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Fall Conference

The A.A. Pedersen Lectureship explored “preaching by heart” and the Continuing Education sessions explored decreasing worship attendance and the perception that the Church in America is dying, followed by why there is still tremendous hope in the midst of this crisis.

A.A. Pedersen Lectureship

Thursday

Dr. Ryan Tinetti

Many pastors would like to be able to preach without notes but are unsure whether they could ever do it—or how. In these lectures, Dr. Tinetti provides an overview of what it means to “preach by heart,” why it matters, and how to do it.

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Dr. Ryan Tinetti is assistant professor of Practical Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. Tinetti earned a Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) (2019) at Duke University in Durham, N.C., and a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) (2010) from Concordia Seminary. Before joining the CSL faculty, Ryan served for 14 years as a parish pastor in three different parishes in Michigan, Washington, and California. Ryan is the author of Preaching by Heart (Cascade Press, 2021) and “The Quiet Ambition” (Intervarsity Press, 2025). He regularly writes a column titled “The Preacher’s Toolbox” for the Craft of Preaching website. Tinetti and his wife, Anne, have four children

Continuing Education

Pastor Jim Davis

We are currently experiencing the largest and fastest religious shift in US history. Tens of millions of regular Christian worshipers have decided to stop attending church, leaving little explanation as to why. After commissioning the largest and most comprehensive study of dechurching in America, the authors of The Great Dechurching (Jim Davis and Michael Graham) investigated the insights gleaned from this study to discover why so many people are no longer attending church, what’s at stake if nothing is done about it, and why there is still tremendous hope in the midst of this crisis.

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Pastor Jim Davis (MDiv, Reformed Theological Seminary) is teaching pastor at Orlando Grace Church and host of As in Heaven podcast. He and his wife, Angela, speak for Family Life’s Weekend to Remember marriage getaways. They have four children.