Name: SCBI Annual Summit
Start: 2025-10-27T00:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-28T23:59:59-04:00

October 27-28, 2025

LOCATION
Highland Lakes Camp & Conference
1591 W Highland Lakes Baptist Camp N
Martinsville, IN 46151

WHO IS THE EVENT FOR?
All SCBI Churches

DESCRIPTION
The Annual Summit is a gathering of Indiana Baptists to celebrate God’s work among us as we are connecting for Kingdom advancement. Hear reports and preaching and enjoy the fellowship, all while gaining practical ideas and encouragement to take back to your church.

Links

Book of Reports 2025

Exhibitor Package Information

Event Schedule

9:00am Breakfast & Preaching Workshop with Dr. Robert Smith

10:30am Scheduled Start Time

Call to Order – Dr. Larry T. Lewis

Scripture and Prayer – Dr. Jim Shields

Seat Messengers – Dr. Larry T. Lewis

Approve Agenda – Dr. Larry T. Lewis

Worship Through Song – Cedarville University: Resonance

Sermon – Dr. Robert Smith

Dismissal

11:30 am* Lunch sponsored by Disaster Relief & Collegiate Ministries

*time is subject to change

Speaker Spotlight

Clint Pressley

Sermon

Clint Pressley serves as Senior Pastor of Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Wofford College and a Master of Divinity from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Click Here for Full Bio

Dr. Robert Smith Jr.

Sermon

ROBERT SMITH, JR. (Ph.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; Doctor of Sacred Theology (STD, Honorary Doctorate), Temple Community Bible College, Cincinnati, OH; (2009) Doctor of Divinity Honoris Causa, Newburgh Theological Seminary, Newburgh, Indiana; currently serves as a Distinguished Professor of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School of Samford University where he previously served as Professor of Christian Preaching and held the Charles T. Carter Baptist Chair of Divinity. Click Here for Full Bio

Dr. Reginald Fletcher

2025 Annual Sermon Speaker

Dr. Reginald B. Fletcher was born in Chicago, Illinois and is the proud son of Lucille Manning. The call to preach has been on him since he was a little boy. Raised in Indianapolis Indiana, he was active in the community and several small business ventures. Pastor Fletcher was a teacher in the Public Schools of Indianapolis In. and is an amateur carpenter and enjoys building things. His focus now is to build people for God who will take the world for God one soul at a time. Pastor Fletcher lives by his favorite scripture, “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain” – Philippians 1:21. Click Here for Full Bio

Dr. Larry Lewis

President’s Sermon

Dr. Larry Lewis has served as Senior Pastor at Vann Ave. Baptist Church in Evansville, Indiana since August of 2014. Prior to his call to VABC, he served at four other churches across Illinois and Kentucky. Dr. Lewis earned his Bachelor of Science in Business and Marketing with a minor in Accounting from Southern Illinois University. He earned both his Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Presently Dr. Lewis serves as President of SCBI. He also currently serves as a trustee of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. In the past he has served as moderator in Southwestern Association of In. as well as associations in Illinois and Kentucky. He also served on the Board for the Kentucky Baptist Convention.

Dr. Lewis is married to Cyndi and together they have three grown daughters who are all married, as well as four grandchildren.

Worship Music

Resonance - Cedarville University

Resonance is a ministry team that leads worship at area churches, youth groups and retreats, as well as events at Cedarville, throughout the year. Resonance represents the worship program of the Department of Music and Worship at Cedarville University. The name “Resonance” represents not only our music that physically resonates, but also our desire for the Word of God to resonate in our hearts and through our worship.