It’s hard to believe that it has been 2 years since the first Together For the Gospel conference. I remember the excitement I had as I blogged about the event (which I couldn’t attend). Then and now, I consider the conference a wonderful display of, and needed encouragement towards, Christian unity. And not just unity, but unity coupled with doctrinal commitment to the true Gospel. We don’t have to sacrifice doctrine to gain unity. Both are important, and T4G demonstrates this well.
This year, I also could not attend, but I suspected the messages would be available online for free, as they were in 2006. I’m not sure if the speaker panel sessions will be available, like last year, but the seven messages are available for free online.
And while you are there, you should check out Together For the Gospel’s updated website. The messages from last year are available as well as their doctrinal statement.
To encourage you to listen to the messages (I plan on eating them up on an upcoming road trip), let me direct you to Tim Challies’ liveblogging of the entire conference. Thanks to Tim, you can get a taste of the event and each message.
Let me conclude by quoting from T4G’s “about us” page.
Together for the Gospel (T4G) began as a friendship between four pastors. These friends differed on a number of theological issues, like baptism and the charismatic gifts. But they were committed to standing together for the main thing””the gospel of Jesus Christ..
So they began a conference which occurs every two years and aims principally at encouraging other pastors to do the same””to stand together for the gospel. And now this conference is evolving, as God pleases, into an informal network of church leaders who all share this ambition and who intend to encourage one another to do the same…..
Update: Josh Gelatt has collected some quotes and personal reflections on the conference which you may enjoy: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3.
I was unable to go, but I had some friends that went and they said it was awesome! I too look forward to listening to the speakers online.
Just to clarify for everyone, you can actually download the messages for free, too.
Thanks, Adam.
Thanks for the link, I will listen to them tomorrow. Good way to pass 6hrs driving time, traffic permitting.
Thanks for the info… I’ll check them out!
-cs
http://chrisschellenberg.com/
Thanks everyone.
By the way, I just updated the post with a couple links to some quotes from the conference.
Listened to the first six today, very powerful. Thank God for men like these who will stand and proclaim Truth. (capital T intended)