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Time RM Thursday July 12th

Friday July 13th

Saturday July 14th

8:30 AM

AUD Registration and Displays

Registration and Displays

Registration and Displays

9:00 AM

AUD J. Apple “It’s Not Your Body!”

J. Apple “It’s Not Your Money!”

J. Apple “It’s Not Your Time!”

MBR 306 A

M. Jamieson “Are They Saved or Lost?”

M. Jamieson “Fan or Follower?”

M. Jamieson “Draw a Crowd or Make Disciples?”

Ingram 100

C. Dennis “The Way We Walk”

C. Dennis “The Want We Have”

C. Dennis “The Wreck We Face”

10:15 AM

AUD W. Al-Aethawi “Islam Myth Buster”

W. Al-Aethawi

“The Temple: The

3rd of the Two

Sacred Places”

W. Al-Aethawi “What I Learned (and Didn’t Learn) from Muslims”

MBR 306 A

K. Bethea “Radical Evangelism” Pt. 1

K. Bethea “Radical Evangelism” Pt. 2

K. Bethea “Radical Evangelism” Pt. 3

Ingram 100

M. Whitworth “Better Teachers” Pt. 1

M. Whitworth “Better Teachers” Pt. 2

M. Whitworth “Better Teachers” Pt. 3

Lunch Break

Keynote

1:30 PM

AUD S. Jones “Becoming a Two Mile Christian”

K. Bethea “Creating Contagious Faith”

M. Whitworth “Dealing with Grief”

Time RM Thursday July 12th

Friday July 13th

Saturday July 14th

2:45 PM

AUD R. Hagan “PTSD” Pt 1

R. Hagan “PTSD” Pt 2

R. Hagan “PTSD” Pt 3

MBR

306 A L. Boyd “Beyond Our Boundaries”

L. Boyd “Beyond Our Walls”

L. Boyd

“Beyond Our

Words”

Ingram

100 S. Jones “Equipping Families to Manage Life’s Storms” Pt. 1

S. Jones “Equipping Families to Manage Life’s Storms” Pt. 2

S. Jones “Equipping Families to Manage Life’s Storms” Pt. 3

4:00 PM

AUD J. Keller “Uncomfortable Grace”

J. Keller “Uncomfortable Mercy”

Keynote 5:00 PM AUD W. Al-Aethawi

MBR

306 A B. Abebe “The Mission of the Church”

B. Abebe “Passing the Gospel Torch”

“As a Light to the Muslims”

Dinner Break

Keynote

7:00 PM

AUD R. Hagan “The Cost of Being a Soldier”

J. Apple “It’s Not About You; It’s All About God!”

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Pacific Lutheran University 12180 Park Avenue S.

Tacoma, WA 98447

(New Location on Campus) Mary Baker Russell

Music Center See map on faithbuildersnw.com

FaithBuilders contact information: PO Box 1433, Puyallup, WA 98371

253-845-6312 office@faithbuildersnw.com

FaithBuildersnw.com

Living Faith Outside of Our

Comfort Zone

Wissam Al-Aethawi is an associate minister at Sunset church of Christ and a gospel preacher in Metro Detroit, MI. He was born to and raised by a Sunni Muslim family in Baghdad, Iraq. He rejected Islam and became an atheist in the mid 1990’s, found a copy of the Bible in “97 believed in ’98 and it then took him another 12 years before he could find someone to baptize him in May 2010. Then, a Christian woman from Pennsylvania invited him to come to the US. He came in April 2011 and nine months later attended Sunset International Bible Institute in Lubbock, TX.

Jody Apple serves as the speaker and director of International Gospel Hour, a radio ministry supported by churches of Christ since 1934. Preaching/teaching full-time since January 1978, he has worked with churches in Tennessee, Puerto Rico, Pennsylvania (25 years) and now, Georgia. He has taught at Caribbean Christian College and at Southeast Institute of Biblical Studies (9.5 years). Jody and Evelyn have three children and presently live in North Georgia. Kevin Bethea is the Senior Minister of the East Baltimore church of Christ in Baltimore, Maryland. He also currently serves as president of the Northeast Baltimore Bible Institute & College. Brother Bethea was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He is a former second generation Pentecostal preacher, as he was converted into the Lord's church in the late 1980’s. Brother Bethea was retrained by the school of external studies, SIBI, and holds an M.A. degree in Clinical Counseling from the Cornerstone University. Colonel Rickie N. Hagan is a native of Monroe County, KY. He enlisted in the Kentucky National Guard in December, 1978 as a Private, 13B, Field artillery Crewman. He attended basic training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma where he was Platoon Leader, Honor Graduate, received the Battalion Commander̀ s Leadership Award and the Highest Physical Training award. From there he rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant. In 1985 he applied and was selected to attend the Kentucky Military Academy, Officer Candidate School at Fort Knox, KY., where he was a Distinguished Military Graduate and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in 1986 as a Field Artillery Officer. He has 37 years of service, collectively with the National Guard, the Army Reserves and the United States Army. He is also a former student of the Nashville School of Preaching and Biblical Studies. Sam Jones is a graduate of Tupelo High School. He received a B.S. degree in Biblical Studies from Freed-Hardeman University. He received both the M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology (Family, Criminology and Gerontology) from Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi. Also, he has completed post-doctorate courses in the area of Counseling Education with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy. He is presently serving as the Associate Minister for the East Jackson congregation in Jackson, TN and is a retired faculty member of Freed-Hardeman University where he was employed from 1991 to 2017.

