This year’s SBC Pastor’s Conference is June 11-12 in Phoenix, Arizona. The conference will feature 12 preachers who all come from average-size SBC churches. They will be preaching through the book of Philippians over the course of the two day conference.
As you know, last week was the colloquium at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary for this year’s SBC Pastor’s Conference speakers. The speakers for the conference gathered to get to know one another and study Philippians with Dr. David Allen and other preaching faculty members from SWBTS and NOBTS.
I had the privilege of attending the colloquium, and one of the things I did while there was interview the speakers for the Pastor’s Conference.
Michael Allen is the Pastor of Uptown Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois. Uptown Baptist is an average-size, ethnically diverse congregation on the north side of Chicago. Michael is an excellent preacher, and we look forward to hearing from him in June.
Watch this video interview and pray for Michael as he prepares to proclaim God’s Word to us in June.
Michael Allen SBCPC Interview from SBCPC on Vimeo.
Keep checking SBC Voices over the next several months as we will be posting more content related to the conference.
Michael ministers in Chicago. He could use your prayers as he works there. From Michael on Facebook yesterday: “… They’ve all been shot or stabbed multiple times or been close to death and that’s been the wake up call. I continue to be amazed at how normal and open these young men and their families appear to be when having honest conversations about their dark past. But I get to give the good news about their potential bright future. Despite the continued onslaught of daily carnage, and the burden of grief in my heart, I’m hopeful for the glimmer of… Read more »
Absolutely. Thanks, Brent.
And shout out to Brent for filming and editing these videos.
Interesting and good interview. Back when I was a student at ETBU we had students go to Uptown Chicago to minister in and with your church.
By the way, for any interested in attending, SWBTS is about to offer a Text-Driven Preaching Conference.
https://swbts.edu/events/text-driven-preaching-conference/
David R. Brumbelow