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Polishing the Pulpit - Branson 2026

2:15pm CDT

Hot Button Issues: Do Gender Roles Apply Beyond Marriage? EHAGlenn Colley

3:00pm CDT

Strong Churches Need Strong Women: Why Men and Women Flourish When We Follow Scripture, Not Trends Cooper Creek 1/2Matt Gibson Problems Facing Rural Congregations and Solutions Roark CreekDustin Dougherty

3:45pm CDT

Brainstorming Panel: Bigger Men for a Greater Church -- Correcting the Leadership Crisis. Long-term Plans to Prepare Qualified, Trained, and Mentored Men to Take the Helm in Coming Decades Ballroom AKevin Rhodes • Mark Reynolds • Gary Hampton • Tim Togami • Keden Shrum

10:00am CDT

Orthodoxy and Tradition Roark CreekRick Brumback

11:00am CDT

Answering the Methodist Church's Defense of Homosexuality EHADon Blackwell

1:30pm CDT

Hot Button Issues: Christian Nationalism vs. Kingdom Mission: What Is the Church’s Identity in a Polarized State? EHADavid Smith

3:00pm CDT

Hot Button Issues: Compassion Without Compromise -- Loving People in a Culture That Redefines Sin Cooper Creek 1/2Mike Hixson Orthodoxy and Leadership/Liturgy Short Creek 4Rick Brumback

3:45pm CDT

Brainstorming Panel: Tactics for Reaching the "Religious Nones" -- Bringing the Nones Back Ballroom ADaniel Stearsman • Dan Winkler • Caleb Rutherford • Daniel Webster • B. J. Clarke

11:00am CDT

Orthodoxy and Theology Cooper Creek 3Rick Brumback

1:30pm CDT

Hot Button Issues: The Death of Discernment -- How Christians Became Easy to Fool Cooper Creek 1/2Cameron Freeman

3:00pm CDT

The Danger of a Rooftop Scroll: How to Avoid David’s Temptation in a Digital World (2 Samuel 11) Ballroom AJoe Wells

3:45pm CDT

Brainstorming Panel: Tactics for Reaching the "Religious Nones" -- Reaching the Spiritually Unaffiliated Nones Ballroom ADaniel Stearsman • Keno Shrum • Eric Lyons • Ross Haffner • Branyon May

11:00am CDT

Just Believe to Be Saved? A Study of Acts 16:30-31 Ballroom AEric Lyons

2:15pm CDT

Has the Church Lost Confidence in Conviction? (2 Timothy 4:3–4) EHABengy Slocumb

3:00pm CDT

The Death of Absolutes and the Birth of Confusion (Judges 21:25) Cooper Creek 1/2Trent Kennedy

3:45pm CDT

Brainstorming Panel: Politics, the Death of Charlie Kirk, and Reaching the Religious Nones Ballroom ADaniel Stearsman • Glenn Colley • Steven Ford • Joshua Cantrell • Aaron Gallagher

2:00pm CDT

Where Did the Church Go? A Look at the Fallen Away Ballroom AB. J. Clarke

9:00am CDT

Hot Button Issues: Do We Need to Re-Evaluate How Much Women Are Involved In Worship Services? Cooper Creek 1/2B. J. Clarke