Hiding in the Shadows: November 2 & 9, February 6 - 20

 
"My disgrace is before me all day long, and my face is covered with shame."  Psalm 44:15 (NIV) 

Schedule

All sessions are free and open to the public and held in Rudd Auditorium.

Friday, November 2, 10 a.m.
Dr. Diane Langberg, Practicing Psychologist & Author

Friday, November 9, 10 a.m.
Mr. Dave Wiley, Brainerd Baptist Church, Director of Community Ministry
 
Wednesday, February 6, 10 a.m.
Dr. Mark Yarhouse, Regent University, Professor
 
Friday, February 8, 10 a.m.
Corporate Worship

Monday, February 11, 10 a.m. 
Chapel 

Wednesday, February 13, 10 a.m.
Word and Worship

Friday, February 15, 10 a.m.
Corporate Worship

Monday, February 18, 10 a.m.
Chapel

Wednesday, February 20, 10 a.m.
Corporate Prayer and Worship
 

Guest Speaker Information

Dr. Diane Langberg

Dr. Langberg is a practicing psychologist with 35 years of clinical expertise with trauma survivors and clergy. She is the director of a group practice in suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, staffed by Christian psychologists, social workers and counselors who work with people in many areas, including sexual and domestic abuse, addictions, depression and eating disorders. Dr. Langberg is a faculty member of Westminster Theological Seminary. She is the author of Counsel for Pastors’ WivesCounseling Survivors of Sexual Abuse, and On the Threshold of Hope: Opening the Door to Healing for Survivors of Sexual Abuse. Dr. Langberg is a columnist for Christian Counseling Today. She serves as Chair of the Executive Board of the American Association of Christian Counselors, and serves on the boards of GRACE (Godly Response to Abuse in a Christian Environment) and the Society for Christian Psychology. She is also founder of The Place of Refuge, an inner city, nonprofit trauma and training center and has received various professional awards. She is married and has two sons.


Dave Wiley

David currently serves Brainerd Baptist Church (Chattanooga, TN) as Director of Community Ministry. He has also founded a community mission effort called Mission1224. Its focus is creating evangelism through discipleship within individual communities via the local church as missionary to their community. David currently serves on the Board of Directors for Prison Prevention Ministries and volunteers in prisons all over the area and around the country. He has served in various roles within the church, such as youth director and college ministry coordinator, and in Para church ministries as well, such as Voice of The Martyrs and Campus Crusade for Christ/Student Venture. David’s passion for evangelism through missions and discipleship has taken him all over the country through music ministry and all around the world as teacher and speaker. David has served in Ecuador, Israel, Ukraine, Albania, and Germany; as well as most of the United States. David lives in Ringgold GA and is married to Mollie. His daughter Sarah is a junior at Heritage High School.

Dr. Mark Yarhouse

Dr. Mark Yarhouse is the Rosemarie Scotti Hughes Endowed Chair of Christian Thought in Mental Health Practice Professor at Regent University in Virginia Beach, VA. He completed a variety of degrees including B.A. in Philosophy and Art with a minor in Psychology (Calvin College), Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology, M.A. in Clinical Psychology and M.A. in Theological Studies (Wheaton College Graduate School). He then began working in the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology at Regent, where he developed the Institute for the Study of Sexual Identity (ISSI), a team of doctoral students who work in the areas of research, training and clinical services. He teaches doctoral courses in Applied/Clinical Integration, Ethics, Human Sexuality, Psychopathology, Family Therapy, and Christian Healing. His philosophy of teaching involves seeing and studying “through the eyes of faith.” Dr. Yarhouse has published two integration textbooks and several books about homosexuality and sexual identity. He regularly publishes in various journals and presents at conferences, and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Psychology and Theology and Christian Counseling Today.