While Bear River Casino & Resort was fully aware of who they rented their conference room to (St. Mark Lutheran Church), after receiving our deposit and confirming our lunch menu, etc., they made the choice to bar us from renting their venue for our Freedom of Conscience & Religious Liberty Conference. They refused to cite any particular reason for this decision, even though we repeatedly requested a specific explanation. “Cultural sensitivity and respect” was their repeated terminology. The conference is now being held at St. Mark Lutheran Church.

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St. Mark Lutheran Church’s first Freedom of Conscience & Religious Liberty conference! This event has been organized as a service to our neighbors on and near California’s North Coast. St. Mark Lutheran Church has been under attack from those hostile to the truth of God’s Word for over two years. We know we’re not alone. Our goal is to encourage and equip others to remain faithful to the Lord even though institutions and individuals exercise their influence to silence Christianity and take away our freedom of conscience and religious liberty.

The conference is from 9 AM to 1 PM and includes lunch!

Rev. Dr. Adam Koontz is our guest speaker. He has served Christ’s people as a church planter and as a professor at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, IN. He serves as pastor and evangelist at Trinity Lutheran Church in Denver, CO. He can be heard on the popular podcast, A Brief History of Power. He will be speaking on Christian duty to others in these hostile times.