SCHEDULE
Tentative Schedule Subject To Changes
MONDAY
7:45 – 8:00 A.M.
8:00 – 9:00 A.M.
Monday Morning Opening Devotional Session
Monday Morning General Plenary Workshop Sessions I
Presenters
Dr. Robert Brewington – Pontiac, MI
Roy K. Morgan – St. Louis, MO
Kevin Bethea – Nottingham, MD
Dr. Harold Redd – Memphis, TN
(Topic: Biblical Perspective on Open Fellowship)
Dr. Stanley Hubbard – Indianapolis, IN
(Topic: Marriage: Reconnecting and Healing Your Marriage)
Charlie McClendon – Jacksonville, FL
Dr. Edward J. Robinson – Tyler, TX
Dr. Loyd C. Harris – Little Rock, AK
Edward L. Maxwell – Suitland, MD
(Topic: God’s Redemption Man’s Rejection)
Dr. Harvey M. Jackson – Mound Bayou, Ms
9:15 – 10:15 A.M.
Monday Morning General Plenary Workshop Sessions II
Presenters
Dr. Robert Brewington – Pontiac, MI
Roy K. Morgan – St. Louis, MO
Kevin Bethea – Nottingham, M
Demetrius Nelson – Columbia, TN
Dr. Bruce McClure – Landover, MD
Dr. Ed Keyton – Atlanta, GA
Dr. Howard Wright – Atlanta, GA
Dr. Jeff Caruthers, Jr. – Winston-Salem, NC
George Williams – Austin, TX
Curtis Pittman – Jackson, MS
(Topic: Increasing the Offering And Decreasing the Debt” God’s Situation Room!)
Dr. Jerry G. Houston, San Antonio, TX
Patrick Medlock – Southgate, MI
(Topic: Spiritually-Appraised Career Advancement Enhancement)
Michael Jackson – Memphis, TN
Dr. Harold Redd – Memphis, TN
Dr. Stanley Hubbard – Indianapolis, IN
The “G. E. Steward”
Monday Morning Lyceum Session High Noon Chapel
Speaker: Andrew Baxter – Little Rock, AK
Subject: Commonalities that Ought to be Common Among Christians
Text: Acts 2:42
10:30 – 11:00 A.M.
11:00 – 11:30 A.M.
Speaker: Jerry L. Macon – Louisville, KY
Subject: The Condition of Congregational Fellowships;You Can’t have Just Anybody Coming in and Going Out
Text: Acts 9:22-30
11:00 – 11:30 A.M.
Speaker: DonBurnell Holly – Memphis, TN
Subject: Being the First Century Church in the Twenty-First Century World
Text: Acts 2:42, 47
“HIGH NOON CHAPEL”
12:00 – 12:30 P.M.
Speaker: Terry D. Wallace – Hernando, MS
Subject: Do We Have to be Scarted Out to Carry Out the Great Commission
Text: Acts 8:1-4
Session Ending Doxology
LUNCH BREAK
12:00 – 12:30 P.M.
Monday Afternoon General Plenary Workshop Sessions III
Presenters
Dr. Robert Brewington – Pontiac, MI
Roy K. Morgan – St. Louis, MO
Kevin Bethea – Nottingham, MD
Dr. Harold Redd – Memphis, TN
(Topic: Biblical Perspective on Open Fellowship)
Dr. Stanley Hubbard – Indianapolis, IN
(Topic: Singles: How to Not Get Stuck with A Fool!)
Charlie McClendon – Jacksonville, FL
Dr. Edward J. Robinson – Tyler, TX
(Topic: Have We Changed the Way We Worship? Acts 2:42; 20-7-9)
Dr. Loyd C. Harris – Little Rock, AK
Edward L. Maxwell – Suitland, MD
Dr. Luis R. Lugo – Tampa,
The “Jack Evans, Sr.”
Monday Afternoon Lyceum Session
Moderator: Clinton L. Cummings, Sr. – Nashville, TN
Devotional Period: Christ Turner – Burlington, NJ
12:00 – 12:30 P.M.
Speaker: Cornelius Heyward – Far Rockaway, NY
Subject: Being It: The Talked Down Church; Talked Against Everywhere
Text: Acts 28:17-22
3:45 – 4:15 P.M.
Speaker: Oscar Middlebrook – Indianapolis, IN
Subject: First Century Patterns for Twenty-First Century Congregations
3:45 – 4:15 P.M.
