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We are looking forward to seeing you in person at the eighteenth annual Southern California Former Adventist Fellowship Conference, “God’s Love Exposed”. This conference will help you understand the love of God as presented in the Scriptures, and will help you remove more layers of the false world view of Adventism.

We are meeting in Loma Linda, California, at Redeemer Fellowship from February 17 through 19, 2023. Loma Linda is the center of Adventism in Southern California, and Redeemer Fellowship is a small Bible church that we helped plant in this needy town.

We will have break-out sessions, a Q & A session, and times to exchange stories and encourage one another. There will be faith stories and great worship as well. Finally, we will worship together at church at Redeemer Fellowship on Sunday morning, with a fellowship lunch afterwards.

In-person attendance is encouraged! Come fellowship together with others who share your background and journey. Don’t miss this opportunity!

You’ll experience live interactions that will be better than the Southern California sun! This will be a weekend to be refreshed, encouraged, and to make new friends.

We are eager to spend the weekend with you—online or in-person!

Richard and Colleen Tinker
Conference Coordinators

Registration: Click here—Email your name and mailing address, and let us know if you are attending in-person or online. (Suggested donation—not required: $100/person)

2023 Conference Participants

GARY INRIG, Lead Pastor, Redeemer Fellowship (Host Pastor)

Gary Inrig is the lead pastor of Redeemer Fellowship, a new church plant in Loma Linda, California. He also leads a community Bible Study, Loma Linda Word Search, designed to be a place where students and residents of Loma Linda as well as the surrounding communities can come and hear the Bible taught by a Christian expositor.

Formerly Gary served as the senior pastor of Trinity Church in Redlands, California, from September, 1992, until June, 2013. Prior to coming to Trinity, he had many years of fruitful ministry in Calgary and Dallas. He holds D.Min. and Th.M. degrees from Dallas Theological Seminary. He has authored many books and has taught in various capacities in Bible colleges, conferences, and seminars.

Gary has been the pastoral mentor for Former Adventist Fellowship since its inception at Trinity Church in 1999. He and his wife Elizabeth reside in Southern California.

KASPARS OZOLINS, Assistant Professor of Old Testament Interpretation

Kaspars Ozolins was born in Latvia to an Adventist family. They moved to Los Angeles where Kaspars attended Adventist elementary and high schools in Glendale, California, and his father was an Adventist pastor. He met Ieva, his wife, while studying in Latvia before pursuing a doctorate at UCLA in historical linguistics. After Kaspars completed an M. Div. at The Master’s Seminary in Sun Valley, California, he served as a research associate at Tyndale House in Old Testament and the Ancient Near East. He is now on the faculty at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary as Assistant Professor of Old Testament Interpretation.

PAUL CARDEN, The Centers for Apologetics Research

Paul Carden is executive director of The Centers for Apologetics Research (CFAR). He has devoted over 40 years of his life to cult-related research and outreach in Latin America, Africa, eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union. He served with Walter Martin in the Christian Research Institute (CRI), including six years in Brazil and six as co-host of the live, nationwide “Bible Answer Man” radio broadcast.

Paul has produced apologetics-themed pamphlets and videos with Rose Publishing, along with the book World Religions Made Easy. His articles have appeared in a variety of missions and ministry publications. He and his wife Lisa have four children.

JAMES BABER, Director, Academy Apologia

RICHARD TINKER, President, Life Assurance Ministries

Richard Tinker is president of Life Assurance Ministries and a founding member of its board of directors. He was at least a fourth-generation Adventist and spent his life until 2006 working for Adventist institutions including Adventism’s Pacific Union Conference, The Quiet Hour, and Loma Linda University. He also designed Adventist Today magazine for several years.

Richard co-leads the weekly Former Adventist Fellowship with Colleen, his wife. He also serves as an elder at Redeemer Fellowship, a Bible-based church in Loma Linda, California.

COLLEEN TINKER, Editor, Proclamation!, Co-Host, Former Adventist Podcast

Colleen Tinker is the editor of Proclamation! magazine and also co-leads Former Adventist Fellowship with Richard, her husband. She was a third-generation Seventh-day Adventist and spent 15 years teaching English in both Adventist and Christian junior high and high schools.

In 1999 Colleen resigned as managing editor and news editor of Adventist Today when she and Richard left Adventism to make their behaviors congruent with their belief that Jesus alone saves.

NICOLE STEVENSON, Co-Host, Former Adventist Podcast

Nicole Stevenson lives in Southern California with her husband Carel and her two children, Joshua and Abigail. Nicole graduated from La Sierra University with a degree in social work and is currently staying home to raise their kids. She is the author of the “Life After” column in the print version of Proclamation! magazine, and she is a co-host of Former Adventist Podcast.

