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• N.T. Wright, Oxford University, Guest

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• Drew Jackson, Director of Mission Integration for the Center for Action and Contemplation, Participant
• Kindy De Long, Pepperdine University, Respondent
• David Holmes, Lipscomb University, Respondent
• Zac Luben, Pepperdine University, Respondent

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• Jennifer Golden, David Perkins, and Phil Vardiman, Abilene Christian University, “Impact of COVID on Teaching, Engagement and Learning: We Can’t Go Back to Where We Were, So How Do We Best Move Forward?”
• Brad Lemler, Howard Payne University, “What Has Happened to My Students? Teaching Business Majors in a Post-virus Policy World”

Speakers

• Carrie Birmingham, Pepperdine University, Participant
• Mark Lanier, Civil Trial Attorney and Founder, Lanier Theological Library, Houston, Texas, Participant
• Gary Selby, Emmanuel Christian Seminary, Milligan University, Participant
• Ryan Pemberton, Seattle Pacific University, Participant

Speakers

• Stephen V. Crowder, Sandia National Laboratories, “Early Student Voices for Integration at Abilene Christian College”
• Travis Frampton and Kelvin J. Kelley, Schreiner University; Hardin-Simmons University, “A Story Buried for Far too Long: The Abolitionist Roots of Hardin-Simmons University”

Speakers

• Travis Myers, Saint Louis University, “Bishop Ding’s Cosmic Christology as Interreligious Dialogue”
• Aaron Ducksworth, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, “Reconceptualizing Racism: A Kelseyian Retrieval”
• Nick Fagnant, Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, “‘For the Fire had had No Power over the Bodies of These Men’ - Transgressive Spirituality in The Book of Daniel”
• Arthur Sutherland, Loyola University, MD, Senior Scholar, Respondent

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• Candice McQueen, President, Lipscomb University, Moderator
• Phil Schubert, President, Abilene Christian University, Participant
• Scott McDowell, President, Lubbock Christian University, Participant
• Michael Williams, President, Harding University, Participant
• John deSteiguer, Chancellor, Oklahoma Christian University, Participant
• Sherilyn Emberton, President, Huntington University, Participant

Speakers

• Kevin Youngblood, Harding University, “Introduction to the Prophets”
• Brandon Fredenburg, Lubbock Christian University, "Ezekiel"
• Kipp Swinney, Baylor University, “Jonah: An Unwilling Prophet of Grace”

Speakers

• Samjung Kang-Hamilton, Abilene Christian University, Panelist
• Jennifer Reinsch Schroeder, Abilene Christian University, Panelist
• Holly Catterton Allen, Lipscomb University, Respondent

Speakers

• Steve Gardner, Attorney, Authentic Theology, Aukenjam LLC, “Churches of Christ Ending Prohibitions Against Females Speaking and Leading: Case Studies & Observations on Steps for Success”
• Amy Boone, Highland Church of Christ, Abilene, TX, Ecclesial Response
• Tiffany Dahlman, Abilene Christian University in Dallas and Courtyard Church of Christ, Fayetteville, NC, Academic Response
• Cheryl Russell, New Heritage Fellowship, Fairview, Texas, “The Spiritual Impact of Female Pastoral Leadership on the Members of New Heritage Fellowship”
• Candace Nicolds, Brookline Church of Christ, Ecclesial Response
• Amy McLaughlin-Sheasby, Abilene Christian University, Assistant Professor, Bible, Missions, and Ministry, Academic Response

Speakers

• Greg Cootsona, California State University, Chico, Comparative Religion and Humanities, Reviewer
• Dwayne Simmons, Baylor University, Biology, Reviewer
• Amanda Nichols, Oklahoma Christian University, Natural Health and Sciences, Reviewer
• Elaine Howard Ecklund, Rice University, Respondent

