Schedule

Please note the final (daily) schedule will be released Sept. 15. 

Thursday Pre Conference

10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Pastor’s Panel and Chick Fila Lunch
One lecture, plus one-hour on-the-spot mentoring with veteran pastors

Thursday, October 16 2025 

1:30 p.m. Opening Worship with Terry Johnson
3:00 p.m. Lecture One: Confidence and Confessing by Carl Trueman
4:00 p.m. Breakout Session One
Music That Accords with Sound Doctrine by Scott Aniol
Pastoring and Preaching under Confession by Carl Robbins
Confessions in the Reformed Tradition by Bob Godfrey
4:45 p.m. Breakout Session Two
Using Confessions and Creeds in Worship by Terry Johnson
The Westminster Divines and Doctrinal Preaching by Chad Van Dixhoorn
From the Head to the Heart: Preaching to the Affections by Niel Stewart
6:00 p.m. Dinner Break
6:45 p.m. Prelude Concert with Arie Motschman
7:00 p.m. Evening Worship with Bob Godfrey

Friday, October 17 2025 

8:45 a.m. Psalm Sing led by Scott Aniol
9:00 a.m. Lecture Two: The Westminster Standards: Confessional Collaboration, Compromise, and Confirmation by Chad Van Dixhoorn
10:00 a.m. Breakout Session Three
Why Doctrinal Unity Matters by Carlton Wynne
Long Pastoring and Enduring Opposition by Carl Robbins
Now a Celebrity Tradition with Terry Johnson and Bob Godfrey                
11:00 a.m. Breakout Session Four
Training Pastors to Appreciate Confessions by Jonathan Master
Does a Confession of Faith Smother the Spirit? by Neil Stewart
Confessional Worship as Discipleship by Scott Aniol
12:00 p.m. Lunch Break
1:10 p.m. Lecture Three: Saving the Reformation and Why Worship Matters by Bob Godfrey
2:00 p.m. Breakout Session Five
Why and How the Church Must Maintain Fixed Truth by Carlton Wynne
Confessional Worship as Discipleship by Scott Aniol
What if there’d Been No Westminster and the Importance of Confessions Today? By Chad Van Dixhoorn
3:00 p.m. Breakout Session Six
Westminster and the Need for a Directory of Worship by Terry Johnson
Cultivating Reformed Worship in Smaller Churches by Carl Robbins
The Westminster Divines and Doctrinal By Chad Van Dixhoorn
3:45 – 4:15 p.m. Break
4:15 p.m. TBD by Carl Trueman
5:15 p.m. Question and Answer with Pastors Jonathan Master, Carl Trueman, Carlton Wynne and Bob Godfrey
6:00 p.m. Dinner Break
7:00 p.m. Psalm Sing by Scott Aniol and Evening Worship with Neil Stewart

Saturday, October 18 2025 

8:45 a.m. Psalm Sing with Terry Johnson
9:00 a.m. TBD with Carl Trueman
9:50 a.m. Panel Discussion on How the Church Can Confess the Truth
10:30 a.m. Lecture Six: TBD
11:15 a.m. Closing Worship by Jonathan Master

Sunday, October 19 2025

9:45 a.m. Sunday School with Carl Trueman
11:00 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship with Neil Stewart
5:30 p.m. Sunday Evening Worship with Bob Godfrey