Past Conventions

The Great Plains Convention

Year	Theme	Bible Bowl	Events	Number of youth
1997	I am not ashamed	Romans	The first Great Plains convention; everyone fit into the Adam's Mark (now the Crowne Plaza).	800
1998	Chosen by the Lord	II Samuel	The first convention at the Tulsa Convention Center	1,280
1999	With God and men	Luke	Thousands of dollars of scholarships were awarded by 8 colleges and universities, as well as by GPLTC	1,600
2000	Open our eyes	II Kings	Planning began for SELTC and HOALTC; GPLTC alumni began entering the organization in leadership positions as church coordinators and event coordinators	2,000
2001	Lord of lords	Revelation	George Davis serves his first year as Chairman; GPLTC teams up with NTLTC to help start up the "Southeastern" LTC	2,231
2002	In his image	Genesis	GPLTC helped start the "Heart of America" LTC; the LTC CD was recorded during the Friday night devotional	1,945
2003	Go	Matthew	Several new and important challenge events were started, including Leadership Challenge, Teaching, and Worship Leadership	1,892
2004	Stand firm	Life of Moses	Randy Roper becomes chairman at the 2004 convention	1,932
2005	Lost and found	Luke	The board begins a transition where older members began handing over the torch to young leaders, many of whom grew up in LTC; the Torchbearer program became a part of the GPLTC convention. George Davis is recognized by the City of Tulsa for his outstanding work in convention management.	1,825
2006	Take the lead	Joshua, Judges, Ruth	Randy Roper serves his last convention as chairman; the Torchbearer program expands and matures; besides the many scholarships awarded by Christian colleges and universities, GPLTC awards four scholarships of its own. 85 congregations participated.	1,835
2007	Unstoppable	Acts	Steve Gregg serves his first convention as chairman; 80 congregations participated.	1,811
2008	Here I am	I Samuel	The GPLTC Convention moves for the first time to Rogers, AR; 79 congregations participate although attendance is down because of the convention's proximity to Spring Break, mission trips, etc.	1,496

A History of Participation in the Various Conventions - 1997 to the present*
Convention	Location	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
North Texas	Dallas/Fort Worth, TX	4000	4300	4700	5200	5100	5570	5601	5775	5780	5770	6149	5409
Southwest	Phoenix, AZ	375	391	411	435	421	373	386	416	359	390	383	357
Midwest	Kokomo, IN	65	80	240	300	400	375	nr	489	456	491	424	395
Central Texas	Houston, TX	1100	1560	1700	1715	1730	1650	1560	1530	1325	1123	1191
Great Plains	Tulsa, OK	800	1280	1600	2000	2231	1945	1892	1932	1825	1835	1811	1495
Western	Santa Clara, CA	140	200	220	212	233	251	258	254	247	219	194	129
Southeastern	Mobile, AL					100	170	215	252	334	302	291	323
Heart of America	Kansas City, MO						343	448	501	654	641	562	539
Eastern	Charlotte, NC								150	249	nr	196
Northwest	Prineville, OR										24	106	136
*all numbers listed are for student participants only, and do not include the LTC volunteer staff or adults from local congregations; nr = not reported

�Great Plains Leadership Training for Christ, 1997-2008. Updated October 06, 2008.