Presenters

a growing list of confirmed presenters

most recently added presenters are Marva Dawn, Kenneth E. Bailey, and Christine Pohl (see below for their bios)

Kenneth E. Bailey, research professor of New Testament at the Ecumenical Institute (TanTur) in Jerusalem (emeritus), with more than 40 years of living and teaching in Egypt, Lebanon, Jerusalem, and Cypress. Many of his books have been translated into more than a dozen languages; his latest book is Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes.

Brad Bergland, director of Illuminated Journeys, a ministry offering pilgrimage and spiritual renewal for churches and individuals, and director of Reinventing Sunday, an ecumenical ministry that offers worship consulting, worship renewal seminars, and workshops on Taizé-style worship.

Joyce Borger, editor of Reformed Worship; music and liturgy editor for Faith Alive Christian Resources; and editor of the forthcoming hymnal Lift Up Your Hearts, projected for release in 2013.

Sandra Bowden, a visual artist who has been interpreting Scripture and her own spiritual walk through mixed media for more than forty years. She is the past president of CIVA (Christians in the Visual Arts).

Aminah Al-Attas Bradford, associate chaplain for Residence Life, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Rensselaer Owen (“Ren”) Broekhuizen, a Christian Reformed pastor in three states, missionary in Liberia, and was part of a group that in 1993 founded Ridge Point Community Church, Holland, Michigan; he retired from active congregational ministry in 2003.

Randall Bradley, professor of church music and director of the Church Music Program for Baylor University and author of From Memory to Imagination: Re/Forming the Church's Music (Eerdmans, 2012).

Todd Cioffi, assistant professor in the Congregational and Ministries Studies department at Calvin College and research fellow for the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship.

Chap Clark, associate provost of Regional Campuses and Special Projects and professor of Youth, Family, and Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA;  president of Foothill Community Ministries, Inc., the parent organization for the ParenTeen and HURT Seminars; and senior editor of Youthworker Journal.

Dale Cooper, resource specialist for liturgical spirituality at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, as well as chaplain emeritus and adjunct faculty in the department of Congregational and Ministry Studies at Calvin College.

Marva Dawn, theologian, educator, teaching fellow in spiritual theology at Regent College, Vancouver, Canada, and author of many books on worship and spirituality.

Randall Engle, pastor of the North Hills Christian Reformed Church of Troy, MI, and frequent organist as well. He is president of the Choristers’ Guild and chaplain for the SE Michigan Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.

Carolyn Gordon, chair of the department of preaching and communication, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA.

Mark Gornik, director of the City Seminary in New York City, and author of Word Made Global: Stories of
African Christianity, which received a 2012 Christianity Today Book Award.

Christopher A. Hall, chancellor of Eastern University, St. David’s, PA; he has served as a pastor in several international settings and has published extensively on the early church.

Betsy Steele Halstead, an artist in oils and woodcuts, coordinator of visual arts work of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, and continuing education events manager for Calvin Theological Seminary.

Robin Harris, executive director of the International Council of Ethnodoxologists and consultant in Russian worship music for Heart Sounds International—she spent more than a decade as a missionary in northern Russia; Associate Coordinator of the World Arts program at the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics in Dallas.

Syd Hielema, campus chaplain at Redeemer University College, Anacaster, Ontario.

Scott Hoezee, director of the Center for Excellence in Preaching at Calvin Theological Seminary.

Tala Jarjour, professor of enthnomusicology at New York University Abu Dabi, and a native of Damascus, Syria.

Duane Kelderman, an adjunct faculty member at Calvin College, and a partner at Venture International, a professional firm dedicated to helping organizations going through change. He has been the pastor of three congregations and most recently served as vice president for administration at Calvin Theological Seminary.

Jaewoo Kim, a worship-arts missionary of Artists in Christian Testimonies International, based in Dallas, TX, where he lead the Korean Glocal Worship Network, to mobilize, equip and empower Korean worship pastors and leaders for worship renewal and global missions.

Mark Labberton, professor and director of the Lloyd John Ogilvie Institute of Preaching at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, and author of The Dangerous Act of Worship: Living God’s Call to Justice (2007), as well as The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor (2010).

Swee Hong Lim, a native of Singapore; currently professor of music at Baylor University; this fall he’ll move to Toronto, ON, to become director of the Master in Sacred Music Program at Emmanuel College.

I-to Loh, world-renowned Asian composer and hymnologist; his Sound the Bamboo, along with its 2011 Hymnal Companion is the most comprehensive collection and commentary on 20^th century Asian Christian song. He is the former President of Tainan Theological College and Seminary, Taiwan, and currently serves as adjunct professor of Church Music and Liturgy at the Southeast Asia Graduate School of Theology.

Joel Navarro, associate professor of music at Calvin where he conducts the Capella and the Campus Choir and teaches conducting. He is also the music director of the Calvin Oratorio Society.

Robert Nordling, conductor of the Calvin College Orchestra, the Calvin Community Symphony, and principal conductor of the Baroque on Beaver Island Music Festival, and he is a resource specialist for the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship.  

Debra Paxton-Buursma, professor of education at Calvin College.

Christine Pohl, associate provost and professor of Church and Society/Christian Ethics at Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, KY; her latest book is Living Into Community: Cultivating Practices That Sustain Us (Eerdmans, 2011).

Luke A. Powery, Perry and Georgia Engle assistant professor of homiletics at Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ.

He Qi, renowned and internationally respected Chinese Christian artist; and a council member of the Asian Christian Art Association; he was the first among mainland Chinese to earn a doctorate in religious art after the Cultural Revolution.

David Reimer, violinist, professor of music at Calvin College, where he directs the Calvin Honors String program, and member of the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra.

Jo-Ann Van Reeuwyk, co-chair and professor of art at Calvin College, where she directs the art education program; she also maintains a fiber studio in downtown Grand Rapids.

Aaron Winkle, associate chaplain of upper class students and athletes in Campus Ministries at Calvin College.

John D. Witvliet, director of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and professor of congregational and ministry studies, music, and worship at Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary, respectively. His most recent book is Psalms for all Seasons: A Complete Psalter for Worship, co-edited with Joyce Borger and Martin Tel (Baker Publishing and Faith Alive Christian Resources, 2012).

Anne Zaki, resource development specialist for global and multi-cultural resources at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, based in Cairo, Egypt.