“The Church in a Secular Age” ft. Andrew Root | Edmunds Lecture Series 2025

This November 10 and 11 (Monday and Tuesday) at 7:00 p.m., we welcome Andrew Root (Ph.D.), author and Carrie Olson Baalson Professor of Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary, USA, as guest speaker for the Edmunds Lecture Series of Second Presbyterian Church, Roanoke.

Free Admission. Light refreshments and fellowship to follow each evening.

Learn more: https://www.spres.org/edmunds-lecture-series/

Andrew Root, PhD (Princeton Theological Seminary), is the Carrie Olson Baalson Professor of Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary. He is most recently the author of "Evangelism in an Age of Despair" and the six volume Ministry in a Secular Age series (including" Churches and the Crisis of Decline," "The Congregation in a Secular Age," "The Pastor in a Secular Age," "The Church After Innovation," "The Church in an Age of Secular Mysticism" and "Faith Formation in a Secular Age"). He is also the author of "The End of Youth Ministry?" and more than a dozen other books. Andy also serves as theologian in residence at Youthfront. He has worked in congregations, parachurch ministries, and social service programs.

Flyer features original artwork created for the event by Mary Evelyn Russell.

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