IACE 8th Annual Conference

RILEY CONFERENCE CENTER | FORT WORTH, TEXAS | FEBRUARY 3-5, 2027

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Wednesday, February 3

1:00 p.m. – Registration and Welcome

2:00 p.m. - IACE Board Meeting

2:30 p.m. - Workshops

5:00 p.m. - Dinner

6:15 p.m. - Plenary Session One

Welcome
Prayer
Singing and Praise
Affirming our Faith: The Nicene Creed
Address: "Reading Nature, Culture, and Scripture Theologically," Kevin Vanhoozer (PhD, Cambridge), Blanchard Professor of Systematic Theology, Wheaton College

 

Thursday, February 4 

8:30 a.m. - Plenary Session Two

Devotional Reflections
Address: "Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Church-Related Education," Meghan Sullivan (PhD, Rutgers), Wilsey Family College Professor of Philosophy, and Director, Institute for the Common Good, University of Notre Dame 
Address: "Current Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities for Christ-Centered Higher Education," Jesse Rine (PhD, University of Virginia), Executive Director, Center for Academic Faithfulness and Flourishing

10:30 a.m. - Break

11:00 a.m. - Plenary Session Three

Address: "Christian Education, Church, and Culture," James Emery White (PhD, Southern Seminary), Senior Pastor, Mecklenburg Community Church, Charlotte, NC

12:15 p.m. - Lunch, IACE Reports, and IACE Service Award Presentations

2:00 p.m. - Plenary Session Four

Address: "The Future of Higher Education," William Inboden (PhD, Yale University), Provost and Executive Vice President, and Powers Chair in History and Civic Leadership, University of Texas at Austin

3:00 p.m. - Break

3:30 p.m. - Plenary Session Five

Panel Discussion: "The Future of Accreditation," Lisa Beatty (PhD, University of Iowa), Executive Director of the Commission on Accreditation for the Association of Biblical Higher Education, and Rob Manzer (PhD, University of Chicago), President, National Association for Academic Excellence

4:45 p.m. - Break

5:15 p.m. - Dinner

6:15 p.m. - Plenary Session Six

Presentation: "Leadership for the Future of Christian Education," Michael Anthony, Dallas Seminary (PhD, Southwestern Seminary; PhD, Claremont), Jim Estep, Dallas Seminary, (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School), and Kevin Gushiken, Lancaster Bible College (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)  

Friday, February 5

8:30 a.m. - Plenary Session Seven

Devotional Reflections

Panel Discussion: "The Future of IACE and Christian Education," Jennifer Marshall Patterson, Colson Center for Christian Worldview (PhD, Catholic University of America), Dondi Costin, Liberty University (PhD, Southern Seminary), Phil Alsup, Impact 360 (EdD, Southern Seminary), Felix Theonugraha, Western Theological Seminary (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School), Tom Stoner, Covenant Classical School (EdD, Boston University), Barbara McMillin, Blue Mountain College (D.A., University of Mississippi), and Rick Melson, Moody Bible Institute (PhD, Dallas Baptist University)

9:45 a.m. - Break

10:15 a.m. - Plenary Session Eight

Presentation: "Legal Issues and the Challenges Facing Christian Education," Greg Baylor (JD, Duke Law School), Senior Counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom

11:15 a.m. - Closing Comments and Benediction

 Adjourn

 

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