Inspired by the theme, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Global Witness of Believers Churches, theological and pastoral thought leaders will explore the impact of Believers’ Churches globally with a focus on their public witness.
| Thursday | 26 January 2023 | |
| 200 – 220 | Centering Moment and Orientation | |
| 220 – 240 | Presentation 1The Story of the Believers Church Conferences 1967-2023: A Still Relevant Ecumenical Challenge | Dr. Teun van der Leer, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| 240 – 300 | Question, Answer, Interaction | Attendees |
| 300 – 320 | Presentation 2Rauschenbusch, King, and a Believer’s Church Social Gospel for the 21stCentury | Dr. Scott John Holland Bethany Theological Seminary, Richmond, IN |
| 320 – 340 | Presentation 3Blessed are the Peacemakers: Living Like Jesus, Leading Like King | Dr. Lesley Francisco McClendon Pastor, Hampton VA |
| 340 – 400 | Question, Answer, Interaction | Attendees |
| 400 – 430 | Health Break | |
| 430 – 450 | Presentation 4Ella Baker as Prophet of Renewal for Baptist Ecclesiology | Dr. Mikael Broadway – Shaw University |
| 450 – 510 | Presentation 5An Ecumenical Theology of Companionship | Dr. Fernando Enns – Universität Hamburg |
| 510 – 530 | Question, Answer, Interaction | Attendees |
| 530 – 545 | Break | |
| 545 – 645 | Dinner | |
| 700 – 830 | Worship | Dr. John E. Guns – Dean, Samuel Dewitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University |
| Friday | 27 January 2023 | |
| 930 – 1000 | Centering Moment and Music | |
| 1000 – 1020 | Presentation 6Leadership and the Black Church in Nova Scotia | Mr. Dudley A. Brown – Acadia Centre for Baptist and Anabaptist Studies |
| 1020 – 1040 | Presentation 7 “Martin Luther King ́s Influence over the Mexican Baptists 1960-1968.” | Rubí Elizabeth Barocio Castells National Mexican Baptist Convention |
| 1040 – 1100 | Question, Answer, Interaction | Attendees |
| 1100 – 1130 | Break | |
| 1130 – 1150 | Presentation 8 – Mennonite Innocence | Dr. Andres Felipe Pacheo Lozan, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| 1150 – 1210 | Student Panel | |
| 1210 – 1230 | Question, Answer, Interaction | Attendees |
| 1230 – 115 | Lunch | |
| 115 – 200 | Book Launch – Seeds of the Church: Toward an Ecumenical Baptist Theology | Dr. Teun van der Leer; Dr. Steve Harmon, Gardner-Webb University School of Divinity; Dr. Beth Newman. Duke University School of Divinity |
| 200 – 300 | Touring Shaw Sacred Spaces | |
| 300 – 400 | Conversation about SNCC | Dr. David C. Forbes, a founding member of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee at Shaw University |
| 400 – 530 | Summation of the Conference and Conversation about next steps – publications and continuation | |
| 600 – 700 | Dinner and Fellowship |
| Saturday | 28 January 2022 | |
| 900 – 1200 | Campus Tour and Conversation about Race and Reconciliation in Higher Education – Duke Divinity School as a case study | Dr. W. C. Turner, Professor Emeritus, Duke Divinity School in conversation |
| 1200 – 1245 | Lunch |
