Mission of God Conference 2022: Utopianism vs. The Kingdom of God
Thank you for joining us for this year's conference!
The creator, redeemer God, in His complete Word, has declared the future of His Kingdom and rule, established by His will and power. God governs history, sustaining all things by His providence.
Devoid of such security, the non-believer must posit an entirely different worldview: Utopianism. This gospel-denying religious philosophy begins with the anarchistic rejection of God's Law-Word and proceeds to a re-making of man in his own image.
In the face of this, the Christian must not yield.
At this year's Mission of God conference, we seek to confront this dominant Utopian worldview with the truth of the Kingdom of God.
Conference Details
Location
Wellandport United Reformed Church
74082 Wellandport Rd.
Wellandport, ON
L0R 2J0
Schedule
9:00 - Doors Open & Registration
10:00 - Welcome & Opening Hymn Sing
10:30 - Utopianism and Philosophy - Joe Boot
12:00 - Lunch
1:30 - Utopianism and Economics - Graeme Leach
2:45 - Break
3:30 - Utopianism and Law - Andre Schutten
5:00 - Dinner
6:30 - Panel Q&A Session
Speaker Bios
Rev. Dr. Joseph Boot
M.A., Ph. D.
Joe Boot is a Christian thinker, cultural apologist/philosopher, and founder of the Ezra Institute for Contemporary Christianity, a worldview training organization and think-tank in Grimsby, Ontario. He is also the founding pastor of Westminster Chapel and founder of Westminster Classical Christian Academy, both in Toronto. Joe has spoken, debated and guest lectured globally and writes on cultural philosophy and theology exploring the biblical worldview as it relates to the Christian’s mission in the world. His most recent contributions to scriptural cultural philosophy include Mission of God, Gospel Culture and Gospel Witness.
Graeme Leach
Graeme Leach is one of Britain's leading economists and CEO and chief economist of Macronomics. He is a former chief economist and director of policy at the Institute of Directors (IoD) where he represented the IoD in economic discussions with the Chancellor and 10 Downing Street. He is a visiting professor of economic policy and a senior fellow of the Legatum Institute in London. He is also a member of the IEA Shadow Monetary Policy Committee (SMPC) and a life fellow of the IoD. He also lectures graduate students in macroeconomics at Cardiff University Business School.
Andre Schutten
André is Director of Law & Policy and General Legal Counsel for ARPA Canada, the Association for Reformed Political Action. He researches and writes on public policy, particularly from a Christian perspective, and conducts regular analysis on the impact of different government bills and court judgments. He also acts as a Parliamentary lobbyist. He has represented ARPA Canada in various court interventions, having made written arguments before the Supreme Court of Canada three times and written and oral arguments in three provincial courts of appeal.