Resources
Session IV: Practical Application and Q&A // Gender + Sexuality & The Church
Session III: Homosexuality // Gender + Sexuality & The Church
Session II: Transgenderism // Gender + Sexuality & The Church
EFCA Texas-Oklahoma District invited Josh Gatewood to a church health clinic to talk about gender, sexuality and the church.
Session I: How did we get here? // Gender + Sexuality & The Church
EFCA Texas-Oklahoma District invited Josh Gatewood to a church health clinic to talk about gender, sexuality and the church.
Navigating Narcissistic Behavior and Difficult People in the Church
How do you deal with manipulative, toxic or harmful behaviors as a Christian leader?
Recommended 2023 Business Session Rules
Business Session Rules for the 134th General Conference of the EFCA on June 21, 2023
Proposed 2023 Business Session Agenda
Proposed Agenda for the 134th General Conference of the EFCA on June 21, 2023
2023 EFCA Report Book
Prepared for the 134th conference of the EFCA on Wednesday, June 21, 2023.
Generic Missions Policy
This missions policy can be used as a guide as you develop your own missions strategy.
ReachStudents Training With Larry Osborne: Dynamic Small Groups
Larry Osborne, senior pastor of North Coast Church (EFCA) in Vista, California, teaches on creating small groups for your students that are dynamic and healthy.
2023 Proposed EFCA Bylaw Amendments With Comments
The document indicates the proposed EFCA Bylaws amendments and includes commentary for clarity.
ReachStudents Training with Vašek Andrš: Evangelism
Vašek Andrš speaks about evangelism and teaching students how to share their faith.
ReachStudents Training with Crystal Tena: Help! My students are struggling with mental health and I don’t know what to do!
Crystal Tena, counselor and coach, speaks about the mental health issues facing today's youth and how youth leaders can best serve their students.
A Theology of the Body and Human Sexuality: God's Divine Design and "Did God Actually Say?"—Practical Theology and Missiology
Dr. Katie McCoy, director of Women's Ministry for Texas Baptists, teaches on the practical theology and missiology related to the body and human sexuality during the 2023 EFCA Theology Conference pre-conference.
A Theology of the Body and Human Sexuality: God's Divine Design and "Did God Actually Say?"—Medical and Ethical
Dr. Lauris Kaldjian, professor of Internal Medicine at the College of Medicine, University of Iowa, teaches on the medical and ethical implications of the theology of the body and human sexuality during the 2023 EFCA Theology Conference pre-conference.
A Theology of the Body and Human Sexuality: God's Divine Design and "Did God Actually Say?"—Biblical and Systematic Theology
Dr. Gregg Allison, professor of Christian Theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, teaches the biblical and systematic theology of the body and human sexuality during the 2023 EFCA Theology Conference pre-conference.
2023 Pre-conference Introduction
Greg Strand provides an overview of the pre-conference at the 2023 EFCA Theology Conference: A Theology of the Body and Human Sexuality.
How to Read a Culture—What Every Pastor Needs to Know: A Primer on Cultural Exegesis
In his breakout session at the 2023 EFCA Theology Conference, Dr. Kevin Vanhoozer examines what it means to read a culture and how pastors can thoughtfully engage with and exegete the culture in which we live.
God is Blessed and Glorious
Dr. Fred Sanders teaches on the topic, "We believe God, 'existing in a loving unity of three equally divine Persons," is "infinitely perfect" and has "graciously purposed" all things "for His own glory" at the 2023 EFCA Theology Conference.
God is Sovereign—We believe God has "limitless knowledge and sovereign power..."
Dr. Kevin Vanhoozer, research professor of systematic theology at TEDS, teaches about God's "limitless knowledge and sovereign power [and] has graciously purposed from eternity to redeem a people for Himself and to make all things new" at the 2023 EFCA Theology Conference.
God is Sovereign—We believe God has "limitless knowledge and sovereign power...
God is Love—We believe God is love "and eternally existing in a loving unity"
Bill Kynes introduces the topic "God is Love" for a panel discussion with Fred Sanders, Derek Rishmawy and Adonis Vidu at the 2023 EFCA Theology Conference.
God is Holy—"We believe God is holy"
Derek Rishmawy, Reformed University Fellowship Campus Minister (UC-Irvine) and PhD Candidate (TEDS), shares about God's holiness at the 2023 EFCA Theology Conference.
God is Creator (Maker of Heaven and Earth)—“We believe in one God, Creator of all things”
Dr. Adonis Vidu, Andrew Mutch Distinguished Professor of Theology at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts, examines what it means for God to be the creator of all things at the 2023 EFCA Theology Conference.
God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit—"We believe in one God...three equally divine Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit"
Dr. Steven Duby, associate professor of theology at Phoenix Seminary in Scottsdale, Arizona, teaches about the triune nature of God at the 2023 EFCA Theology Conference.
God Is—“We believe in one God...infinitely perfect, and eternally existing”
Dr. Gavin Ortlund, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Ojai, California, examines what it means for God to be infinitely perfect and eternally existing at the 2023 EFCA Theology Conference.
2023 EFCA Theology Conference Introduction
Greg Strand provides an overview of the 2023 EFCA Theology Conference speakers and session topics.
2023 EFCA Theology Conference Notebook
Prepared Course Schedule (August 2023)
History, Theology and Polity Information (2023)
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