Leading others out of addiction through Christ.
2025 Conference, Saturday, February 22
8:30 AM- 3:00 PM at Community Baptist Church
Do you know someone trapped in bondage to addiction?
Do you feel powerless to help them?
Out of Addiction is a one-day conference sponsored by The Addiction Connection and Overcoming Addictions in Christ. This conference will introduce the biblical strategy to help people break the bondage of addiction.
Conference participants will also learn how to start an addiction ministry at their church or another location.
The problem of addiction is destroying lives, devastating families, and overwhelming community resources. However, there is hope! God and His Word are sufficient to help people overcome addiction in Christ. At this conference, you will begin to be equipped to help others who struggle with addiction find hope, help, and healing in Jesus Christ.
There is no charge for this conference.
We will provide you with a light breakfast beginning at 7:45 AM and a full meal for lunch. The meals are free to you. We hope to bless you and equip you and your church to help others struggling with addiction.
Please register for the conference below.
The conference speakers
Dr. Mark E. Shaw, Founder of The Addiction Connection, is an ordained minister and author of over 28 published resources. Starting his counseling career in residential addiction treatment and medication-assisted treatment centers in Mobile, Alabama, Mark was introduced to Biblical Counseling in 1999. He has been certified with the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC) since 2002, and he obtained a Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) in Biblical Counseling in 2008. Dr. Shaw serves full-time as the Pastor of Counseling at the Nocatee Campus of First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, FL.
Andrew Ward is the pastor of Community Baptist Church in Bunnell and the author of the Overcoming Addictions in Christ curriculum, which is used at Community Baptist. Andrew earned a bachelor’s degree from Liberty University and studied biblical counseling at the Master’s University. Pastor Andrew knows the devastation of addiction all too well after having two family members die from addiction-related causes. Since his son-in-law’s death, he has felt a tremendous burden to help others find hope and help and that’s how Overcoming Addictions in Christ came to be.
