Schedule

SCHEDULE

 

Monday, November 11

12:00 p.m.

Registration Opens
Ministry Fair Opens
BGAV Lunch Tailgate Begins

2:00 p.m.

BGAV Town Hall Gathering with Panelists:

  • Lisa Rodriguez-Watson, national director of Missio Alliance
  • TaNikka Sheppard, general secretary of North American Baptist Fellowship
  • Minho Song, adjunct professor at Tyndale Seminary and senior pastor of Young Nak Korean Presbyterian Church in Toronto
  • Nathan Taylor, executive director of Virginia Baptist Historical Society

4:00 p.m.

Special Events and Gatherings

  • Virginia Baptist Pastor’s Conference
  • Group gatherings for VBWIM, Latino Network, Korean Fellowship
  • Breakout Sessions

5:30 p.m.

Dinner (on-site options available)

7:00 p.m.

Main Session #1: “Freedom in Church”

  • Speaker: Robert Stephens
  • Worship: Choirs of First Baptist Church, Alexandria

 

Tuesday, November 12

7:30 a.m.

Early Bird Book Club: All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir by Beth Moore

  • Facilitator: Sylvia Hobgood 

8:00 a.m.

Registration and Ministry Fair Open

9:00 a.m.

Main Session #2: “Freedom in Community”

  • Speaker: Miriam Swanson
  • Worship: Praise Band of First Baptist Church, Alexandria

10:30 a.m.

Business Session #1

12:00 p.m.

Lunch (on-site options available)

2:30 p.m.

Breakout Sessions

3:45 p.m.

Breakout Sessions

4;45 p.m.

Dinner

7:00 p.m.

Main Session #3: “Freedom in Christ”

9:00 p.m.

Late Night Book Club: Jesus and the Powers: Christian Political Witness in an Age of Totalitarian Terror and Dysfunctional Democracies by N.T. Wright and Michael F. Bird

  • Facilitator: Adam Tyler

 

Wednesday, November 13

7:30 a.m.

Early Bird Book Club: The Exvangelicals by Sarah McCammon 

  • Facilitator: Maria Lynn 

8:00 a.m.

Registration and Ministry Fair Open

9:00 a.m.

Business Session #2

10:30 a.m.

Ministry Fair Closed

10:45 a.m.

Main Session #4: “Free Indeed”

Memorial Service

12:00 p.m.

Meeting Concludes