North Central Regional Meeting 2026


NEW LOCATION!!


Billy Graham Center, Wheaton College

 Saturday, March 14, 2026; 8am to 4pm

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!!

Over 40 papers to be presented!

One plenary session featuring Rochelle Scheuermann!

Special anthropology track featuring:

Bob Priest, Steven Ybarrola, Kersten Priest, Mike Rynkiewich, Sue Russell, and Manuel Rauchholz!

Seven break-out rooms!

Lunch and coffee included in the registration fee! 

Registration begins at 8am; Welcome and Plenary Session starts promptly at 8:30am.

Free parking available right next to the Billy Graham Center; enter through the “Barrows Auditorium Entrance”

If you wish to stay overnight in a hotel near the Wheaton College/Billy Graham Center campus, using the preferred Wheaton College rates, please use the Wheaton College Travel Portal here: https://campustravel.com/university/wheaton-portal/

Theme:

Theological Anthropology 

for Missional Engagement

Theological anthropology is central to missiological reflection and practice, since acts of gospel witness, service, and cultural engagement all rest on assumptions about human identity, dignity, and destiny. In a rapidly changing world—marked by shifting views of spirituality, ethnicity, gender, technology, and ecology—the church must embrace a biblically faithful and missionally engaged understanding of the imago Dei. This year’s Evangelical Missiological Society Conference invites reflection on the meaning of being human and on how the doctrine of the imago Dei shapes evangelism, discipleship, community, and global mission. Together we will ask: How do theological anthropology and Christian responses to debates about personhood and identity inform the theory and practice of mission? 

Plenary Speaker:

 

Rochelle Scheuermann, PhD

 

“Disability, Imago Dei, and the Mission of the Church”