Please click here to view the program for the recent APC in Limpopo (Sept 2011).
The conference theme was Biblical Manhood and Womanhood with the following general outline:
1. Male and female he created them Genesis 1:27; 2: 20-23; Genesis 3 Creation and fall. The original intention. Complementarity. The deformed relationship. Judgment. Restoration. Men and women in the image of God. 2. What is marriage? Leaving and cleaving. No longer two but one (after no longer one but two!). NaturreRole of sec in marriage. Polygamy. Same sex unions. Biblical responsibility v cultural norms. Marriage designed to show relationship of Christ with the church. Mutual love 3. Roles without relegation (Part 1 – within the marriage) Male headship. Christ-like servant leadership. Wives submit to your husbands – the nature of biblical submission. Husbands love your wives as Christ loved the church. Responsibilities of wives and husbands. The creation basis of roles. Male-female equality of status. Trinitarian roles and equality. Decision making 4. Roles without relegation (Part 2 – within the church) Male leadership in the church. Teaching responsibility. What it means for women to keep quiet. Head –coverings. The meaning of the man being the head of the woman. Galatians 3:28. The meaning of authority. 5. The gift of marriage and the gift of singleness 1 Corinthians 7 Our present state is the gift of God to us. Renouncing singleness. Different categories of singleness – never having been married, single while young, single with the immediate prospect of marriave, widowed, divorced... . The examples of Jesus, Paul etc and those much used in history. Missionaries. The family of the church. God’s purposes. Biblical theology of singleness. Self-control. 6. Women’s ministries in the local church Teaching ministries approved by Scripture. Spiritual gifts. Harnessing the gifts of every church member. Joint ministries with husbands. Evangelistic ministry. 7. The Christian Family Fatherhood and motherhood. Raising boys to be men and girls to be women. Spiritual leadership within the family. Family devotions. The family and the church – division of responsibility. Qualifications for Eldership. Decision making. Caring and shepherding. Family-integrated churches. 8. Marriage, divorce and remarriage The importance of the marriage being the picture of Christ and the church. Old Testament and New Testament teaching. Divorce is never God’s will – legal divorce does not destroy the marriage bond. The so-called exception clause in Matthew .Divorce, remarriage and Eldership. Pastoral concerns. 9. Conference sermon Genesis 2: 24-25 Ephesians 5: 22-33 1 Timothy 2: 11-15 Titus 2: 3-5 2 Corinthians 5:21 – 6:9 Mark 10: 1-12