Polishing the Pulpit - Sevierville 2025: Full Schedule

8:30am EDT

Physical Persecution of Missionaries—It Still Occurs Today

Sunday April 27, 2025 8:30am - 9:00am EDT

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Speakers

Mark Posey

Sunday April 27, 2025 8:30am - 9:00am EDT
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Missionary Rendezvous

9:10am EDT

The Ohana Culture of Hawaii—Shaka, Aloha: How It Helps the Gospel Message and Hinders

Sunday April 27, 2025 9:10am - 9:40am EDT

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It is important to understand the culture where we live. In Hawaii, the island culture has its pros and cons when it comes to preaching the gospel. This lesson will highlight the positive and the negative impacts of culture on the mission of the church to preach the gospel.

Speakers

Tagillima Esene

Minister

Talofa and Aloha! My name is Lima (short for Tagiilima) and I am the husband of a great and beautiful wife, Athena. The father of six wonderful children (Annabeth, Antheia, Titus, Alethia, Athalia, and Aurora). We live on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, and serve as the preaching family... Read More →

Sunday April 27, 2025 9:10am - 9:40am EDT
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Missionary Rendezvous

9:50am EDT

My Heart for Missions

Sunday April 27, 2025 9:50am - 10:20am EDT

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Speakers

Rob Whitacre

Director, HTHSOE

Rob Whitacre was born in Carbondale, Illinois. He was raised near San Antonio, TX, attending the Northern Oaks church of Christ. He married Nicole of Nashville, TN, in August of 1996. They have one daughter, Hannah and one son, Jared. He comes from a God fearing family of preachers... Read More →

Sunday April 27, 2025 9:50am - 10:20am EDT
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Missionary Rendezvous

10:30am EDT

Ten Ways to Get Bible Studies at Home and Abroad

Sunday April 27, 2025 10:30am - 11:00am EDT

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Studying the Bible with individuals is of the utmost importance. The approaches to setting up Bible studies and conducting Bible studies should be flexible. One may wish to consider cultural factors and the inherent complexity of dealing with unique individuals of varying backgrounds.

Speakers

Kevin Rutherford

Instructor, Dean of Admissions, MSOP

Instructor and Dean of Admissions: Memphis School of Preaching

Sunday April 27, 2025 10:30am - 11:00am EDT
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Missionary Rendezvous

11:10am EDT

The Five Most Important Principles Every Missionary Should Know

Sunday April 27, 2025 11:10am - 11:40am EDT

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Speakers

Bob Bauer

Sunday April 27, 2025 11:10am - 11:40am EDT
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Missionary Rendezvous

2:00pm EDT

Does God Want Us to Dream Big? Shoot for the Moon? The Bible Says…

Sunday April 27, 2025 2:00pm - 2:30pm EDT

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Speakers

Gage Coldwater

Sunday April 27, 2025 2:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
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Missionary Rendezvous

2:40pm EDT

House to House School of Evangelism on the Mission Field—Principles that WORK! (Free Materials for Attendees)

Sunday April 27, 2025 2:40pm - 3:10pm EDT

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Success in personal evangelism comes down to applied principles that have become habits. In this lesson we will consider important principles in evangelism that work. These things will make us better at soul winning for Christ.

Speakers

Tagillima Esene

Minister

Sunday April 27, 2025 2:40pm - 3:10pm EDT
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Missionary Rendezvous

3:20pm EDT

If I Had a Million Dollars to Do the Lord’s Work, I Would…

Sunday April 27, 2025 3:20pm - 3:50pm EDT

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Speakers

Gage Coldwater

Sunday April 27, 2025 3:20pm - 3:50pm EDT
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Missionary Rendezvous

4:00pm EDT

Panel: Insights from Older Missionaries: Gold, Gems, or Geriatrics? You Decide

Sunday April 27, 2025 4:00pm - 4:30pm EDT

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Speakers

Andres Coto

Andrés is married with Yeimy since 2016; and he graduated from Geogia School of Theology. He is a full time minister at the San Jose Sur Church of Christ, Costa Rica since 2018. He loves missions and has preached in places like Costa Rica, Panama, Jamaica, Nicaragua and USA (FL... Read More →

Eddy Gilpin

Eddy has been preaching full time since 1985. He is a 1985 graduate of the Memphis School of Preaching. Together with his family, he has served congregations in Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama, and Virginia. He and his family served three years (1991-1994) in Tanzania, East Africa. He... Read More →

Tom Wacaster

Sunday April 27, 2025 4:00pm - 4:30pm EDT
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Missionary Rendezvous