Speakers

• Richard Hughes, Lipscomb University, "Dwain's Historical Impact"
• Greg McKinzie, Lipscomb University, "The Lasting Impact of 'Mission Journal'"
• Raymond Carr, Harvard Divinity School, "The Impact on Race Relations"
• Jack Scott, California Community College System, Chancellor, Emeritus, "The Integrity of Dwain Evans"
• Alec Schrader, Bering Drive Church of Christ, Houston, Texas, "Dwain as Mentor and Model"
• Mary Ethel Gale, West Islip Church of Christ, "The Impact of Exodus Bayshore"
• Dwain Evans, Bering Drive Church of Christ, Houston, TX, Response

Speakers

• Kyle Tippens, Monty Lynn, and Ryan Jessup, Abilene Christian University, “Financial Security: Insights, Critique, and Research Potential”
• Janice Hauge, University of North Texas, “Thoughts on BEAD: Preventing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in the $42.5 Billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program”
• Chris Barker, Harding University, “Property Rights and Institutions: A Reappraisal of Teaching Economics”
• Ernest Liang and Ellen Clardy, Houston Christian University, “Economic Perspectives on Entrepreneurship: Biblical Interpretations and Application”

Speakers

• Christopher S. Collins, Pepperdine University, Panelist
• Angela D. Sims, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, Panelist
• Derrick Jackson, First Baptist Church, Gallatin, TN, Panelist
• Cookye Rutledge, Young Scholars Academy, Panelist
• Catherine Meeks, Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing, Respondent

Speakers

• Greg Cootsona, California State University, Chico, “Faith and Science: Congregations As Safe Places for Emerging Adults”
• Holly Catterton Allen, Lipscomb University, “Benefits, Challenges, and Recommendations for Intergenerational Ministry”
• Daniel Crouch, Baylor University, “Congregations in Crisis”
• Greg Brooks, Abilene Christian University, “Deconstructing Whiteness in Congregations”

Speakers

• Matthew B. Hale, Abilene Christian University, “Lonergan on Grace as the Principle of Social Recovery”
• Darren Hagood, HYL (Heal) Church and Fuller Theological Seminary, “Breathwork and Christian Spirituality (A Proposal)”
• John Kern, Pepperdine University, “Grace as Intersubjective in the Church: Balthasar on the Holy Spirit and Charisms”

Speakers

• Patout Burns, Vanderbilt Divinity School, Emeritus, Lecturer

Speakers

• Kindy De Long, Pepperdine University, Reviewer
• Carl Flynn, Baylor University, Reviewer
• Jared Saltz, Florida College, Reviewer
• Lauren Smelser White, Lipscomb University, Respondent

Speakers

• Kilnam Cha, Abilene Christian University, “The Psalms: How Can We Sing the Songs of YHWH in a Foreign Land?”
• Phillip Camp, Lipscomb University, “Ezra-Nehemiah as a Word of God to the Church Today”
• Jordan Guy, Harding University, “Feasting on the Leftovers: Why We Must Include 1-2 Chronicles in Our Survey Classes!”

Speakers

• Virgil Fry, The Institute for Spirituality and Health, Participant
• Justin Thompson, Executive Director, Lifeline Chaplaincy, Houston, Participant
• Paul Riddle, Director of Spiritual Care, Lifeline Chaplaincy, Houston, Participant
• Stuart Nelson, Acting President, The Institute for Spirituality and Health, Participant

Speakers

• Jack Holland, Emmanuel Christian Seminary, Panelist
• Ron Bruner, Editor, Discernment: Theology and the Practice of Ministry, Panelist
• Tim Sensing, Abilene Christian University Graduate School of Theology, Respondent

Speakers

• James K. A. Smith, Calvin University, “Inviting the World to Wonder: Art and the Church’s Witness"

