Howard Payne University’s 18th annual Currie-Strickland Distinguished Lectures in Christian Ethics
February 4-5, 2026
For more information, call 325-649-8403.
Featuring John Litzler, Director for Public Policy at the Christian Life Commission and General Counsel for Texas Baptists
“The Modern Challenge of Religious Liberty: Protecting a Baptist Distinction from Extinction”
Lecture I: Wednesday, February 4, 2026, at 10 a.m. in L.J. Mims Auditorium
Lecture II: Thursday, February 5, 2026, at 7 p.m. in the Richard and Wanda Jackson Conference Room of the Paul and Jane Meyer Faith and Life Leadership Center
Maps
Reservations
Admission is free but reservations are requested. For more information call 325-649-8403.
About the Currie-Strickland Lectures
2021 — Dr. M. Daniel Carroll R. (Rodas) — “The Bible and Immigration”
2020 — Dr. Myles Werntz — “War and the Christian Life”
2019 — Dr. Matthew Kaemingk — “Muslim Immigration: Following Christ Through the Debate”
2018 – Rev. Suzii Paynter — “Women’s Leadership, Global Mission, and Course Correction”
2017 — Dr. Roger Olson — “Both-And Ethics: Reconciling Niebuhr and Hauerwas”
2016 — Dr. Robert Sellers — “The Gospel and Religious Pluralism”
2015 — Dr. Willie James Jennings — “The Risk of Being Christian in Racial America”
2014 — Dr. Elizabeth Newman — “Work and Rest: Vice, Virtues, and Christian Practice”
2013 — Dr. Jeph Holloway — “The Practice of Christian Moral Discernment”
2012 — Stephen Reeves, Rev. Suzii Paynter, Rev. C. Welton Gaddy — “Faith and Politics: Being Prophetic Without Being Partisan”
2011 — Rev. Ira Peak, Dr. Doug Ezell, Rev. George Mason
2010 — Dr. Gary Manning, Rev. Robert Williams, Dr. Bill Fowler
2009 — Dr. Bill Tillman, Dr. James Denison
2008 — Dr. W. David Sapp, Dr. Richard Jackson, Dr. Jimmy Allen