ROUND 1 — MONDAY 1:00-3:00PM
Living in Gospel Exile
What if exile is not just a time of waiting, but a place God has called us to be fully present for the flourishing of both church and also culture? How would that change the way we lived? Join IVP authors for a series of short talks and roundtable discussions laying out a vision for engaging the culture for the common good.
Ashley Hales
Ashley Hales holds a PhD in English from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. She’s a writer, speaker, and hosts the podcast Finding Holy. Ashley’s married to a pastor and mother to four children. Her writing has been featured in such places in Books & Culture and Christianity Today and she loves speaking around the United States. She is the author of Finding Holy in the Suburbs and A Spacious Life. Connect with her at aahales.com or on Instagram and Twitter at @aahales.
Round 1 — Living in Gospel Exile (IVP)
Matthew Harmon
Matthew Harmon (PhD, Wheaton College) is professor of New Testament studies at Grace College and Theological Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana. He was previously on staff with Cru for eight years and is the author of several books, including Jeremiah: A 12-Week Study and Making All Things New: Inaugurated Eschatology for the Life of the Church. Matthew and his wife, Kate, live in Warsaw, Indiana, and have two sons.
Round 1 — Living in Gospel Exile (IVP)
Irwyn Ince
Irwyn L. Ince serves as Mission to North America Coordinator. He and his wife, Kim, have been married 31 years, have four children and two granddaughters. He transitioned to ministry after a career in engineering. After graduation from Reformed Theological Seminary, Dr. Ince helped plant City of Hope in 2006. In 2016, he received his DMin degree from Covenant Theological Seminary. He’s the author of The Beautiful Community: Unity Diversity and the Church at Its Best.
Round 1 — Living in Gospel Exile (IVP)
Round 2 — Gospel-Shaped Planting Pipelines for Church Vitality (Covenant Theological Seminary and Mission to North America of the PCA)
Timothy Paul Jones
Timothy Paul Jones (PhD) teaches apologetics at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and serves as a preaching pastor at Sojourn Church Midtown. In addition, he has authored or co-authored more than a dozen books, including Finding God in a Galaxy Far, Far Away; Christian History Made Easy; and, with James Garlow and April Williams, the bestselling The Da Vinci Codebreaker.
Round 1 — Living in Gospel Exile (IVP)
Jay Kim
Jay Kim serves as lead pastor at WestGate Church. He’s the author of Analog Church and Analog Christian, and he and his wife, Jenny, live in the Silicon Valley of California with their two children. You can follow him on Twitter.
Round 1 — Living in Gospel Exile (IVP)
Jake Meador
Jake Meador is vice president of the Davenant Institute and editor of Mere Orthodoxy. He lives in Lincoln, Nebraska, with his wife Joie, their daughter Davy, and son Wendell. Jake’s writing has appeared in Christianity Today, Fare Forward, University Bookman, and others.
Round 1 — Living in Gospel Exile (IVP)
Alan Noble
Alan Noble, PhD, is author of Disruptive Witness and You Are Not Your Own, and is associate professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University.
Round 1 — Living in Gospel Exile (IVP)
Trevin Wax
Trevin Wax is vice president of research and resource development at the North American Mission Board and a visiting professor at Cedarville University. Trevin is a regular columnist at The Gospel Coalition and has contributed to The Washington Post, Religion News Service, World, and Christianity Today. He has lectured at Wheaton College and Oxford University. He is a founding editor of The Gospel Project, and the author of multiple books, including The Thrill of Orthodoxy, Rethink Your Self, This Is Our Time, and Gospel Centered Teaching.
Round 1 — Living in Gospel Exile (IVP)
Round 3 — The Hope of Kingdom Expansion in a Hard-to-Reach Culture (Send Network)
Round 5 — How to Be a Light and Not a Raging Forest Fire on Social Media (The Gospel Coalition)
Jamaal Williams
Jamaal Williams Jamaal is lead pastor of Sojourn Midtown in Louisville, Kentucky, and president of Harbor Network. He holds a doctoral degree from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and co-authored In Church As It Is In Heaven: Cultivating a Multiethnic Kingdom Culture. He is a native of Chicago, Illinois, and is happily married with five beautiful children.
Round 1 — Living in Gospel Exile (IVP)
Round 6 — Developing and Sending Whole-Hearted Church Leaders (Harbor Network)