Fall Convocation | Faith in a Digital Age

Shape the Future of Faith!

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    Video

    November 14-15, 2024

    Location:
    SMU | Hughes-Trigg
    3140 Dyer St Dallas, TX 75205

    Online Registration: September 4, 2024 - November 6, 2024

    Registration is now closed.

    Why You Should Attend:

    1. Gain Practical Tools for Digital Ministry

    Learn actionable strategies to integrate technology into worship and community-building while staying true to your faith values.

    2. Engage with Visionary Thought Leaders

    Participate in conversations with experts like Cole Arthur Riley and Noreen Herzfeld on AI, ethics and faith in a tech-driven world.

    3. Connect with a Like-Minded Community

    Build relationships with church leaders and innovators who are passionate about integrating technology into ministry while staying rooted in faith.

     

    Perkins Fall Convocation is an annual gathering highlighting various intersections of faith and culture through relevant lectures, presentations, workshops and liturgical expressions around a selected theme. Formerly Ministers Week, Fall Convocation offers a broad learning community for church and community leaders alike.


    2024 Guest Lecturers

    • Dr. Noreen Herzfeld

      Noreen Herzfeld is the Nicholas and Bernice Reuter Professor of Science and Religion at St. John’s University and the College of St. Benedict. She is the author of The Artifice of Intelligence: Divine and Human Relationship in a Robotic World (Fortress, 2023), In Our Image: Artificial Intelligence and the Human Spirit (Fortress, 2002), and Technology and Religion: Remaining Human in a Co-Created World (Templeton, 2009).

    • Cole Arthur Riley

      Cole Arthur Riley is a writer and poet. She is the author of the NYT bestsellers, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories that Make Us and Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human. Cole is also the creator and writer of Black Liturgies, a project that integrates spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black literature, and the Black body.