On September 14, 2024, we will be meeting at Central Baptist College for the 7th Annual Student Ministry Workers Retreat. It is all about learning more about student ministry and connecting with others with a similar passion. There will be goody bags, snacks, giveaways, worship, breakout groups, and more. Your registration takes care of your lunch as well as a day full of training.
The first 100 registrations receive a goody bag. Those registered after August 27 are not guaranteed a t-shirt.
Our theme for 2024 is Discipleship. Our break-out leaders include Heidi Sorrrells of Healthy Church Solutions & South City Church, Yalanda Merrell of Lifeword, Wade Allen of Temple Baptist Church of Rogers, Dr. Philip Attebery of the Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary, and Stuart Estes from the University of Arkansas Association of Baptist Students. They will be providing insight and resources to help you as you seek to disciple your students and churches.
Our featured speaker for 2024 is Dr. Owen Strachan. Dr. Strachan is Provost and Research Professor of Theology at Grace Bible Theological Seminary. Before coming to GBTS he served as Associate Professor of Christian Theology and Director of the Residency Ph.D Program at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He earned his Ph.D from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, his M.Div from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and his AB from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. He is married and the father of three children. Strachan has authored numerous books, including Reenchanting Humanity: A Theology of Mankind, The Pastor as Public Theologian: Reclaiming a Lost Vision (with Kevin Vanhoozer) and Christianity and Wokeness: How the Social Justice Movement is Hijacking the Gospel – and the Way to Stop it. Strachan is the former president of the Council on Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, the former director of The Center for Public Theology at MBTS and is the President of Reformanda Ministries.
