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Mrs. Jan Carlberg,
Author and speaker, will be
our opening banquet speaker
on Tuesday evening, May 15.
· Author of The Hungry Heart
(Hedrickson-1991), The
Welcome Song
(Baker/Revell-1999) ·
Contributing author: Joy for
the Journey (Word-1997) ·
Board member: Vision New
England · Advisory board:
Women at the Well ·
Conference speaker · Former
Director of Women’s
Ministries, Grace Chapel,
Lexington, MA Mrs.
Carlberg’s husband is Dr. R.
Judson Carlberg, President,
Gordon College, Wenham, MA,
where she serves as hostess
and mentor to students. The
Carlbergs have two grown
children.
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Dr. Robert D. Lupton
is a pragmatic visionary.
Nearly three decades of
frontline urban work have
produced in him a realistic
understanding of what can
and does work in the city.
His “re-neighboring” concept
has been reality-tested in
three inner-city
neighborhoods. Dr. Lupton
lives in Grant Park, an
inner-city neighborhood in
Atlanta. He holds a Ph.D. in
Psychology from the
University of Georgia, is
the author of Theirs is the
Kingdom, (Harper and Row,
1989), Renewing The City (InterVarsity
Press, 2005) and the
newsletter Urban
Perspectives: Reflections on
Faith, Grace and The City,
and is the President of
FCS Urban Ministries.
FCS Urban Ministries is a
Christian community
development organization
that partners with declining
inner-city neighborhoods to
bring about social, economic
and spiritual rebirth.
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Dr. Victor (Vic) Pentz,
Senior Minister at Peachtree
Presbyterian Church,
Atlanta, will be our
Convention Bible Teacher.
Vic Pentz sensed a call into
the ministry through his
love of leading Bible
studies in college. Today
his passion for Scripture
comes out in the way he
applies God’s timeless truth
in timely ways to everyday
life. Sprinkled throughout
his sermons are allusions to
his many interests: sports,
hiking, cycling, food,
travel, history, and popular
culture. Dr. Pentz is an
alumnus of Pomona College,
Prince-ton Theological
Seminary, and received his
doctor-ate from Fuller
Seminary. His many pastoral
experi-ences include
preaching to the President
of the United States,
serving as chaplain to the
crews of three space shuttle
launches, and running an
evan-gelistic beach ministry
to Southern California
surfers. Vic serves on the
boards of Presbyterian
College and Columbia
Theological Seminary. He and
his wife, Becky, have three
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Dr.
Joseph L. Roberts
has served as
the senior pastor of the
Historic
Ebenezer Baptist Church
in Atlanta, Georgia for over
27 years. A visionary and
gifted leader, he uses his
exceptional skills in
addressing major issues of
our time, creating an
awareness in others,
sensitizing them to act in
meeting the challenges of
today. Dr. Roberts delivers
messages which stimulate the
mind, are thought provoking
and get to the heart of the
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Cecil Murphey,
author, teacher, and speaker
will be our speaker for the
Saturday Morning General
Session. He has authored or
co-authored over 100 books
which have sold over 4
million copies. His book,
written with Don Piper 90
Minutes in Heaven has
sold more that a million
copies. His book
Committed But Flawed won
the 2005 Silver Angel Award.
His books include Rebel
with a Cause (with
Franklin Graham), and
Gifted Hands (with Dr.
Ben Carson). Recently he has
written a devotional series
that deals with the issues
of caregiving. He will
address us on the topic "The
Challenges, Responsibility
and Blessings of Caregiving."
Cecil has served as pastor,
and as a missionary to Kenya
before he began his career
as a fulltime writer. He
also served as a volunteer
hospital chaplain. He holds
a Master of Divinity degree
from Columbia Theological
Seminary and a Master of
Arts in Education from
Atlanta University. He lives
in Atlanta with his wife,
Shirley. |
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