Council on Disp. Hermeneutics

The 19th Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics met at Friends of Israel’s New Jersey headquarters, presenting 18 papers on Israel, war, and antisemitism, plus a rabbi panel.

The 19th Annual Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics will be held at The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry headquarters in Westville, N.J., on Wednesday and Thursday, September 16 and 17.

It will be the first time that this conference will not be hosted by an educational institution. Instead, visitors will be able to see FOIGM’s newly expanded facilities, including its state-of-the-art recording studio.

This is a conference that I had long desired to join, but was never able to attend until 2024. This will now be the third straight year in which I will have had the privilege of presenting a paper of my own.

The 18^th Annual Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics was hosted by Southern California Seminary on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 17 and 18, on the campus of Shadow Mountain Community Church in El Cajon, Calif. The theme for this year’s conference was, “Counterpoint: Comparative Views on Key Biblical Passages.”

Mike Stallard, vice president for international ministries with The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry, also serves as the executive director of CDH. He explained that CDH is an academic study group, established in 2008, to promote theological discussion among traditional dispensationalist theologians, pastors and students.

Presented to the Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics, September 17, 2025.

The 17^th Annual Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics will be held Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 18 and 19, at Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary in Ankeny, Iowa. The theme for this year’s conference is, “Answering the Myths About Dispensationalism.”

“CDH is an academic study group established in 2008 for traditional dispensationalists, where various issues are studied in regional settings in different parts of the United States,” explained Mike Stallard, vice president for international ministries with The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry and executive director of CDH.

Read the series.

Is dispensationalism dead? Well, to paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of its demise have actually been greatly exaggerated.

Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.

Read Part 1 and Part 2.

Read Part 1.

Presented to the Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics 9/14/2022.