Prominent Christian conference Together for the Gospel (T4G) has announced that 2022 will be the last year that they will be having it and that they plan on shuttering the conference on account of one of their founding members being over it and having other interests that he’d rather pursue.
Founded in 2006, T4G is a three-day, biennial conference filled with preaching, fellowship, singing, and books that has historically been geared towards reformed folk.
The event used to feature thoroughly and well-vetted sound teachers, but many of the characters have drifted in recent years. With this year’s lineup consisting of Sinclair Ferguson, HB Charles, John Piper, Shai Linne, Kevin DeYoung, Ligon Duncan. Mark Dever, Bobby Scott, Christian Lwanda, Greg Gilbert, David Platt, Allistair Begg, Juan Sanchez, and Afshin Ziafat, there are more than a few people that we wouldn’t let within a mile of our pulpits, with Piper, Platt, Duncan and Dever being key among them as those who hold a special danger.
After all, we all remember the article from a few months ago where Ligon Duncan, given over to CRT ideology, said: “My Very Best Black Friends Have Trouble Trusting Me, For Really Good Reasons”. That’s about all the red flag you need.
Also notably absent is John MacArthur again this year. MacArthur used to be a mainstay but decided to forgo the conference in 2019 and now again in 2022- the result of fallout in 2019 over the Dallas Satemenment, Mohler accusing MacArthur of “malpractice for keeping his church open during much of the lockdown, and other considerations and concerns that MacArthurs might have.
In a promo video, Duncan and Dever discuss why the event is the last one, explain that Al Mohler called them, and told them ‘brothers I love you guys very much but I’ve just got to do other things now.” which was a catalyst of the end.
Given the questionable fidelity to the scriptures from several of those speakers, we rejoice that the conference is coming will come to end, and that at the very least, this is one less thing to impact the young believers who might otherwise never be exposed to them.