Speakers

• James L. Gorman, Johnson University, “What Have Churches of Christ to do with Christian Nationalism?”
• Christina Littlefield, Pepperdine University, “How the Christian Left Paradoxically Spurred the Right’s Christian Nationalism”
• Jeremie Beller, Oklahoma Christian University, “When Religion Pulls Double-Duty: A Terror Management Approach to Christian Nationalism”
• Chris Soper, Pepperdine University, “Reaping the Whirlwind: Religion and Nationalism in Global Perspective"

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• Orneita Burton, Abilene Christian University, “People Make the Space: Education as Informed by Advanced Learning Technologies”
• David A. Bosch, Boyce College, “What Will Be Our Future? Business Education and AI in Christian Colleges and Universities”
• Brad Lemler, Howard Payne University, “When Virus Policy Gives You Lemons: Using Recent Increases in Inflation and Interest Rates in Introductory Macroeconomics”
• Shannon M. Leinen, York University, “Business as Mission: A Case-Study of Building an Experiential Learning Course”

Speakers

• Zac Luben, Pepperdine University, “CrossWays: An Experiment in Theology and Vocation”
• Garrett Best, York University, “They are like Trees Planted by Streams of Water: Theological and Spiritual Formation in the Local Church”
• Kristi Miller Anderson, Fourth Purpose Foundation, “Theological Education in the Prison Setting”

Speakers

• Joel Anderson, Chancellor Emeritus, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Participant
• Tanya Smith Brice, Council on Social Work Education, Participant
• Joi Carr, Pepperdine University, Participant
• Raymond Carr, Harvard Divinity School, Participant
• Wes Crawford, Abilene Christian University, Participant
• Richard Hughes, Lipscomb University, Participant
• Jennifer Shewmaker, Lipscomb University, Participant

Speakers

• Sara Salkil, Abilene Christian University, “The Process of Repair in a Distressed Eldership: An Emotionally Focused Approach”
• Sumer Bingham Musick, University of Pikeville, “Embodies Theology and Sexual Abuse: Implications for Ritual, Language, and Community”
• Ben Postlewaite, Regan Schaffer, and Christopher S. Collins, Pepperdine University, “Human Resource Practices in American Churches”
• Marsha Vaughn, Adler University, “Toward A Trauma-informed Congregation”

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• Bill Bellinger, Baylor University, Lecturer

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• Nadia Andrilenas, Baylor University, “Elite Vietnamese Women and European Jesuits: Indispensable Allies for the Survival of Christianity in 17th century Vietnam"
• David Chrisna, Baylor University, “Journey to the East: A Search for a Historiography of Asian Christianity in the World Christianity Discourse”
• Monty L. Lynn and Derran Reese, Abilene Christian University, “‘Oh, Will You Not Tell It Today?’ What Twentieth-Century Churches of Christ Sang about Missions”
• Sam Twumasi-Ankrah and Nathan Bills, Heritage Christian College (Accra, Ghana), “Leadership Effectiveness in Christian Academic Institutions in Africa: A Reflection on Heritage Christian College in Accra, Ghana”

Speakers

• Christian Eberhart, University of Houston, Participant
• James W. Thompson, Abilene Christian University, Participant
• Christopher Hutson, Abilene Christian University, Participant
• David Moffitt, University of St. Andrews, Respondent

Speakers

• Connie Horton, Pepperdine University, Vice President for Student Affairs, Participant
• Amy McLaughlin-Sheasby, Abilene Christian University, Assistant Professor, Bible, Missions, and Ministry, Participant
• David Pocta, Institute for the Study of Contemporary Spirituality at the Oblate School of Theology, Participant
• Michael Woods, Inpatient Mental Health Ward, James H. Quillen, VAMC, Chaplain, Participant

Speakers

• Kraig Martin, Harding University, Panelist
• Jim Baird, Oklahoma Christian University, Panelist
• David Baggett, Houston Baptist University, Panelist
• Mac Sandlin, Harding University, Panelist

