BUFFALO, Mo. – Ted Cabal, general editor of The Apologetics Study Bible, is the keynote speaker at the “Shield of Faith” Apologetics Conference Oct. 7-9 at First Baptist Church of Buffalo.
Cabal, professor of applied apologetics at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, has collaborated with such renowned apologists as Norman Geisler, Ravi Zacharias, and Lee Strobel. He has engaged in numerous campus talks and debates with atheist philosophy professors, and currently he is completing a book on the age-of-the-earth controversy.
Topics to be addressed at the conference include: What is Christian Apologetics? What is a Worldview? Engaging Millennials in Conversations of Faith; The Myth that Science has Proven Christianity False; Speaking the Truth in Love; and others.
Joining Cabal is Mike Fuhrman, chair of Southwest Baptist University’s Department of Christian Ministry. Fuhrman brings a great deal of expertise to the application of apologetics from a pastor’s standpoint.
“Having both pastored and taught, Cabal and Fuhrman understand the challenges pastors and lay leaders face in addressing objections to the gospel in a naturalistic, materialistic society,” said David Van Bebber, pastor of FBC Buffalo, who organized the event and serves as a member of the Missouri Baptist Apologetics Network. “While the two are professors, both teach with humility and are motivated to empower church members in the discipline of defending the faith.”
Other speakers include Rob Phillips of the Missouri Baptist Convention; Mark Elliot, associate pastor of Calvary Chapel Freewill Baptist Church in Buffalo; and David Van Bebber Sr., a contributor to the Shield of Faith Apologetics blog and a bivocational pastor in rural Kansas.
There is no cost for attending the conference, but Van Bebber requests that those planning to attend register at shieldoffaithapologetics.com or call the church office at 417-345-7210.