Registration opens for Seventh Annual IACE Conference in 2026

FORT WORTH - Online registration is now open for the Seventh Annual International Alliance for Christian Education Conference, scheduled for January 27-30, 2026 at the Riley Conference Center on the campus of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth.

The registration fee of $490/person includes all sessions and meals. Spouses receive the same benefits for an additional $100.

The event begins with a pre-conference agenda on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, January 27-28.

The pre-conference sessions will focus on the year 1976, which key media outlets at the time proclaimed “the year of the Evangelical.” Presenters will examine developments and changes in the broader evangelical context in the 50 years since 1976. Robert Sloan, president at Houston Christian University and an IACE board member, will offer a plenary address "to help us think carefully about the implications of these matters for our work in Christian education,” said IACE president David S. Dockery.

An evening session on Wednesday will begin the main conference. Key topics will include: "Faithfulness in Christian Higher Education," "Thinking Theologically about Religious Liberty," "Leadership Seasons in Christian Education," "Faithfulness in K-12 Christian Education," "Artificial Intelligence: Trends and Issues," and more.

Among the conference speakers: Josh Moody (Senior Pastor of the College Church in Wheaton, Illinois); Perry Glanzer, Editor-in-Chief of the Christian Scholar's Review; Eric Patterson (President, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation) and Jennifer Marshall Patterson (Director, Institute for Theology and Public Life, Reformed Theological Seminary); Jesse Rine (Executive Director, Center for Academic Faithfulness and Flourishing); Larry Taylor (President, Association for Christian Schools International) and Tom Stoner (Head of School, Covenant Classical School, Naperville, Illinois), Greg Baylor (Senior Counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom), and Michael Graham (Program Director, Keller Center for Christian Apologetics).

During the meetings, IACE leadership will provide updates on the IACE Video Project and other IACE initiatives. For a second consecutive year, IACE will present service awards to leaders in Christian education.

Additional speakers could be added to the meeting agenda, and a more detailed schedule will be presented in the near future.

“These outstanding speakers and timely topics point to another excellent IACE Conference,” Dockery said. “We are truly grateful for our lead sponsor, Impact 360, and others who generously support the work of IACE and the efforts related to this conference.”

In addition to Impact 360, other conference sponsors include GuideStone, Clark Higher Education, Center for Academic Faithfulness & Flourishing, B&H Publishers, Crossway Publishers, Thomas Nelson Bible Publishers, Southwestern Seminary Center for Global Evangelical Theology, TG Three, NXTPG, and Lifeline Children's Services, among others.

Room reservations will need to be made separately at the Hyatt Place Fort Worth / TCU.

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