CCGG May 19, 2025

Services

Sunday - 930 Morning Worship - 1115 Sunday School | Wednesday - 7PM Prayer Meeting & Bible Study

Conference on the Church for God's Glory

Monday, May 18, 2025

10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m

"The Church for God’s Glory"

Please mark your calendars for this year’s Conference on the Church for God’s Glory for Monday, May 18, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

This year’s theme is Dispensationalism, Israel, and the Nations.

What has Christianity to do with Jerusalem? Dispensationalists expect a future restored nation of Israel: a literal kingdom on earth, with David’s Greater Son reigning over the redeemed ethnic descendants of Abraham. Recent political trends in America call for a renewed defense of dispensational theology. Debates with our covenantal brethren will endure until Christ’s return. But the support of the current nation of Israel, long a feature of the American right, has been sharply criticized by elements of a new right—sometimes in overtly anti-semitic terms echoing those of the fringe left. On the other hand, some evangelical supporters of Israel speak as though the modern nation of Israel can do no wrong, and that “blessing the descendants of Abraham” requires virtually unqualified defense of Israel’s government.

Biblical dispensationalists need to address these issues with courage and clarity, with fidelity to the Word of God rather than the pressures of the moment. In this year’s Conference on the Church for God’s Glory, we endeavor to restate foundational, exegetical convictions: to the clarity of Scripture, to the irrevocability of God’s promises, and to the call for robust faithfulness as we await the return of the King and the future establishment of his Kingdom.

List of speakers coming soon!

As always, wives are free to attend (but please still register), and there is a discount for students in college or seminary. We do not have staffed nurseries for the day, but our nursery rooms will be available mothers who wish to use them.

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Conference Speakers

Pastor Andy Hudson

Pastor, Westside Baptist Church, Janesville, WI

Andy has served as the senior pastor of Westside Baptist Church in Janesville, WI, since March of 2019. He holds degrees from Pillsbury Baptist Bible College (B.A.) and Central Baptist Theological Seminary (M.Div., Th.M., and Ph.D.). He has served as a professor at Pillsbury Baptist Bible College and Maranatha Baptist University and continues to serve as adjunct faculty for various Christian institutions. He is a published author and speaks regularly at other churches and Christian conferences. He and his wife Deb have raised three children.

Photo courtesy of Westside Baptist Church

Pastor Michael Riley

Pastor, Calvary Baptist Church, Wakefield, MI

Michael Riley has been the pastor of Calvary Baptist Church since March of 2012. Before coming to Wakefield, he served at Central Baptist Theological Seminary of Minneapolis, Minnesota and International Baptist College of Chandler, Arizona. Pastor Riley received his undergraduate education in Bible from Bob Jones University, his Master of Divinity from Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary, and his Ph.D. in apologetics from Westminster Theological Seminary in Glenside, PA. Michael and his wife Alicia have six children.

Photo and bio courtesy of Calvary Baptist Church

Pastor David Stertz

Pastor, Sunrise Bible Church, North Branch, MN

Pastor David Stertz was born and raised in southern Wisconsin. At age five, he was converted through the gospel ministry of his father who is also a pastor. Having a desire to do so at age sixteen, he set a course in his life to pursue pastoral and preaching ministry.

As a result, he earned the Biblical Studies degree at Maranatha Baptist University and a Master of Divinity at Central Baptist Theological Seminary. During his time at Maranatha, he met his wife Casey and they were married. In 2005 he accepted the call to Sunrise as an Assistant Pastor and was later called as Senior Pastor in 2010. Since coming to Sunrise, David and Casey have been blessed with six children.

Photo and bio courtesy of Sunrise Bible Church

STEVE THOMAS

PASTOR, HURON BAPTIST CHURCH, FLAT ROCK, MI

Steve has served as pastor of Huron Baptist Church in Flat Rock, MI, since 1983. He holds the Master of Divinity and Master of Theology degrees from Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary and the Doctor of Ministry degree from Ligonier Academy. He is a Bible expositor and displays a passion for the clear, accurate, and relevant communication of the word of God. He serves as an adjunct professor of homiletics at Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Plymouth, Minnesota. He also travels annually to the Far East to help train pastors. Pastor Thomas and his wife Sheree have two daughters and six grandchildren.

Photo and description credit: Huron Baptist Church

David Huffstutler & Randy Hockema

Pastors, First Baptist Church, Rockford, IL

David and Randy pastor the First Baptist Church in Rockford. You can read a short bio for each by clicking here.

Schedule for Monday, May 19, 2025

8:30 AM Registration - Be sure to check-in!!
10:00 AM Session 1 - David Huffstutler: “The Church for God’s Glory” (Ephesians 3:20–21)
11:15 AM Fellowship Break
11:30 AM Session 2 - David Stertz: “How Your Church Can Best Care for Its Missionaries”
12:25 PM Fellowship Break
12:40 PM Session 3 - Randy Hockema: “No One Like Him: How an Assistant Pastor Serves His Church for the Glory of God” (Philippians 2:19–24)
1:30 PM Lunch Break (local restaurants)
3:15 PM Session 4 - Michael Riley: “Preaching the Glory of the Gospel” (Romans 1:1–6)
4:15 PM Fellowship Break
4:30 PM Session 5 - Andy Hudson: “Is It Better to Bury or to Burn? A Biblical Look at Cremation”
5:30 PM Fellowship Break
5:45 PM Session 6 - Steve Thomas, “Every Pastor Is an Interim Pastor” (Selected Scriptures)
7:00 PM Dismiss

Conference on the Church for god's Glory

is a one day conference for church leaders hosted by First Baptist Church of Rockford, IL.