Theology

1975 William Byrd Hotel, Richmond, VA
People, Places and Struggles of the American Revolution, James Smylie, Howard Cates, John Farrar and Durham Ipock

1976 William Byrd Hotel, Richmond, VA
Shape of American Theology, John Steely,
Contemporary Preaching, Charles Trentham

1977 William Byrd Hotel, Richmond, VA
Rabbi’s View of the Bible, Jack Spiro
NT Hermeneutics, Dwayne Cole

1978 William Byrd Hotel, Richmond, VA
Right to Die
Emotional Burnout, Bill Tuck
Charismatic Today, Earl Marcy, Watson Mills, Walter Sullivan

1979 Executive Motor Hotel, Richmond, VA
Women in the Church, Marjorie Bailey

1980
The Renewing Word, John Carlton
The Christian Story, Larry Matthews
60 Years in Ministry, Ted Adams

1981
 Vitality in the Pulpit, John Killinger
Reflections of 40 Years, Chevis Horne

1983 Roslyn
Revivalism and Evangelism: Historical and Theological View, Stuart Grizzard and
C. C. Goen

1984 Roslyn
Worship, Tom Graves, Jim Flamming

1985 Roslyn
Giving Integrity to Leading Public Worship, Glenn Hinson, Arthur Simon

1986 Roslyn
A Philosophy of Ministry for Clergy of All Ages, John Moore, Bill Lumpkin and Mahan Siler

1987 Roslyn
Contemporary Concerns of the Church, Bill Leonard and Warren Carr
Current Status of Southern Religious Fundamentalism, Bill Lumpkin
Dynamics of Women Sharing in Ministry, Lynda Weaver-Williams
The Coming Church, Loren B. Mead

1989 Roslyn
Leadership, Bob Dale, Larry Williams

1990 Roslyn
The Renewal of the Pulpit, William E. Hull and W. Sibley Towner

1991 Roslyn
A New Look at: Jesus, the Cross and Corinthians, Linda McKinnish Bridges and Jack Dean Kingsbury

1992 Roslyn
Person and Profession, John William Kinney and Deryl R. Fleming

1993 Roslyn
Journey with Jonah, Sacrifice of Sarah, Mosaic of Miriam and A Quest for
Ecclesiastes, Phyllis Trible

1994 Roslyn
Preaching, William Willimon

1996 Roslyn
Conflict, Mahan Siler, Janice Siler and Glenn Hinson

1997 Roslyn
Integrity, Cecil Sherman and Wayne Price

2000 Roslyn
Hymns, Ken Sehested and Samuel Williams

2001 Roslyn
Pastoral Care, Victor Malloy and Kelly Sission

2002 Roslyn
Exploring Baptism and Holy Communion, Laurence Hull Stookey

2010 Roslyn
[theme] Neville Callam, Baptist World Alliance- General Secretary
[topic] Cecil Sherman
[topic] John Upton, VBMB/BGAV Executive Director; President-elect, BWA

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