A Common Call

Through A Common Call weekend conferences, you can engage with faculty from around the world who are honoring Christ in their teaching, research, and service.

What we’re often missing as Christ-following faculty:

Hearing from others who have honored Christ in their teaching, research, and service

The chance to network with colleagues from other universities

Exploring with other Christian professors our common call to the university and the world

Opportunities to share ideas for effective ministry

Want to host an A Common Call conference?

Whether local, virtual, or both, our experienced conference team can guide you through the process of gathering Christian colleagues together for encouragement, networking, and fresh ideas for ministry.

“Professors are busy people, but A Common Call conferences give us a great opportunity to meet colleagues and learn strategies that are practical to use to make an eternal impact on our campuses.”

Phil Bishop, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Kinesiology, University of Alabama

2025-2026 A Common Call conferences:

University of Georgia

February 21, 2026, Athens, GA

This A Common Call conference will allow you to engage with faculty from around the region who are honoring Christ in their teaching, research, and service. Getting away for one day with other Christ-following faculty will refresh you in your faith and challenge you in how to be more effective in serving Christ. This time invested in your spiritual life will yield eternal results. We have “a common call!” We look forward to exploring it together.

Our keynote speaker will be Dr. Doug Matthews. Doug is a Behavioral Neuroscientist and professor at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire.

We’ll host a separate breakout session for graduate students and for faculty. Lunch and refreshments will be provided throughout the day.

When: Saturday, February 21st, 9am – 4pm

Where: North Avenue Church
720 Danielsville Rd
Athens, Georgia 30601

The University of Tennessee at chattanooga

February 20-21, 2026, Signal Mountain, TN

Join us in Chattanooga at A Common Call – with faculty and graduate students from many universities and colleges in the Southeast.

Our speakers: Heather and Ashley Holleman (authors, speakers, practitioners) know your world and have helped build Christ-focused movements on campuses for years. They offer principled and practical pathways to help academics thrive and bloom where God has planted them.

Where: on Signal Mountain, one of the three beautiful mountains overlooking Chattanooga.

Our venue: Signal Mountain Presbyterian Church, 612 James Blvd. Signal Mountain, TN.

(If you have a bit of time before or after the conference, take in vibrant Chattanooga or jump out into the many outdoor opportunities surrounding Chattanooga.)

University of wisconsin-madison

March 6-7, 2026, Madison, WI

Join us for this powerful training and fellowship experience for Christian faculty and grad students who want to be more effective in their impact on campus, and who desire to connect with Christians from their own and other campuses.

Main Presenter:

Dr. Micah Green is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University. He has served in several leadership roles in the Christian Faculty Network at Texas A&M, and also serves as faculty advisor to several Christian student organizations. Micah’s interests include apologetics and the interactions between science and faith. He is passionate about helping Christians to be salt and light in the university.

His presentations:

Is the University an Idol? Or a Calling?

Do not Be Conformed but Transformed

The Christians Who Shocked the World

Other presentations:

Faculty panel sharing ministry updates from various campuses

Grad student testimony of coming to Christ through the influence of a Christian professor

When: March 6-7, 2026.

Where: High Point Church 7702 Old Sauk Rd. Madison, WI 53717

Cost: $75 faculty; $25 grad students; $25 online participation

STEM A Common Call at Calvin College

May 27, 2026, Grand Rapids, MI

This gathering is for Christian faculty and graduate students in STEM fields who desire to live out their faith in the secular academia. This one day workshop is being hosted in connection with the joint conference of the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences (ACMS) and the Christian Engineering Society (CES). For many, this conference has been a life-changing event in perspective and vision. You’ll meet faculty, staff, and graduate students who will encourage and challenge you. You’ll hear about resources and strategies that can help you be more effective in your life and service. You’ll be refreshed to be with other faculty and graduate students who share “A Common Call.” We also welcome spouses to attend.

Speakers:

Heather and Ashley Holleman have spent two decades serving faculty, staff, and graduate students at Penn State, where Heather is an associate teaching professor. The ministry they founded, Seated and Sent, seeks to come alongside churches and ministries to catalyze their efforts to establish believers in their identity in Christ, to develop an outreach culture for their context, and to mobilize sent-ones.

Roger V Gonzalez came to faith in 1981 through the ministry of The Navigators at the University of Texas at El Paso. Over the past four decades, Roger and his wife, Yvette, have served in collegiate, community, and marriage ministries across the United States and internationally, supporting discipleship efforts and care initiatives in diverse cultural settings. Ministering to college faculty and graduate students has remained a priority for Roger throughout his journey.

Where: Calvin University, 3201 Burton St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546

When: May 27th, 2026, with ACMS/CES Conference (May 27th-30th, 2026)

Registration: This A Common Call conference is being hosted in conjunction with the ACMS (Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences) and CES (Christian Engineering Society) biannual conference, so you can register through their website here. If you are just wanting to attend the ACC and not the rest of the conference, use the registration button below.

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