MARTIN L. CAREY, Board Member, Life Assurance Ministries

Martin L. Carey grew up as an Adventist in many different places, including the northeastern US, the Midwest, and Guam. During daylight hours he works as a psychologist for a high school in San Bernardino, CA. He is also a licensed family therapist. He is married to Sharon and has two sons, Matthew and Nick.

JENIFER J. MASON, DrPH, MPH

Jenifer Mason is a former Adventist. In elementary school she spent second and third grades enrolled in Adventist schools. She attended high school at First Baptist Academy in Dallas. Jenifer received her undergraduate, masters, and doctoral degrees from Loma Linda University (LLU). In 1994, LLU recruited Jenifer to teach in both the Schools of Public Health and Medicine, which she did for seven years. Jenifer is a member of Stonebriar Community Church (SCC) pastored by Chuck Swindoll. She chose SCC because of the church’s commitment to expository preaching and teaching the whole counsel of God.

2023 Conference Schedule

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Friday, February 17, 2023
9:30 AM – 9:00 PM (Lunch and dinner provided)

Saturday, February 18, 2023
9:30 AM – 7:00 PM (Lunch and dinner provided)

Sunday, February 19, 2023
9:30 AM – 10:45 AM (Church service at host church)
(Time to checkout from hotel)
12:00 – 4:00 PM (Baptism, lunch (provided) and fellowship at local home)

2023 Conference Schedule

Friday, February 17 (All times are PST) 

9:00 AM	Arrive at Redeemer Fellowship in Loma Linda
SESSION 1 | 9:30 AM YOUTUBE	Worship Singing “Love Doesn’t Hide: Creation and the Bible”	KASPARS/ROY GARY INRIG
SESSION 2 | 11:00 AM YOUTUBE	“Love Resurrects: It’s Not Re-Creation”	KASPARS OZOLINS
	L U N C H  (Provided)
SESSION 3 | 1:00 PM YOUTUBE	Worship Singing Brazilian Ministry Update “Love Doesn’t Require the Great Controversy”	KASPARS/ROY DEBBIE BUFFONE COLLEEN TINKER
2:30 PM ZOOM	BREAKOUT SESSIONS  Sessions on current issues and a Q&A (Register to receive Zoom link)	1. MARTIN CAREY 2. NIKKI AND COLLEEN 3. JIM BABER
SESSION 4 | 4:00 PM  YOUTUBE	“Annihilation is Not Love”	KASPARS OZOLINS
	D I N N E R  (Provided)
SESSION 5 | 6:30 PM YOUTUBE	Worship Singing “Should We Call Adventism a ‘Cult?’” “Why Worry About Adventism?” Q & A Kaspars, Jim, Martin, Colleen, Nikki, Richard	KASPARS/ROY PAUL CARDEN JIM BABER PANEL

Saturday, February 18 (All times are PST)

9:00 AM	Arrive at Redeemer Fellowship in Loma Linda
SESSION 6 | 9:30 AM YOUTUBE	Worship Singing “God’s Love Unmasks the Enemy“	KASPARS/ROY JENIFER MASON
11:00 AM ZOOM	BREAKOUT SESSIONS Sessions on current issues and a Q&A (Register to receive Zoom link)	1. MARTIN CAREY 2. NIKKI AND COLLEEN 3. JIM BABER
	L U N C H  (Provided)
SESSION 7 | 1:00 PM YOUTUBE	Worship Singing Faith Story “Love on Display: The Cross”	KASPARS/ROY MANUELA BOSCIA KASPARS OZOLINS
2:30 PM ZOOM	BREAKOUT SESSIONS Sessions on current issues and a Q&A (Register to receive Zoom link)	1. MARTIN CAREY 2. NIKKI AND COLLEEN 3. JIM BABER
SESSION 8 | 4:00 PM YOUTUBE	Former Adventist Podcast—Live! “Relationships Exposed by Love”	NIKKI STEVENSON AND COLLEEN TINKER
IN-PERSON ONLY	D I N N E R  A N D  T E S T I M O N I E S

Sunday, February 19

2023 Conference Registration

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($100/person suggested donation)

• Free Registration—Click here to send us an email with the following information:
  1. Your full name and full names of persons attending with you
  2. Are you are attending in-person (coming to Loma Linda) or online (viewing on YouTube and Zoom)
  3. If in-person, are you vegetarian?
     
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• You MUST register to attend in person.