WAUSAU — A nationally recognized evangelist, author and executive director of the Billy Graham Center will headline the ninth Veninga Lecture on Religion and Society on Sept. 13.
Ed Stetzer, Ph.D., will speak on “Christians in the Age of Outrage: How to Bring our Best When the World is at its Worst.” This is the title of his most recent book, which will be released in October.
Stetzer holds the Billy Graham Distinguished Chairman for Church, Mission and Evangelism at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. In addition to leading the Billy Graham Center, he chairs the Evangelism and Leadership Department in Wheaton’s graduate school, according to a Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service news release.
A prolific author and well-known conference speaker, Stetzer has organized, revitalized and pastored churches and trained pastors on six continents, holds two masters’ and two doctoral degrees, and has written more than a dozen books and hundreds of articles.
Watch for updates on the WIPPS website. For more information, email [email protected] or call 715-261-6368.
Jim Veninga, former University of Wisconsin-Marathon County dean, religious studies professor and a founding father of WIPPS, created this annual lecture to help engage people on religion and its relationship to society.
