If you have an interest in Calvinism in the Southern Baptist Convention, you will not want to miss this Building Bridges event at Ridgecrest.

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I will present some research on Calvinism among recent SBC seminary graduates. The rest of the presentations are included below in the (now official) schedule:

Building Bridges: Southern Baptists and Calvinism

November 26-28, 2007

Ridgecrest Conference Center

Monday, November 26

3:00 - 3:45 p.m., Introductory Matters - The ARC

• Greetings from LifeWay Research

Brad Waggoner - Vice President, Research and Ministry Development

Ed Stetzer - Director, LifeWay Research and resident missiologist

• Building Bridges Theme

Thom S. Rainer - President and CEO, LifeWay Christian Resources

3:45 - 5:30 p.m., Session 1 - The Historical Record

• David Dockery - President, Union University

• Tom Nettles - Professor of Historical Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

5:45 - 7:15 p.m., Dinner - Rhododendron Dining Hall

7:30 p.m., Worship

• James Merritt - Pastor, Cross Pointe, The Church at Gwinnett Center, Atlanta, GA

• R. Albert Mohler, Jr. - President, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Tuesday, November 27

7:00 - 8:00 a.m. Breakfast - Rhododendron Dining Hall

8:00 - 8:30 a.m. Prayer Time - The ARC

8:30 - 10:15 a.m., Session 2 - Calvinism: A Cause for Rejoicing, A Cause for Concern

• Malcolm Yarnell - Assistant Dean, Theological Studies; Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

• Jeff Noblit - Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Muscle Shoals, AL

10:15 - 11:00 a.m. Break

11:00 - 12:30 p.m., Session 3 - The Atonement: Its Design, Nature, and Extent

• David Nelson - Senior Vice President, Academic Administration; Professor of Theology, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

• Sam Waldron - Academic Dean; Professor of Theology, Midwest Center for Theological Studies, Owensboro, KY

12:30 - 1:45 p.m., Lunch - Rhododendron Dining Hall

2:00 - 3:45 p.m., Session 4 - Theological Stereotypes: Let's Be Fair and Honest with Each Other

• Charles Lawless - Dean, Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism and Church Growth, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

• Nathan Finn - Instructor of Church History, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

3:45 - 5:30 p.m., Session 5 - Election and Calling: A Biblical/Theological Study

• Ken Keathley - Senior Associate Dean; Professor of Theology, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

• Greg Welty - Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

5:45 - 7:15 p.m., Dinner - Rhododendron Dining Hall

The late night coffee debates over effectual calling should be... well... exciting to the people having them. Grin.