Dr. Steven N. Thompson, Sr. – Milwaukee, WI
Subject: Preaching a Monistic Message in a Pluralistic Mess
Text: Acts 19:23-26
Session Ending Doxology
DINNER BREAK
The “G. P. Bowser”
Monday Evening Vesper Service
Moderator: Randall Tucker, South Union COC – Houston, TX
6:30 – 7:00 P.M.
Devotional Period: Chris Turner – Burlington, NJ
7:00 – 7:15 P.M.
Welcome to Houston, TX - The Honorable
7:15 – 7:30 P.M.
Welcome to the 77th Annual National Lectureship Anthony Fletcher, Host Minister
7:30 – 8:00 P.M.
Choral Singing
8:00 – 8:15 P.M.
Statement of Purpose Regarding the “Historical” Annual National Lectureship
W. F. Washington, Ph.D. – Fort Lauderdale, FL
8:15 – 8:45 P.M.
Speaker: Jack Evans, Jr. – Terrell, TX
Subject: None Other Like Name and None Other Different Name
Text: Acts 1:9-11
8:15 – 8:45 P.M.
Speaker: Wesley T. Leonard – Orlando, FL
Subject: The Same Jesus is Coming Back the Same Way He Left
Text: Acts 1:9-11
9:15 – 9:45 P.M.
Speaker: Dr. Harvey M. Jackson – Mound Bayou, MS
Subject:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS / DOXOLOGY
TUESDAY
7:45 – 8:00 A.M.
Tuesday Morning Opening Devotional Session
8:00 – 9:00 A.M.
Tuesday Morning General Plenary Workshop Sessions I
Presenters
Dr. Robert Brewington – Pontiac, MI
Roy K. Morgan – St. Louis, MO
Kevin Bethea – Nottingham, MD
Dr. Harold Redd – Memphis, TN
Dr. Stanley Hubbard – Indianapolis, IN
Demetrius Nelson – Columbia, TN
Dr. Bruce McClure – Landover, MDDr. Ed Keyton – ATL, GA
Dr. Howard Wright – Atlanta, GA
Dr. Jeff Caruthers, Jr. – Winston-Salem, NC
Charlie McClendon – Jacksonville, FL
Dr. Edward J. Robinson – Tyler, TX Pr
Dr. Loyd C. Harris – Little Rock, AK
Edward L. Maxwell – Suitland, MD
Dr. Luis R. Lugo – Tampa,
George Williams – Austin, TX
Curtis Pittman – Jackson, MS
(Topic: Increasing the Offering and Decreasing The Debt” God’s Situation Room!)
Dr. Jerry G. Houston – San Antonio, TX
Patrick Medlock – Southgate, MI
Michael Jackson – Memphis, TN
Tuesday Morning General Plenary Workshop Sessions II
9:15 – 10:15 A.M.
Presenters
Dr. Robert Brewington – Pontiac, MI
Roy K. Morgan – St. Louis, MO
Kevin Bethea – Nottingham, MD
Dr. Harold Redd – Memphis, TN
Dr. Stanley Hubbard – Indianapolis, IN
Dr. Robert Brewington – Pontiac, MI
Roy K. Morgan – St. Louis, MO
Kevin Bethea – Nottingham, MD
Dr. Harold Redd – Memphis, TN
Dr. Stanley Hubbard – Indianapolis, IN
Grief: Rebuilding Life After Loss
Charlie McClendon – Jacksonville, FL
Dr. Edward J. Robinson – Tyler, TX Pr
Dr. Loyd C. Harris – Little Rock, AK
Edward L. Maxwell – Suitland, MD
Dr. Luis R. Lugo – Tampa,
Charlie McClendon – Jacksonville, FL
Dr. Edward J. Robinson – Tyler, TX
(Topic: Have We Changed the Way We Worshiped: Acts 2:42; 20:7-9 )
Dr. Loyd C. Harris – Little Rock, AK
Edward L. Maxwell – Suitland, MD
Dr. Luis R. Lugo – Tampa, FL
The “Marshall Keeble”
Tuesday Morning Lyceum Session
High Noon Chapel Theme: “In Him We Live and Move and Have Our Very Being”
Moderator: Marv Thorn – Houston, TX
Devotional: Frank Melton, III – Houston, TX
10:30 – 11:00 A.M.
Speaker: Dr. Jerry G. Houston – San Antonio, TX
Subject: Does the Devil Know Who We Are?
Text: Acts 19:13-20
11:00 – 11:30 A.M.
