Speakers include 14 from Presbyterian Church in America and 12 from Southern Baptist Convention; most of the rest are from independent, non-denominational and/or Bible churches.

About the 2011 National Conference

Many pastors and Bible teachers hunger to handle the Old Testament with more confidence—in the same way that New Testament writers handle it, in a way that understands how and why the New Testament writers treat the Old Testament as they do, and so arrive at Jesus and the Gospel. We might have begun by working through a number of New Testament passages where the Old is quoted, but we decided to start at the other end.

This way we may hope to model how a selection of Old Testament texts might be taught or preached—all in the hope of better learning how to teach and preach the whole counsel of God, how to become workers who do not need to be ashamed as we handle the Word of truth.

About The Gospel Coalition

We are a fellowship of evangelical churches deeply committed to renewing our faith in the gospel of Christ and to reforming our ministry practices to conform fully to the Scriptures. We have become deeply concerned about some movements within traditional evangelicalism that seem to be diminishing the church’s life and leading us away from our historic beliefs and practices. On the one hand, we are troubled by the idolatry of personal consumerism and the politicization of faith; on the other hand, we are distressed by the unchallenged acceptance of theological and moral relativism. These movements have led to the easy abandonment of both biblical truth and the transformed living mandated by our historic faith. We not only hear of these influences, we see their effects. We have committed ourselves to invigorating churches with new hope and compelling joy based on the promises received by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.

We believe that in many evangelical churches a deep and broad consensus exists regarding the truths of the gospel. Yet we often see the celebration of our union with Christ replaced by the age-old attractions of power and affluence, or by monastic retreats into ritual, liturgy, and sacrament. What replaces the gospel will never promote a mission-hearted faith anchored in enduring truth working itself out in unashamed discipleship eager to stand the tests of kingdom-calling and sacrifice. We desire to advance along the King’s highway, always aiming to provide gospel advocacy, encouragement, and education so that current- and next-generation church leaders are better equipped to fuel their ministries with principles and practices that glorify the Savior and do good to those for whom he shed his life’s blood.

Speakers for the 2011 Conference

Thabiti Anyabwile
Voddie Baucham
Alistair Begg
Paige Benton Brown
Mike Bullmore
Don Carson
Matt Chandler
Bryan Chapell
K. Edward Copeland
Mark Dever
Kevin DeYoung
Bob Doll
Mark Driscoll
Ligon Duncan
Craig Dyer
Keith and Kristyn Getty
Greg Gilbert
Nancy Guthrie
Joshua Harris
Dave Harvey
David Helm
R. Kent Hughes
Gary Inrig
Mary Kassian
Scott Kauffmann
Tim Keller
Julius Kim
Jonathan Leeman
Richard Lints
Crawford Loritts
Erwin Lutzer
James MacDonald
John Mahaffey
C. J. Mahaney
Carolyn Mahaney
Eric Mason
Conrad Mbewe
Mike McKinley
R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
Russell Moore
Randy Newman
Kathleen B. Nielson
Michael Oh
Ray Ortlund
Darrin Patrick
Tony Payne
David Powlison
Jenny Salt
Juan Sanchez
Tim Savage
Colin Smith
Scotty Smith
Tullian Tchividjian
Stephen Um
Trevin Wax
Sandy Willson

Key Speakers for Main Sessions

Studying the Scriptures and Finding Jesus (John 5:31-47)
R. Albert Mohler, Jr.

Getting Out (Exodus 14)
Tim Keller

From a Foreigner to King Jesus (Ruth)
Alistair Begg

Preaching from the Old Testament
A Panel Discussion with Tim Keller, Ligon Duncan, Crawford Loritts, Don Carson, Bryan Chapell

Not According to Our Sins (Psalm 25)
James MacDonald

The Righteous Branch (Jeremiah 23:1-8)
Conrad Mbewe

Youth (Ecclesiastes 11:7-12:14)
Matt Chandler

God’s Great Heart of Love Toward His Own (Zephaniah)
Mike Bullmore

Getting Excited about Melchizedek (Psalm 110)
Don Carson

For more information about the conference, visit: http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/conferences/2011/