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The greatest influence Christian institutions of higher education have on culture and church life is through their students and the knowledge, skills, and concerns they communicate from the academy by their participation and leadership in the church. Yet students at Christian colleges and universities must engage in a balancing act in which they weigh on one side the prevailing cultural milieu and on the other the expectations of particular Christian fellowships. This conference seeks to explore several questions related to developing a theology of Christian higher education for the church as well as ways in which academic and theological support for the body of Christ manifests in local church practice.
Monday, January 23, 2012
3:30 p.m. Registration/Check In (Thomas & King Conference Center)
4:00 p.m. Panel One – The Pressures of Secular Life Expectations, Education, and Church for Students (Thomas & King Conference Center)
Participants:
Dr. Perry Glanzer, Baylor University
Dr. Carla Sanderson, Union University
Dr. Corwin Smidt, Calvin College
Chair – Roger Ward
5:00 p.m. Presentation Session One (Thomas & King Conference Center)
a) Dr. Craig Clarkson (Baylor) “Multi-Faceted: Jewell Leggett Daniel’s Formation for Mission at Baylor University”
Dr. Beau Weston (Centre College) “Happiness and Faith”
Chair- Roger Ward
b) Dr. Sheila Klopfer and Dr. Jonathan Sands Wise (Georgetown) “Eucharistic Hospitality in the Classroom”
Dr. Bryan Whitfield (Mercer) “The University as Home for Baptist Dissenters: The Example of Mercer University”
Chair- Joe Creech
6:00 p.m. Presentation Session Two (Thomas & King Conference Center)
Dr. Brad Creed, Dr. Tom Woolley and Dr. Steve Donaldson (Samford) “Science and Religion at Samford University: Academic Initiatives in Service to the Church”
7:00 p.m. Banquet (Thomas & King Conference Center)
Dr. Roger Ward, Introduction of Center for Christian Discernment and Academic Leadership at Georgetown College
7:45 p.m. Keynote Address (Thomas & King Conference Center)
Dr. Nicholas Wolterstorff, “Church and Academy in the Reformed Tradition: Mutual Service”
9:30 p.m. Reception (Thomas & King Conference Center)
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
8:30 a.m. Presentation Session Three (Thomas & King Conference Center)
a) Dr. Eileen Campbell-Reed (Luther Seminary) “What’s Wisdom Got to Do With It? Shifting from a One-directional Influence Model to Situated Faithful Practice in Church and School”
Dr. Justin Bernard (Union) “Intellectual Discipleship: Affective Formation By Cognitive Renewal”
Chair- Carla Sanderson
b) Dr. Dalen Jackson, Dr. Mark Medley (Baptist Seminary of Kentucky) “Teaching a love of scripture: The challenge of a hermeneutic of charity in undergraduate education.”
Chair- Joe Creech
9:30 a.m. Panel Two – Academic Witness to the Church (Thomas & King Conference Center)
Participants:
Dr. Steven Harmon, Gardner-Webb University
Dr. Philip Thompson, Sioux Falls Seminary
Dr. Christopher Hall, Eastern University
Chair- Brad Creed
11:00 a.m. Founders Day Address (John L. Hill Chapel)
Dr. Paul Fiddes
12:00 to 1:30 p.m. Lunch (Hall of Fame Room, Cralle Student Center)
2:00 p.m. Panel Three – Engaging Students in the World of Service and Ministry (Hall of Fame Room)
Participants:
Dr. Elizabeth Newman, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond
Dr. Rick Ostrander, Cornerstone University
Dr. Keith Graber Miller, Goshen College
Chair- Roger Ward
3:00 p.m. Panel Four – Pastors and the College (Hall of Fame Room)
Participants:
Rev. Alan Redditt, Georgetown Baptist Church
4:00 p.m. Depart
