Lancaster Bible College will host the 2024 Evangelical Homiletics Society (EHS) Annual Meeting on Oct. 17-19. With the theme of “Preaching and the Arts,” the three-day event will welcome college and seminary professors as well as seminary and doctoral students from around North America and across the world.
Dr. Casey Barton, LBC’s Director of the Pastoral Ministry Program within the School of Bible & Ministry, is helping to organize the event and is working to create a space for LBC faculty and staff alongside local artists to be able to present their art and speak about their process of creating art for God’s glory. LBC Pastoral Ministry students will also be involved with the conference in various ways.
The regular admission is $175 for EHS members and $200 for non-members, but those affiliated with LBC (student, faculty, staff or alumnus) or those who serve at a church in the Lancaster area, are invited to attend free of charge. To receive the free attendance code or a discounted meals-only code, email Barton at cbarton@lbc.edu.
Visit ehomiletics.org/conference for more information or check the registration site here.
For a conference plenary session, Barton will host a Q&A session with the keynote speaker, the Rev. Dr. Paul Scott Wilson.
A Professor Emeritus of Homiletics at Emmanuel College of the University of Toronto, Wilson is one of North America’s most respected and recognized teachers of homiletics and the author of several books, including “The Practice of Preaching, Imagination of the Heart,” “God Sense: Reading the Bible for Preaching” and “The Four Pages of the Sermon.” Wilson was also the General Editor of “The New Interpreter’s Handbook of Preaching,” selected by Preaching magazine as the 2010 Preaching Book of the Year.
Before joining the LBC faculty in 2022, Barton served in various roles in pastoral ministry in Ontario and California. He is the author of “Preaching Through Time: Anachronism as a Way Forward for Preaching,” along with various articles focused on preaching hope and lament, preaching and eschatology, and preaching with courage. He also contributed three chapters in the homiletical commentary, “The Big Idea Companion for Preaching and Teaching.” He earned three masters degrees and a doctorate, all centered on theology or homiletics: the art of preaching and writing sermons.
At LBC, Barton teaches Advanced Homiletics, Pastoral Ministry, Foundations of Ministry, Community Formation and Discipleship, Pastoral Perspectives on Leadership, and Evangelism and Discipleship, among others.