GBC Opening Night Dinner

Presented By Family Research Council

Opening Night Dinner will be at the Rainforest Cafe in the MGM Grand. The address is 3799 Las Vegas Blvd | S Las Vegas, NV 89109 | (702) 891-8580

No two things are more perfectly matched. Our friends at the Family Research Council invite you to join GBC speakers and attendees on Friday, September 19th for an exciting and memorable time of pre-conference food and fellowshipping in Las Vegas. The only thing better than the food and fellowshipping is the price: FREE! Space is limited, sign up today to ensure your meal ticket to the most exciting dinner in town. You must be registered for the conference in order to sign up, so register today! See you there!

BlogWorld Expo Keynote Address

This event is open to GBC Exhibits Only Pass Holders and GBC Full Access Pass Holders. 

BlogWorld Exhibit Floor Open

Explore the only industry-wide exhibition in the United States at the BlogWorld Expo.  Check out products and network with fellow media visionaries in the massive exhibition hall featuring a line-up of leading Internet Media Companies.  Fellowship with GodblogCon attendees and supporters at the GodblogCon VIP Area island booth located near the front of the exhibition hall by BlogWorld exhibitors like TownHall.com.

Andrew Jones

The Missional Church in the Internet Age

Synopsis coming soon.

Ken Myers

Renewed Minds Online: The Internet, Media Ecology, and the Christian Consciousness

Media do not merely carry content; they also create mentalities, sensibilities, and intuitions.  As the medium of the internet has developed, few of its practitioners have considered how this new form of communication affects the larger ecosystem of culture and human interaction. We tend to assume that all new technologies (since they make certain aspects of our lives easier) must bring unalloyed progress for humanity.  Christians should pause to consider how the habits and capacities encouraged by this new technology offer benefits and obstacles to our ability to reflect, converse, and act wisely in our cultural moment. Ken Myers, host and producer of the MARS HILL AUDIO Journal, will encourage such pausing by exploring several dominant aspects of the media ecology shaped by the internet in general and by blogging in particular.

Lunch

Mark Joseph

Godbloggers & Hollywood: The role of Godbloggers in the Entertainment Industry and Why They Should Care

The role of the God-bloggers in the entertainment industry and why they should care: The internet has offered unparalleled opportunities for people of faith to break out of the religious ghetto and allow their ideas to be accessed by people who may not agree with them. What is the role of the Godbloggers in the mainstream media culture and how should Godbloggers write, keeping in mind that they are writing for people who may not agree with their beliefs?

Free Time

Round Table Conversation

An attendee favorite, this session is a massive gathering of top Godbloggers to converse about the issues addressed throughout the day as well as issues relevant to the Godblogging community both today and in the future.  The best part is, your GodblogCon allows you to participate in this community brainstorming session of leading Godbloggers and fellow visionaries.

Speakers / Sponsors Dinner

Presented by Desiring God Ministries

As a matter of Thanks, GodblogCon will be treating our speakers and sponsors to a private dinner, presented courtesy of Desiring God Ministries.

The Birth Of Freedom:

A Special GBC Premiere Presented by the Acton Institute

How is freedom born? The trailer for a new documentary being released by the Acton Institute that tells the story of how modern understandings of individual liberty were developed. Check out www.thebirthoffreedom.com for information about premieres and related materials.

The American founders said that all men are created equal and are endowed with certain unalienable rights. That among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. They called this a self evident truth. 87 years later, Abraham Lincoln reaffirmed this idea on the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg. And in 1963 these same words echoed from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial as Martin Luther King, Jr. urged America to fulfill the promise of its founding.

But humans are separated by enormous differences in talent and circumstance. Why would anyone believe that all men are created equal? That all should be free? That all deserve a voice in choosing their leaders? Why would any nation consider this a self-evident truth?

For the millions around the world who have never tasted liberty the question cries for an answer.

Wade Tonkin:

Supporting your Christian Blog (While Staying Saved)

Join Wade Tonkin of ChristianAffiliateMarketers.com as he gives an overview of blog monetization strategies with an emphasis on how to generate financial support for yourself or you ministry from your blog while "staying saved."   We'll take a look at affiliate marketing, site sponsorships, Google Adsense and "Tipping" services to give  you a solid base of knowledge and put you in position to generate blog based revenue that you can be proud of.

Scott Ott & La Shawn Barber: 

Open Forum - Election 08 and the Godblogosphere Impact

This special session will include a brief overview of the political landscape and the Godblogger's role therein from each of the moderators.  The floor will then be opened for conversation among all in attendance with special topical consideration being given to the 08' election. 

Roger Overton:

The New Media Frontier: Blogging, Vlogging, and Podcasting for Christ

The New Media Frontier is a visionary new book that offers direction for how Christians can use the new media with discernment and grace. Several of the contributors to The New Media Frontier met and began dialogue about this book at the first GodblogConference, so we are very excited to have them present the completed project at GodblogCon's fourth annual conference.  Roger Overton, editor of the book and blogger at the A-Team blog, will present an overview of the book, its importance to you and your readers, and how they envision it helping Christians engage new media technology well for the cause of Christ. 

Networking Reception

Taking place in the BlogWorld Expo's Exhibit Hall

Copies of the book The New Media Frontier will be on sale in the Exhibit Hall at the GodblogCon VIP booth (501).  Come and fellowship with the authors and purchase your own copy of this groundbreaking book.

John Mark Reynolds:

On the Art of Online Conversation

Online discourse has become harsh and unhealthy. This is especially true of political discourse.  John Mark Reynolds, public speaker and director of the Torrey Honors Institute at Biola University, will address the problems of internet discourse and what bloggers can do to raise the level of conversation on the internet.