General Assembly 2010
Special Presenters

Bill Leonard, Thursday evening speaker

Bill Leonard is the founding dean of Wake University School of Divinity in Winston-Salem, N.C., where he also serves as professor of church history. Author of some 15 books and more than 400 articles, Leonard is a frequent commentator on religion and Baptist life. Baptist Questions, Baptist Answers and The Baptist Bible, which he co-edited, were both published in 2009. Leonard earned degrees from Texas Wesleyan College, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Boston University. Previously he taught at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky. and Samford University in Birmingham, Ala. 

Learn more about Bill Leonard at:
Wake Forest University's Divinity School
Watch Bill Leonard talk about denominations, churches and hospitable traditionalism 

 

Lauren Winner, Friday evening speaker

Lauren Winner is an author and assistant professor of Christian spirituality at Duke Divinity School in Durham, N.C. She has written three books – Girl Meets God, Mudhouse Sabbath and Real Sex: The Naked Truth about Chastity.  Her writing has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post Book World, Publishers Weekly, Books and Culture and Christianity Today. A former book editor for Beliefnet, Winner earned degrees from Duke University, Columbia University and Cambridge University. She is a frequent lecturer on Christian practice, history of Christianity in America and Jewish-Christian relations.

Learn more about Lauren Winner at:
Lauren Winner's Official Web site
Listen to an audio interview with Lauren Winner
Watch Lauren Winner's sermon at Duke University's Chapel on 1/31/10
Watch a conversation with Lauren Winner about spiritual practices