Anabaptist Identity Conference
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The Anabaptist Identity Conference is an annual or semi-annual conference held in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and/or Sarasota, Florida. The topics presented at each conference are designed to strengthen and encourage conservative Anabaptists in their kingdom convictions. They are also designed to challenge today’s Anabaptists not to become complacent in their Christianity and to honestly look at areas of weakness. The conference schedule for November, 2011 is as follows: Anabaptist Identity Conference “Who Are We?” November 18 – 20, 2011 Midway Reception Center – Lititz, PA Attendees are encouraged to bring their own copies of the new Hymns of the Church for use at the conference. The theme song for the conference will be “O Christ, Our Lord, with Teaching True” by Anabaptist martyr Michael Sattler, number 592 in Hymns of the Church. Anthony Hurst and others will lead the music. Recordings of previous conferences, Florida and Pennsylvania, will be available both online at www.anabaptistlive.com and on CD from Victory Music Services, Lavern Yoder 443-480-1489, or yodervern@emypeople.net. The sessions will be accessible live by phone conference line at 712-432-8773 Pin: 47223 Freewill offerings will be taken to cover the expenses of the meeting. Checks can be made out to Shalom Ministries, a 501C3 nonprofit organization; receipts available. Those needing lodging arrangements may contact Chester Weaver 260-499-4638. Planning Committee: Jerry Hoover, John D. Martin, Matthias J. Overholt, Nathan Overholt, Chester Weaver. Any questions may be directed to Chester Weaver. Friday Evening November 18 Modern to Postmodern – Jonas Sauder, Lancaster, PA Introduction to Unser Leit – Leroy Beachy, Millersburg, OH Question and answer periods following each session. ************************* Martyrs Mirror Engravings – Amos Hoover, Ephrata, PA (historian) Introduction to In God We Don’t Trust - David Bercot, Amberson, PA Question and answer periods following each session. Lunch 11:30 *************************** Encountering the Living Christ Yesterday - Dean Taylor, Ephrata, PA Getting Serious About Transformation: Radical Conversion and Post-conversion Transformation – Milo Zehr, Guys Mills, PA Question and answer periods following each session. Supper 5:00 ***************************** 7:00 PM Welcome, Opening Prayer, Worship in Song From Anabaptist to Pietist Church Music – Chester Weaver, Lagrange, IN Question and answer period Hymns of the Church Singspiration - John D. Martin, Shippensburg, PA ********************* 9:30 PM Welcome, Opening Prayer, Worship in Song Conservative Anabaptists After 50 Years: Being Honest with the Problems We Have Created – Frank Reed, Manheim, PA Paths to Renewal: Old Order or Pietism? – Edsel Burdge, Shippensburg, PA Question and answer periods after each session. Lunch 11:30 ********************** 1:30 PM Welcome, Opening Prayer, Worship in Song What Does It Take to Make a Bumblebee Fly? Tracing the Hand of God in the Formation of the Christian Day School Movement – Jonas Sauder Looking Both Ways: Hindering the Truth by Failing to Acknowledge the Truth on the Other Side – Kenneth Kuhns, North Bloomfield, OH Question and answer periods after each session. Supper 5:00 ************************ 7:00 PM Welcome, Opening Prayer, Worship in Song Encountering the Living Christ Today – Dean Taylor Whatever Happened to the Humility Motif? – John D. Martin Question and answer periods after each session. *********************** The three new books being featured at the 2011 Anabaptist Identity Conference are as follows: |
