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Hazelip School of Theology(HST) is an ATS accredited, graduate-level seminary housed within Lipscomb

07/27/2026

30 Reasons to Attend the Lipscomb Faith & Leadership Forum, July 31-August 1, 2026, #22-30

#22 - Join 150-plus other elders, ministers, deacons, and spouses from all around the region.
#23 - Hear a special presentation from Dr. Aaron Howard, "A Message to Church Leaders: Revitalization in our Current Era."
#24 - Hear Dr. Wilson McCoy describe Lipscomb's new THRIVE Small Town and Rural Church Initiative
#25 - Hear Dr. Frank Guertin describe Lipscomb's new Leadership Initiative for Tomorrow.
#26 - Participate in Guided Conversations with fellow participants.
#27 - Learn more about Lipscomb academic programs at our info tables.
#28 - Enjoy onsite meals with people you already know and some you have not met.
#29 - Be inspired and equipped by the fellowship and presentations.
#30 - See our beautiful campus and enjoy Lipscomb hospitality!

For more information and registration, go to https://lipscomb.edu/events/lipscomb-faith-and-leadership-forum

07/20/2026

Register NOW for the Lipscomb Faith & Leadership Forum, July 31 - August 1, 2026. CHURCH LEADERS and SPOUSES. Info and Registration: https://lipscomb.edu/events/lipscomb-faith-and-leadership-forum

07/14/2026

30 Reasons to Attend the Lipscomb Faith & Leadership Forum, July 31-August 1, 2026

#17-21 - Field Notes by Dr. Alden Bass, Dr. Garrett Best, Dr. Phillip Camp, Dr. George Goldman, and Dr. Mike Williams

In these sessions, faculty members share insights drawn from their ongoing research, teaching, and engagement with the church. These thoughtful reflections offer participants a window into questions, themes, and discoveries that are shaping their current work. Attendees may choose the conversation that most interests them.

Dr. Alden Bass - The Art and Imagination of Early Christian Preaching
This session surveys early Christian preaching through the fifth century, tracing how Greek, Latin, and Syriac traditions shaped distinct approaches to Scripture and pastoral communication. Voices like John Chrysostom, Augustine, and Ephrem reveal a rich, inventive art that can renew the imagination of contemporary preachers.

Dr. Garrett Best - Faithful Witness in Babylon: Why the Church Needs the Message of Revelation Today
Revelation remains one of the most confusing texts for most Christians to read, understand, and apply. This session will explore why it is both challenging and vitally important for the church in this cultural moment.

Dr. Phillip Camp - Two Testaments, One God: Rediscovering the Consistent Character of God in Scripture
Christians often struggle with the Old Testament, perceiving a harsher God than the one revealed in Jesus. This session reexamines that assumption, showing that Scripture presents a consistent character of God as gracious, compassionate, just, and loving from beginning to end.

Dr. George Goldman - Divine Sovereignty and Human Agency: A Case Study from Acts 27
In Acts 23:11, Jesus tells Paul he will testify in Rome. But how will he get there, and how will he survive the storm of Acts 27? This session traces Luke’s account to show how God’s purposes unfold not only through spectacular clarity but also through ordinary processes and human decisions. If our lives are part of the grander story of God's mission in the world, other people along the path become participants as well.

Dr. Mike Williams - Connecting the Ancient Text with Modern Preaching
Ministers often move too quickly from ancient text to modern application, without fully exploring its meaning for the original audience. This session shows how attention to Jewish and Greco-Roman context can bring the text to life and uncover insights that enrich contemporary preaching.

For more information and registration, go to https://lipscomb.edu/events/lipscomb-faith-and-leadership-forum

07/08/2026

30 Reasons to Attend the Lipscomb Faith & Leadership Forum, July 31-August 1, 2026

#12-16 - Breakout Sessions by Dr. Greg Anderson, Dr. J. P. Conway, Dr. Carlus Gupton, Dr. Frank Guertin, and Dr. Deron Smith

Dr. Greg Anderson, Algorithmic Discipleship: How Digital Culture Is Forming Our People - Before congregants gather on Sunday, their attention, assumptions, and habits have already been shaped by digital environments, including social media, streaming platforms, and increasingly AI-driven content. This session explores how these forces influence belief and equipping leaders to understand their impact and respond with thoughtful, pastoral wisdom.

