Upcoming Events
Our upcoming events empower educators to integrate the Christian faith into learning, vocation, and lifelong discipleship. View Past Events.
In-Person Events
May 21, 2026
Christian Thinking as Pilgrimage
Huntington County, IN, USA
Huntington University is hosting a CCCU regional faith integration conference on Thursday, May 21, 2026.
The conference will feature Doug and Rhonda Jacobsen (co-directors, Religion in the Academy Project). Their book, Christianity & Intellectual Inquiry, published last year by Oxford University Press, offers a Christian intellectual model centered on the concept of pilgrimage, echoing themes of Arthur Holmes, Mark Noll, George Marsden, and Richard Hughes.
Presenters at the conference will include:
Doug and Rhonda Jacobsen
Karen Lee (provost, Wheaton College)
Alison Noble (provost, Fresno Pacific University)
Kim Fenstermacher (dean of Nursing, Palm Beach Atlantic University)
Kent Eilers (professor of Theology, Huntington University)
Jeffrey Tabone (assistant professor of Honors Humanity, Indiana Wesleyan University).
A discussion guide for the Jacobsen's book, developed by Todd Ream (executive director of faculty scholarship, Indiana Wesleyan University), will be distributed.
The individual cost for the day is $125, including lunch and a copy of the Jacobsens' book. If a school sends five or more participants, the cost is $100 per participant.
October 1, 2026
The Lilly Network National Conference
Fairfield, CT, USA
The Lilly Network of Church-related Colleges and Universities holds its annual National Conference each fall on one of the Network’s member campuses. Representatives from the Network colleges and universities meet to consider a significant issue of faith and learning, exchange ideas and practices regarding their mission, and foster the whole range of Network programs and activities.
Registration for the 2026 National Conference will begin in the spring of 2026.
Virtual Events
Virtual Faith & Learning Conversations
April 2, 2026
Teaching for Wisdom: One Biblical Model for Academic Faith Integration
Paul Kaak, Ph.D. Senior Consultant and Lead Trainer, TheoMetrics
Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 3 pm ET
Faculty, Deans, and Provosts are invited to attend a FREE 90-minute interactive workshop to consider academic faith integration from the pedagogical perspective of the Bible's wisdom literature.
This interactive faculty development opportunity will be facilitated by Paul Kaak, PhD, Senior Consultant/Lead Trainer for TheoMetrics, an organization that focuses on equipping faith-based CHE institutions to build robust systems of academic faith integration.
Past Events
February 26, 2026
Teaching & Mentoring STEM Students
How can STEM faculty integrate faith and complex conversations into already full courses? Deborah Haarsma, PhD, Executive Director of the International Network for Christian Higher Education, facilitates this interactive session that explores:
Principles for how Christian faith impacts the work of science, tech, and healthcare.
The needs of today's students and techniques for addressing STEM topics in a polarized culture.
Concrete examples of student activities for lecture, lab, internships, and departments.
Developing practical applications for your own academic context.
Watch the video from this event on our Resources page.
March 19, 2026
2026 CCCU NetVUE Pre-Conference Session
The CCCU will be hosting a pre-conference session titled "Everyday Christian Teaching" focused on the integration of faith and learning at the 2026 Council of Independent Colleges (CIC)'s Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education NetVUE Conference from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on March 19, 2026. Breakfast and lunch will be included.
Dr. David I. Smith, Professor and Director of the Kuyers Institute for Christian Teaching and Learning at Calvin University will be facilitating the pre-conference gathering.
January 29, 2026
2026 CCCU International Forum
Join the largest global gathering of Christian higher education professionals for three days of powerful keynotes, worship, breakout sessions and more. The CCCU International Forum—held once every four years—returns to Dallas, TX, from January 29 – February 1, 2026, and unites presidents, cabinet members, academic deans and more key leaders from around the world.
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