The Bugenhagen
CONFERENCE
July 26 - July 28, 2021 : Racine, Wisconsin
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July 26 - 28, 2021
St. John's Lutheran Church
510 Kewaunee St.
Racine, WI 53402
The Bugenhagen Conference is a three day conference for pastors on practical theology. Attendance and meals at the conference are free to registrants. The conference will feature three keynote speakers and forty workshops presented by over twenty pastors.
The Reformation held up the great truth of salvation by grace through faith. Faithful Lutheran pastors know that the gospel is to permeate the teaching and the life of the congregation. Our preaching, teaching, and all of our practices should be fully shaped by the Word of God. The Pastor ought to excel in his ministry whether it be in teaching, caring for the sick and dying, providing biblical counsel, or being an example in holy living.
The Bugenhagen Conference was created to help pastors hone their craft and excel in all facets of ministry. Pastors know that there is always room for improvement, whether it be in the routine tasks of administration, or in more particular matters of pastoral leadership in the parish. The pastor is to be competent, confident, and skilled in his ministry.
The Bugenhagen Conference is a gathering particularly designed for the parish pastor, providing a place for him to honestly evaluate himself against the biblical model of who a pastor is to be. Here he can critically assess among brothers what qualities, skills, and characteristics he has developed and, also, where he needs to develop. The workshops allow pastors to hear from brothers in the ministerium who can provide practical guidance in approaching specific tasks and challenging situations that one may face in the parish.
OUR SPEAKERS
Participants at the Bugenhagen Conference will hear three Keynote Addresses. Out of the forty Workshops offered, they will be able to attend eight. It has been said pastors of different ages and experience naturally bring particular gifts to the church: the young, zeal; the middle-aged, stability; and, the elders, wisdom. A healthy mix and balance of these qualities will be brought together at the conference in order to strengthen and build up our ministerium in the Missouri Synod.
Keynote Speakers
2021 Workshop Presentations
I. Preaching and Teaching
Dispensationalism: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Respond—Pastor Tyson Mastin
Getting Better at Bible Study: Philippians—Pastor J. J. Stefanic
Getting Better at Bible Study: 1st John—Pastor Paul Preus
Getting Better at Bible Study: Job—Pastor Benjamin Holt
Making VBS Great Again—Pastor Jason Braaten
Pan Is Dead: The Usefulness of Pagan Mythology
in the Study of Scripture—Pastor Travis Berg
Preaching Funerals—Pastor David Petersen
Preaching without a Net—Pastor Burnell Eckardt
Speaking with One Voice:
Catechesis for the Home, Congregation, and School—Pastor Greg Truwe
Sunday School as Bible History—Pastor Jason Braaten
Teaching Our People How to Read the Bible—Pastor Mike Grieve
The Pastor and Precise Language—Pastor Benjamin Holt
II. Liturgical Matters
Beautifying the Building—Pastor James Roemke
CLOSED (with a D) Communion Conversations—Pastor Jack Gilbert
Restoring the Great Easter Vigil—Pastor Brian Liermann
What the Lectionary Can Teach You about Hymn Selection—Pastor Sean Daenzer
III. Care of Souls
Being the Pastor of a Small Parish—Pastor Burnell Eckardt
Comfort During Suffering from the Holy Scriptures
and the Church’s Theologians—Pastor Michael Frese
How to Encourage Funerals by Making Them More Affordable:
Philosophy as Theology’s Handmaiden—Pastor Travis Berg
Talking to Your Congregation about Governmental Overreach—Pastor David Ramirez
The Gods of Our Culture—Pastor Mark Preus
The Repeat Customer: Applying Proper Pastoral Patience—Pastor Jack Gilbert
IV. Congregational Life and Parish Administration
A College for Our Children: Luther Classical College—Pastor Mark Preus
Building Community in the Congregation—Pastor David Petersen
Conversation with CTCR Associate Executive Director—Pastor Rick Serina
Factual Numbers—Pastor Joshua Conradt
Patriarchy and Complementarianism—Pastor David Ramirez
Starting a Men’s Group—Pastor David Buchs
Stewardship Under the Cross—Pastor Heath Curtis
The Lutheran Witness: 140 Years and Still Preaching Our Fathers’ Faith in Our Children’s Language—Pastor Roy Askins
V. Pastoral Leadership
Digging Up the Talent: Confessing with Boldness in the Office—Pastor Aaron Uphoff
Learn Your German—Pastor Ryan Loeslie
How to Be a Small Town American Pastor—Pastor Heath Curtis
Instilling Courage in the Congregation—Pastor Mike Grieve
Memorizing the Psalms—Pastor Ryan Loeslie
Ruling Your Household Well: Putting 1 Timothy 3 into Practice—Pastor Benjamin Ball
2021 Keynote Addresses
Monday, July 26: Down the Slope -- Pastor Scott Adle
Tuesday, July 27: The Brotherhood of the Ministry -- Pastor Benjamin Ball
Wednesday, July 28: Consider the Ant: Overcoming Sloth with Zeal -- Pastor Jason Braaten
SPONSORS
St. John's Lutheran Church
Racine, WI
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Union Grove, WI
Messiah Lutheran Church
Kenosha, WI
Planning Committee
Rev. Jack Gilbert
St. John's Lutheran Church
Racine, WI
Rev. David P. Ramirez
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Union Grove, WI
Rev. Aaron Uphoff
Calvary Lutheran Church
Watseka, IL
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