2023 Preaching Forgiveness & Reconciliation Conference & Mark Abbott Lecture
Join us for a special all-day conference. The conference will take place at First Free Methodist Church (across from SPU’s campus) from 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM, with a public lecture following the conference at 6:00 PM. Our Keynote Speaker for the conference and evening lecture is Rev. Dr. Joy J. Moore, an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church and the Professor of Biblical Preaching at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. We will have an additional keynote message from Rev. Dr. Scott Dudley, Senior Pastor at Bellevue Presbyterian Church, preaching from
Rev. Peter Chin, Senior Pastor at Rainer Avenue Church, and a panel discussion framed by Rev. Michael Thomas, Senior Pastor at Radiant Church. Additional breakouts will be led by Dr. Stephen Newby and Rev. Ashley Skinner Creek.
Conference Schedule
8:30 AM – Coffee, Snacks, and Check-In
9:00 AM – Welcome, Worship, and Keynote, “Preaching from a Flawed Legacy” by Joy Moore
10:00 AM – Breakout #1
Ashley Skinner-Creek -“Preaching Through the Storm: Speaking in Times of Internal
Conflict and Division”
Mike Thomas - “Being a Reconciling Voice in a Relevant World”
Scott Dudley - “Making Reconcilers in the Church”
11:00 AM – Break
11:10 AM – Chapel & Keynote, Musical Worship led by Stephen Newby, Sermon by Peter Chin “Reconciliation and Revival: The Centrality of the Holy Spirit's Role in
the Work of Reconciliation”
12:00 PM – Lunch
1:00 PM – Breakout #2
Peter Chin - “From Mass Shootings, Riots, to Insurrections: Leading Congregational Response to Turmoil and Tragedy”
Joy J. Moore - “Preaching Forgiveness in the Old Testament”
Stephen Newby - “Hope Sounds, Sounding Hope: Singing Songs of Reconciliation”
2:00 PM – Break
2:15 PM – Panel on Forgiveness & Racial Reconciliation (all presenters)
3:15 PM – Large Group, Keynote #2 – Scott Dudley - “Hope, Healing, and the Cross in Genocide: Reconciliation in Rwanda”
4:00 PM – Break for Dinner
6:00 PM – Mark Abbott Lectureship on Preaching, "Preaching Forgiveness in an Age of Contempt” by Joy J. Moore