BIVOCATIONAL PASTORS & WIVES RETREAT 2025

September 12-13, 2025

Location Information

  • The Holiday Inn University Plaza
  • 1021 Wilkinson Trace, Bowling Green, KY, 42103 US

SPEAKERS

Dr. Tim & Sharon Beougher

Timothy Beougher has served as the Billy Graham Professor of Evangelism and Associate Dean of the Billy Graham School at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, in Louisville, Kentucky since 1996. He has served as an evangelist, church planter, pastor, and interim pastor of several congregations. He currently serves as Pastor of West Broadway Baptist Church in Louisville.

Sharon Merritt Beougher received her Bachelor’s in Music Education from the University of North Carolina and later received her Master’s of Arts in Christian Education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. She is a conference/retreat speaker, author, and editor. She taught piano for 39 years and co-founded and teaches in the Seminary Wives Institute at Southern to help equip student wives for ministry. Sharon also teaches women’s Bible studies at her church.


Josh Smith

Josh Smith is a pastor and Bible College professor. He answered the call to pastoral ministry in 2004 at the age of eighteen. Today, he brings to the pastorate and the classroom more than twenty years of pastoral experience. During the first half of his ministry he worked bivocationally as a contract carrier with the United States Postal Service. Since 2017 he has served bivocationally as the Professor of Preaching at Clear Creek Baptist Bible College. He was called to serve as the senior pastor of East Barbourville Baptist Church in 2012. Prior to that he pastored two other congregations in southeastern Kentucky.


Justin Meredith, Worship & Music

Justin is the Associate Pastor of Worship and Students at Immanuel Baptist Church in Glasgow, KY. Alongside worship leading, Justin is also a singer/songwriter and performs in various venues around Kentucky and Tennessee.


Rob Patterson, Evangelism Team Leader Kentucky Baptist Convention

Rob serves as the Team Leader for the Evangelism Team at the Kentucky Baptist Convention.


SCHEDULE

Friday, September 12


3:00 pm CSTCheck in

Holiday Inn


4:30 pmCoffee & Connections

Exhibits Open
Sponsored by Kentucky WMU


6:00 pmDinner


7:00 pmOpening Worship Session

Justin Meredith, Associate Pastor of Worship & Students, Immanuel Baptist Church, Glasgow

Clint White, Pastor of Hartford Baptist Church, Morgantown

Josh Smith, Pastor of East Barbourville Baptist and Associate Professor of Expository Preaching and Teaching at CCBBC


8:30pmDessert Fellowship

Sponsored by Clear Creek Baptist Bible College


Saturday, September 13


8:00 am CSTBreakfast

Sponsored by Kentucky Baptist Foundation


8:45 amOpening Session


9:20 amMessage

Dr. Tim Beougher, Pastor of West Broadway Baptist Church, Louisville, and Associate Dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism, and Ministry at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary


10:00 amBreak


10:20Pastors Track

“Faithful Evangelism in The Marketplace and through the Local Church” Dr. Tim Beougher


10:20 amWives Track

"Maintaining Joy in the Midst of Stress" - Sharon Beougher


11:00 amBreak


11:15 amPastors Track - Session Two


11:15 amWives Track-Session Two

"Encouraging Your Husband in the Midst of Busyness" - Sharon Beougher


12:00 pmDismiss


REGISTRATION

*To best serve unique dietary needs, we ask that you register each registrant separately. You will be able to add your spouse's info on the next page.





  • Registration includes conference materials, one (1) overnight stay at the Holiday Inn and all meals while attending the retreat.

  • Registration includes conference materials and all meals while attending the retreat.



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