Fall Conference

 Every fall, Central Seminary conducts its annual Fall Conference. This one-day conference is designed to edify and equip believers in the areas of ministry and Christian life. Alumni, pastors, and friends from across the nation and around the world attend.

Our next Fall Conference will be held on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.

SCHEDULE – Tuesday, October 14

8:00 AM  Registration

8:30 AM   Session I: The Way Things Ought To Be

9:20 AM   Break (Coffee & Refreshments)

9:35 AM    Session 2: Same Sex Attraction and Activity

10:25 AM   Break

10:40 AM   Session 3: Sex, Gender, and Identity

11:30 AM   Break

11:45 AM   Session 4: The “I” in the Stack

12:35 PM  Catered Lunch (Downstairs)

       The Alumni Association Meeting will be held in the Fellowship Hall immediately following lunch.

KEVIN BAUDER was born in Midland, Michigan. He received his primary education in Michigan public schools and his secondary education in central Iowa. He married Debra Wright, and has two children: Rachel and Joshua.

His non-academic interests include outdoorsmanship, gunsmithing, and the shooting sports, as well as a love for the fine arts.

Areas of academic pursuit include ecclesiological issues, Baptist history and polity, and the study of American fundamentalism and evangelicalism.

Resource Library: Podcast Series on Gender Dysphoria

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Previous Fall Conferences

Fall 2024 – Chris Melvin 

Session 1 Video – Definitions: Moral Injury, PTS(D), Trauma

Session 2 Video – Theological Frameworks: Imago Dei, the Body, and the Sufficiency of Scripture

Session 3 Video – Interventions, Resources, and Family Impacts

2024 Fall Conference Booklet [PDF]

Fall 2023 – Brent Belford

Session 1 Video | Notes – Evaluating Preaching Models: Part 1
          Christ-centered & Gospel-centered Preaching

Session 2 Video | Notes – Evaluating Preaching Models: Part 2
Theocentric & Pneumacentric Preaching

Session 3 Video | Notes – Suggesting an Approach
          Text-Driven, Doxological Preaching

PDF: All Session Notes & Suggested Bibliography

2023 Fall Conference Booklet [PDF]

Fall 2022 – Nicolas Ellen

 Session Videos [Vimeo]

Conference Booklet [PDF]

Fall 2020 – Victor Clay

Lecture Notes
Powerpoints

Fall 2019 – Chris Anderson

Powerpoints

 

Fall 2018 – Jim Tillotson

Fall 2017 – Larry Pettegrew

Fall 2015 – Sam Horn