2026 Conference Schedule

Don will lead our worship during the conference Don Anderson has served the Lord for over 45 years as Pastor and Executive Director of Christ For People With Developmental Disabilities. He loves music and leading worship! Through original music, vintage praise songs, and classic hymns, Don encourages congregations to draw near to the Lord.

L.L. (Don) Veinot Jr. is co-founder and President of Midwest Christian Outreach, Inc., a national apologetics ministry and mission to new religious movements based in Wonder Lake, IL along with his wife of over 55 years, Joy. He is a frequent guest on various radio and television broadcasts, including The John Ankerberg Show, as well as being a staff researcher and writer for the Midwest Outreach Journal. He is co-author of Richard Rohr and the Enneagram Secret; A Matter of Basic Principles: Bill Gothard and the Christian Life, now available in a revised and updated edition “A Matter of Basic Principles: Bill Gothard and His Cultish Teachings.” He is also a contributing author of Preserving Evangelical Unity: Welcoming Diversity in Non-Essentials, as well as articles in the CRI Journal, PFO Quarterly Journal, Campus Life Magazine, Journal of the International Society of Christian Apologetics, Midwestern Journal of Theology, The Christian Post, and other periodicals. He is also co-host of the weekly “Unknown Webcast” on the Midwest Christian Outreach, Inc. YouTube Channel. He was ordained to the ministry by West Suburban Community Church of Lombard, IL, at the Garden of Gethsemane in Jerusalem, Israel, in March of 1997. Don is a charter member of ISCA (International Society of Christian Apologetics) and is also the current President of Evangelical Missions to Non-Christian Religions (EMNR), a consortium of Counter cult/apologetic ministries and missions to non-Christians.

Christianity in the Age of Re-enchantment – The Paganization of the West The Church, which is the Body of Christ, was born in a largely pagan Roman Empire in the First Century. It grew out of the Nation of Israel by followers of the Jewish Messiah and began to spread about 10 years after the resurrection of Jesus. Over the next three hundred years the believers transformed the existing pagan culture into what became Western Culture whose ethics and morals were the guardrails for 1700 years. Pagans have been trying to return the favor for the past 200 years. Historian and atheist Tom Holland has documented the changes and cultural benefits, arguing for the need for Christianity. Will the church pick up the challenge in the Age of Re-enchantment?

No Goddess but Gaia: Mainstreaming Paganism in America Many people today have the misguided idea that “Climate Change” activism is about preserving the planet. In reality, it is, and was, a religious movement intended to replace Christianity. As part of the First National “Earth Day,” on April 22, 1970, The Environmental Handbook: Prepared for the First National Teach-In was distributed to thousands of public schools for the “Teach-In.” One of its main ideas was that “Christianity, in absolute contrast to ancient paganism and Asia’s Religions…” was to blame for so-called climate problems, so a new religion was needed. The paganization of the West, which had been at work, was energized by the U.S. Government and private enterprise on the First National Earth Day.

“Understanding and Defending the Deity of Christ?”
What it means to affirm Christ's "deity," including answers to the most common misunderstandings; where to find the most important biblical passages on the subject; and five key ways in which the New Testament reveals Christ to be God the Son incarnate.

“What Christians Need to Know about Unitarianism”
In recent years old-style Unitarianism, which denies the Trinity and the preexistence and deity of Christ, has been making a comeback thanks largely to the Internet. This presentation responds to the main arguments Unitarians use to defend this theology.

“Has the Bible Been Corrupted: Bart Ehrman and Religious Critics of the Bible”
This presentation critiques the appeals by Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, Muslims, and others to agnostic New Testament textual scholar Bart Ehrman to support their view that the New Testament's text was altered so as to change its teachings.

“The Islamic Dilemma and Recent Muslim Apologist Attempts of Fixing the Problem.”
The Islamic Dilemma involves the fact that the Quran affirms the truth in the Biblical scriptures, namely the Torah, Gospel and Psalms. However, when we investigate these scriptures, we see them testifying that the claims made in the Quran are false. This talk would address the recent efforts of Islamic apologists to address the Islamic dilemma, including the claims (i) of "conscious edits" being made to previous scriptures, (ii) that the Quran was speaking of different scriptures that were completely lost from the historical records, and (iii) that the Quran is a judge over previous scriptures and only the Quran is preserved and (iv) that the Quran is only affirming parts of the previous scriptures. We show how each of these assertions fall down, leaving us with the conclusion that the Quran affirms the Biblical scriptures are true.