How do we witness effectively to a post-Christian America?

Children who think Jesus is a cuss word. Adults who worship idols. Women who think sexual promiscuity is a human right. Men who think there is no diffenence between Buddha and Christ.

All of these are a part of the 21st Century United States. What can we do to make known God's love and truth?

From Vol. 15, No. 1 of the Refreshing Times:
Two noted Christian apologists will be the speakers at the 31st National Holy Spirit Renewal Conference, July 9-16, 2005, American Baptist Assembly, Green Lake, Wisconsin. One is Dr. Gregory Boyd, senoir pastor of Woodland Hills Church, St. Paul, Minnisota. The other is Dr. Donna F.G. Hailson, professor of evangelism and renewal at Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary..

Dr. Boyd led his own father, a former agnostic, to the Lord thorugh a series of letters in which he answered his father's questions about the nature of God, the Bible, and why evil exists. Thirty letters between them have been compiled into the award-winning book, Letters From a Skeptic. He also wrote Repenting of Religion in which he says, "There is no dichotomy between God's power and God's love."

Dr. Hailson is a recognized authority on the rise of neo-paganism, new religions, and the revival of goddess worship. She co-authored The Goddess Revival which received Book of the year award in 1995. she calls the New Spirituality "cafeteria religion: -- choosing concepts from a variety of religions to develop one's own. She is currently writing a book called From Truth to Myth: the Trojan Hourse of Unsound Doctrine in the Church.

Varetta Heidelberg will be our concert artist and lead worship at the beginning of the week. She is a Spirit-filled conposer, saxophnist, flautist, and vocalist who ministers the message of God's love, compassion, comfort, peace, and hope to the hopeless. She ministers in prisons, juvenile facilities, concert halls, and at conferences. Among her numerous honors, she was named the "Most Outstanding Instrumentalist" at the Esties Park Christian Artist Seminars, and won the title "Miss Black America."

Click here for a list of conference workshops.