Speakers

• Janice Hauge, University of North Texas, “Breaking into the Core Curriculum”
• Ebenezer Obuobi Danso, Heritage Christian College, Ghana, “Internal Stakeholder Collaboration: Exploring Resilience in Higher Education during Emergencies”
• Christopher S. Collins and Joshua R. Canada, Pepperdine University; Whittier College, “Organizational Identity in Christian Higher Education: A Case Study of Board Influence”
• James Woodrow, Vanguard University, “Mission and Culture: The Heart and Soul of Christian Higher Education”

Speakers

• Jon Singleton, Harding University, “‘The Old Order Changeth’: Reading Tennyson's Idylls of the King in 2023”
• Rachel Gould, Pepperdine University, “Friend and Stranger: Welcoming the Refugee in Voltaire’s Candide, or All for the Best”
• Martin Premoli, California State University, San Bernadino, “Imagining a Just Transition in Saci Lloyd’s The Carbon Diaries”

Speakers

• Joi Carr, Pepperdine University, Panelist
• Raymond Carr, Harvard Divinity School, Panelist
• Angela D. Sims, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, Panelist
• William Lofton Turner, Lipscomb University, Panelist
• Willie Jennings, Yale Divinity School, Respondent

Speakers

• Christine Galib, The Ion, Houston, TX, Panelist
• Shelly Sanders, Abilene Christian University, Panelist
• Nancy Posey, Lipscomb University, Panelist

Speakers

• Laura Locke Estes, Pepperdine University, “Hagar and Her Children: Narrative, Allegory, and the Other in Christian Identity Construction”
• Kilnam Cha, Abilene Christian University, “Genesis 16 and 21: Hagar and Ishmael”
• Zane McGee, Abilene Christian University, “How to Misread Scripture Properly: The Hermeneutical Principles Behind Paul’s Recasting of Abrahamic Lineage”

Speakers

• James Hallmark, Vice Chancellor, The Texas A&M University System, Participant
• Allison Garrett, Chancellor, Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, Participant
• L. Randolph Lowry III, Lipscomb University, Emeritus, Participant
• Robert Rhodes, Provost, Abilene Christian University, Participant
• Kathy Pulley, Professor Emeritus, Missouri State University, Participant
• Joel Anderson, Chancellor Emeritus, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Participant

Speakers

• Charles Kiser, Storyline Christian Community, "Trauma-Informed Evangelism"
• Amy McLaughlin-Sheasby, Abilene Christian University, Assistant Professor, Bible, Missions, and Ministry, Respondent

Speakers

• Tiffany Dahlman, Abilene Christian University in Dallas and Courtyard Church of Christ, Fayetteville, NC, “Open On Purpose: The Influence of an Open Pulpit Culture on Congregational Formation”
• Matthew Love, Baylor University, “Preaching in Place: Reflections on the Sermons of Oscar Romero, Dislocated Pulpits, and the Dangers of an Incarnate Word”
• Candace Nicolds, Brookline Church of Christ, Respondent

Speakers

• Falon Barton, Pepperdine University Church of Christ, “Participating in the Testimony of Creation as an Act of Missional Hospitality: A Theology of Care and Practical Steps Forward”
• Paul Prill, Lipscomb University, Ecclesial Response
• Helen Holmlund, Pepperdine University, Academic Response
• Christopher Cobbler, Reformation Memphis, Memphis, TN, “Recovering the Art of Testimony, as Embodied Within the Historical Black Church, as a Missionally Formative Practice”
• Daryl Horton, Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Austin, TX, Ecclesial Response
• Kris Miller, Lipscomb University, Academic Response

Speakers

• Juan Rojas, Lipscomb University, “Artificial Intelligence and the Road Ahead: Opportunities, Challenges, and Considerations”
• John DeMassa, Independent Scholar, “Messages in the Genetic Code?”
• Kendra Jernigan and Ian Shelburne, Abilene Christian University; Eden Center for Regenerative Culture, “Findings from Research on Student Attitudes and Understanding of Faith and Creation-care at Faith-based Universities”
• Laura Callarman, Abilene Christian University, “Pedagogical Implications of Evolving Student Perspectives and a Demonstration Program”