Speaker: Dr. Warren G. Blakney, Sr. – Tulsa, OK
Subject: The Divine Etymology of the Name Christian
Text: Acts 11:26; 26:28
11:30 – 12:00 P.M.
Speaker: W. C. Edwards – Birmingham, AL
Subject: How Things Get Gory When Man Get the Glory
Text: Acts 12:20-24
“HIGH NOON CHAPEL”
12:00 – 12:30 P.M.
Speaker: David E. Wilson – Brooklyn, NY
Subject: It is After I Depart, That the Draw Away Starts
Text: Acts 20:29
Session Ending Doxology
LUNCH BREAK
7:45 – 8:00 A.M.
Interview and Conversation With Dr. W. F. Washington
“From the Pioneers to the Present in the African American Church of Christ”
Dr. David C. Penn, Lead Interviewer – Chicago, IL
Terry D. Wallace – Hernando, MS
Dr. W. F. Washington is one the most respected and sought after gospel preachers among churches of Christ across the nation. As a sophomore in college, he served as Minister of the Westside Church of Christ in Marshall, Texas. Upon graduation from college and as full-time preacher, he also worked as Assistant Principal for Administration at Pemberton High School in Marshall.
Commensurate with his ministry in Marshall, he was employed by Bishop College in Dallas, Texas, as Dean of Students at 23 years of age. He was selected by the America Personnel Association as the youngest Dean of Students in American universities and colleges. Born and raised in Valdosta, Georgia, Washington traveled as a young preacher with some of God’s greatest gospel preachers including John Henry Clay, Ulysses Shields, Marshall Keeble, Luke Miller, William Whitaker, David Shanks, James L Cothran, and V. E. Williamson.
The objective of this dialogue is to hear Dr. Washington discuss a few of his experiences as a preacher and where we are today in regard to our core beliefs as members of the New Testament Church of Christ.
The “J. S. Winston”
Tuesday Afternoon Lyceum Session
Moderator: James Glen – Houston, TX
Devotional: Chris Turner – Burlington, NJ
Speaker: Dr. James Michael Crusoe – Hopewell, VA
Subject: The Precedence of Obedience: God Over Man
Text: Acts 5:25-32
3:15 – 3:45 P.M.
3:45 – 4:15 P.M.
Speaker: Conley Gibbs, Jr. – St. Louis, MO
Subject: When One’s Baptism is not the One Baptism: Then What?
Text: Acts 19:1-5
4:15 – 4:45 P.M.
Speaker: Dr. Russell A. Pointer, Sr. – Minneapolis, MN
Subject: The First Five Requirements of Church Leadership
Text: Acts 6:2-5
Session Ending Doxology
DINNER BREAK
The “R. N. Hogan”
Tuesday Evening Vesper Service
Moderator: Gary Smith – Houston, TX
6:30 – 7:00 P.M.
Devotional Period: Chris Turner, Burlington, NJ
7:00 – 7:30 P.M.
Speaker: Dr. Ben Foster, Sr. – Terrell, TX
Subject: You Can’t Let the Brethren be Taught Just Anything
Text: Acts 15:1-2
7:30 – 8:00 P.M.
Southwestern Christian College Financial Appeal
Dr. Ervin D. Seamster, Jr., CEO / President of SwCC – Terrell, TX
8:00 – 8:30 P.M.
Choral Singing
8:30 – 9:00 P.M.
Speaker: Dr. Ben Foster, Sr. – Terrell, TX
Subject: You Can’t Let the Brethren be Taught Just Anything
Text: Acts 15:1-2
9:00 – 9:30 P.M.
Speaker: Dr. Howard Wright – Atlanta, GA
Subject: Counting it an Honor to be Dishonored for the Name of Christ
Text: Acts 5:41
9:30 – 10:00 P.M.
Speaker: Dr. David C. Penn – Chicago, IL
Subject: “Almost is Not Good Enough”
Text: Acts 26:22-28
ANNOUNCEMENTS / DOXOLOGY
WEDNESDAY
8:00 – 8:30 P.M.
Wednesday Morning Opening Devotional Session
8:00 – 9:00 A.M.
