By Brian Blackwell, Message staff writer
PINEVILLE, La. (LBM) – New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary President Jamie Dew is the keynote speaker for the 2022 E4 Preaching Conference.
Dew, who was elected president of the seminary in 2019, will bring messages during general sessions of the annual conference Sept. 13 at First Baptist Church, Pineville.
“I’m thrilled to join pastors and preachers from all over Louisiana for this year’s E4 Conference,” Dew told the Baptist Message. “Our pastors work hard to care for their people and proclaim the Word to the lost. The Gospel of Jesus is the only hope for the broken world, and we must be prepared to defend it with clarity, conviction and kindness.”
The conference will feature music by the FBC Pineville praise team. Breakout sessions will include such topics as Contending for the Faith, Preaching Issues in our Culture and Preaching through Ephesians and will be led by professors from Louisiana Christian University, NOBTS and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Mississippi Pastor Argile Smith.
Dew’s wife, Tara, will lead a study track for ministers’ wives.
“With all that is happening in our world, preachers must be prepared to be biblical and relevant at the same time,” Pastor Stewart Holloway said. “This year’s E4 will help all of us sharpen our skills for a changing world.”
The E4 Conference began in 2009 with a vision to exemplify, encourage, equip and empower pastors to preach expositional sermons. Past speakers have included Don Wilton, pastor of First Baptist Church in Spartanburg, SC; Fred Lowery, pastor emeritus of First Baptist Church in Bossier City; David Uth, pastor of First Baptist Church in Orlando; and Steve Gaines, pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, Tenn., and former SBC president.
The conference begins with registration at 8 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. An early bird rate is $70 for ministers and an additional $10 for their wives, and $25 for students, if registered by Aug. 31. Lunch is provided at the church.
Participants can register online at fbcpineville.net by clicking on the “E4” carousel at the top of the webpage.
