This year's conference is scheduled for August 21-22, 2025.
You can register here: Henkel Conference registration
To be added to the conference distribution list or to receive scholarship information for high school and college students, please send an email to: [email protected].
The best hotel arrangements are at the Hampton Inn Skyline.
Another convenient hotel option is the Holiday Inn Express.
Those scheduled to present include:
You can register here: Henkel Conference registration
To be added to the conference distribution list or to receive scholarship information for high school and college students, please send an email to: [email protected].
The best hotel arrangements are at the Hampton Inn Skyline.
Another convenient hotel option is the Holiday Inn Express.
Those scheduled to present include:
- Andrew Walker, Associate Professor of Christian Ethics and Public Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS), Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC), and Managing Editor of WORLD Opinions
- Peter McCullough, MD, internist, cardiologist, and epidemiologist, who manages common infectious diseases as well as the cardiovascular complications of both the viral infection and the injuries developing after the COVID-19 vaccine
- Chad O. Jackson, a Dallas-based entrepreneur and researcher who starred in the Uncle Tom films and makes the case for moral Christian ethics, family values, independence and intentional citizenship
- Joy Pullmann, Executive Editor of The Federalist and an 18-year education and politics reporter, as well as cofounder of a Christian classical school and author of classical curricula.
- Scott Stiegemeyer, Associate Professor of Theology and Bioethics at Concordia University Irvine.
- Katie Coblentz, Christian wife
- Jeffrey Hemmer, Pastor at Bethany Lutheran Church
- Willie Grills, Pastor at Zion Lutheran Church and co-host of A Word Fitly Spoken and A Brief History of Power
To view presentations from prior years, click here.
Tentative schedule:
Thursday, August 21
11:00 - Registration
12:00 - Matins
12:45 - Break (light snacks provided)
1:00 - Presentations and Q&As with intermittent breaks
6:30 - Evening meal at Rock'n Dough Pizza and Brewery (provided)
Friday, August 22
8:45 - Matins
9:30 - Break
9:45 - Presentation and Q&A
11:00 - Lunch (provided)
12:00 - Presentations and Q&As with intermittent breaks
Thursday, August 21
11:00 - Registration
12:00 - Matins
12:45 - Break (light snacks provided)
1:00 - Presentations and Q&As with intermittent breaks
6:30 - Evening meal at Rock'n Dough Pizza and Brewery (provided)
Friday, August 22
8:45 - Matins
9:30 - Break
9:45 - Presentation and Q&A
11:00 - Lunch (provided)
12:00 - Presentations and Q&As with intermittent breaks
About the presenters
Andrew Walker
Andrew T. Walker, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Christian Ethics and Public Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is an Associate Dean in the School of Theology and the Executive Director of the Carl F. H. Henry Institute for Evangelical Engagement at Southern Seminary. Walker is also a Fellow in Christian Political Thought at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and serves as the Managing Editor of WORLD Opinions. He is the author of several books related to Christian ethics and public theology. Before his appointment at Southern Seminary, Walker worked for The Heritage Foundation and The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. Walker researches and writes about the intersection of Christian ethics, public theology, and the common good. His academic research interests include natural law theory, human dignity, theology of law, family stability, church-state studies, and social conservatism. His analysis has been cited in such outlets as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and many others. He resides in Louisville, Kentucky with his wife and three daughters and teaches a weekly community group in his local church.
Peter McCullough, MD
Dr. McCullough is an internist, cardiologist, epidemiologist holding degrees from Baylor University, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, University of Michigan, and Southern Methodist University. He manages common infectious diseases as well as the cardiovascular complications of both the viral infection and the injuries developing after the COVID-19 vaccine in Dallas TX, USA.
He has broadly published on a range of topics in medicine with more than 1000 publications and over 685 citations in the National Library of Medicine. His works include “Pathophysiological Basis and Rationale for Early Outpatient Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Infection” - the first widely utilized treatment regimen for ambulatory patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 in the American Journal of Medicine and subsequently updated in Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine. He later published the first detoxification approach titled “Clinical Rationale for SARS-CoV-2 Base Spike Protein Detoxification in Post COVID-19 and Vaccine Injury Syndromes” in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons and the PUBMED indexed journal CUREUS. He has dozens of peer-reviewed publications on the infection and has commented extensively on the medical response to the COVID-19 crisis in The Hill, America Out Loud, and on FOX NEWS Channel.
