#doreancon 2026

Retrieving a Doctrine of Simony

September 29-30, 2026

Hosted at Silicon Valley Reformed Baptist Church
Sunnyvale, California

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Conference Schedule

Pre-conference
Monday, September 28

2:00—Check in
3:30—Debate: "Is the Sale of Biblical Instruction Simony?" (subject to change)
6:00—🌮 Dinner

Tuesday, September 29

8:00—🥓 Breakfast & Check in
9:30—Message 1: The Sin of Simon Magus (Michael Coughlin)
10:45—Message 2: The Need for Retrieval/Understanding Simony (Conley Owens)
12:00—🥪 Lunch
1:30—Message 3: Spiritual Words (Conley Owens)
2:45—Lightning talks
3:30—Unconference
4:45—Message 4: The Trial of Jan Hus (Andrew Case)
6:00—🌮 Dinner
7:30—Post debate analysis + Q&A with speakers

Wednesday, September 30

8:00—🥓 Breakfast & Check in
9:30—Message 5: The Sin of Gehazi (Kyle Fitzgerald)
10:45—TBA
12:00—🥪 Lunch
1:30—Message 6: The Leprosy of the Modern Church (Conley Owens)
2:45—Q&A with speakers

Speakers

Conley Owens

Conley is a software engineer, a pastor at Silicon Valley Reformed Baptist Church, and the father of ten kids. He is also the author of The Dorean Principle: A Biblical Response to the Commercialization of Christianity.

Andrew Case

Andrew is a graduate of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and the Canada Institute of Linguistics. He serves as a Bible translation consultant, and produces a podcast about his field called Working for the Word. He spent seven years doing Bible translation work in Equatorial Guinea (Central Africa), and now he and his wife Bethany work in Mexico. Together they founded freehebrew.online where they teach Hebrew to the world. They have a beautiful baby girl named Naomi. Listen to the music he produces and read his books over at his personal website.

Michael Coughlin

Michael Coughlin is a particular Baptist from Ohio—a former pastor who now serves Christ's Church through evangelism, preaching, and writing. He lives with his wife, Erin, and their four living children, striving to glorify God in all they do.

Kyle Fitzgerald

Kyle is married to his wife Stephanie and they have 5 children. He is a pastor of Bethany Baptist Church in Stockton, California.

Travel Information

✈️ Airports

San Jose Mineta International Airport (SJC) is 8 minutes away
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has more direct flights, but is 45 minutes away

🏨 Lodging

Recommended hotel: Ramada Sunnyvale
Some of the members at Silicon Valley Reformed Baptist Church are able to host; you can request hosting when you RSVP

🚕 Ground Transportation

If you fly into SFO, you can take the Caltrain south to Lawrence station
Uber & Lyft is highly available
Join the Discord chat to coordinate rides
Parking is available at the church

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Debate Challenge

For this year's pre-conference, we will host a debate on the proposition "The Sale of Biblical Instruction is Simony"

Please email info@doreancon.org if you know anyone who would be willing to publicly defend the negative position.

Lightning Talks

Want to do a lightning talk? Let us know!

A lightning talk is a short 5-15 minute talk related to the dorean principle or simony.

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Unconference Time

Dedicated time during the conference to collaborate on a new project.

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Hosted at Silicon Valley Reformed Baptist ChurchSunnyvale, California

Join the growing movement of Christians who believe thatministry should be supported, not sold.