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Leadership Development, National Cooperative Baptist Fellowship,
Terry Hamrick, Coordinator
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Georgia, E. Frank Broome,
Coordinator
The Center for Baptist Studies, Mercer University, Walter B.
Shurden, Executive Director
PURPOSE OF CONFERENCE: to act as a catalyst for collegiate
ministry among moderate Baptists and to encourage concrete actions
at the local church level in the area of missions to the college
campus.
THURSDAY
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1:30-1:45 Welcome and Introduction
Walter B.
Shurden
Executive Director, The Center for Baptist Studies
1:45-2:15 Opening Address
R.
Kirby Godsey
President, Mercer University
2:15-2:45 Panel
Presentation
Collegiate Ministers
Topic: “The University Campus: Mission
Field or Stumbling Block for Moderate Baptists?”
Moderator: Chris Gambrill, North Carolina
(Center for Congregational Health)
Participants
Tim Willis, First Baptist,
Clemson, SC
Ruth Perkins Lee, First Baptist, Auburn,
AL
Wanda Kidd, Western North Carolina
University, NC
2:45-3:15 Panel
Discussion
3:15-3:30 Break
3:30-4:00 Panel
Presentation
State CBF Leadership
Topic: “The University Campus: Empowering
Local Churches for Collegiate Missions”
Moderator: Frank Broome, GA CBF
Coordinator
Participants
Devita Parnell, Associate Coordinator for Congregational
Life, GA CBF
Mike Young, Missions
Coordinator, TN
CBF
Larry Hovis, Coordinator, NC CBF
4:00-4:30 Panel Discussion
4:30-5:30 Topic: “Responding to the Conversation Thus Far”
Small Groups: Bruce Gourley,
Moderator (4:40-5:30)
Conveners: State CBF Coordinators
Marion Aldridge, SC
Mart Gray,
AL (Former Coordinator)
Ircel Harrison,
TN
Ray Higgins, AR
Harold Phillips,
MO
5:30-7:00 Dinner
7:00-7:30 Panel Presentation
University Pastors
Topic: “The University Campus: Local
Church Models”
Moderator: Walter B. Shurden
Participants:
Doug Dortch, First
Baptist, Tallahassee, FL
Gene Wilder, First Baptist,
Jefferson City, TN
Todd Lowe, Evergreen
Baptist, Milledgeville, GA
7:30-8:00 Panel Discussion
FRIDAY
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7:45-8:30 Breakfast
8:30-8:45 Opening Address Terry Hamrick
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
Topic: “The University Campus:
Discovering, Developing, and Nurturing Leaders.”
8:45-9:15 Panel
Presentation
Professors of Religion
Topic: “The University Campus: Moderate
Baptist Opportunities From My Perspective”
Moderator: Rob Nash, Dean, School
of Religion, Shorter College, GA
Participants
Glenn Jonas, Chair, Department of Religion and Philosophy,
Campbell University, NC
Doug Weaver, Assistant Professor of
Religion, Baylor University, TX
Don Garner, Chair, Department of Religion,
Carson-Newman, TN
9:15-9:45 Panel Discussion
9:45-10:00 Break
10:00-10:45 Panel Presentation
Moderate Baptist Leaders
Topic: “The University Campus: Partnering
with Local Churches for Collegiate Missions”
Moderator: Frank Broome, Coordinator, GA
CBF
Participants
Daniel Vestal, Coordinator, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
John Upton, Executive Director, Virginia
Baptist Mission Board
Bruce McGowan, Director, Center for
Collegiate Ministries, Baptist General Convention of Texas
10:45-11:00 Q and A with Panel
11:00-11:30 Closing Challenge
John Pierce
Executive Editor, Baptists Today, Macon, GA
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