T4G: Band of Bloggers Panel

I am excited to share some details concerning the T4G: Band of Bloggers meeting which will take place a week from this Wednesday. To catch up on previous posts, go here and here to get general information about the meeting. If plan to attend, please be sure to email me at gospelcentral@yahoo.com and provide your name, blog title, and a contact number. Part of the meeting will be a one hour Q&A discussion panel which will go from 3:00-4:00 p.m. The Heritage Hall will be open 30 minutes prior to the panel discussion (2:30 p.m.), so be sure to get there early if you can to fellowship. Immediately following the panel discussion, we will take a big group photo of everyone attending and have about 45 minutes of unstructured fellowship to meet one another and fellowship together. It will conclude around 5:00 p.m. Here is the panel for the T4G: Band of Bloggers Fellowship:

Band of Bloggers Panel

Tim Challies Tim Challies is a web designer by trade. Although he is not in vocational ministry, his blog has proved to minister and impact a large section of the evangelical world. Tim graduated with a degree in history from McMaster University, and soon thereafter, Tim moved from being an aspiring historian to a web designer and started Websonix. Tim is also known for his numerous book reviews which can be found at Ex Libris, World Magazine’s book review blog of which Tim is the editor. Tim also owns and operates the Diet of {Book} Worms, an online collection of discerning reviews of Christian books. In the past, Tim has live-blogged several conferences including the 2005 Desiring God National Conference and the recent 2006 Shepherds’ Conference. He will be live-blogging the Together for the Gospel Conference this year as well. Commonly known as “The World’s Most Famous Christian Blogger,” Tim is a great success story of how he used blogging and his gifts for the glory of God.

Justin Taylor Justin Taylor is the ESV Bible Project Manager for Crossway Books in Wheaton, IL. and has edited four collections of essays:. Beyond the Bounds, Reclaiming the Center, Sex and the Supremacy of Christ, and A God-Entranced Vision of All Things. Forthcoming are two more collections edited by Justin (Suffering and the Supremacy of God and Overcoming Sin and Temptation by John Owen). Justin previously served as Director of Theology and Executive Editor at Desiring God. Furthermore, Justin also operates johnowen.org, a website dedicated to the life and works of John Owen. His blog, Between Two Worlds, is a mix of theology, philosophy, politics, and culture, and is one of the most widely read blogs in the blogosphere.

Dr. Albert Mohler Albert Mohler serves as the ninth president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, the flagship school of the Southern Baptist Convention and one of the largest seminaries in the world. In addition to his presidential duties, Dr. Mohler hosts a daily radio program for the Salem Radio Network, writes a popular daily commentary on moral, cultural and theological issues, and keeps up a daily blog. Dr. Mohler is considered both in and outside the evangelical world as “the reigning intellectual of the evangelical movement in the United States.” He has contributed to several books including Hell Under Fire, Whatever Happened to the Truth?, Here We Stand, Feed My Sheep, and The Coming Evangelical Crisis.

Dr. Russell Moore Russell D. Moore, Dean of Theology and Senior Vice President for Academic Administration at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, serves as executive director of The Henry Institute. Moore has edited and authored two books: Why I Am a Baptist and The Kingdom of Christ: The New Evangelical Perspective. Moore is the senior editor of Touchstone magazine and executive editor of The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology. Dr. Moore’s blogs are at both The Henry Institute and Mere Comments (the blog of Touchstone magazine).

More information is still to come, so be sure to check in tomorrow for more details. - Timmy Brister