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2026-2027 Wolters Centre Event Series

The Albert M. Wolters Centre for Christian Scholarship presents the 2026-2027 Wolters Centre Event Series. The Wolters Centre is pleased to host several public events showcasing the breadth and depth of Christian scholarship. Several of these public events are organized by our faculty fellows who host a scholar of their choice to visit, lecture, and discuss their work on Redeemer campus.

September 14, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.: Jen Pollock Michel
Book Launch with Jen Pollock Michel – Writing, Formation, and the Shape of a Faithful Life

September 25, 2026 at 9:00 a.m.: Drs. Michael Haykin, Jonathan N. Cleland, and Bill DeJong
Tyndale Conference – William Tyndale and His New Testament: Then and Now

October 2-3, 2026: Drs. Jonathan Moo, and Jeffrey Bilbro
Creation Care Conference – To Love This World: Receiving the Gift of Creation

October 3, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.: Dr. Jonathan Moo
Free Public Lecture – Loving God and Cherishing the Earth: a Biblical Vision

February 1, 2027 at 7:30 p.m.: TBD (2026 EPI Winner to be announced in October 2026)
The World and Our Calling Lecture

March 1, 2027: Drs. Derek C. Schuurman, Arnold E. Sikkema, and Russell D. Kosits
Book Launch of Creation Regained: Disciplinary Perspectives

Book Launch with Jen Pollock Michel: September 14, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.

Jen Pollock Michel (MA, Northwest University, MFA, Seattle Pacific University), author, speaker, podcast host, and mentor in the MFA in Creative Writing at Whitworth University.

Tyndale Conference: September 25, 2026 at 9:00 a.m.

Michael Haykin (ThD, Wycliffe College, University of Toronto), Distinguished Sessional Professor of History, Redeemer University.

Jonathan N. Cleland (PhD, Knox College, University of Toronto), Associate Professor in Church History and New Testament Studies, Heritage College and Seminary.

Bill DeJong (PhD, McMaster Divinity College), Faculty Chaplain, Director of the Albert M. Wolters Centre for Christian Scholarship, Redeemer University.

Creation Care Conference: October 2-3, 2026

Free Public Lecture: Loving God and Cherishing the Earth: a Biblical Vision by Dr. Jonathan Moo: Saturday, October 3 at 7:30 p.m.

Jeffrey Bilbro (PhD, Baylor University), Professor of English at Grove City College; Editor-in-Chief at Front Porch Republic.

Jonathan Moo (PhD, University of Cambridge), Bruner-Welch Endowed Chair in Theology at Whitworth University.

The World and Our Calling Lecture: February 1, 2027 at 7:30 p.m.

TBD (2026 EPI Winner to be announced in October 2026). View past EPI Winners here and past The World and Our Calling lectures here. The EPI Award is sponsored by the Action Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, Cardus, Centre for Public Justice, Redeemer University, Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, the Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics, and the Fuller Mouw Institute for Faith and Public Life.

Book Launch of Creation Regained: Disciplinary Perspectives: March 1, 2027

Derek C. Schuurman (PhD, McMaster University), Professor and Chair of Computer Science, Calvin University.

Arnold E. Sikkema (PhD, University of British Columbia), Professor of Physics, TWU; Executive Director, CSCA.

Russell D. Kosits (PhD, Baylor University), Professor of Psychology, Grove City College.

Past Wolters Centre Events

March 9, 2026: Dr. Channon Visscher
Evening Lecture: Creation Stories for Planetary Systems

November 3, 2025: Dr. Micah Watson, Dr. Bryan T. McGraw, Dr. Jesse Covington
Evening Lecture: Hopeful Realism: Augustinian Natural Law and Liberal Democracy

October 4, 2025: Dr. Megan DeVore
Evening Lecture: Proclaiming Christ: Second to Fourth Century Christian Art

March 5, 2025: Dr. Abby Foreman
Chapel Address: Growing Into the Micah Frame
Evening Lecture: Sharing Responsibility: Getting Creative in Responding to the Needs of the Vulnerable

November 5, 2024: Dr. Dave Warners and Dr. Matthew Heun
Chapel Address: Walking Through a World of Gifts
Evening Lecture: Beyond Stewardship: New Approaches to Creation Care

September 28, 2024: Dr. Louis Markos
Evening Lecture: J.R.R. Tolkien: The Man Who Made Middle Earth

March 20, 2024: Dr. Lydia Jaeger
Chapel Address: On Human Dignity
Evening Lecture: Are we Free? Navigating Between Scientific Determinism and Liberty of Creation

November 1, 2023: Dr. Jordan Ballor
Chapel Address: The Deceitfulness of Wealth
Evening Lecture: Abraham Kuyper and the Economic Teachings of the Heidelberg Catechism

March 30, 2023: Dr. Jonathan Julifs
Evening Lecture: We Are What We Repeatedly Do: Cultivating a Christian Life of Letters and Learning

March 20, 2023: Dr. Eric Johnson
Chapel Address: A Place to Rest
Evening Lecture: Abraham Kuyper and the Two Academies

November 2, 2022: Dr. Derek Schuurman
Evening Lecture: Redeemer as a Community of Christian Scholars