Cults, Counterfeits and Challenges to the Gospel

Attend the 2024 annual conference of EMNR, with well-informed speakers from Ratio Christi, a campus ministry of Christian apologetics launching a new chapter at UNF. Hosted at Restoration Church, this conference teaches Christians how to think about and engage some of the major challenges of today. Topics range from transformational festivals like Burning Man, to Artificial Intelligence, to Progressive Christianity. We cover older, traditional challenges (Islam, Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses) and new issues within Christianity, such as the Enneagram, Spiritual Formation, Woke ideology, the New Apostolic Reformation, and why many young adults are giving up on church or identifying as Christian.
We will also cover three of the most aggressive sects of our time: the International Christian Church, the World Mission Society Church of God, and Shincheonji. If you haven't heard of them yet, you likely will in the near future.
Over the two days, there will be 5 plenary sessions in the sanctuary (all attending), and 5 workshops on various classrooms with a wide range of topics. Plenary sessions will be held in the sanctuary, with prayer and one or two songs before the main speaker. There is no cost to attend, but we ask you to pre-register so we can adjust for things like badges and food. Lunch will be available on site Saturday for a modest fee, or there are several good restaurants nearby.
Non-Christians, ex-Christians, and people of no faith are welcome to attend. We are viscerally opposed to manipulation, deception, or high-pressure tactics, so you will not find that in our presentations. Several of the principal speakers have come out of cults and deceptions, and there will be a panel discussion on that topic.
Our speakers and workshop leaders are approachable, friendly, willing to talk, and genuinely interested in what you have to say. Some of them are professors with multiple doctoral degrees; some are self-taught without any academic credentials. All of them are interested in helping others to use their minds and hearts in service to Christ.
If you live some distance away, we have arranged for a hotel nearby which is pet-friendly. Full details about speakers, schedule, location, housing, and more is available at https://emnr.org/conference/

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