We are looking forward to seeing you at the sixteenth annual Southern California Former Adventist Fellowship Conference, “Now What?”, usually the first words uttered after someone leaves Adventism. The conference will tackle answers to that question including sessions on Bible study, church selection, Christian history and worldview, and the core doctrines that make up Christianity.
This year we are meeting online only, so there is no limit to attendance!
We are broadcasting from Loma Linda, California, at Redeemer Fellowship from February 12 through 14, 2021. 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 online via Zoom meetings. There will be faith stories and great worship as well. Finally, we will worship online together at church at Redeemer Fellowship on Sunday morning.
Covid-19 has created many challenges to ministry, but this time the disease has forced us to make our conference completely online accessible! The online registration will include breakout sessions and other content that will not be streamed—but all is at no charge this year; however, you must register.
We encourage you to plan now to attend—online. 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!
Richard and Colleen Tinker
Conference Coordinators
Free Registration: Click here—Email us your full name and physical mailing address.
2021 Conference Speakers
PHIL JOHNSON, Executive Director, Grace to You (GTY)
Phil Johnson is the Executive Director and radio host for Grace to You, a Christian media ministry featuring the preaching and writings of John MacArthur. Phil has been closely associated with John MacArthur since 1981 and edits most of MacArthur’s major books. Phil also pastors an adult fellowship group called GraceLife at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California. He can be heard almost weekly on a podcast with Todd Friel titled “Too Wretched for Radio.” He has also appeared as a guest on Former Adventist podcast with Colleen Tinker and Nikki Stevenson.
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, Research Associate, Tyndale House (Cambridge)
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.
Kaspars just completed an M. Div. at The Master’s Seminary in Sun Valley, California, and lives with his family in the the UK where he is a Research Associate in Old Testament and the Ancient Near East at Tyndale House, an evangelical biblical research center in Cambridge.
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 new 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 Proclamation! magazine and 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.
As an amateur astronomer, he continues to search for darker skies with telescopes up to 20 inches. Family, research, and telescope-making take up his remaining energy. You may contact him at martincarey@sbcglobal.net.
PAUL CARDEN, Director, The Centers for Apologetics Research
Paul Carden is executive director of The Centers for Apologetics Research. He has devoted over 30 years of his life to cult-related research and outreach in Latin America, Africa, eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union. He spent 15 years working with Walter Martin in the Christian Research Institute, spending six years in Brazil and six as co-host of the live radiobroadcast “Bible Answer Man”.
Paul is also the general editor for various apologetics-oriented pamphlets produced by Rose Publishing, and his articles have appeared in a variety of missions and ministry publications. He and his wife Lisa have four children.
2021 Conference Schedule
Friday, February 12 (All times are PST)
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9:00 AM |
Live • INTERVIEWS, COMMENTS, TESTIMONIES |
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SESSION 1 | 9:30 AM |
Worship Singing with Roy Tinker and Friends |
ROY TINKER |
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SESSION 2 | 11:00 AM |
“Lessons To Be Learned” |
KASPARS OZOLINS |
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L U N C H • INTERVIEWS, COMMENTS, TESTIMONIES |
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SESSION 3 | 1:00 PM |
Worship Singing with Roy Tinker and Friends |
ROY TINKER |
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2:30 PM |
BREAKOUT SESSIONS |
VARIOUS |
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SESSION 4 | 4:00 PM |
“The Gospel is Everything” |
KASPARS OZOLINS |
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D I N N E R • INTERVIEWS, COMMENTS, TESTIMONIES |
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SESSION 5 | 6:30 PM |
Worship Singing with Roy Tinker and Friends |
ROY TINKER |
Saturday, February 13 (All times are PST)
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9:00 AM |
Live • INTERVIEWS, COMMENTS, TESTIMONIES |
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SESSION 6 | 9:30 AM |
Worship Singing with Roy Tinker and Friends |
ROY TINKER |
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10:45 AM |
BREAKOUT SESSIONS |
VARIOUS |
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L U N C H • INTERVIEWS, COMMENTS, TESTIMONIES |
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SESSION 7 | 1:00 PM |
Worship Singing with Roy Tinker and Friends |
ROY TINKER |
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2:30 PM |
BREAKOUT SESSIONS |
VARIOUS |
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SESSION 8 | 4:00 PM |
Former Adventist Podcast—Live! |
NIKKI STEVENSON AND COLLEEN TINKER |
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D I N N E R • INTERVIEWS, COMMENTS, TESTIMONIES |
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SESSION 9 | 6:30 PM |
Worship Singing with Roy Tinker and Friends |
ROY TINKER |
Sunday, February 14
| CHURCH | 9:30 AM PUBLIC STREAM |
Worship Singing with Roy Tinker and Friends “To Be Announced” |
ROY TINKER GARY INRIG |
2021 Conference Registration [Free]
- Free Registration: Click here (Send your full name and physical mailing address)
- Registration by phone: 1-909-794-9804
Registration includes all sessions, handouts and free stuff. Phone 1-909-794-9804 for more information.