We try to do something creative with the backdrop at the MMC each year. We just got a pic of this year’s finished product – with the spray paint cans visible on the floor!

One cool thing about this year’s backdrop is that there are three crosses in it that are only visible with black-light. I just hope we can pull that off next week…

Our Missional Ministry Conference is exactly one week away! Next Thursday (March 24-25) we descend on Oklahoma Baptist University for two days to be challenged to lead gospel-centered churches and live gospel-centered lives.

Micah Fries is our one of our keynote speakers. Micah’s topics at the MMC are:

• Portrait of the Gospel
• The Gospel and the Mission of the Church (breakout session)
• The Gospel and the Next Generation (in OBU’s Raley Chapel – OBU students get chapel credit)
• The Missionary and the Gospel

 Micah pastors Frederick Boulevard Baptist Church in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Other speakers at the MMC this year include:

Dr. Scott Pace from OBU
Dr. Alan Bandy from OBU
Scott Kindig, student pastor at the Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham
Dr. Tommy Sanders, childhood professor at Dallas Baptist
Micah Kersh, worship pastor at Henderson Hills in Edmond
Jason Hayes, young adult specialist and editor from LifeWay Christian Resources

It’s not too late to register for the MMC! Go here to register, and for more information about conference topics, schedule, hotel accommodations… check the MMC website at www.missionalministry.net.

Here’s the conference schedule:

Thursday, March 24

9:30      Registration

10:00  GeneralSession 1                                                                                                
                Music – David’s Creed
                Portrait of the Gospel – Micah Fries
                The Gospel Unhindered: Recovering the Missional Gospel – Alan Bandy

12:00     Lunch

1:30        Breakout Sessions

The Gospel and the Mission of the Church – Micah Fries
The Gospel-Centered Home – Jason Hayes
What Does Our Music Tell Us About God – Micah Kersh
The Mission of God and the People of God – Alan Bandy
Gospel-Centered Student Ministry – Scott Kindig
Let Them Come to Me: Children and the Gospel – Tommy Sanders
The Gospel and Small Groups – Teaching for Life Transformation  - Scott Pace

2:45      Break

3:15      Breakout Sessions

Missional Transformation:  The Conversion and Call of Paul – Alan Bandy
Pastoring People, Not a Program – Micah Kersh
Reconnecting Cause and Christ – Jason Hayes
Gospel-Centered Student Ministry (continued) – Scott Kindig
Let Them Come to Me (continued) – Tommy Sanders
The Gospel and Preaching – How to “Preach the Gospel” – Scott Pace

4:30        Break

5:00        Dinner  Raley Chapel Yard

6:00      General Session 2 – Raley Chapel
                Music: Micah Kersh and the Henderson Hills Band
                The Gospel and the Next Generation – Micah Fries
                The Gospel vs Apatheism – Scott Pace

8:00        Dismiss

Friday, March 25

8:30       Breakout Sessions
                Pastor’s Panel – Bringing to Gospel to Our Community
                Gospel-Centered Student Ministry – Scott Kindig
                Let Them Come to Me: Children and the Gospel – Tommy Sanders

9:45       Break

10:15    General Session 3
                Music – David’s Creed
                The Gospel and the Missionary – Micah Fries