IACE 7th Annual Conference
RILEY CONFERENCE CENTER | FORT WORTH, TEXAS | January 27-30, 2026
*Tentative Schedule
TuesDAY, January 27
Preconference on the theme of “Developments in Evangelicalism: 1976-2026 – Fifty Years on the Other Side of Recognizing 1976 as “The Year of the Evangelical”
3:00 p.m. – Registration
4:00 p.m. – Afternoon Session:
Welcome and Prayer
Nathan Finn, Executive Director, Institute for Faith and Culture, North Greenville University, “Carl F. H. Henry, Biblical Inerrancy, and Evangelical Identity”
5:15 p.m. – Dinner
6:15 p.m. – Evening Session:
Malcolm B. Yarnell III, Research Professor, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, “Evangelicalism: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow”
WednesDAY, January 28
9:00 a.m. – Morning Session (Part One):
Gregg Allison, Professor of Christian Theology, Southern Seminary, “The Bible and Evangelicalism”
9:55 a.m. - Break
10:15 a.m. – Morning Session (Part Two):
Robert B. Sloan, President, Houston Christian University, “Evangelicalism and Christian Higher Education”
11:30 a.m. – Lunch
1:30 p.m. – Workshops
Ron Haas, "Ready, Set, Campaign: Using Assessment to Build Your Foundation for Success" - RC 146-148
Bart Caylor, “Marketing” - RC 152-154
2:00 p.m. – IACE Board Meeting - RC 237
3:15 p.m. – Workshops
Tom Cornman, "I'm Ready for Leadership: Navigating the Transition to Greater Responsibility" - RC 146-148
Clark Higher Ed, “Enrollment” - RC 152-154
5:00 p.m. – Dinner
6:00 p.m. – Evening Session:
Welcome
Scripture and Prayer
Praise and Worship
Affirmation of Faith: The Nicene Creed
Address: Perry Glanzer, Editor-in-Chief, Christian Scholar’s Review, “Faithfulness in Christian Higher Education”
7:45 p.m. – Adjourn
Thursday, January 29
8:30 a.m. – Devotion
8:45 a.m. – First Morning Address:
P. Jesse Rine, Executive Director, Center for Academic Faithfulness and Flourishing, “Making the Case for Authentically Christian Higher Education”
9:40 a.m. – Second Morning Address:
Jennifer Marshall Patterson, Executive Director, Institute for Theology and Public Policy, “Thinking Theologically about Religious Freedom: A Case Study for Christian Education”
10:40 a.m. – Break
11:00 a.m. – Third Morning Address (MacGorman Chapel):
Josh Moody, Senior Pastor, College Church of Wheaton, Illinois, “Unframed” (a conversation to help rising generations realize the inherent credibility of the biblical faith, designed to help those who are confused by the misrepresentation of the Christian faith and by public accounts of the deconstruction of one’s faith in our contemporary culture)
12:15 p.m. – Lunch (A Time for IACE Updates and Recognitions)
1:45 p.m. – Afternoon Session:
Panel Discussion – K – 12 Christian Education on “Faithfulness in K-12 Christian Education” with Larry Taylor, President, Association of Christian Schools International; Tom Stoner, Head of School, Covenant Classical School, Naperville, IL; and others
3:00 p.m. – Break
3:30 p.m. – Afternoon Address:
Hannah Stolze, Crenshaw Chair of Supply Chain Management, Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University, “Wisdom and Key Performance Indicators: Measuring What Matters”
4:40 p.m. – Break
5:00 p.m. – Dinner
6:00 p.m. – Evening Address:
Michael Graham, Program Director, The Keller Center for Christian Apologetics, “Artificial Intelligence: Trends and Issues”
7:30 p.m. – Adjourn
Friday, January 30
8:30 a.m. – Devotion
8:40 a.m. – Adrienne Brown, Communications Strategist, Guardian Agency, “From Chaos to Clarity: Navigating Crisis Comms in 7 Steps”
9:10 a.m. Legal Update:
Greg Baylor, Senior Counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom, “Legal and Cultural Updates”
10:00 a.m. – Break
10:20 a.m. – Morning Address:
TG Three (Ryan Westervelt, Ryan Dougherty, and Nick Willis), “Builder, Fixer, Optimizer: Leadership in Christian Higher Education”
11:15 a.m. – Adjourn
Sponsors
Platinum
Impact 360
Gold
Thomas Nelson Bible Publishers
Silver
GuideStone Financial Resources
Bill and Judy Bradish
Clark Higher Ed
Crossway Books
Logos
Bronze
Pioneer College Caterers
Center for Academic Faithfulness and Flourishing
B&H Publishers
The Timothy Group
NXTPG
Lifeline Children’s Services
Guardian Agency
NAACAP
City on a Hill
Partners
Southwestern Center for Global Evangelical Theology
TG Three
Caylor Solutions