The Gospel Coalition: Overview

For the past 3 days, I have been at the Gospel Coalition Conference 2009. It was, unashamedly, one of the most edifying, emotional, and powerful experiences I have had in a long time. Therefore, I want to make sure that I share that with you.

But before I do that, it might help to know what exactly The Gospel Coalition is. Tim Challies has a helpful post entitled What Is the Gospel Coalition? Here is an excerpt describing what the Gospel Coalition is not.

Sometimes it is easier to define something from the perspective of what it
is not. This may help alleviate confusion by allowing us to see what roles
this organization does not intend to play. And in this case we will find
that The Gospel Coalition is not a church and that it is not a denomination.
It seeks to support both churches and denominations but to exist separately
from them. It is wider than denominations even while acknowledging that
denominations must continue to exist. It seeks to support the local church
without replacing it.

It is also not a replacement for anything. It seeks to exist alongside
Together for the Gospel (which is why they have conferences on alternating
years) and the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. It exists alongside
churches and denominations.

The Gospel Coalition is also not a conference. It does (at least at the moment) have a large conference every two years, but this is only a part of what it is and what it does.

In the net few days, I'll post the audio and video from each of the sessions.