Michael Evans

Servants Mustering the Courage to Commit
Michael Evans is pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Mansfield, where he has served for 20 years. A native of Houston, Dr. Evans holds degrees from the University of Texas at Arlington, Texas Christian University’s Brite Divinity School, and Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary. Dr. Evans is current president of the African American Fellowship of Texas.

Allen Verhey

Remembering Jesus: The Bible, the Community, and the Moral Life
Allen Verhey is Professor of Christian Ethics at Duke Divinity School. His work has focused on the application of Scripture to Christian ethics and on bioethics. Among his recent books are Remembering Jesus: Christian Community, Scripture, and the Moral Life; Reading the Bible in the Strange World of Medicine; Nature and Altering It; and The Christian Art of Dying.

Bill Tillman

Evangelism and Ethics
Bill Tillman is Director of the Texas Baptist Office of Theological Education. Dr. Tillman previously was the T.B Maston Professor of Christian Ethics at Logsdon School of Theology, Hardin Simmons University; Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, Southwestern Seminary; and Director of Research and Editorial Services for the Southern Baptist Christian Life Commission.

Kyle Childress

The Art of the Commonplace
In a world where selfishness and greed are trumpeted as virtues, abuse is covered up and violence is considered normal, how do we grow Christians who have both the prudence to know what’s wrong and the courage to live differently?

Childress is pastor of Austin Heights Baptist Church in Nacogdoches. He is a frequent contributing writer to The Christian Century, Christian Reflection, and various other journals and periodicals. He preached and lectured at Andover Newton Theological School as part of their “The Future of Great Preaching” series and recently delivered the Hoover Lectures at Baptist Theological Seminary of Richmond.

Coleman Fannin

The Church and Christian Ethics
Understanding that the church has many biblical functions to pursue, how does teaching and practicing Christian ethics fit into its priorities?

Coleman Fannin is a lecturer in the Great Texts Program at Baylor University.  He previously taught theology and ethics at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond and the University of Dayton.  His primary research interests are theology, ecclesiology, natural law, pacifism and just war, and environmental ethics.  He is the convener of the Baptist Ethicists Group of the Society of Christian Ethics.

Ken Hugghins

Created in the Image of God
Scripture says we have been created in the image of God. What are the practical implications of this idea for those who would follow Christ?

Hugghins is pastor of Elkins Lake Baptist Church in Huntsville. He has taught in higher education at Southwestern Seminary, Texas Christian University, Houston Baptist University, Hardin-Simmons University and Logsdon School of Theology, and B.H. Carroll Theological Institute.

Jeanie Miley

Can a Business be Christian?
In a culture in which the term “Christian” is increasingly becoming secularized and politicized, what can we do to promote authenticity and integrity among those who are attempting to be followers of Christ?

Miley speaks on personal spiritual growth and Christian spirituality. She teaches three adult Bible studies weekly in Houston and for over thirty years has written a weekly column, “Growing Edges,” for the San Angelo Standard Times. Jeanie is also a spiritual director and graduate of the Spiritual Direction Institute. She is the author of nine books. Her most recent is Joint Venture: Practical Spirituality for Everyday Pilgrims.

Gus Reyes

Ministry to First-Third Generation Hispanics.
Hispanics make up a growing portion of the Texas population. What are characteristics of first, second and third generation Hispanics that impact ministry to this growing segment of our state.

Reyes is Director of the Hispanic Education Initiative/Affinity Ministries for Texas Baptists. A 25-year youth ministry veteran, Reyes is the co-writer, with Richard Ross, of 30 Days: Turning the Hearts of Parents and Teenagers Toward Each Other.