Conference on the Church for God's Glory

[illinoisguy]

Interesting item about an annual conference I never heard of until now, at First Baptist Church (IFB) in Rockford, Illinois. "The conference has always focused on conservative music and expositional preaching, though it has featured presentations of other sorts. Furthermore, CCGG was organized at a time when Illinois Baptists were being subjected to public diatribes against Calvinism. Pastor Williquette hoped to provide a venue where pastors—Calvinistic and otherwise—could fellowship and listen to preaching without some of the heated exchanges that were taking place elsewhere. . . .

"The meeting has no political dimension, offers no opportunities for climbers, has no strings to pull and no wheels to turn. It has no business session, hears no motions or seconds, takes no votes, and passes no resolutions. All it offers is simple fellowship, uncluttered by institutional or organizational entanglements.

"The non-political nature of the conference allows the host church to invite an unusual spectrum of speakers. Last year, Bob Jones III, retired president of Bob Jones University, delivered two messages. A few years ago, one of the speakers was Michael Barrett, at that time the dean of Puritan Reformed Seminary. This year, Josh Buice was invited to speak twice. Buice is the pastor of Pray’s Mill Baptist Church near Atlanta, and he is the founder of G3 Ministries."

CCGG 2023 | Central Baptist Theological Seminary

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[Bob Jones V]

Its Fundamentalists of the far away from Hyles type. Detroit Baptist Seminary, Bob Jones, Central, Maranatha, Faith Baptist Bible College. I've known of this for some time. Some of their speakers are not fundamentalists.