Preaching in an Age of Contempt 

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learn and renew
Join us live on Zoom for a three-day, facilitated preaching conference with Iliff School of Theology. Designed for pastors, worship leaders, and community organizers, this interactive online experience combines keynote presentations with guided discussion, collaborative learning, and opportunities to engage with speakers and fellow participants.
what participants will experience
Together, we'll explore what it means to proclaim the gospel faithfully in a complex context—between pulpit and public life, worship and witness, theological reflection and embodied practice.
Dates and Times
Conference opens Tuesday September 15 at 6pm with a full program of sermons, lectures, and workshops. Conference concludes Thursday September 17 at 12:00 pm
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Engaging Online Experience
Join the conference from anywhere through our live, facilitated Zoom experience. Zoom information and instructions will be sent the week before the conference.

Faithful preaching. Courageous conversation. Shared practice.

Virtual participants will engage in keynote presentations, optional guided discussions, and interactive learning alongside fellow attendees. Designed to be more than a webinar, the online experience offers meaningful opportunities to reflect, connect, and participate throughout the conference.
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We invite you to join us live on Zoom for community and conversation! If you need to step away, the conference recording will be available for two months after the conference concludes.

Our team

2026 Conference Presenters

Rev. Dr. William Willimon

Rev. Dr. Zina Jacque
Rev. Dr. Miguel De La Torre

Rev. Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook

Rev. Dr. Kirk Byron Jones
Rev. Dr. Joy J. Moore

Rev. Dr. Melanie Jones Quarles

Rev. Dr. Porter C. Taylor
Dr. Tamisha Tyler

Rev. Ian Cummins

Rev. Dr. Cynthia Wilson

Conference Schedule
(All in Mountain Time)

Tuesday, September 15

6:00-6:30 pm Zoom begins with Welcome and Land Acknowledgment
6:30-7:30 Opening Worship & Communion: Will Willimon
7:30-8:30 Opening Lecture: Miguel De La Torre

Wednesday. September 16

8:30-9:30 Sermon: Porter C. Taylor
9:30-9:45 Break / Optional Online Conversation
9:45-10:45  Lecture: Suzan Johnson Cook
10:45-11:00 Optional Online Conversation
11:00-12:00 Lecture: Ian Cummins
12:00-1:00 Break
1:00-1:30 Optional Facilitated Discussion
1:30-2:30 Lecture:  Kirk Byron Jones
2:30-2:45 Break / Optional Online Conversation
2:45-3:45 Sermon: Melanie Jones Quarles
3:45-4:00 Break / Optional Online Conversation 
4:00-5:00 Workshop: Tamisha Tyler
5:00-7:00 Break
7:00-8:00 Evening Worship: Cynthia Wilson 

Thursday, September 17

9:15-10:15 am Lecture: Joy J. Moore
10:15-10:30 Break / Optional Online Conversation
10:30-11:30 Closing Worship: Zina Jacque
11:30-12:00 Optional Facilitated Discussion

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Who we are

Iliff School of Theology is a graduate theological school rooted in the formation of leaders for justice, public life, and faithful ministry. For over 130 years, Iliff has prepared clergy and scholars who take seriously both the Gospel and the world into which it is proclaimed.

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