Conference Speakers (in order of presentation)

Dr. Meredith L.D. Riedel*, Church History Professor; Elder, Triangle Grace Church, Durham, NC
Rev. Dr. Andrew R. Johnson*, Assistant Pastor & Theologian in Residence, Marine View Presbyterian Church, Tacoma, WA; Faculty, Flourish Institute of Theology
Rev. Dr. Andrew Chaney*, Pastor/Head of Staff, First Presbyterian Church, Greenwood, MS; Faculty, Higher Baptist Theological Seminary (Wyższe Baptystyczne Seminarium Teologiczne), Warsaw, Poland
Rev. Dr. Cheryl Eaton*, Pastor/Head of Staff, First Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Herrin, IL; Faculty, Flourish Institute of Theology
Dr. Daniel Schwartz, Associate Professor and Associate Department Head of History, Core Faculty in Religious Studies, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Rev. Dr. Clay J. Brown*, Adult Discipleship Pastor, Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, Houston, TX
Rev. Dr. Jennifer Graffius*, Senior Director, External Affairs, Kids Alive International
Rev. Dr. Eric Laverentz**, Pastor of Preaching and Teaching, First Presbyterian Church, Edmond, OK; Faculty, Flourish Institute of Theology

^{*Member, ECO Standing Theology Committee
**Chair, ECO Standing Theology Committee}

Conference Preacher

Rev. Dr. Alf Halvorson, Senior Pastor, Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, Houston, TX

Monday, September 21
5:00pm—Check In Opens
6:30pm—Welcome
6:45pm—Presentation: “The Allure of Heresy” by Dr. Meredith L. D. Riedel
7:30pm—Q&A
• 7:45pm—Break 
8:00pm—Presentation: “Is That Heresy? Learning to Distinguish the Fatal from the Flawed” by Rev. Dr. Andrew Johnson
8:45pm—Q&A
9:00pm—Adjourn

Tuesday, September 22
• 8:00am—Continental Breakfast
8:45am—Presentation: “The Dockside Shanties, Santa’s Right Hook, and the Haunted Latrine: Three Defining Moments of Arianism” by Rev. Dr. Andrew Chaney
9:30am—Q&A
• 9:45am—Break 
10:00am—Presentation: “Losing the Plot: The Rootless Gospel of Functional Marcionism” by Rev. Dr. Cheryl Eaton
10:45am—Q&A
• 11:00am—Break 
11:15am—Presentation: “Matter Matters: The Gnostic Challenge to Creation and Embodiment” by Dr. Dan Schwartz
12:00pm—Q&A
• 12:15pm—Extended Break for Lunch (provided) 
1:30pm—Presentation: “‘We Are All Born Pelagians’: The Promise, Peril, and Prescription for Today’s Pelagianism” by Rev. Dr. Clay Brown
2:15pm—Q&A
• 2:30pm—Break 
2:45pm—Presentation: “God Is Not a Genie: Exposing the Heresy of Moralistic Therapeutic Deism” by Rev. Dr. Jennifer Graffius
3:30pm—Q&A
• 3:45pm—Break 
4:00pm—Presentation: “Nanzianzen’s Nightmare: Macedonianism Pre-Constantinople and Today” by Rev. Dr. Eric Laverentz
4:45pm—Q&A
• 5:00pm—Extended Break 
6:00pm—Supper (provided)
7:30pm—Adjourn

Wednesday, September 23
• 8:00am—Continental Breakfast
8:45am—Presentation: “Heresy and Heterodoxy: Where Do We Go from Here?” by Dr. Meredith L. D. Riedel
9:30am—Q&A
• 9:45am—Break 
10:00am—Worship with Communion
11:15am—Adjourn

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