Advance Conference

Welcome to the Oklahoma Baptists Advance Conference! Prepare to be inspired and encouraged to carry the Gospel to friends and neighbors as you engage and listen to pastors and evangelists from Oklahoma and across the nation.

“And the things you have heard me say

in the presence of many witnesses

entrust to reliable men who will also be

qualified to teach others.”

2 Timothy 2:2

To entrust is to place or set before, to feed, teach, and explain, providing opportunities and putting others in charge.

 

Entrusting is equipping, enabling, and releasing. Entrusting is putting in the time with people, pointing them to Christ, helping them grow, and challenging them to then take the lead with others.

 

The more we hang on to as disciples, the less we can give away. Disciple makers must give away opportunities to others.

 

How do you make a disciple? Give moments and ministry away. Equip and empower others to do the work. Disciple making is for everyone. Not just a few. Not just for the spiritual elite. It’s time to step into the mandate. 

Schedule

Monday, March 3, 2025

Session 1 – 9:30am – 11:30am
Ever Borunda – Oklahoma Baptists
Terrell Romberg – Cordell, First
Terry Buxton – OKC, Immanuel
Katie Mitchell – Testimony

Lunch – 11:30am-1:00pm
Metro Baptist Network Luncheon

Session 2 – 1:30pm – 4:30pm
James Wilder – Shawnee, Pott./Lincoln Baptist Association
Charlie Blount – Moore, First
Griff Henderson – Mustang, Chisholm Heights
Garry McNeil – Durant, First
Catherine Renfro – Testimony

Session 3 – 6:00pm – 8:30pm
Bobby Kelly – Shawnee, OBU Professor
James Dew – New Orleans, LA; NOBTS President
Luis Ruiz – Testimony

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Focus Groups – 9:30am – 11:30am
Listed below

Lunch – 11:30am-1:00pm
Chick-Fil-A Boxed Lunches provided for ALL attendees

Session 4 – 1:30pm – 4:30pm
Shane Pruitt – NAMB
Chad Higgins – Lifeway Senior Management of Church Equipping
Adron Robinson – Country Club Hills, IL; Hillcrest Baptist Church, Senior Pastor
Tee and Avaria Uzoigwe – Testimony

Advanced registration required to attend meals. 
 Please note, time could shift slightly. 

Focus Groups and Meal Registrations

Foster Care – Becoming a C.A.R.E.S. Church – OBHC Care Ministry
 
Women’s Ministry – Expectant Faith – Catherine Renfro, NAMB
 
Church Planting – Maps versus Menus – Send Oklahoma
 
Children’s Ministry – CMA: The Harvest in Your Home – Jonathan Williams, SWBTS
 
Discipleship and Student Ministry – OKYM: The Language of Discipleship – Chad Higgins, Lifeway
 
Missions – Missions Cohort: Connecting Your Church to Missions – Chris Martin, IMB
 
Senior Adult Ministry – Looking at Senior Adult Ministry through a New Lense – Pierce Institute
 
Hispanic Ministries – Roundtable – Ever Borunda
 
Evangelism – Reaching Strategies – Coach Tee, Oklahoma Baptists
 
African American Leaders – Perfecting Integrity – Adron Robinson, Pastor, Chicago, Hilltop
 
Worship & Music – Foundations of Worship – Lee Hinson, Author and Joshua Chism, OBU

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