About Convocation

The theme for the 25th Anniversary Convocation is “Faith for Tomorrow.” Convocation will feature the Faculty of Divinity critically engaging the question “What is pressing Wake Divinity beyond our certainty, ourselves, demanding more than we ever dreamed possible?”

These conversations will offer a distinctive space to examine multiple responses to this question as the School of Divinity embarks on its next quarter century and Wake Forest University prepares to engage its third century. 

Join us as we celebrate 25 years of justice, reconciliation, and compassion and as we look ahead to the next 25 years of transformative theological education.

Schedule of Events

Moderator

Jill Crainshaw, Vice Dean for Faculty Development and Academic Initiatives and Professor of Worship and Liturgical Theology

Conversationalists

Gary Gunderson, Professor of Faith and Health of the Public

Kevin Jung, Professor of Theological Ethics and Moral Philosophy

Alton Pollard, James and Marilyn Dunn Chair in Baptist Studies and University Professor of African American Studies

Melva Sampson, Assistant Teaching Professor of Preaching and Practical Theology

John Senior, Assistant Dean of Vocational Formation and Director of Doctoral Education

Wynnetta Wimberley, Assistant Teaching Professor of Practical Theology

Moderator

Elizabeth O’Donnell Gandolfo, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Earley Associate Professor of Catholic and Latin American Studies

Conversationalists

Derek S. Hicks, Associate Professor of Religion and Culture

Austin Rivera, Assistant Professor of Church History

Katherine A. Shaner, Associate Professor of New Testament

Stacy W. Smallwood, Executive Director of the Faith COMPASS Center

Neal H. Walls, Associate Professor of Old Testament Interpretation