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Spokane Bible Church will hold its 2012 Fall Bible Conference Sept. 23-26.
Keynote speakers will be Pastor Ralph Braun and Pastor Bruce Bumgardner.
Braun serves as associate pastor of Parkerville Baptist Church in Parkerville, Kansas and has been in the ministry since 1951. He'll be speaking abut his method of ministry, “Walk through the Bible.”
Bumgardner has served as pastor of Pine Valley Baptist Church in Houston since its inception in 1994. He has spoken at pastor's conferences and seminaries in Brazil, Pakistan, India, Zimbabwe, Poland, Nigeria, the Philippines, Ukraine and England, and across the United States.
Details of the conference are still being finalized.
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