In 2004, Dr. Walter B. Shurden and Dr. Kay W. Shurden of Macon, Georgia, made a gift to the BJC to establish an annual lectureship on the issues of religious liberty and the separation of church and state. The lecturers, selected by the executive director of the BJC, may be academicians, politicians, ministers, church historians, ethicists or activists. Above all, the Shurden Lecturer is someone who can inspire and call others to an ardent commitment to religious freedom and the separation of church and state.

Upcoming event

April 14-15, 2009
Mercer Univeristy, Macon, Ga.
Lecturer: TBA

Past Events

April 14-15, 2008
Wake Forest University Divinity School, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Lecturer: Dr. Charles G. Adams
Click here to listen to the sermon "All Things Are Yours."

February 26-27, 2007
Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, Tenn.
Lecturer: Dr. James M. Dunn

April 4-5, 2006
Mercer University, Macon, Ga.
Lecturer: Rabbi David Saperstein