The Oklahoma Christian University Lectureship is a tradition as old as the school itself, dating back to the school’s days in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
“We have had lectureship every year since school has been here from its very beginning,” Stafford North, distinguished professor of Bible, said. “It is a time when we bring speakers to lecture and to teach classes about biblical topics.”
Opening Acts is the theme for the 2015 lectureship with Acts 1:8 as the central motif.
This year, the annual event brings a little “Duck Dynasty” back to campus. Alan Robertson, the oldest of the Robertson sons, is the keynote speaker.
On Sunday, Robertson will give a lecture titled “And They Became His Witnesses” in Hardeman Auditorium at 7 p.m.
Robertson previously served as a preacher at the White’s Ferry Road Church of Christ. Now he speaks across the country to large audiences, highlighting reasons behind the success of his show.
Every year, hundreds of off-campus visitors come to the Lectureship.
“I’m expecting 1,200 to 1,300 on Sunday night,” North said. “They are all from churches all over the country, most of them from Oklahoma and Kansas. We hope students will come.”
Each year, the lectureship offers classes geared toward students.
“There are obviously tons of other people and experts on Bible subjects who are not teachers at this school,” sophomore Spencer Shaw said. “And the lectureship gives me the opportunity to learn from those people in ways that I would not get otherwise. You also get the opportunity to hear and discuss topics that you don not normally get to in the classroom.”
Students are invited to attend the Lectureship.
“The lectureship is a great opportunity to hear speeches on a variety of specific subjects,” Shaw said. “They have classes and lectures on many different things and they bring in experts on the subject.”
According to Shaw, the Lectureship serves as a place for people to come together and gain knowledge.
“The purpose of lectureship, I think, is to gain and bring people from other backgrounds and context, to push, force and form knowledge on the specific subject,” junior Elijah Weaver said. “Then, that knowledge should always push to action.”
Weaver said he thinks the lectureship could help and encourage him.
“I think people are well-learned,” Weaver said. “Always speaking in front of the world and gives us their perspective is encouraging, and seeing Christians from around the nation, wherever they come together to meet in one place, is always super encouraging.”
On Oct. 5, the second day of the lectureship, Oklahoma Christian will host a dinner honoring preachers, elders and wives.
Lectureship begins on October 4, and ends October 6. For a full schedule of events and to register and reserve meals, visit here.
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