Dr. McCullough testified multiple times in the US Senate, US House of Representatives, Texas Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, Arizona Senate and House of Representatives, Colorado General Assembly, New Hampshire Senate, Pennsylvania Senate, and South Carolina Senate concerning many aspects of the pandemic response. He has had years of dedicated academic and clinical efforts in combating the SARS-CoV-2 virus and in doing so, has reviewed thousands of reports, participated in scientific congresses, group discussions, press releases, and has been considered among the world's experts on COVID-19.
Chad O. Jackson
Chad O. Jackson is a Dallas-based entrepreneur and researcher who starred in the hit 2020 film, Uncle Tom and the subsequent 2022 film, Uncle Tom II. Chad is a frequent contributor to podcasts, radio shows, news programs and to the Uncle Tom YouTube Channel, making the case for moral Christian ethics, family values, independence and intentional citizenship
Joy Pullmann
Joy Pullmann is executive editor of The Federalist. Her new book with Regnery is "False Flag: Why Queer Politics Mean the End of America." A happy wife and the mother of six children, her ebooks include "Classic Books For Young Children," and "101 Strategies For Living Well Amid Inflation." An 18-year education and politics reporter, Joy has testified before nearly two dozen legislatures on education policy and appeared on major media including Tucker Carlson, CNN, Fox News, OANN, NewsMax, Ben Shapiro, and Dennis Prager. Joy is a grateful graduate of the Hillsdale College honors and journalism programs who identifies as native American and gender natural. Joy is also the cofounder of a high-performing Christian classical school and the author and coauthor of classical curricula. Her traditionally published books also include "The Education Invasion: How Common Core Fights Parents for Control of American Kids," from Encounter Books.
Scott Stiegemeyer
The Reverend Doctor Scott Stiegemeyer teaches theology, church history, and bioethics at Concordia University, Irvine. Scott is originally from Kansas City, MO. He graduated from Concordia University-Ann Arbor, MI in 1991 and Concordia Theological Seminar, Fort Wayne, IN with a Master of Divinity degree in 1995. He later earned a Master of Arts degree in bioethics from Trinity International University, Deerfield, IL and a doctoral degree in bioethics from Loyola University in Chicago, IL. Prior to coming to Concordia University, he served as a pastor in Pittsburgh, PA, the Director of Admission at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, IN, and as pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Elmhurst, IL. Scott writes and speaks often about bioethics, the theology of the body, and issues in contemporary ministry.
Jeffrey Hemmer
The Rev. Jeffrey B. Hemmer is an assistant to the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS). Prior to joining the president’s staff in August 2021, Hemmer served as pastor of Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church in Fairview Heights, Ill. He continues to serve as pastor there in a part-time capacity.
Born in Belleville, Ill., Hemmer received a B.A. in English from Concordia University, Nebraska, Seward, Neb., and an M.Div. from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Concordia Seminary, working on a dissertation on the theology of body and the theology of place. His other theological and academic interests include biblical masculinity and the function of Christian fathers, the role of the resurrection in Christian ethics, and martyrdom and the cross-shaped Christian life.
Hemmer is the author of Man Up!: The Quest for Masculinity (CPH, 2017); Behold the Man! Lenten and Easter sermon series (CPH, 2019); A Noble Army sermon series on the martyrs (CPH, 2020); and assorted other articles, essays and posts.
Hemmer and his wife, Laura, live in Fairview Heights, Ill., while they restore an 1860s farmhouse in Caseyville, Ill. They have eight children.
Willie Grills
Rev. Willie Grills is pastor of Zion Lutheran Church of Avilla in Alexander, AR. He is the co-host of the podcasts “A Brief History of Power” and “A Word Fitly Spoken.” He is also the host of “Samson’s Foxes” on KDIS/Salem Media, Little Rock.
Andrew Walker
Andrew T. Walker, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Christian Ethics and Public Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is an Associate Dean in the School of Theology and the Executive Director of the Carl F. H. Henry Institute for Evangelical Engagement at Southern Seminary. Walker is also a Fellow in Christian Political Thought at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and serves as the Managing Editor of WORLD Opinions. He is the author of several books related to Christian ethics and public theology. Before his appointment at Southern Seminary, Walker worked for The Heritage Foundation and The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. Walker researches and writes about the intersection of Christian ethics, public theology, and the common good. His academic research interests include natural law theory, human dignity, theology of law, family stability, church-state studies, and social conservatism. His analysis has been cited in such outlets as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and many others. He resides in Louisville, Kentucky with his wife and three daughters and teaches a weekly community group in his local church.
Peter McCullough, MD
Dr. McCullough is an internist, cardiologist, epidemiologist holding degrees from Baylor University, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, University of Michigan, and Southern Methodist University. He manages common infectious diseases as well as the cardiovascular complications of both the viral infection and the injuries developing after the COVID-19 vaccine in Dallas TX, USA.
