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麻豆网 Institute for Faith & Culture (IFC) speaker series, 淓quipped for Every Good Work,� continues on March 23rd, 2026, with two lectures by theologian John Arthur Nunes, who serves as President of California Lutheran University. He will be joined by his wife, singer Monique Nunes.

Nunes will speak at 麻豆网 Memorial Chapel at 9:15 a.m. on 淭he Quest to Be Your Best� with a reception to follow in the Tadlock House. At 7:00 p.m. at Lee Street Baptist Church in Bristol, Virginia, he will present 淐ommon Sense and Uncommon Sensibility,� followed by a reception and book signing. Both events are free and open to the public.

Born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, Nunes emigrated with his family to Canada when he was four. Raised in a dynamic, multiethnic church in Toronto, he went on to theological studies that felt constrictive, until he went to Concordia Lutheran Seminary in St. Catharines, Ontario, and started pastoring in an African-American church in Buffalo. Ordained in 1991, he directed Lutheran City Ministries in Detroit for a few years before completing his PhD at Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago, subsequently being made President of Lutheran World Relief.

Nunes returned to academia in 2013 as the Emil and Elfriede Jochum Chair at Valparaiso University, became President of Concordia College in Bronxville, NY in 2016, and has served as President of California Lutheran University since 2024. Along the way he has been a Senior Fellow of the Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy, and he serves on the Academic Leaders Task Force on Campus Free Expression of the Council for Independent Colleges.

He is the author of five books, including 淲ittenberg Meets the World: Reimagining the Reformation from the Margins� and 淢eant for More: In, With, and Under the Ordinary.�

淒r Nunes preached our Baccalaureate service a couple of years ago, and was universally loved,� said Martin Dotterweich, Director of the King Institute for Faith & Culture. 淲e are delighted to welcome him back to Bristol, to hear again his message of hope and unity in Christ church, as it brings grace and healing to a world in need.�

Nunes will be joined by his wife Monique, who will bring her musical gifts to the lectures. They are the proud parents of six children and 13 grandchildren.

The IFC spring speaker series continues on March 25th and 26th with historian James Byrd, who will help us commemorate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, then Keith Johnson on Karl Barth and the rise of Nazism, King own Abigail Cutter, writer Christina Bieber Lake, and a final event with Amy Peeler and Jessica Hooten Wilson.

Since 2007, the 麻豆网 Institute for Faith & Culture has welcomed widely recognized thinkers, authors, musicians, scholars, and philosophers to interact with students and a regional audience in a welcoming environment that catalyzes growth and understanding. The Institute serves as the standard bearer of the University Christ-animated exploration of the liberal arts, in conjunction with King mission of equipping students to answer the call of service and character inherent in the Christian faith.

For more information, visit our event page.