

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Keith Johnson: The German Church in the 1930s
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 02 Feb, 2026 at 09:15 am – Mon, 02 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: This event is postponed due to weather -- the new date will be announced soon.

King University’s Institute for Faith &amp; Culture (IFC) speaker series, “Equipped for Every Good Work,” continues on February 2nd, 2026, with two lectures by theologian Keith Johnson. In the morning, Johnson will consider the theological positions that led the German church to embrace Nazi ideology in the 1930s, and in the evening he’ll consider the Confessing Church’s resistance to German Christian nationalism.

Johnson will speak at King University’s Memorial Chapel at 9:15 a.m. on “The Both/And: Christian Nationalism in Germany (1930-1933),” with a reception to follow in the Tadlock House. At 7:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Bristol, Virginia, he will explore “The Either/Or: Karl Barth and the Road to Barmen (1933-1934).”

Johnson is Professor of Theology and Chair of the Undergraduate Biblical &amp; Theological Studies Department at Wheaton College (IL). He is the author of “The Essential Karl Barth” and “Theology as Discipleship,” and has edited volumes including “Balm in Gilead: A Theological Dialogue with Marilynne Robinson,” and the “Wiley Blackwell Companion to Karl Barth.” He holds the B.A. and M.Div. from Baylor University, a Th.M. from Duke Divinity School, and the Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary.

“Throughout the history of Christianity, the relationship between church and state has been a contentious issue,” said Martin Dotterweich, Director of the King Institute for Faith &amp; Culture. “As we face these fraught questions today, Keith Johnson’s perceptive research on the German church in the 1930s will offer us perspective and guidance. In particular, he will present us with the bracing theology of Swiss theologian Karl Barth’s Barmen Declaration.”

Both events are free and open to the public.

The IFC spring speaker series continues on February 23rd with author Jon Sweeney discussing the 800th anniversary of the death of St Francis of Assisi. Other forthcoming visitors include historian Aaron Griffith, theologian John Arthur Nunes, James Byrd on the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, King’s own Abigail Cutter, writer Christina Bieber Lake, and a final event with Amy Peeler and Jessica Hooten Wilson.

Since 2007, the King University Institute for Faith &amp; Culture has welcomed widely recognized thinkers, authors, musicians, scholars, and philosophers to interact with students and a regional audience in a welcoming environment that catalyzes growth and understanding. The Institute serves as the standard bearer of the University’s Christ-animated exploration of the liberal arts, in conjunction with King’s mission of equipping students to answer the call of service and character inherent in the Christian faith. 

For more information, visit www.king.edu/events.
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Bristol
- **state**: TN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1350 King College Road, Bristol, TN, United States, Tennessee 37620
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- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Mon, 02 Feb, 2026 at 09:15 am
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  - **A:** King Institute for Faith and Culture
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