He has broadly published on a range of topics in medicine with more than 1000 publications and over 685 citations in the National Library of Medicine. His works include “Pathophysiological Basis and Rationale for Early Outpatient Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Infection” - the first widely utilized treatment regimen for ambulatory patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 in the American Journal of Medicine and subsequently updated in Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine. He later published the first detoxification approach titled “Clinical Rationale for SARS-CoV-2 Base Spike Protein Detoxification in Post COVID-19 and Vaccine Injury Syndromes” in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons and the PUBMED indexed journal CUREUS. He has dozens of peer-reviewed publications on the infection and has commented extensively on the medical response to the COVID-19 crisis in The Hill, America Out Loud, and on FOX NEWS Channel.
Dr. McCullough testified multiple times in the US Senate, US House of Representatives, Texas Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, Arizona Senate and House of Representatives, Colorado General Assembly, New Hampshire Senate, Pennsylvania Senate, and South Carolina Senate concerning many aspects of the pandemic response. He has had years of dedicated academic and clinical efforts in combating the SARS-CoV-2 virus and in doing so, has reviewed thousands of reports, participated in scientific congresses, group discussions, press releases, and has been considered among the world's experts on COVID-19.
Chad O. Jackson
Chad O. Jackson is a Dallas-based entrepreneur and researcher who starred in the hit 2020 film, Uncle Tom and the subsequent 2022 film, Uncle Tom II. Chad is a frequent contributor to podcasts, radio shows, news programs and to the Uncle Tom YouTube Channel, making the case for moral Christian ethics, family values, independence and intentional citizenship
Joy Pullmann
Joy Pullmann is executive editor of The Federalist. Her new book with Regnery is "False Flag: Why Queer Politics Mean the End of America." A happy wife and the mother of six children, her ebooks include "Classic Books For Young Children," and "101 Strategies For Living Well Amid Inflation." An 18-year education and politics reporter, Joy has testified before nearly two dozen legislatures on education policy and appeared on major media including Tucker Carlson, CNN, Fox News, OANN, NewsMax, Ben Shapiro, and Dennis Prager. Joy is a grateful graduate of the Hillsdale College honors and journalism programs who identifies as native American and gender natural. Joy is also the cofounder of a high-performing Christian classical school and the author and coauthor of classical curricula. Her traditionally published books also include "The Education Invasion: How Common Core Fights Parents for Control of American Kids," from Encounter Books.
Scott Stiegemeyer
The Reverend Doctor Scott Stiegemeyer teaches theology, church history, and bioethics at Concordia University, Irvine. Scott is originally from Kansas City, MO. He graduated from Concordia University-Ann Arbor, MI in 1991 and Concordia Theological Seminar, Fort Wayne, IN with a Master of Divinity degree in 1995. He later earned a Master of Arts degree in bioethics from Trinity International University, Deerfield, IL and a doctoral degree in bioethics from Loyola University in Chicago, IL. Prior to coming to Concordia University, he served as a pastor in Pittsburgh, PA, the Director of Admission at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, IN, and as pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Elmhurst, IL. Scott writes and speaks often about bioethics, the theology of the body, and issues in contemporary ministry.
Jeffrey Hemmer
The Rev. Jeffrey B. Hemmer is an assistant to the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS). Prior to joining the president’s staff in August 2021, Hemmer served as pastor of Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church in Fairview Heights, Ill. He continues to serve as pastor there in a part-time capacity.
Born in Belleville, Ill., Hemmer received a B.A. in English from Concordia University, Nebraska, Seward, Neb., and an M.Div. from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Concordia Seminary, working on a dissertation on the theology of body and the theology of place. His other theological and academic interests include biblical masculinity and the function of Christian fathers, the role of the resurrection in Christian ethics, and martyrdom and the cross-shaped Christian life.
Hemmer is the author of Man Up!: The Quest for Masculinity (CPH, 2017); Behold the Man! Lenten and Easter sermon series (CPH, 2019); A Noble Army sermon series on the martyrs (CPH, 2020); and assorted other articles, essays and posts.
Hemmer and his wife, Laura, live in Fairview Heights, Ill., while they restore an 1860s farmhouse in Caseyville, Ill. They have eight children.
Willie Grills
Rev. Willie Grills is pastor of Zion Lutheran Church of Avilla in Alexander, AR. He is the co-host of the podcasts “A Brief History of Power” and “A Word Fitly Spoken.” He is also the host of “Samson’s Foxes” on KDIS/Salem Media, Little Rock.
