General Interest | New Testament

This year’s theme at Summit comes directly from Romans 12. Join us in the New Testament ministry community as we explore the call to genuine love in the various contexts of Romans as Christian Scripture. In our sessions, we will consider the historical and literary dimensions of this call in Romans, as well as the theological, moral, and practical considerations that can help the church and Christians live into this calling today.

community details

The Old Testament general interest community can look forward to sessions and discussions led by esteemed scholars, John Boyles, Jamey Gorman, and Tryce Prince.

THURSDAY MORNING SESSIONS

  • Session 1: Reading Romans 12 in Its First-Century Context (Part 1) | John Boyles

  • Session 2:  Reading Romans 12 in Its First-Century Context (Part 2) | Ken Cukrowski

THURSDAY AFTERNOON SESSIONS

  • Session 3: Romans 12 and a Vision of Unity | Jamey Gorman 

  • Session 4: Race and the Restoration Movement from a Romans 12 Perspective | Tryce Prince

FRIDAY MORNING SESSION

  • Session 5:  What We’ve Witnessed: A Time to Reflect Together | Group Discussion

 

FACILITATOR

DR. JOHN BOYLES

Dr. John H. Boyles is Associate Professor of Bible at Abilene Christian University. He and his wife, Lauren, enjoy being parents to their six year-old Guy. John’s interests span ancient Mediterranean social history, biblical interpretation, teaching the Bible, music, and mathematics. He has published about early church practices and organization, best practices in teaching undergraduate Bible students, and the reception of the Bible in music and film.

 

ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS

KEN CUKROWSKI

Dr. Ken Cukrowski serves as the Olbricht Distinguished Professor of Christian Scripture in the Graduate School of Theology. After finishing his undergraduate work in Bible and French at ACU, he completed his M.Div. at Yale Divinity School, and his doctoral studies in New Testament at Yale University. His recent scholarship has focused on Luke-Acts, Greco-Roman backgrounds, and intertextuality. He and his wife Karen have two adult daughters and four grandchildren. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family, watching movies, running, visiting National Parks, and eating dark chocolate.

JAMEY GORMAN

Dr. James Gorman is Associate Professor of Christian History at Abilene Christian University, where he also directs the Center for Restoration Studies. His research focuses on the history of Christianity, the Stone-Campbell Movement, race and Christianity in America, and biblical interpretation throughout American history. He is the author of Among the Early Evangelicals (2017) and Reviving the Ancient Faith: The Story of Churches of Christ in America (2024), and co-editor of Slavery’s Long Shadow: Race and Reconciliation in American Christianity (2019). He holds a Ph.D. from Baylor University, and Jamey, his wife Heather, and their two daughters call Abilene home.

TRYCE PRINCE

Tryce Prince is the Executive Director of the Carl Spain Center on Race Studies and Spiritual Action. Tryce is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology at the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC), where he studies how race shapes individual experiences and religious communities. He is the co-author of “Religion and Race: A Double-Edged Sword,” which appears in Religion Matters: What Sociology Teaches Us About Religion In Our World. He is also a Center for the Study of Religion and Society Affiliate at the University of Notre Dame (2024-25), where he has served as a consultant on research projects directed by Dr. Kraig Beyerlein and Dr. Christian Smith. Tryce, his wife Erin, and their three daughters currently live in Chicago, IL as he works towards the completion of his doctoral program.