Evangelism Conference

Covenant OPC would like to welcome you to join us for our 2025 evangelism conference. Registration is free! We will meet on Saturday, September 13 at 9am.

In the morning, Dr. Eric Watkins will give three talks on ordinary church members bearing witness to Christ, with opportunity for Q&A. After a break for lunch, those who are interested will have an opportunity to put their learning to practice in the community. 

Schedule

Saturday 

9 a.m. God's Heart for the Lost: Creating a Culture of Compassion for the Lost

10 a.m. Reformed & Evangelistic: Calvin, the Creeds, and the Local Church

11 a.m. Walking in Wisdom Towards Outsiders

12 p.m. Break for lunch

1:30 p.m. Meet downtown to evangelize together

To help us better accommodate guests, please register HERE.          

Dr. Eric Watkins will also be preaching for us Sunday, September 14, continuing the theme of evangelism.

Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. John 4, "The Woman at the Well"

Evening Worship 5:00 p.m. Acts 4:32-37 "The Making of a Missionary"

Speaker

Eric Watkins is an Evangelist for the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, planting Salt and Light Reformed Church in Daytona Beach, FL and assisting the Presbytery of the Midwest in their church planting efforts.  He also serves as the Director for the Center for Missions and Evangelism at Mid-America Reformed Seminary.  He has been a minister in the OPC since 2001 and has planted two churches.  His degrees include an A.A., B.S., M.Div. and ThM.  In 2016 he completed his PhD from the Theological University in Kampen, the Netherlands.  His dissertation was on preaching Christ from the Old Testament in a postmodern context, and was published as The Drama of Preaching:  Participating With God in the History of Redemption by Wipf and Stock.  Pastor Eric has taught at Reformation Bible College in Sanford, FL, Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, FL, Gordon Conwell Seminary in Jacksonville, FL and Mid-America Reformed Seminary in Dyer, IN, Westminster Theological Seminary and Westminster Seminary California and Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary.  He is happily married to Heather; the two of them have four beautiful, adopted children.  Eric’s pastimes include surfing, beach volleyball and playing guitar.  He can be emailed at mailto:Watkins.1@opc.org