TRANSFORM YOUR MINISTRY
Charles E. Booth Lecture Series Conference
LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCES
Prophetic Preaching in a Pandemic Culture
From Trauma to Triumph
This conference is designed to provide a venue for ministers, church leaders, and laity to convene for worship, inspiration, information, and prophetic preaching that give hope in this pandemic culture.
Conference Coordinators
Dr. Kent Millard
President, United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio
Conference Inaugural Speaker
Dr. Harold Hudson
United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio
Bishop Sir Walter Mack
Sir Walter Mack Ministries, Winston-Salem North Carolina
Experience Prophetic preaching
Guest Preachers
New Psalmist Baptist Church
Baltimore, Maryland
Bethel Church
Jacksonville, Florida
Rush Memorial United Church of Christ
Atlanta, Georgia
gREATER cHRIST bAPTIST cHURCH
dETROIT, mICHIGAN
RSL Ministries
Warwick, NY
AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
RETIRED BISHOP
The Saint Paul Baptist Church
Richmond, Virginia
St. Paul Baptist Church
Charlotte, North Carolina
Guest Panelists
First Church of God
Columbus, Ohio.
CITY OF REFUGE
GARDENA, CALIFORNIA
FIRST APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
Sharon Baptist Church
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
THE BREAKTHROUGH FELLOWSHIP CHURCH
SMYRNA, GEORGIA
ST. JAMES HOME OF FRESH START
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
ST. JOHNS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
HOUSTON, TEXAS
NEW SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
About
Purpose of the 2021 Lecture Series
To continue to honor the life and preaching legacy of Charles Edward Booth. Preaching the Gospel was a life calling for Dr. Booth. He traveled the world preaching and teaching.
To provide clergy, church leaders, and seminarians, the necessary instruction and tools needed to keep preaching relevant and Christocentric in pandemic culture.
To raise scholarship resources to help primarily those students who are engaged in Doctoral level work and pursuing a degree from United Theological Seminary.
LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCES
Lecture Series Schedule
The Charles E. Booth Lecture Series Conference is one of the most unique conferences nationally. Because of its partnership with the United Theological Seminary, this conference is expected to bring together top-tier pastors, leaders, and students representing several denominations, ethnicities, and socio-economic backgrounds.
tUE - Sept
14
2021
9:00 am 2021 Charles E. Booth Lecture Series Conference Called To Order
Opening and Welcome- Dr. Harold Hudson
9:15 am Inaugural Message: Dr. Kent Millard
10:00 am Preparing for the Post-Pandemic Church- Dr. Martha Simmons
11:00 am Morning Message- Dr. Lance Watson
11:30 am Lunch Directives
11:45 am Virtual Luncheon – Sponsorship Recognition and Comedy Entertainment
1:30 – 2:30 pm Church Growth and Leadership Development Workshops- Part 1
- Leading As A Pot-Changer: Setting Vision And Seeing It Through
Dr. J. Elvin Sadler, United Theological Seminary, Dayton, OH - Intergenerational Preaching (Senior Pastors)
Dr. Phillip Pointer, Sr., St. Mark Baptist Church, Little Rock, AR
Dr. Charles Goodman, Jr., Tabernacle Baptist Church, Augusta, GA - Leading Women From Trauma to Triumph
Dr. Bridget Weatherspoon, United Theological Seminary, Dayton, OH - Why They Might Not Want To Hear You Preach (Associate Ministers)
Dr. Herbert Miller, II, Metropolitan Baptist Church, Flint, MI
Dr. Derrick Thorpe, First Baptist Church, Graham, NC - The Voice of the Seminary and Expression of Social Justice (Mentors)
Dr. Wendy Deichmann, United Theological Seminary, Dayton, OH - Pandemic Stewardship: Giving Through Grace
Dr. Rosario Picardo and Callie Picardo, United Theological Seminary, Dayton, OH
3:00 – 4:00 Peer Group Meetings
6:00 Church Growth and Development Classes- Part 2
- Emerging Generations and Social Justice
Dr. Kia Hood Scott, Union Baptist Church-Jamestown/High Point, NC
Dr. Keith McDaniel, Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC - The Pastor’s Heart and Music Ministry
Dr. Eugene (Geno) L. Gibson, Jr. – Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, Columbus, OH - Post Pandemic Staff Development
Bishop John Guns, St. Paul Baptist Church, Jacksonville, FL - Effective Evangelism Strategies: Reaching Them After Facebook
Dr. Kenneth Cummings, Kenneth Cummings Ministries, Hephzibah, GA
7:00 pm Evening Worship- Bishop Walter Scott Thomas
WED - Sept
15
2021
9:05 am Praise and Worship – Bishop Cortez Vaughn
9:05 am Devotional Message – Dr. Robert Scott
9:15 am Prophetic Sermon – Dr. James Perkins
10:00 am Message – Rev. Raquel S. Lettsome
10:45 am Bishop John Bryant
11:30 am Panel Discussion on Preaching – Bishop Timothy Clarke
- Bishop Noel Jones, City of Refuge, Gardena, CA
- A.C.D. Vaughn, Sharon Baptist Church, Baltimore, MD
- Bishop Carolyn Showell, First Apostolic Faith Church, Baltimore, MD
- Lance Watson, The Saint Paul Baptist Church, Richmond, VA
- Bishop James Woodson, James Home Of Fresh Start, Greensboro, NC
- Harold Carter, New Shiloh Baptist Church, Baltimore, MD
- Jennifer Watley Maxell, The Breakthrough Fellowship Church, Smyrna, Ga
- Rudy Rasmus, St. Johns United Methodist Church, Houston, Texas
1:00 pm Virtual Scholarship Fundraiser and Luncheon Repeat
2:00 pm – Peer Group Meetings
5:00 pm
6:00 pm The Late Charles E. Booth Up-Close and Personal (Last Interview of Charles Booth with Frank Thomas)
7:00 pm Evening Worship- Bishop Rudolph McKissick