Dr. J. P. Conway, The Rising Generation: Understanding Gen Z’s Spiritual Hunger - This session explains why Gen Z and Gen Alpha show both anxiety and openness, explores the shift toward spiritual seriousness, and helps leaders respond without pandering. It includes insight into emerging gender dynamics and the practical implications for ministry.

Dr. Carlus Gupton, Speaking with Clarity: The Church’s Voice Without Partisan Captivity - This session provides theological and pastoral frameworks for public witness. The goal is to help leaders speak with courage and clarity without becoming ideologically captured or triggering reactionary dynamics in congregations.

Dr. Frank Guertin, When the Church Faced Turning Points: Lessons from Christian History - Across church history, leaders have navigated seasons of upheaval and opportunity with wisdom, humility, and perseverance. This session highlights key historical moments and equips leaders with perspective and confidence to respond faithfully in today’s cultural moment.

Dr. Deron Smith, Sustainable Leadership: Cultivating Emotional and Spiritual Resilience - This session focuses on constructive practices. It equips leaders to cultivate non-anxious presence, boundaries, restorative spiritual disciplines, and identity-rooted leadership.

For more information and registration, go to https://lipscomb.edu/events/lipscomb-faith-and-leadership-forum

07/07/2026

30 Reasons to Attend the Lipscomb Faith & Leadership Forum, July 31-August 1, 2026

#7-11 - Breakout Sessions by Dr. Phillip Camp, Dr. Wilson McCoy, Dr. Scott Sager, Dr. Walter Surdacki, and Dr. Lauren White

Dr. Phillip Camp, Leading in Times of Cultural Change: Wisdom From Scripture - This session shows that in Scripture, God’s people faced cultural shifts that required discernment and courage, from exile to the early church’s witness in a pluralistic world. It explores biblical patterns for interpreting such moments and equips leaders to guide their congregations with steadiness, faithfulness, and hope.

Dr. Wilson McCoy, Building Intergenerational Depth in a Fragmented Age - This session is about helping leaders cultivate intergenerational ministry opportunities within communities of faith. It will discuss both common struggles and creative strategies to help bring the generations together in local church contexts.

Dr. Scott Sager, Preaching Christ in a Restless Culture - This session equips leaders to preach clearly without partisan signaling, to speak to moral confusion without culture-war tone, and to proclaim the gospel to seekers who are spiritually curious but institutionally cautious.

Dr. Walter Surdacki, Leading Without Losing Yourself: Ministry in an Age of Exhaustion - This session addresses ministerial burnout and emotional fatigue. It helps leaders name the hidden pressures of ministry right now (decision fatigue, polarization pressure, constant expectation, digital overexposure) and offers a theological framework for sustainable leadership.

Dr. Lauren White, Forming Faithful Disciples in a Digitally Saturated World - This session addresses the digital culture as a pastoral and discipleship issue, not merely a technology issue. It explores ethics, truth, discernment, youth formation in a synthetic-content world, and how churches can form resilient disciples in accelerated change.

For more information and registration, go to https://lipscomb.edu/events/lipscomb-faith-and-leadership-forum

06/24/2026

30 Reasons to Attend the Lipscomb Faith & Leadership Forum, July 31-August 1, 2026

#6 - Breakout Session by Dr. Wilson McCoy: Building Intergenerational Depth in a Fragmented Age

This session is about helping leaders cultivate intergenerational ministry opportunities within communities of faith. It will discuss both common struggles and creative strategies to help bring the generations together in local church contexts.

