RESTORATION APPRECIATION BOOK
Edited by Dr. John Nugent
Contact the Advancement Department on how to get a copy
Past Restoration Appreciation Weeks
October 22 & 25, 2024
Dr. Charlie Starr
“CS Lewis and the Restoration Movement”
Video
Dr. James Gorman
“The Hidden Origins of the Stone-Campbell Movement”
Video
October 17 & 20, 2023
Jessie Harden
“Rugged Restoration Unity: Pursuing Harmony on the Eve of Civil War”
Dr. Walter Zorn
“The Restoration Movement: Its Clichés, Slogans, and Mottos”
October 18 & 21, 2022
Dr. Esther Hetrick
“Harmony by the Book: Restoration for a New Generation”
Dr. John Mark Hicks
“Defining Marks of the Church: Acts 2:42 and Restorationism”
October 19 & 22, 2021
Dr. Dan Cameron
“Stone-Campbell Anti-Creedalism: Assessment & Trajectories”
Video
Dr. Jim Estep
“Generation to Generation: Navigating the Passage between Scriptural Adherence and Cultural Relevance”
Video
Restoration Appreciation Week Pamphlet – 2021
October 20 & 23, 2020
Kate Blakely
“Reading the Scriptures Fruitfully: Alexander Campbell’s (Humble) Principles of Interpretation for the Bible”
Video
President Larry Carter
“The Didache and The Restoration Movement”
Video
Restoration Appreciation Week Pamphlet – 2020
October 15 & 18, 2019
Dr. Ron Peters
“The End of Christian Colleges and the Future of the Restoration Movement”
Audio
Dr. Keith Keeran
“P.H. Welshimer – The Conscience of a Movement”
Audio
Resources
RESTORATION APPRECIATION WEEK 2017 IN REVIEW
October was the month we hosted our second annual Restoration Appreciation Week. It was an Acts 2:42 kind of week with teaching, fellowship, breaking bread, and prayer.
- During chapel on Tuesday and Friday, we were blessed with excellent presentations by Jordan Kellicut (LEFT), minister of the Oakland Dr. Christian Church in Portage, MI and Dr. Paul Kissling (RIGHT), professor at Lincoln Christian Seminary, followed by table fellowship and discussion with both speakers Friday afternoon.
- On Tuesday evening, we were encouraged by an all-campus devotions on unity led by Colton Wesley and followed by koinonia in the dorms.
- On Wednesday evening, we celebrated with festive food and engaging activities that exposed students to the three branches of the Restoration Movement, followed by an informative and thought-provoking Q&A session with alumni servant leaders Pam St. Louis, Jared Gates, and Regan Clem.
Jordan Kellicut opened our eyes to Barton W. Stone’s apocalyptic conviction that Jesus inaugurated a new age in world history and will indeed return to consummate his reign. Jesus turned the world upside down and calls us to a life of fervent worship and evangelistic zeal. Jordan called us to imagine with Stone what it might mean for us to be “a united, unwaveringly devoted Christian Church whose eyes are only for Jesus and whose passion is singlemindedly focused on His renown.”
Paul Kissling reminded us that the task of restoration is not done and that a movement founded in Scripture must ever reform its understanding of Scripture. He highlighted our struggles to do so, our unique potential to do so, and four concrete proposals for doing so faithfully today. Paul concluded with this challenge: “If we are embracing the movement, this continuing reformation, we must become people soaked in Scripture and use the Scripture-based energy to tell the story and live the story.”
As with last year’s presentations, GLCC will be putting together a pamphlet that will be available in hardcopy and electronic forms. Visit our Restoration Appreciation page on our website for ePamphlets and video links.
These events are not just for our students. They are for GLCC family and friends! So begin making plans to join us next October! – Dr. John Nugent, Professor of Theology
VIDEOS
Tuesday – Jordan Kellicut – Watch Here
Friday – Dr. Paul Kissling – Watch here