A conference and book series

to encourage pastors and

leaders of local churches

as they pursue

faithful, biblical ministry.

Faithful Stewards 2024

June 28–29, at Countryside Bible Church in Southlake, TX

Registration will open in January 2024

Faithful Stewards 2023

Christ’s plan for the church includes biblical leadership. Church leaders cannot serve in every ministry of the church—it would be an impossible and unbiblical task. Rather, our role as church leaders is to identify people in the church who are qualified and gifted to lead and help to equip them from God’s Word. This includes identifying men that God has called and gifted to lead the entire church and training lay people to lead various ministries.

For these reasons, the theme of this year’s conference is “Loving Christ by Leading His Sheep.”

Full Livestream – Day 1

Full Livestream – Day 2

general sessions

Session 1 – Christ’s Plan for the Church – Tom Pennington

Session 2 – Leading With Love – Dusty Burris

Session 3 – Be the Right Kind of Leader – Tom Pennington

Session 4 – Exercise the Right Kind of Leadership – Tom Pennington

Session 5 – A Practical Process for Developing Biblical Leaders – Jonathan Anderson

Session 5 – Q & A – Pennington, Anderson, Burris

Articles

podcasts

Book Series

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2022 media

In 2022 we addressed the foundational issues of preaching and teaching God’s Word, including all aspects of sermon preparation. We considered the biblical foundation of expository preaching, the practical process of exegesis, the construction of an expository sermon, and the five keys to crossing the contextual bridge.

Conference Trailer

Full Livestream – Day 1

Full Livestream – Day 2

general sessions

In 2022 we addressed the foundational issues of preaching and teaching God’s Word, including all aspects of sermon preparation. We considered the biblical foundation of expository preaching, the practical process of exegesis, the construction of an expository sermon, and the five keys to crossing the contextual bridge.

Session 1 – A Case For Expository Preaching & Exegesis and Block Diagramming Pt. 1

Session 2 – Exegesis and Block Diagramming Pt. 2

Session 3 – Exposition & Delivery

Session 4 – Crossing the Contextual Bridge

Session 5 – Q & A w/ Tom Pennington

tom’s power point notes

Power point presentations and documents from Faithful Stewards are available for your private use. Any public use of this material without the express permission of Tom Pennington is prohibited.

A Case For Expository Preaching

Exegesis & Block Diagramming

Exposition & Delivery

Exposition Appendices

book series

In 1 Corinthians 4, the apostle Paul reminds us that God will not measure our ministries by their results—whether outward success or failure. We contribute nothing to the spiritual results of our efforts. Only God can give life to dead hearts through the gospel—regeneration (Jas. 1:18). And only His Spirit can transform the hearts of His people through His Word—sanctification (John 17:17; 2 Cor. 3:18). All that God requires of us is to be faithful stewards.

Faithful Stewards is presented by The Word Unleashed, a ministry of Countryside Bible Church.