Hebrews
2:14-16 describes Jesus as the champion of weak human beings. Christ faces
and defeats the devil in a solo combat and delivers us from bondage. This
description reminds us of the battle between David and Goliath. To help us
think of Jesus, ‘The Champion’, which is our theme for 2025, we are delighted
to have 2 international speakers. Sam Allberry currently lives in USA and Stephen McAlpine, Sydney and both will teach, encourage and share with us
throughout the weekend.
Also, for the first time
at Men’s Convention, we have invited Ben Price, who can best be described as an
Actor, Comedian and Evangelist, to come and entertain us but also lead 2
seminars. Along with Ben, Sam and Stephen will also be leading seminars but
also joined by
Simon Angus from Monash
Uni and Peter Sorrenson from ISCF.
It promises to be a great
and varied program and again the Convention will run from Friday Night to
Sunday morning. However, there will be a variety of registration options for
you to choose from over the weekend. We look forward to you coming to join us
at Men’s Convention 2025 and hope you can stay for the whole weekend.
Tony Burgum, Chairman
Is a pastor, apologist, and speaker. He is the author of 7 Myths About Singleness, Why Does God Care Who I Sleep With?, What God Has to Say About Our Bodies, and, with Ray Ortlund, You’re Not Crazy.
He serves as associate pastor at Immanuel Nashville, is a canon theologian for the Anglican Church in North America, and is the cohost of TGC’s podcast You’re Not Crazy: Gospel Sanity for Young Pastors
A pastor and church planter for thirty years, Stephen now writes and speaks on issues of theology, culture and church, in particular the increasing pressures on religious belief in the secular public square. He is married to Jill, who runs a clinical psychology practice in Perth, and they have two children. Steve enjoys running. He loves nothing better than hanging out having coffee with his wife in some urban place. He recently published ‘Being the Bad Guys’ and another book is hot off the press, ‘Futureproof’.
Ben Price is an Actor, Comedian and Evangelist. Ben has featured in movies but also competed in the Australia Got Talent. He has a repertoire of over 200-character voices. Ben shares the gospel on the streets – having many discussions with Muslims, Atheists, Agnostics, etc and seeing the Lord transform lives. He has been booked world-wide to share his clean comedy, testimony, the gospel and evangelism tips.
6:30pm - Sausage Sizzle
7:45pm Life Story: Stephen McAlpine - Why Am I Still A Christian
Sam Allberry - Mark 1: Jesus Our Joy
9:30pm Supper
9:00am Sam Allberry – Mark 1:2-11 Jesus our Hero
10:30am Morning Tea
11:00am Seminars Part 1
12:15pm Lunch
1:15pm Seminars Part 2
2:30pm Afternoon Tea
3:00pm Sam Allberry – Mark 1:14-20 Jesus our Master
4:15pm Free Time
6:00pm Dinner
7:00pm Comedy/Testimony and Street Outreach– Ben Price 7:45pm Q&A Sam Allberry and Steve McAlpine
8:30pm Chill Out Time
9:00 Supper
9:00am Stephen McAlpine - False Champions
10:15am Morning tea
10:45am Sam Allberry – Mark 1:40-45 Jesus our Hope
12noon Lunch
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