WELCOME TO THE HARDING LECTURES

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
3 p.m. TUESDAY CLASSES
Questions We Wish We Could Ask at Church,
part 3
Ross Cochran, McInteer 150
More Than Just Another Evangelical Church, part 3
Dan Chambers, McInteer 125
Monte Cox
Monte Cox has taught Bible and missions at
Harding since 1992. He is dean of the College
of Bible and Missions and has served as the
director of Harding’s Center for World Missions
for 15 years. He teaches courses in missions,
anthropology, world religions, North American
culture, and some textual Bible courses. He also
serves as an elder and preaching minister of the
Downtown Church of Christ in Searcy and
organizes the annual Arkansas Shepherding
Conference. Cox has an M.A. in missiology and
church growth from Harding School of Theology and a Ph.D. in intercultural studies
from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Chicago. He and his wife, Beth, moved to
Kenya with three other couples in 1982 and began a new church- planting ministry
among the indigenous Kalenjin -speaking peoples of Western Kenya that led to
the establishment of 120- plus congregations with more than 3,000 members. The
couple has three children and one grandchild.
MUSICAL EVENTS
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
6:30 p.m. Harding Concert Choir
Kelly Neill, director, Benson Auditorium
8:30 p.m. “Prodigals Musical”
(See back cover for more information)
Heritage Auditorium
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
6:30 p.m. Harding Academy Chorus Concert
Craig Jones, director, Benson Auditorium
8:30 p.m. Old-Time Gospel Singing
Mike Wood, Cone Chapel
“Prodigals Musical”
Heritage Auditorium
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
4 p.m. Belles and Beaux Concert
Chuck Hicks, director, C.L. Kay Plaza
6:30 p.m. Good News Singers Concert
Chuck Hicks, director, Benson Auditorium
9 p.m. Chamber Singers Concert
Kelly Neill, director, Reynolds Recital Hall
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
6:30 p.m. Harding Chorus Concert
Cliff Ganus, director, Benson Auditorium
12 • Harding Lectureship 2015
Maintenance to Missional, part 3
Steve Cloer, McInteer 145
Shepherding: Befriending Your Preacher
Stephen Teel, McInteer 229
The class will stress the positive ways that elders can
make their preacher a friend, to the mutual benefit
of both. What practical things can be done cultivate
honest and open relationships? What is to be
avoided? How do the biblical examples of David and
Jonathan and Paul and Barnabas speak to this goal?
The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree
Tom Alexander, McInteer 230
Black Presence in Restoration History, part 3
James Maxwell, McInteer 353
Missionary Teams: The Shelter of Each Other
Dale Hawley, McInteer 253
Going to the mission field with a team can be a lifesaver
and a point of great frustration at the same time!
Team members provide an oasis of support in foreign
culture, but they can also a source of conflict. This
session will explore dynamics unique to mission teams
and offer ideas about working together successfully.
Ministry Training:
An Indigenous Model From Albania
Bledar Valca, McInteer 233
This session deals with the solution to the combined
problem of training church workers who are already
doing the work by native preachers who are already
busy in their ministry while at the same time combining
the experience and interest of foreign supporters.
Pure Heart Vision: Overcoming Three
Temptations of Ministering to Others — Power
Randy Willingham, Liberty Room
Women’s Program:
Living Dreams — A Teacher’s Story
Bobbie Solley, Heritage Auditorium
To dream is to look to the future and think of all
we can be, all we can do but only if we dream in the
Lord. Dreaming in Christ allows him to work in us
and through us to accomplish his mission for our
lives. This session will focus on how our dreams can
become avenues to glorify God.