Wednesday Morning General Plenary Workshop Sessions I
Presenters
Dr. Robert Brewington – Pontiac, MI
Roy K. Morgan – St. Louis, MO
Kevin Bethea – Nottingham, MD
Dr. Harold Redd – Memphis, TN
Dr. Stanley Hubbard – Indianapolis, IN
Dr. Bruce McClure – Landover, MD
Dr. Howard Wright – Atlanta, GA
George Williams – Austin, TX
Tyson L. Moore – Los Angeles, CA
Michael Jackson – Memphis, TN
Charlie McClendon – Jacksonville, FL
Dr. Edward J. Robinson – Tyler, TX Pr
Dr. Loyd C. Harris – Little Rock, AK
Edward L. Maxwell – Suitland, MD
Dr. Luis R. Lugo – Tampa,
Roy K. Morgan – St. Louis, MO
Dr. Harold Redd – Memphis, TN
Charlie McClendon – Jacksonville, FL
Dr. Loyd C. Harris – Little Rock, AK
Dr. Luis R. Lugo – Tampa, FL
9:15 – 10:15 A.M.
Wednesday Morning General Plenary Workshop Sessions II
Presenters
Dr. Robert Brewington – Pontiac, MI
Roy K. Morgan – St. Louis, MO
Kevin Bethea – Nottingham, MD
Dr. Harold Redd – Memphis, TN
Dr. Stanley Hubbard – Indianapolis, IN
Curtis Pittman – Jackson, MS
Leo Gay – Las Vegas, NV
James Michael Crusoe – Hopewell, VA
(Topic: Standing At the Precipice of Apostasy Joshua 22 )
Dr. Ed Keyton – Atlanta, GA
Dr. Thomas Jackson – Little Rock, AR
(Topic: The Reality of Spiritual Warfare)
Charlie McClendon – Jacksonville, FL
Dr. Edward J. Robinson – Tyler, TX Pr
Dr. Loyd C. Harris – Little Rock, AK
Edward L. Maxwell – Suitland, MD
Dr. Luis R. Lugo – Tampa,
Dr. Robert Brewington – Pontiac, MI
Kevin Bethea – Nottingham, MD
Dr. Stanley Hubbard – Indianapolis, IN
(Topic: Blended Families: Not Yours, Not Mine, But Ours!)
Dr. Edward J. Robinson – Tyler, TX
(Topic: Have We Changed The Way We Worship? Acts 2:42; 20:7-9 )
Edward L. Maxwell – Suitland, MD
The “R. C. Wells”
Wednesday Morning Lyceum Session High Noon Chapel Theme: “Can Any Man Forbid Water?”
Moderator: Wesley T. Leonard – Orlando, FL
Devotional: Anthony Fletcher, Jr. – Houston, TX
10:30 – 11:00 A.M.
Speaker: Nokomas Rodgers – Memphis, TN
Subject: The Boldness and Soundness of the Preachers That come from the Preaching School of Jesus
Text: Acts 14:13
11:00 – 11:30 A.M.
Speaker: Dr. Robert G. Birt – Toledo, OH
Subject: Making a Division Decision: Siding with Apostles Or with Apostates?
11:30 – 12:00 P.M.
Speaker: Dr. Willie L. Rupert – Baltimore, MD
Subject: Trying to Neck-Yoke Christians with the Inabilities of the Old Law
Text: Acts 15:10-11
12:00 – 12:30 P.M.
Speaker: William Jones – Rochester, NY
Subject: The Man Who is judge
Text: Acts 17:31
Session Ending Doxology
LUNCH BREAK
12:00 – 12:30 P.M.
Wednesday Afternoon Open Forum Discussion – Part One
“Unity in Diversity” – Christians Only or the Only Christians?
Underneath the fallacious ideology of there being “Christians in other churches” separate and apart from what we understand to be the Church
of Christ is the distorted concept of “unity in diversity.” The New Testament Church of Christ cannot be “joined together” scripturally with
another religious body. The Christian Church for example is “another body” hence, “another woman” just as the Baptist Church, the Catholic
Church, the Methodist Church, the Lutheran Church, or any other church. Based upon the marriage imagery and symbolism found in New
Testament Scripture, the Lord Jesus has but “one bride” and this “one bride” is the New Testament Church of Christ. Jesus who is the
“Bridegroom,” has sacrificially chosen the New Testament Church to be His “bride.”
PANELISTS: Dr. Loyd C. Harris – Dr. Harold Redd – Dr. Howard Wright – Dr. Billy C. Curl
The “G. P. Holt”
Wednesday Afternoon Lyceum Session
Moderator: Royce Lemon, Houston, TX
Devotional: Chris Turner, Burlington, NJ
3:15 – 3:45 P.M.
Speaker: Dr. Leureuna Gilbert – Philadelphia, PA
Subject: Preaching Through the Many Rocks of Tribulation
Text: Acts 14:19-28
3:45 – 4:15 P.M.
