HCU Apologetics Day 2025
Tolkien and Imaginative Apologetics
Saturday, March 22, 2025 at Christ Community Church
Prices:
$40- Standard Registration
$20- Student Registration
$150- Program Sponsor- includes attendance for one, name in the program, and thanked from stage
$300- Table Sponsor- includes attendance for two, name in the program, thanked from stage, and table at the conference
Location
Christ Community Church
1303 Sherwood Forest St. C, Houston, TX 77043
Holly Ordway is the Cardinal Francis George Professor of Faith and Culture at the Word on Fire Institute, and Visiting Professor of Apologetics at Houston Christian University. She holds a PhD in English from the University of Massachusetts and is a subject editor for the Journal of Inklings Studies. She is the author of the award-winning Tolkien’s Modern Reading: Middle-earth Beyond the Middle Ages, and has contributed chapters on Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and the Inklings to volumes such as C.S. Lewis in Poets’ Corner, The Inklings and King Arthur, and C.S. Lewis’s List. Her book Tolkien’s Faith: A Spiritual Biography was released in time for the 50th anniversary of Tolkien’s death.
The Revd Canon Professor Trevor Hart is Rector of Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church, St Andrews and Canon Theologian of St Ninian’s Cathedral, Perth. He was formerly Professor of Divinity and founding Director of the Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts in the University of St Andrews. Trevor has lectured internationally and published widely on the importance of imagination for Christian faith, ministry and theology. His publications include Tree of Tales: Tolkien, Literature and Theology (ed. with Ivan Khovacs, Baylor, 2007), Between the Image and the Word (Ashgate, 2013), Making Good: Creation, Creativity and Artistry (Baylor, 2014), In Him Was Life: The Person and Work of Christ (Baylor, 2019) Faith Thinking: The Dynamics of Christian Theology (Wipf & Stock, 2020) and most recently Confessing and Believing: The Apostles’ Creed as Script for the Christian Life (Fortress, 2022). When not doing pastoral or academic things Trevor enjoys doing things with wood, noodling ineffectually on one of his guitars, and listening to music (preferably on vinyl…).
David was adopted from Seattle, grew up in Port Orchard, and went to school in South Kitsap High. When he was 21, he moved to Los Angeles and started working as an accounting and financial recruiter where he climbed the ladder, eventually becoming a partner with another company. From the age of 15, David was an atheist, and it wasn’t until after marrying his wife Grace that David became a Christian. While living in San Diego his faith grew, and he began serving at his local church and sensed a calling to vocational ministry. David, Grace, & their two children (Michael & Madison) spent 10 years planting churches in California and serving as a Board Member for the Acts 29 Network as well as Acts 29 International before moving to Seattle in 2011 where David was lead pastor of Mars Hill West Seattle (later to become Trinity West Seattle). The Fairchilds served faithfully in Seattle until the Fall of 2019 when they responded to C3Houston’s need for a lead pastor. He is the Acts 29 regional director for Texas. David is interested in theology, leadership, culture, and Jiu Jitsu.
For questions, please contact apologetics@HC.edu or 281-649-3383.