Updated for official program on April 27, 2022
Second Annual Faculty Development Conference
International Alliance for Christian Education
May 24-27, 2022
Pre-conference Colloquium (co-hosted by Stand for Life and the Land Center for Cultural Engagement)
Sponsors:
Platinum: Stand for Life and Impact 360
Gold: Southwestern Seminary
Silver: B&H Publishers and The Education Group
Bronze: Campus EDU, Wai-Kwong Seck, Crossway Books, Lexham Press, and NXTPG
Advisory Council: Ralph Enlow (IACE), Nathan Finn (North Greenville), Daniel Darling (Land Center, Southwestern Seminary), Lauren McAfee (Stand for Life), Elizabeth Graham (Stand for Life), Scott Rae (Biola), Barbara McMillin (Blue Mountain), John Netland (Union), Melinda Stephens (Geneva), Tom Cornman (Corban), Jeff Green (Houston Baptist), John Basie (Impact 360), Jacob Shatzer (BibleMesh), Michael Bryant (Charleston Southern), Jennifer Marshall Patterson (Reformed Seminary), Matt Pinson (Welch), Janet Black (Colorado Christian), Travis Dickinson (Dallas Baptist), Paul Thompson (North Greenville), Amy Crider (Southwestern), Andy Chambers (Missouri Baptist), and Steve Booth (Canadian Baptist Seminary and College)
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
11:00 am - Registration Opens
12:30 pm – Lunch (The Lane)
2:00 pm – Opening Session (Riley 250)
Welcome: David Dockery
Devotional: Katie McCoy (Baptist General Convention of Texas)
Address: “The Image of God and Human Dignity,” John Kilner (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)
3:15 pm – Break
3:45 pm – Address: “What Does It Mean to Be Human?” C. Ben Mitchell (Union University)
5:00 pm – Break
5:30 pm – Dinner (The Lane)
6:45 pm – Address: “Human Beings Created in and for Relationship,” Jennifer Marshall
Patterson (Reformed Theological Seminary)
7:45 pm – Adjourn
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
7:00 – 8:15 am – Breakfast (The Lane)
8:30 am – Devotional: Lauren McAfee (Stand for Life)
Address: “Faithful Living in a Culture of Death,” (John Stonestreet, Colson Center for
Christian Worldview)
9:45 am – Address: “The Sanctity of Human Life,” Scott Rae (Biola University)
10:45 am – Break
11:15 am – A Time of Application. Panel Discussion, moderated by Daniel Darling (Land Center
for Cultural Engagement, Southwestern Seminary)
Panel Participants: Gregg Allison (Southern Seminary); Katie Fruge (Baptist General Convention of Texas), Autumn Alcott Ridenour (Gordon-Conwell Seminary), Robert Stewart (New Orleans Seminary), Lainey Greer (Parkwood Church, Gastonia, NC)
12: 30 pm – Colloquium Adjourns
12:30 pm – Lunch for Colloquium and Faculty Development Conference Participants (The Lane)
Faculty Development Conference
1:30 pm – Registration Opens for Faculty Development Conference
2:30 pm – Afternoon Session (Riley 150)
Welcome: David Dockery
Scripture, Praise, and Prayer: Joe Crider (Southwestern Seminary)
Devotional: Paul Thompson (North Greenville University)
Confessing Our Faith Together: Jacquelynn Pleis (Charleston Southern)
Prayer: Ashley Allen (Southwestern Seminary)
Address: “Theological Commitments and Distinctive Christian Education.” Nathan Finn (North Greenville University)
4:10 pm – Break
4:40 pm – Address: “Christian Worldview: Implications for Our Teaching and Learning,” Scott Rae (Biola University)
5:40 pm – Break
6:00 pm – Dinner (The Lane) – seating by academic disciplines (coordinated around proposed
conversation leaders listed below)
7:00 pm – Discipline-specific Conversations: Coordinated by Melinda Stephens (Geneva),
Hunter Baker (Union), Matt Pinson (Welch), Ralph Enlow (IACE),
Michael Wilder (Southwestern), Nathan Finn (NGU), and others (Location to be announced at dinner)
8:00 pm - Adjourn
Thursday, May 26, 2022
7:00 – 8:15 am – Breakfast (The Lane)
8:45 am – Devotional: Travis Dickinson (Dallas Baptist University)
Address: “Reading and Writing Well: The Importance of Scholarship for Faithful
Teaching,” Tommy Kidd (Baylor University/Midwestern Seminary)
10:00 am – Break
10:30 am – Breakout Sessions
Innovation – Amy Crider (Southwestern Seminary) and Jonathan Arnold (Southwestern Seminary)
Reading Groups – Michael Bryant (Charleston Southern) and Donny Mathis
(North Greenville)
Honors Programs – Brian Blaise (Boyce/SBTS)
Distance Learning – Eric Currie (Campus EDU)
11:45 am – Break
12:15 pm – Lunch (The Lane)
2:00 pm – Address: “Teaching Effectiveness: Faith, Teaching, and Learning,” Barbara McMillin
(Blue Mountain College)
3:10 pm – Break
3:40 pm – Panel Discussion: “Head, Heart, and Hands: Academic Seriousness, Faithful Devotion, and the Place of Service,” Ralph Enlow (IACE) moderator, Lilly Park (Southwestern), John Basie (Impact 360), Paul Thompson (NGU), and C. Ben Mitchell (Union)
4:45 pm – Break
5:15 pm – Dinner (The Lane) – seating according to evening session sections
6:15 pm – Breakout Sessions
New(er) Faculty Session – Calvin Troup (Geneva), Nathan Finn (NGU), Barbara McMillin (Blue Mountain)
Faculty Leadership Opportunities – Tom Cornman (Corban), Jeff Green (HBU), Ralph Enlow (IACE)
7:30 pm – Dessert Fellowship
8:00 pm - Adjourn
Friday, May 27, 2022
8:45 am – Devotional: Carl Bradford (Southwestern Seminary)
Address: “The Place of Cultural Engagement,” Thaddeus Williams (Biola)
10:00 am – Break
10:30 am – Address: “The Blessings that Are Ours: What We Owe Our Faculty Colleagues,”
C. Ben Mitchell (Union University)
11:45 am – Prayer/Doxology/Adjourn