Speakers

• Sam Victor, McGill University, Participant
• Lamar Reinsch, Georgetown University, Respondent
• Kraig Martin, Harding University, Respondent
• Derek Estes, Pepperdine University, Respondent

Speakers

• Mac Sandlin, Harding University, “Riddling Towards the Spirit of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness”
• C. Leonard Allen, Lipscomb University, “Where the Beauty Came From”
• Matthew Love, Baylor University, “Preaching with Beautiful Words: George Herbert and the Beautiful Sermon”

Speakers

• William Sharp, University of the Cumberlands, “How Servant Leadership among Non-Profit Senior Leaders Influences Growth”
• Christopher Horne, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Covenant College, “A Grounded Model of Christian Public Administrators’ Integration of Faith and Work”
• Timothy Veach and Agam Iheanyi-Igwe, George Fox University; Bushnell University, “Entrepreneurship as Repatriation Coping Strategy for Returning Missionaries”
• Jooho Lee, Pepperdine University, "Can There Be Any Intrinsic Value in Seeking Profits?"
• Poster: James Meersman, Houston Christian University, "CSR and Sentiment: A Biblical Response to Greenwashing”

Speakers

• Karen Beth Strovas, Wayland Baptist University, “Putting off Penitence: Anticipation of Conscience in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886)”
• Greg Laing, Harding University, “‘Though the World Said Otherwise’: Re-Reading Egil’s Saga in a Changing World”
• Joel Nickels, University of Miami, “The Phenomenology of Discernment in Léonie Adams and Edith Stein”

Speakers

• Katrina Gallardo, Pepperdine University, Panelist
• Monica Nelson, Johnson University, Panelist
• Amanda Pittman, Abilene Christian University, Panelist

Speakers

• Fred D. Gray, Attorney at Law, Civil Rights, Participant
• Mark Lanier, Civil Trial Attorney and Founder, Lanier Theological Library, Houston, Texas, Participant

Speakers

• D.J. Bulls, Glenwood Church of Christ, Tyler, TX, “Trinitarian Language in Church of Christ Hymns and Hymnals”
• Megan MacDonald, Executive Director, Society for American Music, “'I Want to be a Worker for the Lord': Identities of Faith and Labor in Depression-era Hymnals”
• Monty Lynn and Gregory Straughn, Abilene Christian University, “‘Work for the Night is Coming’: The Meaning and Significance of Labor in Christian Hymns”

Speakers

• Amy McLaughlin-Sheasby, Abilene Christian University, Assistant Professor, Bible, Missions, and Ministry, Panelist
• Michael L. Sweeney, Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan University, Panelist
• David Pocta, Institute for the Study of Contemporary Spirituality at the Oblate School of Theology, Panelist
• Charles Kiser, Storyline Christian Community, Respondent

Speakers

• Alden Bass, Oklahoma Christian University, Panelist
• Tiffany Dahlman, Abilene Christian University in Dallas and Courtyard Church of Christ, Fayetteville, NC, Panelist
• Yancy Smith, Bible League International, Panelist
• David Mahfood, Johnson University, Florida, Panelist

Speakers

• Emily Bruff, HarperCollins Christian Publishing, “Spiritual Formation Through Visual Art in the Churches of Christ”
• Lauren Smelser White, Lipscomb University, Theological Response
• David Ayers, Bammel Road Church of Christ, Houston, TX, Ecclesial Response
• Grant Azbell, Magnolia Church of Christ, Florence, AL, “The Spiritual Impact of Disability on Parents and Caregivers”
• Pam Scretchen, Lipscomb University, Academic Response
• Rodney Plunkett, Interim Ministry Partners, Ecclesial Response

