CHRISTENDOM LECTURES (2022): Leithart, Myers, & Renn

715 Cypress St,West Monroe 71291

03 January, 2022

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The Christendom Lectures on January 3-5, 2022 will feature talks by Dr. Peter J. Leithart, Ken Myers, and Aaron M. Renn. Featuring presentations by Dr. Peter J. Leithart, Ken Myers, and Aaron M. Renn, the Christendom Lectures will take place in January 2022 over a three-day event aimed at exploring theological and practical topics that will equip both pastors and laity to think clearly about current theological and social issues that face the Church. The lectures series, “Stand Fast,” will be held January 3-5, 2022 at Church of the Redeemer in West Monroe, Louisiana. The Christendom Lectures are not intended for church leaders alone but for stirring up all members of the Church to love and good works. This year's lecture series centers on the command to “Be steadfast, unlovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord knowing that you labor is not in vain in the Lord” (1 Cor. 15:58). Beyond listening to the speakers' presentations, guests at the Christendom Lectures will be able to sing and pray during matins, enjoy meals and fellowship with one another, peruse offerings from several book vendors and more. SPEAKERS: Peter J. Leithart is President of Theopolis Institute and serves as Teacher at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Birmingham. He is the author of many books, including a two-volume commentary on Revelation (T&T Clark, 2018) and a commentary on 1&2 Chronicles (Brazos, forthcoming). He writes a regular bi-weekly column at FirstThings.com, and has published articles in many periodicals, both popular and academic. Leithart has served in two pastorates: He was pastor of Reformed Heritage Presbyterian Church (now Trinity Presbyterian Church), Birmingham, Alabama from 1989 to 1995, and was pastor of Trinity Reformed Church, Moscow, Idaho, from 2003-2013. From 1998 and 2013 he taught theology and literature fulltime at New St. Andrews College, Moscow, Idaho. He received an A.B. in English and History from Hillsdale College in 1981, and a Master of Arts in Religion and a Master of Theology from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia in 1986 and 1987. In 1998 he received his Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge in England. He and his wife, Noel, have ten children and twelve grandchildren. Ken Myers is the host and producer of the MARS HILL AUDIO Journal, a bimonthly audio magazine that examines issues in contemporary culture from a framework shaped by Christian conviction. He was formerly the editor of This World: A Journal of Religion and Public Life, a quarterly journal whose editor-in-chief was Richard John Neuhaus. Prior to his tenure at This World, he was executive editor of Eternity, the Evangelical monthly magazine. For eight years, he was a producer and editor for National Public Radio, working for much of that time as arts and humanities editor for the two news programs, Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Myers serves as a contributing editor for Christianity Today, and his published writings include All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes: Christians and Popular Culture (Crossway Books: 1989), and (as editor) Aspiring to Freedom: Commentaries on John Paul II's Encyclical "The Social Concerns of the Church" (William B. Eerdmans: 1988). He has also written for numerous periodicals, including The Wilson Quarterly, TableTalk, Discipleship Journal, World, Crisis, First Things,The Washington Times, and The World & I. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland, where he studied film theory and criticism, and of Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He is married and has two children, and lives in central Virginia. Aaron M. Renn is an opinion-leading urban analyst, consultant, speaker, and writer on a mission to help America’s cities and people thrive and find real success in the 21st century. He focuses on urban, economic development, and infrastructure policy in the greater American Midwest. He also regularly contributes to and is cited by national and global media outlets. He is a columnist for Governing magazine and his work has appeared in the The Guardian (UK), The New York Times, and The Washington Post, along with many others. Renn was a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute from 2015-2019 and is a Contributing Editor at its quarterly magazine City Journal. Prior to his work in public policy, Renn had 15 year business career in management and technology consulting, where he was a partner at Accenture. He also founded the urban data analytics software platform Telestrian, which continues to underpin his work on cities. SCHEDULE: The lecture series will begin the evening of Monday, January 3, at 7 p.m. Lectures are scheduled almost all day and evening of Tuesday, January 4. The lecture series will conclude Wednesday, January 5, with lectures, a Q&A panel and lunch. Two meals will be catered for lunch on Tuesday and Wednesday, for which more details can be found through registration. HOTEL BOOKING INFORMATION: Wingate in West Monroe: Click here for the booking link to access a special rate for conference attendees.