7:00pm EDT

Doubt: What to Do When It Arises

Sunday April 27, 2025 7:00pm - 7:45pm EDT

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Speakers

Justin Rogers

Dean, College of Biblical Studies, Freed-Hardeman University

Dr. Justin Rogers is a graduate of Freed-Hardeman University (B.A. in Biblical Studies with an emphasis in New Testament Greek; M.A. in New Testament) and Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion (M.Phil; Ph.D). Since 2010 he has served as a professor and administrator... Read More →

Sunday April 27, 2025 7:00pm - 7:45pm EDT
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New Christians

8:00pm EDT

Church Pictures: Temple

Sunday April 27, 2025 8:00pm - 8:30pm EDT

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This lesson will look at the importance of the Temple in the Old Testament and how it relates to the church being the temple of God today.

Speakers

Johnie Scaggs

Minister, Bellevue Rd Church of Christ

Johnie is a graduate of the 8th and Lee School of Biblical Studies and a graduate of Southwest School of Biblical Studies in Austin TX. He has been preaching for 44 years. He is married to Nancy and they have four children and nine grandchildren. Johnie is the editor of the GospelJournal... Read More →

Sunday April 27, 2025 8:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
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Doctrine

8:20am EDT

Sustained Congregational Evangelism: We Are Now in Our Third Year, and We Are Still Baptizing

Monday April 28, 2025 8:20am - 8:50am EDT

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After enrolling in the House to House School of Evangelism in May 2022, our congregation has experienced sustained spiritual and numerical growth. This is due to applying the congregational evangelism model. How we applied the model will be the main focus of the lesson. This lesson can be helpful for congregations considering the school of evangelism.

Speakers

Tagillima Esene

Minister

Monday April 28, 2025 8:20am - 8:50am EDT
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Evangelism

9:00am EDT

Seven Problems the Church Will Always Face—And How to Handle Them (Part 1)

Monday April 28, 2025 9:00am - 9:30am EDT

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We sometimes believe that the problems that we face in the church today are unique to our time. While advances in technology have certainly affected many things about life, the church today faces iterations of the same types of problems as the church in the first century. We just do not realize it.

Speakers

Kevin Rhodes

Director, Brown Trail School Of Preaching

Kevin W. Rhodes is the Director of the Brown Trail School of Preaching and host of the GBN program Expositions. He is a 1992 graduate of Midwest School of Biblical Studies, and an author of several books on a variety of subjects. He served as the Associate Editor of Sound Words for... Read More →

Monday April 28, 2025 9:00am - 9:30am EDT
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Elders Ministry

9:40am EDT

Five Ways Parents Unknowingly Raise a Bully, and How to Stop It

Monday April 28, 2025 9:40am - 10:10am EDT

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Speakers

Jerry Martin

Licensed Professional Counselor, Christian Counseling Services

Jerry L. Martin, PhD, LPC-S currently serves as a Professor at Amridge University in Montgomery, AL. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor. Jerry has over four decades of preaching experience, having worked with congregations in Louisiana, Georgia, Colorado, Tennessee, and Alabama... Read More →

Monday April 28, 2025 9:40am - 10:10am EDT
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Parenting

10:20am EDT

That Text Might Not Mean What You Think It Says (Series): Proverbs 22:6—But Don’t Good Parents Have Unfaithful Children Sometimes?

Monday April 28, 2025 10:20am - 10:50am EDT

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Speakers

John Moore

Instructor, Bear Valley Bible Institute International and Bible Land Passages

A native of Dripping Springs, Texas, John has served as an evangelist, teacher, preacher and minister of the gospel for over 30 years. He and his wife Carla are working with Bear Valley Bible Institute International, and serve as the directors of Bible Passages, a ministry dedicated... Read More →

Monday April 28, 2025 10:20am - 10:50am EDT
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Textual Parenting

11:00am EDT

Interesting Things from my Collection (Series): Were the Egyptian Hyksos "Shepherd Kings" Israelites?

Monday April 28, 2025 11:00am - 11:30am EDT

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Speakers

Bob Stancell

Director/minister, Bible Lands Museum

Bob has been preaching for the Sandy, OR church of Christ since 2006. In the last 9 years his collection of biblical artifacts has been open free to the public in the lower level of the building. Since 2016 he has displayed parts of the collection at PTP and does 4-6 exhibits per... Read More →

Monday April 28, 2025 11:00am - 11:30am EDT
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Special Interest

1:30pm EDT

Random Psalms: Eternal Lessons in Psalm 9

Monday April 28, 2025 1:30pm - 2:15pm EDT

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Speakers

Bill Burk

I graduated from the Browntrail School of Preaching in 1993. Since then I have preached for three congregation, all of which are in the state of Texas: Rendon (1994-1997); Seagoville (1997-2010) and Crandall (2011-present). The Lord has blessed me by allowing me to engage in mission... Read More →

Monday April 28, 2025 1:30pm - 2:15pm EDT
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Textual Old Testament

2:30pm EDT

Church Growth (Series): Taking a Congregation from 50 Members to 100

Monday April 28, 2025 2:30pm - 3:15pm EDT

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In the last four years, the Honolulu congregation has seen growth due to the amount of people being saved in Christ. This lesson will highlight the things that took place in order for such growth to happen. While evangelism is the work of the church, the emphasis in this lesson will be on the importance of having a man of God who is an evangelist.