FaithBuilders 2018 Keynote Speakers and Class Teachers

The Child Care Program for the FaithBuilders Workshop is a collaborative effort of several congregations in the Puget Sound area. Children will have fun and make new friends as they are taught God’s Truths from His Word. The child care program is for ages 2 to 12.

Regency Hall (Campus University Center)

July 12, Thursday - July 13, Friday

9:00 AM - 12 Noon

2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

July 14, Saturday

9:00 AM - Noon

2:30 - 4:30 PM

There is no Children’s Program during keynotes!

FaithBuilders is hosting its fifth annual youth challenge with speaker Wes Hanson. Wes was born and raised in the Northwest where his father, Carl Hanson, has worked as a teacher and preacher for the past 40 years. Wes came to a personal conviction regarding the truth of Christianity at age 16 after the historical proofs for Christ’s resurrection were presented to him by a counselor at Delano Bay Christian Camp. Since then he has fully committed his life to the ministry of the Word, working with both Adults and Teens. He and his wife Rachel, and their family of four live in Scappoose, OR where Wes has served as preaching minister for 14 years. He is involved in the ministry at Camp Yamhill and frequently speaks for youth events and ministry conferences.

Friday, July 13th 9 AM – 4 PM

Knutzen Hall (Campus University Center)

Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young,

but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct,

in love, in faith and in purity. 1 Timothy 4:12

Michael Whitworth is the owner of Start2Finish, a web media and book publishing company. He is the author of over eight books, including the award-winning “The Epic of God” and "The Derision of Heaven.” He has over 12 years experience in full-time preaching and minister. Michael is a 2006 graduate of Freed-Hardeman with a degree in Bible and a minor in political science. Lori Boyd is from Murfreesboro, Tennessee and attends the East Main Church of Christ. Lori has written for Think magazine and has developed several Bible studies for women. She is author of three books Trailblazers, Walking to the Promised Land , and Hope Island (May 2018). She has a passion for public speaking and enjoys presenting regularly at ladies’ events and retreats. Mark K. Jamieson, Sr. currently serves as the pulpit minister at Puyallup church of Christ in Puyallup, Washington. He currently works as an instructor with the Guyana Christian University in Lethem, Guyana (South America). He holds a BA in Biblical Studies from Southern Christian University and an MA in Biblical Studies from Amridge University, formerly Southern Christian University, and has done post-graduate studies at Amridge University towards a PhD in Biblical Studies. Carrell Dennis earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from Eastern New Mexico University before attending the Sunset School of Preaching, where he earned a diploma in Bible and Missions. In 1982, he planted the Covington Sawyer church of Christ, Covington Washington and helped establish the Lord’s church in Bratislava, Slovakia. Jack Keller has been a minister and family counselor for almost 45 years. He earned a Ph.D. degree from Cornerstone University in Clinical Christian Counseling. He is a Licensed Clinical Pastoral Counselor with the National Christian Counselors Association. Jack is a graduate of Sunset International Bible Institute in Lubbock, Texas, (formerly SSOP.) He and his wife, Linda, along with two other families helped establish the congregation of the Lord’s church in Ferndale, Washington in 1967. Behailu Abebe has served as a full-time minister with the Churches of Christ for over 55 years in Ethiopia, Nairobi, Kenya and currently in USA. He has served as the Church of Christ Mission Director, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from1974 to 2016. He also served as the Dean of Five Preacher Training Schools (SIBI Branch Schools) in Ethiopia from1974-2016, helping train more than 2,000 preachers. He led a campaign to establish up to 1200 congregations, administrated 5 Schools for the Deaf, 3 Kindergartens for destitute children.