Speakers

• Douglas A. Foster, Abilene Christian University, “Historiography of Churches of Christ since the 1960s”
• Loretta Hunnicutt, Pepperdine University, “Historiography of Women in Churches of Christ”
• Edward J. Robinson, Texas College, “Historiography of African Americans Churches of Christ”
• Corey Markum, Freed-Hardeman University, Respondent

Speakers

• Dwight A. Moody, The Meetinghouse, “John Prine’s Music of Christian Rhetoric and Images”
• Nancy Posey, Lipscomb University, “John Prine and ‘the Least of These My Brethren’”
• Micki Pulleyking, Missouri State University, “Friends: Iris Dement and John Prine”

Speakers

• Lamar Reinsch, Georgetown University, “What Will Be Our Future – If We Keep Teaching Ethics as if We Were Gnostics?”
• Jooho Lee, Pepperdine University, Respondent
• Monty L. Lynn, Abilene Christian University, Respondent
• Joshua Sauerwein and Lamar Reinsch, Lubbock Christian University; Georgetown University, “The Stiff-Necked Syndrome: The Development of the Theory of Immoral Rights”

Speakers

• Misael Cornelio-Arias, Fuller Theological Seminary, “Mission, Purpose, and Community Participation in the Proclamation of a Liberating Gospel in the Power of the Spirit: A Latinex Perspective”
• David Baer, Theological Education Initiative, “Fullness and Deficit as Eschatological and Missional Values: The View from the Book Called Isaiah”
• Travis Myers, Saint Louis University, “Comparative Theology and Why It Matters”
• Glen Bowman, Grand Canyon University, “The Influence of Faith Sharing through Social Media on Young Adults who do not Identify Themselves as Christians”

Speakers

• Jeffrey Peterson, Lipscomb University, Participant
• James W. Thompson, Abilene Christian University, Participant
• Todd Still, Truett Seminary, Baylor University, Participant

Speakers

• David Mau, Colorado Christian University/University of Aberdeen, “Valley of Destruction, Gateway of Hope: Hosea 2 and the Covenant of Ecological Return”
• Phillip Camp, Lipscomb University, Respondent
• Thomas Paresi, Baylor University, “The Ishmaelite-Midianite Controversy of Genesis 37 in Light of Genesis 42–44”
• Christopher Heard, Pepperdine University, Participant

Speakers

• Laura Callarman, Eden Fellows, “Refining the Eden Community’s Pathways for Shaping Regenerative Christian Culture”
• Jennifer Reinsch Schroeder, Abilene Christian University, “An Inclusive Framework for Ministry: Fostering the Spiritual Formation of Children in a Multicultural Church”
• Robert Musick, University of Pikeville, “‘Hollering’ Theology: Exploring Liberation Theology in Central Appalachia”
• Mason Lee, Abilene Christian University, Respondent
• Michael L. Sweeney, Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan University, Respondent

Speakers

• Miriam Perkins, Milligan University, “Political Theology without a Platform: What the White Church can Learn from the Earliest African American Congregation in Savannah”
• Stanley Talbert, Pepperdine University, “Whose Politics is it Anyway?”
• Andrew Sutherland, Pepperdine University, “Entangled in the Economy: Thoughts on the Politics of Ecclesial Life”
• Lee C. Camp, Lipscomb University, Respondent

Speakers

• Carisse Berryhill, Abilene Christian University, Participant
• Scott Lambert, Heritage 21 Foundation, Participant
• Lucy Perrin, Pepperdine University, Participant
• Elizabeth Rivera, Baylor University, Participant

Speakers

• Hannah Hutchens McNeely, Catawba College, “The Root of Who We Are: The Lilly Center for Vocation and Values”
• Samuel Torvend, Pacific Lutheran University, “Context Matters: Promoting Human and Ecological Flourishing”
• Earl Lavender, Lipscomb University, “Created and Creative in the Image of God: Lipscomb University’s Center for Vocational Discovery (CVD)”