The 2010 God and Culture Conference Keynote Speaker |
Oakbrooke Bible Church 248-674-4849 Registration is FREE and includes all sessions, Continental breakfast and full lunch on Saturday. An offering will be taken. WE'VE OPENED UP 30 MORE SPOTS FOR CONFERENCE ONLY. NO LUNCH. |
An Invitation from Pastor Paul Edwards The Christian faith is under attack from many quarters. For the last decade the church has endured the assault of the New Atheism as espoused by Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens, who charge religion and people of faith with creating evil in the world. In addition, radical Islam is making inroads into American culture, undermining the Judeo-Christian ethic upon which this nation was founded. More disturbing is the assault on biblical orthodoxy that is coming from within the church itself in the form of the Emergent or Emerging movement led by Tony Jones, Brian Mclaren and Doug Paggit, a fulfillment of Paul's warning to the Ephesian elders that "from among your own selves shall men arise speaking perverse things." We will gather in Waterford, Michigan for one Saturday to equip the saints to defend the faith once for all delivered to us. We invite you to be among us for this FREE conference. For the Gospel's Sake,
Pastor Paul Edwards |
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Dr. James White, Keynote Speaker
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Pastor Christopher Brooks
Early in his childhood, Christopher W. Brooks began attending Evangel Ministries, where he surrendered his life to Christ at the age of 13. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Finance and Administration from MSU, Pastor Brooks was asked to return to Evangel Ministries to serve in a formal capacity. In 1998, he became a youth pastor and by 2000 he was the assistant pastor of the church. As assistant pastor, Pastor Brooks created the Evangel Ministries Economic Restoration Group (E.M.E.R.G.) to provide financial planning, debt management and employment training for Evangel’s members. In 2004, Pastor Brooks accepted the role of Senior Pastor of this thriving, inner-city church, which has a membership of more than 2,000. Pastor Brooks is dedicated to providing biblically-sound exegetical teaching, along with strong training in apologetics. In January 2006, Brooks founded a state-licensed seminary preparation institution called the Detroit Bible Institute, which graduated its first class in the summer of 2007. In addition to being the founder and president of this training program, he is also the primary instructor of Apologetics and has taught the Pastoral Leadership and Systematic Theology courses. The Detroit Bible Institute is home to more than 175 students and offers a one-year diploma in Biblical Studies. Brooks’ great passion is to win his generation to Christ through local, national and international evangelism and missions and to promote apologetics training in urban cities and churches. Pastor Brooks serves in ministry with his wife, Minister Yodit Brooks, who is also a Bible teacher. They have two children.
Pastor Clark has been the Chief Executive Officer of Grace Centers of Hope (formerly the Pontiac Rescue Mission) for 20 years. He is also the Senior Pastor of Grace Gospel Fellowship, located one block away from the Mission building. Over the years, his vision and leadership has transformed the ministry of Grace Centers of Hope into one of Southeastern, Michigan’s leading faith-based institutions. Pastor Clark was born in Lowes, Kentucky. He has been married to Dr. Pam Clark for 36 years and they have two daughters, Shannon and Amber, who proudly serve alongside their parents at Grace Centers of Hope. Pastor Clark can be heard on the radio every morning on WMUZ, 103.5 FM, at 7:45 am and 8:45 am. He is also available to speak at various churches, conferences, and other special events.
In his ninth year as teaching pastor at Oakbrooke Bible Church, Paul has pastored churches in Michigan, Indiana, and Texas. He has been a talk host on Christian radio in Detroit since 2002, currently heard weekday afternoons from 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm on Life Changing Talk Radio AM 1500 WLQV. Paul attended Baptist Bible College in Springfield, MO and Grace College and Seminary in Winona Lake, IN where he majored in Church History. |
GENERAL SESSION SCHEDULE Saturday, August 21
Sunday, August 22
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Accomodations: Holiday Inn Express Waterford 4350 Pontiac Lake Road | Waterford, MI |
WE'VE OPENED UP 30 MORE SPOTS. LUNCH IS NOT INCLUDED IF YOU REGISTER AFTER AUGUST 9TH. REGISTRATION ENDS FRIDAY, AUGUST 13. |
James White is the director of Alpha and Omega Ministries, a Christian apologetics organization based in Phoenix, Arizona. He is a professor, having taught Greek, Systematic Theology, and various topics in the field of apologetics. He has authored or contributed to more than twenty books, including The King James Only Controversy, The Forgotten Trinity, The Potter's Freedom, and The God Who Justifies. He is an accomplished debater, having engaged in more than seventy-five moderated, public debates with leading proponents of Roman Catholicism, Islam, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Mormonism, as well as critics such as Bart Ehrman, John Dominic Crossan, Marcus Borg, and John Shelby Spong. He is an elder of the Phoenix Reformed Baptist Church, has been married to Kelli for more than twenty-seven years, and has two children, Joshua and Summer.
Pastor Christopher Brooks is the Senior Minister at Evangel Ministries in Detroit and host of the Equipped for Life radio program heard weekdays at 3:00 pm on FaithTalk 1500 WLQV. 
Pastor Kent Clark 
Pastor Paul Edwards