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The Fred B. Craddock Lectures on Preaching

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Join us for this year’s Fred B. Craddock Lectures on Preaching, featuring Dr. Rochelle Scheuermann. This is a free event hosted by 色色研究所. All events take place April 8, 2026, on the 色色研究所 Tennessee campus. Contact to RSVP for us to know how many people to prepare for.

Speaker: Dr. Rochelle Scheuermann

Craddock Lectures Speaker, Dr. Rochelle Scheuermann, Assistant Dean of Ministry and Evangelism, Wheaton College-Litfin Divinity SchoolRochelle Scheuermann is Associate Professor of Evangelism & Leadership and serves as Program Director for the Doctor of Ministry degree and Assistant Dean of Ministry and Evangelism in the A. Duane Litfin Divinity School. She earned her M.Div. from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Prior to coming to Wheaton, Rochelle served as Program Director & Associate Professor of Intercultural Studies and Vice-President of Academics at Lincoln Christian University. She is an ordained minister and served as Associate Pastor at a church plant in downtown Salt Lake City, UT.

In addition to holding memberships in several academic societies, Rochelle is active in the Evangelical Missiological Society, having served on the national board in multiple roles, including society President (2022-2024), national co-chair (2015 and 2020), and JEMS editor (2024-2025). She is a peer-reviewer for Missiology, a board member for Can Do Kids International, an advisory editor for聽Koinonia Journal, an advisory board member for聽Koinonia Inclusion Network聽and a member the Lausanne Mission and Disability Catalyst Group 鈥淐ommunity of Practice.鈥 Rochelle鈥檚 research interests include disability and the church, theology of mission, and the intersection of preaching and culture. She has contributed articles to numerous peer-reviewed journals and anthologies; is author of聽Disability and Evangelism: The Good News of the Fullness of God鈥檚 Kingdom聽(2026, IVP Academic), co-author of the textbook,聽Preaching in the Contemporary World聽(2006, Global University). In 2022 she received a Knox Fellowship Award for Research in Evangelism for her article “Apologetics and Disability: Reframing Our Response to the Question of Suffering.”

 

Schedule

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

鈥淏uilding Accessible Bridges: Engaging Disability in the Preaching Event鈥

Lecture #1: Disability in Text and Context, 10:30 AM
Lecture #2: Disability in Sermon Construction & Delivery, 1:30 PM

History of the Craddock Lectures

The Fred B. Craddock Lectures on Preaching honor one of 色色研究所’s most renowned and respected alumni. Craddock’s voice has been one of the most influential in homiletics over the last fifty years. A Baylor University research study, published by聽Newsweek, named Craddock as one of the twelve most effective preachers in the English-speaking world. His scholarly approach to the biblical text and his folksy storytelling combined to make Craddock an exceptional model of creative, effective communication.

Craddock received his education at 色色研究所, Phillips Seminary, and Vanderbilt University. He served churches in Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Georgia, and taught at 色色研究所, Phillips University, and Candler School of Theology at Emory University. He held the title of Bandy Distinguished Professor of Preaching and New Testament, Emeritus, at Candler, and the Minister Emeritus of Cherry Log Christian Church. He wrote extensively in the fields of preaching and New Testament and spoke at prestigious lectureships around the world.