Providence Theological Seminary

The 2009 Providence Theological Seminary Doctrinal Conference
August 5-8 Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Conference Agenda
• Conference Registration Form

The featured guest speaker is Dr. Tom Nettles, Professor of Historical Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville. He will speak three times, once each night, on the historical origin, influences and theological challenges to Sovereign Grace Baptist Theology.

The doctrinal purpose of the conference is to demonstrate the need for a more accurate way to interpret the Bible than that which is found in the theological systems of Dispensational Theology and Covenant Theology.

   Each of the seminary’s resident faculty will present one message:
      •   Dr. Gary D. Long, Faculty President
      •   Professor Dwight Brown, Dean of Students
      •   Dr. Frank Gumerlock, Professor of Historical Theology
      •   J. William Dorman, Professor of OT Literature and Exegesis

   Also, five seminary Board of Directors members will present one message:
      •   Jackson Boyett, Pastor of Dayspring Fellowship in Austin, TX
      •   J. David Gilliland, M.D., Chairman of the Board, Providence Theological Seminary
      •   Joe W. Kelley, D.Min. Candidate and longtime pastor of Killeen Bible Church, Killeen, TX
      •   William W. Sasser, Pastor of Grace Church in Franklin, TN
      •   Richard A. Smith, Elder, Dayspring Fellowship in Austin, TX

Six Conference sessions will be held with two messages each starting on Wednesday evening followed by morning and evening sessions on Thursday and Friday and concluding on Saturday morning.

The afternoons will be free for those attending to visit the many vacation spots in the beautiful Pikes Peak region of the Rocky Mountains. See the seminary website (www.ptsco.org) for message titles and presentation times. Discussion time is scheduled and a Book Table is planned.

Sign-in for the conference will be from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 5th.

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A BRIEF WORD ABOUT PROVIDENCE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

Providence Theological Seminary inaugurated resident night classes in Colorado Springs on September 4, 2007. A full curriculum was offered during the inaugural year of studies less the Biblical Languages. Instruction in the Biblical languages commenced with the fall semester of 2008.

    • Primary emphasis upon a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree for training gifted men for the pastoral ministry
    • Two bachelor level programs:
          • Bachelor of Divinity (B.Div.) degree
          • Bachelor of Theology (B.Th.) degree
    • A Diploma in Theological Studies (DTS)

DOCTRINAL DISTINCTIVES

New Covenant Theology; Doctrines of Grace; Baptist Ecclesiology

THE NEED

One of the greatest needs of the Church today is the teaching and proclamation of sound doctrine in the context of obeying the two greatest commandments: love of God and neighbor. The Apostle Paul charged Timothy to “be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, handling accurately the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15 ). In light of this apostolic exhortation and focus upon the ministry of the Church in carrying out the Great Commission, Providence Theological Seminary is committed to the training of scholar-saints to become preachers and teachers of the Word of God witnessed by personal holiness in life, both in word and deed.

Quotes*

“The true minister of Christ knows that the true value of a sermon must lie,
not in its fashion and manner, but in the truth which it contains.”

“The grandest discourse ever delivered is an ostentatious failure if the doctrine of the grace of God be absent from it.”

“Sound teaching is the best protection from the heresies which ravage right and left among us.”

"Brethren, if you are not theologians you are in your pastorates just nothing at all. You may be fine rhetoricians, and be rich in polished sentences; but without knowledge of the gospel, and aptness to teach it, you are but a sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal. Verbiage is too often the fig-leaf which does duty as a covering for theological ignorance."

*From Charles Haddon Spurgeon: Lectures to My Students