CALVARY GRACE CONFERENCE 2010

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An Invitation to the 2010 Calvary Grace Conference

I am pleased to announce the speakers for the 2010 Calvary Grace Conference.

Vishal Mangalwadi and Art Azurdia have both accepted invitations to speak at our 2nd annual conference (January 29-30, 2010).  Our conference theme this year is The Goodness of the Gospel.

I have been interested in Vishal Mangalwadi’s ministry ever since I read his outstanding little book, The Legacy of William Carey. By showing the dramatic transformation which the Word of God wrought in India, Vishal offered a powerful reminder of the gospel’s efficacy for societies and cultures.

Vishal has spoken at the 2005 Desiring God Conference for Pastors and was recently featured on the Christian Research Institute’s broadcast (Oct 8 & 9), talking about his latest book, Truth and Transformation.

Art Azurdia returns to our conference this year having ministered to us last year. Art’s ministry was greatly appreciated and we are very thankful to have him with us again.

Art’s ministry came to my attention initially through his book, Spirit Empowered Preaching, deemed by many to be the best book on preaching since Lloyd-Jones’ Preaching and Preachers.
It was fitting then, that Art would be asked to speak at the 25th Anniversary of the Welsh preacher’s death.

Art teaches at Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon having served in pastoral minstry for over two decades. He also helps pastors by leading the Spurgeon Fellowship with fraternal events and a journal.

Art has become a dear friend to many in the Calvary Grace Church family and we look forward to welcoming him back to Calgary.

Please consider this your invitation to attend.  We hope to be posting further conference details as they are finalized.

Upcoming 2010 Calvary Grace Conference

We are looking forward to the upcoming 2010 Calvary Grace Conference.

This year’s conference is scheduled for January 29-31 in Calgary, Alberta.  Speakers and venue are being confirmed and we hope to make a formal announcement in the next week or two.

Registration

You don’t need to bring your registration confirmation with you on Saturday morning - just visit the registration table and we’ll sign you in. Registration begins at 9:00 a.m.

We will be accepting registrations the morning of the event. Please bring a personal cheque or $15 in cash.

Childcare space provided at conference

Calvary Grace has set aside an adjoining room to our conference room as a place for parents to care for young children.

Invitation to the 2009 Calvary Grace Conference

“It’s a dangerous business going out your front door.”

This quote from JR Tolkien’s character, Bilbo Baggins, represents the Christian attitude toward this fallen world. But Christians are not called to remain secluded behind closed doors. They are called to venture forth in faith, trusting in the One who prayed: “I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one” (John 17.15). Calvary Grace Church in Calgary invites you to come and consider the role of the Christian in the world as speaker Arturo Azurdia shares God’s Word on the subject of ‘A Call to Worldly Christianity.’

Introducing Art Azurdia

Dr. Arturo G. Azurdia III is Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology and Director of Pastoral Mentoring at Western Seminary in Portland , Oregon . He is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, having attended California State University at Hayward where he received a B. A. in Music Performance. His M. Div. was earned from The American Baptist Seminary of the West in Berkeley , California , and his D. Min. from Westminster Seminary in Escondido , California . He was the founding minister of Christ Community Church in Fairfield , California , where he subsequently pastored for 19 years. He is also the founder of The Spurgeon Fellowship at Western Seminary, a fraternity of ministers devoted to seeking the wisdom of classical pastoral theology for contemporary church ministry. Art is the author of Spirit Empowered Preaching (Christian Focus Publications) and a contributing author in two additional volumes: The Compromised Church (Crossway) and Reforming Pastoral Ministry (Crossway). He is a frequent speaker at various national and international conferences. His interests include film, literature, baseball, and the music of Arturo Sandoval. Art and his wife, Lori, have two children, Katherine and Jonathan.