Speaker: Tyson Moore – Los Angeles, CA
Subject: Chasing Chariots for Jesus: The Need for Old Fashion Evangelism
Text: Acts 8:26-40
4:15 – 4:45 P.M.
Speaker: Dr. Gerald Lee – Pearland, TX
Subject: There are Assuredly No Excuses Now
Text: Acts 17:30
Session Ending Doxology
DINNER BREAK
The “John Henry Clay”
Wednesday Evening Vesper Service
Moderator: Harold Redd – Memphis, TN
7:00 – 7:30 P.M.
Devotional Period: Chris Turner – Burlington, NJ
7:00 – 7:30 P.M.
Choral Singing
8:00 – 8:30 P.M.
Speaker: Samuell Pounds – Winter Haven, FL
Subject: Free to Agree to Disagree on non-Doctrine; but Not free to Agree to Disagree on Doctrine
Text: Acts15:36-41; 15:1-2
8:30 – 9:00 P.M.
Speaker: Dr. Ralph P. Smith – East St. Louis, MO
Subject: Telling the People the Truths that Men Don’t want us to Tell
Text: Acts 4:1-5; 19-21
9:00 – 9:30 P.M.
Speaker: Dr. W. F. Washington – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
ANNOUNCEMENTS / DOXOLOGY
THURSDAY
8:30 – 8:45 A.M.
Thursday Morning Opening Devotional Session
9:00 – 10:00 A.M.
“A Call to Conscious” Open Forum Discussion – Part Two
“Silence of the Scripture” – The Biblical Law of Inclusion and Exclusion
When God stipulates what He desires man to do and/or how He wants man to do a certain thing, He simultaneously “includes” what He wants and implicitly “excludes” everything in that class. Although the New Testament Scripture does not preclude using mechanical instruments of music in worship in those “exact” or similar words, it does not mean that mechanical instruments of music are authorized by New Testament Scripture. The Bible embodies both “generic” and “specific” commands. A generic command authorizes the performance of an act without commanding the manner or method of its performance. The “Great Commission” is a classic archetype of a “generic” and “specific command. Jesus commanded His disciples to “Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.” The word “Go” is a generic term that does not specify a particular procedure or method of going. On the other hand, the Lord specified what is to be preached when we go – “the gospel.”
PANELISTS: Dr. Loyd C. Harris – Dr. Harold Redd – Dr. Howard Wright – Dr. Billy C. Curl
Moderators: Dr. David Penn – Dr. Harvey M. Jackson
The “Levi Kennedy, Jr.”
Thursday Morning Lyceum Session
High Noon Chapel Theme: “Except Ye Abide in the Ship”
Moderator: Willie Lee II – Staten Island, NY
10:00 – 10:30 A.M.
Speaker: Marcus Watkins – Atlanta, GA
Subject: Whether your Feet can Leap and Walk, Praise is Still Mouth’s Talk
Text: Acts 3:1-9
10:30 – 11:00 A.M.
Speaker: Shobek Dethrow – Selmer, TN
Subject: An Amazing Turnaround: Preachers that now Destroy the Faith they once Did Preach
Text: Acts 9:19-22
11:00 – 11:30 A.M.
Speaker: Patrick Medlock – Southgate, MI
Subject: The Church that was Purchased with Divine Blood
Text: Acts 20:28
11:30 – 12:00 P.M.
Speaker: Courtney Caruthers – Chicago, IL
Subject: The Church Under Attach: Attached from Without and Attacked From Within
Text: Acts 20:29-30
12:00 – 12:30 P.M.
Speaker: Jonathan Givens – Montgomery, AL
Subject: Offering Unknown Worship to the Unknown God
Text: Acts 17:22-23
Session Ending Doxology
LUNCH BREAK
FREE TIME TO EXPLORE HOUSTON
BANQUET
Speaker: Dr. Billy C. Curl – Los Angeles, CA
Workshop Presenters Will Provide Multiple Presentations With the Same Subject/Topic At Different Days and Times. This Strategy Will Encourage More Preachers to Attend the Lectureship and Perhaps Remain Longer.
Banquet Program Particulars:
Acknowledgment of Recently Deceased Ministers and their Widows Who Are Present
Dr. Steven N. Thompson – Milwaukee, WI
History Regarding the “Historical” Annual National Lectureship Among African American Churches of Christ
Dr. David C. Penn – Chicago, IL