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The Evangelical Forum, a gathering of evangelical Pastors and laymen who desire to see renewal and reformation in Baptist churches in Virginia, will hold its fourth annual gathering on Wednesday, November 9, 2005 at the Good News Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia. The meeting will feature messages by Dr. Tom Nettles, Professor of Historical Theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky and Dr. Mark Dever, Pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC.
The schedule will be as follows:
Afternoon Session (3:30-5:30 pm):
Dr. Tom Nettles: “Soul Competency and Church Purity” (click for audio)
Dr. Mark Dever: “John Bunyan: Puritan Baptist Churchman” (click for audio)
Supper Break (5:30-7:00 pm):
A complimentary supper (free but donations accepted) will be served on site, hosted by Providence Baptist Church of Suffolk. If you plan to attend, please email Pastor Rob Stovall: preacherstovall@verizon.net by October 31, 2005 so the Providence brethren may plan accordingly.
Evening Session (7:00-9:00 pm):
Dr. Mark Dever: “John L. Dagg: Virginia Baptist Churchman” (click for audio)
Dr. Tom Nettles: “Soul Competency and Divine Sovereignty” (click for audio)
A discount book and display table will also be available featuring recent works by our speakers, a table from Sprinkle Publications of Harrisonburg, Virginia, and a table from 9 Marks Ministry of Washington, DC.
Speaker profiles
 Tom Nettles |
 Mark Dever |
Tom Nettles is a graduate of Mississippi College (B.A.), and The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (M.Div.; Ph.D.). Before coming to Southern in 1997, he taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Chicago and Mid-America Seminary in Memphis. Among his most significant works is Baptists and the Bible, co-authored with Russ Bush, which helped define inerrancy as the historic Baptist view of the Bible at the height of the Southern Baptist conservative renewal controversy. Nettles also authored the influential book God of Grace and God of Glory, which uncovered the neglected Reformation roots of the Southern Baptist founders.
Mark Dever is a graduate of Duke University (B.A.), Gordon-Conwell Seminary (M.Div.), the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Th.M.), and Cambridge University (Ph.D. in Church History). He is pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church, a thriving congregation in the center of Washington that includes hundreds of young, urban professionals. Dever also serves in leadership for 9 Marks Ministry (www.9marks.org), an organization devoted to church reformation and renewal.
Directions
Meeting place: Good News Baptist Church (www.goodnewsbaptistchurch.org) is located at 5940 Telegraph Road in Alexandria, Virginia. Phone number: (703) 329-2990. Our host Pastor is Cal Wallace.
Driving directions: From the Capital Beltway (Interstate 95/495): Take the Telegraph Road Exit, South for 1/2 mile; church is on the right. Interactive directions from Google Maps.
Note: Good News church has ample parking. The meeting room is small, however, so you are encouraged to arrive early to find a place to be comfortably seated.