By Loretta Fulton Among the highlights at Abilene Christian University’s Summit will be the renaming of a center on campus to honor Jeanene Reese, associate professor emerita at ACU. During the Community of Women Ministers dinner on Wednesday evening, Oct. 8, the Center for Women in Christian Ministry will be named in honor of Reese. Click here for a story
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By Wendy KilmerACU Director of Strategic Communications Abilene Christian University’s 119th annual Summit, a three-day conference for Christian leaders and church members, will take place Oct. 8-10 with the theme “Encounter: Spirit of the Living God.” The annual three-day conference, part of the university’s Siburt Institute for Church Ministry, offers ministers, church leaders and other believers the opportunity to gather
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By Loretta Fulton All three of Abilene’s universities have homecoming scheduled within the next few weeks, including one starting this weekend. Hardin-Simmons University HSU kicks off local homecomings on Thursday, Oct. 2, with the alumni awards banquet at 6:30 p.m. in the Johnson Building. The 2025 recipients of the Keeter Alumni Service Award and the Distinguished Alumni Awards will be
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By Loretta Fulton Seven and One Books will be the site of a book signing and reading for the first book of poetry published by Dr. Steven T. Moore, professor English at Abilene Christian University. Hours will be 4-6 p.m. The store is located at 1138 N. 2nd St. Although Moore is a prolific writer, including poetry, The Horizon Never Forgets
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By Loretta Fulton Brad East was one of three Abilene Christian University theology professors honored last fall with Christianity Today’s book awards. East earned the Award of Merit for his latest book, Letters to a Future Saint: Foundations of Faith for the Spiritually Hungry. Also cited were fellow ACU professors Dr. Mark Hamilton and Dr. Samjung Kang-Hamilton. The Award of
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By Loretta Fulton Local universities will start classes on Monday, Aug. 26, but the campuses are already buzzing with activity. Abilene Christian, Hardin-Simmons, and McMurry universities all have some form of welcoming events scheduled for the week of Aug. 20. And, since all three are church-affiliated, they also have opening chapel services scheduled. At McMurry, that also means a return
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The Siburt Institute at Abilene Christian University, established in 2012, is adding a Scholar-in-Residence program to its offerings. The first appointment is Collin Packer, who will serve during the 2024-2025 academic year. Packer received his bachelor of arts in Christian ministry and master of divinity from ACU.He then served as the lead minister for prominent Churches of Christ in Littleton,
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A public lecture on the book of Genesis is set for Tuesday, Feb. 20, at Abilene Christian University. Dr. Mark Hamilton, professor of Old Testament at ACU, will deliver an address titled “Genesis and Its World” beginning at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20 in the Packer Forum of the Brown Library on the ACU Campus. Admission is free. The lecture also
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This year’s Carmichael-Walling Lectures at Abilene Christian University will feature Dr. Laura Nasrallah of Yale Divinity School. Her presentations will be at 4 and 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, in Room 114 in ACU’s Onstead-Packer Biblical Studies Building. The lectures are free and open to the public. Register here to live stream. The lectureship is presented by ACU’s Center for the Study
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