A Public Talk and Three Workshops by Dick B. and Ken
B. at the CROSS Florida Conference February 8-9, 2013
Public
Talk by Dick B. and Ken B.
Title:
“Your Heavenly Father will never let you down!”
(Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th
ed., 181)
Dick
B. and his son Ken B. will present an overview of Dick B.’s 23 years of
research on the roles played by God, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Bible in the
astounding 75% overall success rate A.A. claimed for its early days and the
documented 93% success rate in early Cleveland A.A. among “seemingly-hopeless,”
“medically-incurable” alcoholics who thoroughly followed the original Akron
A.A. “Christian fellowship” program. They will give an introduction to the
mission and outreach plans of the International Christian Recovery Coalition.
And they will discuss Christian Recovery resources—many of which are
free—available at the www.ChristianRecoveryRadio.com Web
site and elsewhere.
Title:
Christian Recovery Principles from
the Bible & A.A.’s Christian Predecessors
Descriptive Paragraph about Workshop #1
Jesus Christ taught in the
temple daily (Matt 26:55). Daily in the temple and in every house the apostles
taught and preached Jesus as the Christ (Acts 5:42). And believers are
encouraged to exhort one another daily (Heb 3:13). What did the A.A. pioneers
in Akron do? Bob E. stated on page 118 of DR.
BOB and the Good Oldtimers: “. . . [W]e met every night.” Prayer and Bible
study were strongly encouraged by A.A.’s predecessors such as the YMCA, the
Salvation Army, evangelists such as Dwight L. Moody, gospel rescue missions,
Christian Endeavor, and A First Century Christian Fellowship (“the Oxford
Group”). What did they do in Akron? “He must have devotions every morning—a
‘quiet time’ of prayer and some reading from the Bible . . .” (DR. BOB and the Good Oldtimers, 131).
Dick B. and Ken B. will cover these and other principles and practices from the
Bible and A.A.’s Christian predecessors that found their way into A.A. and can
be applied in Christian Recovery efforts today.
Title:
How the
First Three AAs Got Sober &
the Original
Akron A.A. “Christian Fellowship” Program
(a 75% Success Rate among “Medically-Incurable”
Alcoholics)
How did Bill W., Dr. Bob, and
Bill D. (A.A. Number Three) recover “from a seemingly hopeless state of mind
and body” (i.e., alcoholism) before there was a Big Book, before there were 12
Steps, before there were any Traditions, before there were any “drunkalogs” or
meetings as we know them today? Alcoholics
Anonymous (the “Big Book”) states: “There
is a solution. . . . The central fact of our lives today is the absolute
certainty that our Creator has entered into our hearts and lives in a way which
is indeed miraculous. He has commenced to accomplish those things for us which
we could never do by ourselves.” (Big Book, 4th ed., 25). Dick B.
and Ken B. will recount how the first three AAs got sober and discuss the
highly-successful, seven(!)-point Akron A.A. “Christian fellowship” program and
16 of its key practices.
Workshop
#3 by Dick B. and Ken B.
Title:
How to Substantially Enhance Your Effectiveness
as a Christian Leader or Worker in the Recovery Arena
In 1990, a young Christian A.A.
asked Dick B.: “Dick, did you know that A.A. came from the Bible?” Dick
replied, “John, I have been to 1,000 A.A. meetings, and I have never heard
that!” John answered, “Read DR. BOB and
the Good Oldtimers.” Dick read that amazing A.A. General Service
Conference-approved book, and what he found launched him on 23 years of
research into the roles played by God, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Bible in
the astonishing success of early Alcoholics Anonymous with “seemingly-hopeless,”
“medically-incurable” alcoholics who thoroughly followed the pioneer A.A. path.
Dick B. and Ken B. will share from Dick’s 46 titles, 1,250 articles, and
hundreds of audio talks about how—largely through the use of
“Conference-approved” literature--recovery leaders and workers involved with
A.A., N.A., and Christian recovery outreach can become much more effective in
their efforts. One such way is to become a “Participant” (no charge—free!) in
the International Christian Recovery Coalition (www.ChristianRecoveryCoalition.com).
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