2013 SCORR Conference [HD Video]

Dr. Pete Menjares, President of Fresno Pacific University, speaks at the 2013 SCORR Conference. He discusses the expectation of leaders to fill a wide variety of difficult roles and concludes that absolutely central to success is submission to the leadership of Christ.

Cameron Gardiner shares spoken word poetry calling Christians to rally behind the last, the lost, and the least in the face of a culture that says otherwise. With his audience, Gardiner proclaims, "Except God, we fear none."

Jonathan Seruyange shares spoken word poetry illustrating the layers that make a person. He poses a question to his audience: "Do you know me?"

Pastor Adam Edgerly looks at the writings of Isaiah, later quoted by Jesus, and explains the importance of social justice. He relays recent church history and the gap that has been created in Christian social work, and urges his audience to care for the poor and adopt God's desire for equality.

Michaela Gregory shares her testimony, explaining how and why she has become so devoted to racial reconciliation and social justice. She urges her audience to get to know someone of a different race deeply and personally. Gregory closes with a spoken word poem titled, "The Night I Got Straight-Up Ghetto with the Enemy."

Pastor Adam Edgerly looks to Luke 4, where Jesus quotes Isaiah to his home congregation, to understand the necessity for reconciliation with one's own identity. He explains that the Jews' lack of reconciliation with their past inhibited them from being reconciled to the world. Edgerly urges his audience to accept their new identity in Christ so that they can forgive those who have harmed them.