Dear Fellow Believer,

Nothing kills a church faster than a lost passion for evangelism and missions. Losing our evangelistic fire removes the heat and life from the church. Nothing is more grievous and schizophrenic than using the Doctrines of Grace (the Gospel) as an excuse for a lack of evangelistic zeal! This is the unbalanced and extreme doctrine of “hyper-Calvinism.” Classic hyper-Calvinism is far different from true evangelistic Calvinism. To be honest, all of us need to be stirred to greater fervency in the evangelistic calling (Matthew 28:18-20).

At this time in church history, I’m convinced there is a genuine awakening to the Doctrines of Grace, but with it comes the ever-abiding temptation to go beyond a Scriptural balance. In pride, one can become tempted to love a man-made “system” of theology more than the God of that system and the souls of men. Thus begins the slide down the slippery slope of hyper-Calvinism. Our goal in this year’s conference is to cut off this serpent’s head before it is above the ground!

We’ve invited Jonathan Sims, David Miller, Barry King, and Conrad Mbewe to bring us rich expositional preaching. In addition, Dr. Michael Haykin will bring us some of the historical and practical implications of hyper-Calvinism. I will deliver a message addressing the use of altar calls and how we approach this issue at Grace Life Church of the Shoals.

This year’s conference will offer significantly more instruction and training. Because of many requests for training on practical matters, we are offering four optional break-out sessions covering ten areas of church life.

Cold, dead, fatalistic hyper-Calvinism should not even be named among us! While we will never give up the biblical and glorious God-centered Doctrines of Grace, we must fight all temptation to be slack in taking the Gospel to ALL men in ALL nations urging ALL to repent and believe.

If you share with us a passion for the glory of God in His church, we invite you to join us as we strive together to walk in truth and to build true churches for the glory of God. “To Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.” - Ephesians 3:21

For His glory in His church,
Jeff Noblit