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Second Annual IACE Faculty Development Conference


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

Earlier Event: February 9
Third Annual IACE Conference