For more information and registration, go to https://lipscomb.edu/events/lipscomb-faith-and-leadership-forum

06/22/2026

Our sincere congratulations to Dr. Daryl Dotschay for successfully defending his Doctor of Ministry Project-Thesis at Lipscomb University Hazelip School of Theology on June 22, 2026. His project was "Developing a Guide to the Secular Age to Identify Missional Opportunities for Greater Missional Impact." Advisors were Dr. Carlus Gupton, primary, Dr. Lauren White, secondary, and Dr. Gregory Anderson, third reader.

06/08/2026

30 Reasons to Attend the Lipscomb Faith & Leadership Forum, July 31-August 1, 2026

#5 - Keynote address by Dr. Carlus Gupton - Steady Leadership in a Restless Culture

Church leaders today are carrying enormous weight. Many are navigating burnout, outrage culture, political pressures, congregational anxiety, and the temptation to lead reactively rather than faithfully. Yet spiritual hunger is real, and the moment before us calls not for louder leadership, but steadier leadership.

In “Steady Leadership in a Restless Culture,” Dr. Carlus Gupton offers a vision of courageous, Spirit-formed leadership rooted deeply in Christ. This closing keynote encourages leaders to resist fear, urgency, and partisan captivity in order to lead with faithful presence, wise discernment, and enduring resolve. Courage in this moment is not noise, reactivity, or certainty about every outcome. It is calm strength anchored in Christ.

Come and join us at the Faith & Leadership Conference, July 31-August 1, 20-26.

For more information and registration, go to https://lipscomb.edu/events/lipscomb-faith-and-leadership-forum

05/29/2026

30 Reasons to Attend the Lipscomb Faith & Leadership Forum, July 31-August 1, 2026

#4 - Keynote address by Dr. Earl Lavender - Forming a Church Ready for What God May Be Doing

Many church leaders sense a growing spiritual curiosity in this cultural moment. People are searching for meaning, weary of spectacle, and hungry for something deeper. But openness alone does not lead to lasting renewal. Churches must be prepared to steward what God may be doing.

In “Forming a Church Ready for What God May Be Doing,” Dr. Earl Lavender offers a constructive vision of what readiness actually looks like. Rather than relying on attractional shortcuts, this keynote explores the kind of discipleship pathways, embodied practices, theological clarity, and leadership habits that help churches sustain renewal rather than merely experience a temporary surge.

Leaders will leave with a tangible picture of a “ready church,” practical ways to evaluate discipleship health, and concrete practices they can begin implementing immediately. Because faithful leadership is not simply about responding to the moment. It is about being formed for it.

For more information and registration, go to https://lipscomb.edu/events/lipscomb-faith-and-leadership-forum

05/27/2026

30 Reasons to attend the Lipscomb Faith & Leadership Forum, July 31-August 1, 2026

#3 - Keynote Address from Dr. Kris Miller, "The Formation Crisis Beneath the Opportunity"

People may be more spiritually curious than they have been in years. But openness is not the same thing as depth.

In a moment shaped by digital overload, ideological siloing, emotional fragility, and shallow discipleship, many church leaders are asking an honest question: Are we ready for the opportunity before us? In “The Formation Crisis Beneath the Opportunity,” Dr. Kris Miller names the deeper issue beneath many ministry challenges—formation. If people arrive spiritually curious but spiritually unformed, the church can easily respond with shallow approaches and miss the moment entirely.

This keynote offers a sober but hopeful diagnosis of what many leaders are already experiencing. It explores how algorithms, polarization, and fragmented attention are shaping congregations in ways we often fail to recognize, while offering language and courage to prioritize spiritual depth over performance. This is not a talk of despair. It is a call to strengthen what matters most.

For registration and information, go to https://lipscomb.edu/events/lipscomb-faith-and-leadership-forum

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1 University Drive
Nashville, TN
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Monday	8am - 4pm
Tuesday	8am - 4pm
Wednesday	8am - 4pm
Thursday	8am - 4pm
Friday	8am - 4pm

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+16159665004

Website

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