Video Examples Archive

     Videos on this page are NOT aimed for public consumption, they are for you only to view and study as examples of types of meetings that have been held and how they were conducted.  Please do not share this (or the URLs contained) without explicit permission to do so.  Thanks.

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A)  Archived Examples of Regular (typically monthly) Faculty Fellowship Meeting:

at USAFA   

  •     Air Force Academy (just under 40 in attendance) Dr. Steve Davis: The Problem of Evil  
    • (Besides a great talk, you’ll also see a great introduction of the speaker that relates his qualifications for speaking.)
  •     Air Force Academy (just over 50 in attendance) Dr. James Sire: Why Believe Anything at All? 
    • (Another good talk, but also a very good example of an excellent introduction and after going through his qualifications, he specifically relates the speaker to the audience.)
  •     Air Force Academy (~15 attended) Dr. Adam Pelser: C.S. Lewis on Emotion, Reason and Christian Belief  
    • (A good example of a short 25 minute presentation followed by a good question and answer time.)
  •     Air Force Academy (~20 attended) Chuck Asay: Reason for the Hope  
    • (A good example of bringing a locally well-known, yet outside speaker (to the local community) who is a Christian and can relate well to his audience.)
  •     Air Force Academy (45+ faculty) Pluralism Case Study: The Yanomami Tribe (From Venezuela)  
    • A good example of “transforming” what could have been a “missionary” talk to a more academic talk about cultural pluralism as it relates to anthropology and Christianity.
  •     Air Force Academy (about 60 faculty) Chuck Asay & Dr. Barry Fagin: Exchange of Ideas on Multiculturalism 
    • (This is for example only; it a good creative example of having an exchange between two opposing views—one in the Christian community and one outside of it—that was stimulating.  Helps locally for getting into conversations…)
  •     Air Force Academy (about 85+ faculty) Dr. Phillip E. Johnson: Darwin on Trial  
    • (The first Christian Faculty Fellowship held at USAFA around 1991.  About 80+ attended and it kicked things off for them with a bang!)

at the University of Colorado at Boulder

at Colorado State University in Ft. Collins

  •     Colorado State U (about 10 in attendance): Dr. James Lindsay: Religious Persecution 
    • (A “tough” example of choosing to address a difficult and controversial issue, but one that deserves scholarly work.  You would likely NOT want to have this as a first meeting because it can be divisive.)
  •     Colorado State U  (partial recording to group of 12): Dr. Lumina Albert: The Most Important Things in Life  
    • (Good example of a very informal atmosphere (not always the case at meetings) and use of technical assistance in the presentation.)
  •      Colorado State U (about 40 in attendance):  Dr. Douglas Axe: Undeniable: How Biological Systems Confirm Our Intuition that Life was Designed  
    • (One that, at the time, could have been divisive and controversial, but went well because the audience was prepared in advance to hear what he was going to say, and there was Q & A).
  •       Colorado State U (about 40 in attendance) Dr. John Walkup: Leaving a Lasting Legacy on Campus.
    • In his case the invited speaker held a different perspective on the priorities of ministry, placing direct evangelistic ministry above the virtue of the stewardship and reward of good teaching as a part of a Christian’s calling in academe.  That was controversial, a good example you can never be sure someone isn’t going to step on your toes theologically or ministry wise. However, since you can’t control everything that’s going to be said, you tolerate things like that because 1) outside speakers can create and stimulate conversations, 2) you can vet your outside speakers more carefully or help them to understand your differences better before they are invited, 3) through controlling who speaks in the past and future, you can have more speakers that reflect what your leadership thinks and by that, in some sense, you can indirectly control the narrative. Also, sometimes in the Q &A you can interrogate a speaker’s viewpoint. 

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B) Examples of Faculty Fellowship sponsored larger “Outreach Meetings” to whole of campus that were initiated by the local Christian faculty community.  That gives you control over who speaks and largely over what is said:

  •     Dr. Os Guinness at the University of Colorado: “Searching For God in Worldviews” 
    •    The presentation above was part of a 5 day Veritas Forum series of talks given to the campus at-large.  It’s not necessary to hold 5 day series like we did for that, typically they are now one or two days once a year, or once every other year at campuses.   Here are some examples:
  •     Dr. Henry Schafer III at University of Colorado: “Stephen Hawkings, the Big Bang and God.” 
  •     Dr. Michael Behe at University of Colorado: “Science Stumbles Over Design”

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C)  Archived examples of “Outreach” Events to the whole of campus that can be taken advantage of by local CFFs if done wisely; that is, you can co-sponsor lectures on themes that are relevant to Christianity or supportive of Christian ideas or raise important questions about relevant questions. There are also events we’ve held to speak to segments in the academy like: to the Law School professors, to students in the philosophy department, to students in engineering school and so on.

These examples are of speakers who were either invited in by other groups (that is, not by us) or speakers or events that were “invited” in by us. They serve as examples of possible meetings local fellowships could join with (because of the speaker or topic). Depending on the arrangements, it and may or may not involve coming up with some financing to bring in noted people.  





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