Speakers

Tagillima Esene

Minister

Monday April 28, 2025 2:30pm - 3:15pm EDT
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Evangelism

3:30pm EDT

How to Excel As a Deacon (Part 1)

Monday April 28, 2025 3:30pm - 4:15pm EDT

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The term "deacon" is not intended to be merely a list of names on the church letterhead, but a functional role that involves service, responsibility, and initiative. Let us find some practical ways we can serve others better while glorifying God and His servant Son.

Speakers

Scotty Sparks

Minister, Meridianville Church of Christ

Scotty Sparks has been preaching in Huntsville, Alabama for over 19 years, and is currently the pulpit minister for Meridianville Church of Christ. He previously also served as an elder for the Mastin Lake Road Church of Christ. He holds a Master of Ministry from Freed-Hardeman University... Read More →

Monday April 28, 2025 3:30pm - 4:15pm EDT
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Deacons

4:30pm EDT

God’s Amazing Attributes (Part 1): All-knowing … of Me (Psalm 139:1–6)

Monday April 28, 2025 4:30pm - 5:00pm EDT

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We can know, recognize, and appreciate certain omni-attributes of God, but it is a true blessing when those omni-attributes are personalized and directed toward me! God is omniscient, but, best of all, He is omniscient of me in my life!

Speakers

David Sproule

Evangelist, Palm Beach Lakes church of Christ

David Sproule is a native Floridian, born and raised in West Palm Beach. He attended Freed-Hardeman University, graduating with a degree in Bible. While at Freed-Hardeman, he met and married Traci Smith. David has been preaching the gospel since 1994, serving congregations... Read More →

Monday April 28, 2025 4:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
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Textual

6:00pm EDT

Five Reasons Why People Stop Going to Church (and What It Means to Churches)

Monday April 28, 2025 6:00pm - 6:45pm EDT

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Why do people stop "going to church" in 2024? Is one reason as good as another, or is there a difference between a "reason" and an "excuse"? What should our attitude and response be when we hear these reasons? This lesson will explore five of the most common reasons why people stop coming to church, along with what it should and should not mean to the local church.

Speakers

Jeremy Pate

Youth Publications Coordinator, Apologetics Press

Jeremy is the Youth Publications Coordinator at Apologetics Press, where he has served since 2019. He and his wife, Brooke live in Montgomery AL with their 4 children: Ava, Greta, Willa, and Prentice. Jeremy served as a full-time Youth/Family Minister for 18 years before moving to... Read More →

Monday April 28, 2025 6:00pm - 6:45pm EDT
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Ministry

8:30pm EDT

Hangout: Games, Snacks, Conversation

Monday April 28, 2025 8:30pm - 10:30pm EDT

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Speakers

Jordan Moore

Associate Minister, Katy church of Christ

Jordan Moore resides in Katy, TX with his wife Erin, and three children, Jackson (8), Emmalyn (6), and Clara (3). Jordan has served as Associate Minister at the Katy church of Christ for the last 5 years and worked in Youth Ministry prior to that. Jordan has served as the Director... Read More →

Erin Moore

Erin Moore is married to the love of her life, Jordan, and they have three children: Jackson (7), Emmalyn (5), and Clara (2). The Moore family lives in Katy, Texas where they worship and work with the Katy church of Christ. Erin is living her dream life as a stay at home wife and... Read More →

Monday April 28, 2025 8:30pm - 10:30pm EDT
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Singles (Ages 25–35)

7:45am EDT

The History and Trends of Hymnology in the Church

Tuesday April 29, 2025 7:45am - 8:15am EDT

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Speakers

Andy Robison

Director, West Virginia School of Preaching

Andy Robison was raised in Moundsville, West Virginia. He has served the Lord’s church in West Virginia in Pennsboro and Parkersburg (Camden Avenue) as an associate minister and as pulpit minister for congregations in Farmington (Oakhurst), Washington (Hopewell), Harrisville, and... Read More →

Tuesday April 29, 2025 7:45am - 8:15am EDT
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Church Bible Class History