Harbor, Pepperdine Bible Lectures

Matt Dabbs: Extra-Ordinary: How Ordinary Believers Can Disciple and Multiply Churches

A number of factors are converging they will make the training and sending of “unschooled and ordinary” Christians essential to the future of the church. This will point us to more alignment with what we see in the early church. The class will talk about what those factors are and how to prepare for those shifts.

Rex Butts: The Future Church Renewal, Mission, and the Question Aging Churches Must Face

This class will focus on mission renewal in locally established Churches of Christ. Discussion during the class will cover the practical steps involved in pursuing renewal in discerning the possibility of church renewal.

Tami Barnett: (Un)Loved: The Challenge of Loving God and Loving Others When You've Been Raised in Foster Care

Doug Peters: Your Church and It's Property/Facility

Doug Peters will interview Church Real Estate Specialist Blair Bryan about the most important facility and property concerns and best practices for church leaders. Attendees will also receive a church property/facility resource document. There will be time for Q&A and an opportunity for leaders to schedule a free confidential 1-hour appointment with a Heritage21 real estate professional during Harbor.

Roy Knight: India Calls Ministry

Lauren King Shrader: Competing with TikTok: Teaching Teens In a Distracting World

Feeling like your teaching style doesn't hit the same way it used to? Do you ever feel like teens are rolling their eyes or laugh at you when you speak? Come explore the ideas of connecting and creating WITH students to help the gospel story take root. In this class, you will be given tools to enhance your teaching on being engaging yet authentic while remaining firm in the Truth that is the greatest story ever told. Let's not be boring ministers but impactful teachers with the privilege that we've been given to teach today's teens.

Stacy Jones: "Don't Miss the Moment!" - A Data Driven Analysis of the Need for Intergenerational Ministry (Part 2)

Don't Miss the Moment explores post-quarantine data trends revealing the greatest opportunities for church growth through intentional intergenerational ministry. This workshop equips leaders with practical, data-driven insights to help congregations reclaim momentum, strengthen discipleship across generations, and build a sustainable future.

Connie Horton: RISE: A Resilience Model for Your Congregation....And You!

Jeff Brown: Love Listens: Stories From the Margins of the Present Moment in America of Image-Bearers and Injustice

Matt Dabbs: Extra-Ordinary: Why Ordinary Christians Will Shape the Future of the Church

A number of factors are converging they will make the training and sending of “unschooled and ordinary” Christians essential to the future of the church. This will point us to more alignment with what we see in the early church. The class will talk about what those factors are and how to prepare for those shifts.

Sam Morris: Beyond the Surface

Bobby Harrington & David Young: Theological Hills to Die On: Clarity, Conviction and Compassion (Part 1)

We will focus on the essential elements of the faith—the gospel and allegiant faith. 

Dan Henegar: The Worlds Okay-est Listeners and Worst Interpreters

Teenagers are considered by many to the most difficult demographic at our congregations to teach. They listen with one ear (sometimes) and what they do hear they often misconstrue. We will learn, then discuss, practical ways to create value and worth for the teens in our churches. Hint: it’s not just the Youth Ministers job!

Randy Coppinger: Technical Ministry: Pillars of Intentional Worship (Part 1)

Chris Goldman: What We've Lost and What We've Gained

As churches of Christ have changed, closed, and merged, what have been the gains and losses from a preacher who's taken the journey (ideally a two day class dealing with heritage laments one day and gains the next).

Carole Hamilton: GET OFF THE PORCH!

Feeling stuck but ready for change? Get Off the Porch challenges you to move beyond excuses, fear, and comfort into healing and wholeness. Inspired by John 5, this session will help you identify what’s holding you back and empower you to walk forward in faith.

Tiffany Malone: I Am: True Identity - Colossians 1:27 (Part 1)

Cam Huxford: Mastering What Jesus Said was the Most Important Thing! Matthew 22: 34-40

Ammar Saheli: Restoration Heritage & the Love Nexus: Reflections From a Personal Journey Part I (1 Cor 13:1-3)

This two-part presentation, first focuses on the radical essence of love, from a peacekeeping to a peacemaking motif, in a world and church that can often find itself stuck in silence. Additionally, we will explore an individualized and collective journey through our Restoration heritage with challenges, successes, and ephiphanies along the way. Come hear a story and be prepared to highlight yours.

Kelly Dagley: Her Excellent Ways: Women Leading in Restoration Movement

Ken Lamont, Rob Denton & Mike Malatka: Passing the Baton: Helping Transitions in Church Leadership (Part 1)

Connie Horton: RISE: Faith-Based Resilience for Everyone

Steve Lounsbury: Making Disciples In 2026: What's New, What's Old, and What Are We Learning?

Making and maturing disciples remains the church's core mission. Each generation must consider how to advance the gospel and adapt to changing cultural trends without compromising the power of the cross and the inspiration of the gospel. This class will share what is working and what is not based on ministering to the Westside of Los Angeles over the past 7 years.

Dyron Daughrity: Scripture: Our Final Authority (Part 1)

This class is will explain, historically and theologically, why we consider the Bible as our "final authority" in the Churches of Christ.

Phil Brookman: How to Pray for a Nation Without Being a Nationalist: Revisiting 1 Timothy 2 (Part 1)

Have you ever heard a prayer that felt more like a verbal billboard for a particular ideology rather than an authentic expression of petition, intercession and thanksgiving from a believer to the Lord? Or, have you ever been the one praying such a prayer? We certainly need to have grace for ourselves and each other as we fumble our way towards a deeper prayer life, but one particular area that is difficult is praying for kings and rulers. Paul clearly instructs early believers to pray for “kings and all those inauthority,” but how exactly are we supposed to do that today in our agenda driven polarized culture? This class will explore 1 Timothy 2:1-7 in its context and move towards how we might apply it to our prayer lives today.