The Faith & Culture Writers Conference comes to Multnomah University Friday evening April 5 through Saturday April 6. During the conference attendees will be able to meet individually with seasoned writers and authors for 15-minute mentoring sessions, and pitch book proposals to literary agents Bill Jensen, Jenni Burke, and David VanDiest.Friday’s Speakers
Featured Friday evening speakers are
William Paul Young, author of
The Shack and the new book
Cross Road and
Ken Wytsma, founder of
The Justice Conference and author of
Pursuing Justice. Saturday’s keynote speakers include Multnomah Biblical Seminary’s prolific author and theologian
Paul Louis Metzger, Brian Doyle, editor and author of 13 books,
Dan Merchant, filmmaker, writer and producer of
“Lord, Save Us From Your Followers,” and the 2013 documentary,
“Un|Divided.”Saturday’s Breakout Sessions
There will be 20 unique breakout sessions to choose from during the event. Some of those sessions include:
- “Reimagining Story-telling in a post-Christian era,” - Tony Kriz, Adjunct professor at Multnomah University
- “Writing Faith and Justice on the Edge of Culture,” – Randy Woodley, Activist, writer, pastor, theologian, and Distinguished Associate Professor of Faith and Culture at George Fox Evangelical Seminary
- “Professional blogging for the Portland Trailblazers” – Chris Haynes, Former Multnomah University student, current blogger, writer, and television sportscaster for Portland Trailblazers for ComcastSportsNet
- “The Call to Writing: Bringing Light into Darkness” – Tyler Braun, Recent Multnomah Biblical Seminary graduate, Pastor, and blogger
- “Freelance Writing in a Digital World” – Cornelia Becker Seigneur, Conference Director
Other topics covered
The conference also covers tools of the trade and traditional writing genres –
- Fiction
- Non-fiction
- Freelance writing
- Screenwriting
- Breaking down writers block
- Social networking
- Getting published
Vision
This year’s theme verse is found in Isaiah 43:19 “See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.”
In explaining what this conference is all about Cornelia uses a quote from Martin Luther, “If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.”
Quotes
“Within the ever-changing culture we are part of, we have to look for creative ways to communicate the message God has given to us to share. We need to seek creative ways and platforms to take our writing to the streets, the coffee shops, the public squares, and yes, the church,” said Becker Seigneur.
“Ultimately, we are here to network, engage, inspire, and validate fellow writers of faith as we seek to celebrate the very gift of creativity bestowed on us by the Great Creator Himself, who has given us creativity as a way to communicate truth to others in a culture starving for beauty and relevance and story that matters.
Registration
- $55 pre-registration
- First 50 to register get their name in a drawing for prizes
- $25 student rate
More Information
Contact information for Conference Director Cornelia Becker Seigneur
Conference Administrative Assistant Bethany Jackson
About Multnomah
Multnomah University is a fully accredited, private, non-denominational, Christian institution of higher education, located in Portland, Oregon with teaching sites in
Reno, Nevada and
Seattle, Washington. Made up of an
undergraduate Bible college, a
biblical seminary, a
graduate school, an
adult degree completion program, and an online
distance-learning program, Multnomah issues bachelor's, master's, and doctorate degrees, and professional certifications and endorsements.