I just received notice of a conference to be held next summer in Turkey. The invitation is open to all, and it looks like an outstanding slate of speakers and an outstanding itinerary including on-site tours led by the archaeologists. Opportunities like this, especially geared toward non-scholars, are all too rare. I expect it will be an very beneficial conference.
Below I have copied the invitation from Levent Oral (President, Tutku) and Mark Wilson (President, Seven Churches Network). Few people know biblical Turkey as well as Mark Wilson, and probably no one runs better tours of Turkey than Levent Oral.
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A unique Biblical event is coming to Turkey in June of 2020! And we’d like you and your congregation to be a part of it.
We invite you to the Global Smyrna Meeting on the Seven Churches of Revelation to be held in Izmir (ancient Smyrna) on June 21-27, 2020.
Not only will you visit each of the Seven Churches during the course of the Meeting, but you will also hear some of the world’s leading authorities discuss these churches from the perspective of history, religion, and archaeology. A time of worship will precede each of the inspiring evening sessions. So mark these dates on your calendar and make plans to experience the Seven Churches with us.
Lecturers:
♦ Dr. Mark Wilson http://sevenchurches.org/home/ Seven Churches Network & Asia Minor Research Center
♦ Dr. Ben Witherington www.benwitherington.com Asbury Theological Seminary
♦ Dr. Mark Fairchild http://www.huntington.edu/Bible/Faculty/Mark-Fairchild Huntington University.
♦ Dr. Carl Rasmussen www.holylandphotos.org Bethel College
♦ Dr. Jeff Weima http://www.jeffreyweima.com/ Calvin Theological Seminary
♦ Dr. Linford Stutzman http://www.sailingacts.com/the-sailors Eastern Mennonite University
♦ Pastor Bernard Bell, Peninsula Bible College, Cupertino, CA https://pbcc.org/
♦ Bishop Daniel Balais, Philippines https://www.intercessorsforthephilippines.com/
♦ …and more
Churches invited from:
USA, Canada, England, France, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Philippines, Russia,
Ukraine, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, and more.
To reserve a place, simply email Erin Dailey: [email protected]
For further details, please visit: www.globalsmyrnameeting.com