|
|
| Select a topic or scroll down: |
|
|
|
| Historical Narrative |
|
An Oasis of Biblical Truth Since 1941! For
over 65 years, the goal of the conference has been to provide residents
and visitors on the Mississippi Gulf Coast with the best in-depth Bible
instruction available in a conference format. In those 65+ years, there
have more than 75 speakers comprised of Seminary and Bible College
Professors, Christian Authors, Theologians, Pastors, and Missions and
Ministry Leaders. Countless numbers of attendees, of all ages, have
been blessed by the opportunities for Biblical instruction,
edification, fellowship, and worship provided at the CBC.
The CBC board members, with the support of your prayers and
God's help, strive to continue to offer a unique opportunity of
spiritual growth centered around the teaching of God's Word on the
Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Our Mission Statement: To facilitate sound Biblical teaching.
Our Key Bible Verse: Now the Bereans received
the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day
to see if what Paul said was true. (Acts 17:11)
<<TOP>>
|
|
| We Believe |
- We believe the Bible (Old and New Testaments) to be the only inspired, infallible, authoritative Word of God.
- We believe there is one God, eternally existent in three persons; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His
virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious
and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection,
in His ascension to the right hand of His Father, and in His personal
return in power and glory.
- We believe salvation is the gift of God brought to Man by
Grace and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, whose
precious blood was shed on Calvary for the forgiveness of our sins.
- We believe the Church, which is the body and espoused bride
of Christ, is a spiritual organism made up of all born-again persons of
this present age.
- We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling, the Christian is enabled to live a Godly life.
- We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the
lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that
are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
<<TOP>>
|
|
| Our Logo |
|
For many years, the Coast
Bible Conference held its meetings at the University of Southern
Mississippi in Long Beach, MS. Those in attendance often relaxed
outside under a special tree on campus called the Friendship Oak.
Because of the many fond memories of conversation and fellowship spent
beneath it, the conference logo became an oak tree holding a Bible.
<<TOP>>
|
Pre - 2005
|
2006 - 2007
|
2008 -
|
|
|
CBC Theme Song
|
 
|
Verse
God has drawn us here to study His Holy Word.
Its pages burn with truth divine, our hearts aflame are stirred.
Our fellowship is from the Father, Spirit, and Son;
To share the Scripture together, will bind our spirits as one.
Chorus
At the Coast Bible Conference, to come in one accord,
At the Coast Bible Conference, to praise and worship our Lord,
At the Coast Bible Conference, we lift our banner unfurled.
To delight in His Word - hide it deep in our hearts
Then to share it with the world.
Lyrics and Melody: Phil White
|
|
<<TOP>> |
|
|
Past Directors
|
- 2008-....... TBD
- 2006-2007 Daniel McCabe
- 2001-2005 Keith Boyer
- 1978-2000 Larry Miller
- 1971-1977 Jim Raiford
- 1968-1970 No Conference
- 1965-1967 Harold Jordan
- 1956-1964 Harold Jordan & R. S. Leininger
- 1949-1955 Harold Jordan
- 1943-1948 Ray D. Fortna
- 1941-1942 No Record
<<TOP>>
|
 |
|
|
|
|
| CBC Board Members |
|
|
- Oren Miller (Chairman)
- Mike Scardino (Secretary)
- Brian McGinley, Sr. (Treasurer)
- Duane Naddy (Multimedia)
- Larry Pots
|
- Jim Baughman
- Tom Benoit
- Chappel Bryant
- Phil Bultman
|
|
<<TOP>>
|
| Watermelon Seed-Spitting Tradition |
| Each year, the conference
invites its speakers to participate in a watermelon seed-spitting
contest after watermelon fellowship following an evening session.
Each participant gets two attempts, and his distance is determined, not
by where the seed first hits, but by where the seed stops. The best
distances are recorded, as seen below... |
|
|
|
<<TOP>>
|
Current CBC Record Standings
- 34 ft. 7 in. Charles Cooper (2005)
- 27 ft. 7 in. Dan Hayden (2005)
- 27 ft. 0 in. Keith Boyer (2007)
- 26 ft. 1 in. Richard Emmons (2004)
- 25 ft. 4 in. Andrew Seidel (2004)
- 24 ft. 3 1/2 in. Richard Klein (2006)
- 22 ft. 0 in. Larry Miller (2007)
- 21 ft. 6 in. Howard Dial (2001)
- 19 ft. 0 in. Ron Rushing (2003)
- 17 ft. 6 in. Rennie Showers (2001)
- 15 ft. 7 in. Nick Kalivoda (2006)
- 15 ft. 6 in. Earl Radmacher (2002)
- 14 ft. 3 in. Dan Hayden (2005)
- 13 ft. 5 in. Don Hawkins (2003)
|
|
|
|
|
