Toccoa Falls College to Host American Evangelicalism Conference

Toccoa Falls, GA – The History Society and Philosophy Club of Toccoa Falls College will host the American Evangelicalism Conference Friday and Saturday, February 27-28, 2009. This interdisciplinary conference is to encourage evangelical Christians to exercise discernment as they seriously think about the issues confronting the Church today, and then figure out how to rightly engage them. The conference will also seek to exhort unity within the Body of Christ that overcomes denominational, institutional, racial, and cultural boundaries.

The conference will feature nationally known speakers including Norman Geisler, D. G. Hart, Clifton Taulbert, Barry Hankins, Robin Klay, Reginald McLelland, and Darwin Smith, as well as professors and students from Toccoa Falls College.

Speakers and attendees will explore the changes that have occurred in the world and the evangelical movement in the last quarter-century in order to reevaluate evangelicalism today. Carson Clark, president of the History Society and Philosophy Club of Toccoa Falls College and American Evangelicalism's organizer relates, “The purpose of this interdisciplinary conference is three-fold: one, to encourage evangelical Christians to exercise discernment as they think seriously about the issues confronting the Church today; two, to figure out how Evangelicalism should adapt to tangibly engage these issues; three, to exhort a unity within the Body of Christ that overcomes denominational, institutional, racial, and cultural boundaries."

The American Evangelicalism Conference is open to the public. Early registration, which ends February 13, is $15 for full-time students and $20 for non-students. For more information on registration, accommodations, and the full conference schedule please go to www.tfc.edu/conference.

American Evangelicalism Conference at TFC

BETWEEN 1976 AND 1984, AMERICAN EVANGELICALISM BEGAN TO SOLIDIFY IT’S IDENTITY.

THE MORAL MAJORITY, FOCUS ON THE FAMILY AND MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HELPED THE MOVEMENT DEFINE ITSELF AND THE ISSUES THAT IT FELT WAS SIGNIFACANT TO THE CHURCH.

IT HAS BEEN SIXTEEN YEARS AND THE QUESTION IS BEING RAISED AGAIN. . . WHO AND WHAT ARE EVANGELICALS? WRAF INVITES YOU TO JOIN PROMIMENT LEADERS SUCH AS NORMAN GEISLER, ROBIN KLAY, CLIFTON TAULBERT AND MANY OTHERS AT THE AMERICAN EVANGELICALISM CONFERENCE AT TOCCOA FALLS COLLEGE FEBRUARY 27 THROUGH 28 AS WE DISCUSS KEY ISSUES THAT WILL DEFINE THE AMERICAN EVANGELICAL MOVEMENT TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE.

CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER.

JOIN THE DISCUSSION THAT WILL SHAPE THE CHURCH IN AMERICA.

American Evangelicalism Conference at Toccoa Falls College

Toccoa Falls College and WRAF presents “The American Evangelicalism Conference” - February 27-28, 2009, on the college campus. This unique event covers such topics as stem cell research, business ethics, immigration policies, Christian worldview in the role of science, inerrancy in a Postmodern era, urban decay and much more.

What is this conference about?

The eight-year period from 1976, Newsweek’s Year of the Evangelical, through 1984 was quite formative for American, evangelical Protestantism. It was during this time that Jerry Falwell’s Moral Majority launched the evangelical community into an active political bloc, James Dobson started Focus on the Family, Francis Schaeffer was at the height of his intellectual influence, and Billy Graham’s ministry penetrated the Iron Curtain. This period was also significant for the movement’s identity, as Evangelicals defined themselves theologically, politically, socially, culturally, and so forth. The problem is that it has been a quarter century since then.

The contexts in which American Evangelicals live have changed dramatically. In 1984 the Cold War seemed to be entering a new freeze, China was a Third World country, Postmodernity was in its infancy, the United States was revered by much of the world, homosexuality was taboo, and the internet did not exist. Yet the movement seems oddly oblivious to these changing contexts as it uncritically thrusts its past conclusions into the present. The time has come for a serious reevaluation of American Evangelicalism’s beliefs, direction, and its engagement with the larger society. That is not to say that the conclusions reached by Evangelicals a quarter century ago were simply wrong. Surely there are some aspects of the conclusions that need to be reaffirmed, others that need to be nuanced, and still others that need to be revamped.

How much is admission? How do I register?

For those who register at least two weeks before the conference (February 13th), admission will cost $15 for students and $20 for non-students. For those who buy tickets at the door, admission will cost $25. To register, please click here.