We are pleased to announce that this year’s Gailyn Van Rheenen Lecturer will be Charles Kiser, who is of Storyline Christian Community in Dallas, Texas, who will speak on trauma-informed evangelism. Kiser is the co-author, with Elaine Heath, of Trauma-Informed Evangelism: Cultivating Communities of Wounded Healers. Kiser has a DMin in contextual theology from Northern…

We’re pleased to announce that No Small Endeavor (formerly the Tokens Show) will join the Christian Scholars’ Conference on Thursday evening, June 8 as the Robert E. and Bonnie Cone Hooper plenary event. Founder and host Lee C. Camp, professor of theology and ethics at Lipscomb University, will be accompanied by special guest N.T. Wright,…

We are pleased to announce that the 2023 John T. Willis Plenary Lecturer will be Neuroscientist Sharon Dirckx. Dirckx speaks and lectures across the UK, Europe and North America, primarily in the areas of science and theology, “mind and soul,” and the problem of evil. Her books include  Why?: Looking at God, Evil and Personal…

We are thrilled to announce that this year’s Landon Saunders’ lecturer on “the Human Being: the Nexus of World and Faith” will be James K. A. Smith, professor of philosophy at Calvin University. Trained as a philosopher with a focus on contemporary French thought, Smith has expanded on that scholarly platform to become an engaged…

Registration for the 2023 CSC is Open! Register Here Mark Lanier to Deliver 2023 Frank and Della Pack Plenary From the beginning of our 42-year-old conference, rhetoric has played a critical role. No wonder, since this academic discipline dates back to the ancients and the founder of the CSC, Thomas H. Olbricht, earned his PhD…

Everett Ferguson will be celebrating his 90th birthday on February 18th with a reception at the Hillcrest Church of Christ Family Room from 2 – 3:30 in Abilene, Texas. For those outside Abilene and unable to attend, Ann Doyle and Everett’s family welcomes notes, stories or remembrances which may be sent to Ann by email…

Over the course of several years N.T. Wright has been on the shortest of short lists to present a plenary lecture at the CSC. I am very pleased to announce that we’ve finally secured N.T. Wright as the Abraham J. Malherbe plenary in the closing slot at the 2023 CSC! Wright served as Bishop of…

I am delighted to announce that Dr. Willie James Jennings will deliver the seventh annual Fred D. Gray Plenary Lecture at the Thomas H. Olbricht Christian Scholars Conference on June 9, 2023 at the Lanier Theological Library and Learning Center in Houston, TX, presented by Lipscomb University. Dr. Jennings is currently Associate Professor of Systematic…

This email is our long-awaited announcement that we now have secured the venue and date for the 2023 CSC, whose theme will be “What Will Be Our Future?” I am pleased to say that our site will be in Houston, Texas at the Lanier Theological Library and Learning Center (pictured below). The construction of the…

We mourn the passing of Jan Randolph and grieve with her husband, Bob. For almost forty years Jan Randolph mentored scores of students and hundreds more through Harvard and the Brookline Church of Christ, “creating and nurturing an intellectual and Christian community” for the benefit of countless communities around the world. Jan served as assistant…