Please join us for the Spring 2025 – AMBER Conference at First Baptist Church in Calgary, Alberta, on May 15-17. AMBER is the Association of Ministers for Baptist and Evangelical Renewal. Though our group is predominantly made up of Baptist churches (from different Baptist denominations including independents) this conference is open to all who find themselves in the rich evangelical confessional heritage that is in danger of being forgotten, diminished, or reinterpreted along progressive lines. The Baptist tradition began in the early 1600’s as churches sought to align themselves to a firmly fixed biblical ecclesiology, which was captured in several historic Baptist confessions; most pre-eminently in the First and Second London Baptist Confessions. Because we believe that these Confessions are deeply rooted in the Scriptures, we believe that they accurately represent God’s will for the way His church is to be ordered. We also believe that when the church seeks to honour Christ by submitting to His word, she begins to flourish, and the gospel begins to flourish along with her.

AMBER has three clear priorities as an association: to be Word Saturated, Gospel Centered, and Distinctively Baptist. This spring conference will focus on the third priority of what it means to be distinctively Baptist. We are pleased to have Dr. Michael Haykin present a one-hour zoom conference lecture, on Thursday night: An Overview of Baptist Origins from the 1630s to the 1680s. Dr. Michael A.G. Haykin is the professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He is also the director of The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies. Dr. Haykin has taught church history for over 40 years and will focus his lecture on understanding the First and Second London Baptist Confessions. The conference, which begins on Thursday night, will include the full day Friday and Saturday morning, including sessions on the following Baptist distinctives: The Headship of Christ, Regenerate Church Membership, Credo Baptism, Congregationalism, and Autonomy and Association. The final conference message will be on Sunday morning focusing on Gospel Partnership.

Our desire for this free conference is that we will all be renewed in our own lives and churches and find genuine unity in gospel partnerships with others who are also seeking to be biblically faithful churches along with us.

Conference Schedule:

Thursday, May 15
5:00pm – 6:30pm	Registration
7:00pm – 8:30pm	Session One Welcome, Worship and Introduction Dr. Michael Haykin (via Zoom): Overview of Baptist Origins from the 1630s to the 1680s
8:30pm	Ice Cream Fellowship & Book Store

Friday, May 16
8:00am	Bookstore Opens
8:30am – 9:00am	Coffee, Muffins & Table Talk
9:00am – 10:20am	Session Two Welcome, Worship, Book Intro & Prayer Elroy Senneker: The Headship of Christ
10:20am – 10:45am	Coffee Break & Snack
10:45am – 12:15pm	Session Three Welcome, Worship, Book Intro & Prayer Chris Hutchison: Regenerate Church Membership Panel Discussion: Pursuing Renewal Together
12:15pm – 1:00pm	Lunch & Fellowship
1:00pm – 2:30pm	Life & Doctrine Session Norm Derkson: Sharing the AMBER Confession of Faith Sharing Lives with Ministry Prayer
2:30pm – 7:00pm	Break
7:00pm – 8:30pm	Session Four Welcome, Worship, Book Intro & Prayer Keith Falconer: Credo Baptism
8:30pm	Snack & Bookstore

Saturday, May 17
8:00am	Bookstore Opens
8:30am – 9:00am	Coffee, Muffins & Table Talk
9:00am – 10:20am	Session Five Welcome, Worship, Book Intro & Prayer Shaun Martens: Congregationalism
10:20am – 10:45am	Coffee Break & Snack
10:45am – 12:15pm	Session Six Welcome, Worship, Book Intro & Prayer Michael Lorusso: Autonomy & Association Norm Derkson: AMBER Association Plan

Sunday, May 18
10:00am – 12:00pm	First Baptist Church Sunday Morning Service Edgar Unrau: Gospel Partnership

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