SESSION 1 Workshops

10:15 a.m.

AMY GALLAHER

Minister of Missional Engagement

Ardmore Baptist, Winston-Salem

LINDA M. JONES

Triad Manager

Welcome House Community Network

KIM WYATT

CBF Field Personnel & Co-Founder

Welcome House Community Network

CURTIS FREEMAN

Director

Baptist House of Studies

Duke Divinity School

Let’s Talk Housing and Hospitality

Welcome House has become a growing movement of housing and hospitality ministries in North Carolina. You are invited to dialogue with three premiere practitioners in the field. Get the latest on what is happening from Founder, Rev. Kim Wyatt. Hear from Dr. Linda Jones, Welcome House Triad Manager to learn about local church housing and hospitality ministries in the Triad. And meet Rev. Amy Gallaher, Minister of Missional Engagement with Ardmore Baptist Church to hear first hand how her church started the most recent Welcome House in Winston-Salem.

Making Christians: Instruction in the Basic Teaching of Christ

The second century church leader, Tertullian of Carthage argued that Christians “are made, not born.” This workshop will equip lay and ordained church leaders to prepare candidates for baptism through instruction in “the basic teaching of Christ” (Heb 6:1-2). Participants will learn how for centuries Christians passed on the basic teaching of Christ, and explore how retrieving the practice of catechesis might equip the church to be more faithful and effective in following the call to make disciples.

AMANDA TYLER

Executive Director

BJC (Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Reclaiming Religious Freedom

Advocacy for religious freedom for all people has been a hallmark of the Baptist movement since its beginning. But the topic of religious freedom has become contentious, contested, and often misunderstood. In this workshop, you can learn how the language of “religious freedom” is used to mask Christian nationalism, hear about implications of recent Supreme Court decisions, and get tools for the best ways to advocate from our unique Baptist perspective for an expansive liberty that includes people of all faiths and people of no faith.

SANTIAGO

Director