Rooted: Cultivating Faithful Presence

2026 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

We're excited to share this year's conference details with you. View the full 2026 conference schedule below.

BIG NEWS: For the first time ever we are offering a scholarship for pulpit supply the day after our annual conference for any pastor who attends the conference. We wanted to help pastors have a chance to be fully present at the conference without the stress of knowing that they had to preach the next day. If you are a pastor who plans to attend our conference this September 11-12, this is for you! 

Scott Sunquist

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dr. Scott W. Sunquist has served as president and professor of missiology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary since 2019.

Prior to his installation as president, Sunquist served as the Dean of Intercultural Studies and Professor of World Christianity at Fuller Seminary. Prior to this, he taught for seventeen years at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Sunquist and his wife, Nancy, served as missionaries in the Republic of Singapore from 1987–1995, where he was the pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church and lecturer in church history, ecumenics, and Asian Christianity at Trinity Theological College.

Charlie Cotherman

PLENARY SPEAKER

Dr. Charlie Cotherman is the Executive Director of the Center for Rural Ministry, Assistant Professor of Biblical & Theological Studies at Grove City College, and the Pastor of Oil City Vinyard Church in Oil City, Pennsylvania.

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Joel Seymour

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Joel Seymour is the Super Regional Leader for Vineyard USA, overseeing multiple regional leaders and their local churches, providing training, support, and encouragement to pastors across the network. 

In 1998, Joel and his wife Kristi planted Lancaster Vineyard Church in Lancaster, OH, and Joel has served there as the Lead Pastor. He has been deeply engaged in his city, bringing together the social, private, and public sectors through the Art of Neighboring Fairfield County initiative. Joel also started the Small Town initiative within Multiply Vineyard.

Mark Graham

WORKSHOP SPEAKER

Mark Graham is chair of the History Department at Grove City College, where he has taught ancient and early medieval history as well as humanities and ancient language courses for over two decades.  He has also taught in Classics and Humanities at Stanford University as well as Yanbian University of Science and Technology (Yanji, China).  Mark has worked on archaeological and conservation projects and sites in Corinth, Rome, Sardinia, and Carthage.  He and his wife Becky have four grown children.  He is an elder in his Presbyterian Church and serves on several committees in his presbytery.

Jeff Hubbard

WORKSHOP SPEAKER

Jeff Hubbard is assistant professor of Biblical and Theological Studies at Grove City College. He teaches classes on the New Testament and Christian theology as well as biblical Greek. His academic writing focuses on early Christian communities within the Greco-Roman world and the ways they read, studied, and transmitted their sacred texts together. He and his wife, Nicole, have been married for seven years and have three children, Oliver, Jack, and Sophie. 

Tommy Carrington

WORKSHOP SPEAKER

Tommy Carrington is an Assistant Professor of Biblical & Theological Studies at Taylor Universtity and serves as the Director of the Rural Ministry Initiative. His passion is to partner with churches, ministries, and schools, to encourage, train and equip ministry leaders with the tools they need to be effective wherever God leads them.

Dr. Carrington earned a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Trinity International University, a Doctor of Ministry from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and is currently completing a PhD in Educational Studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

Emmie Thompson

WORKSHOP SPEAKER

Emmie is currently an assistant professor in the Biblical and Theological Studies Department at Covenant College where she teaches a variety of ministry classes, practicums, and introductory courses. She is currently a PhD student at Beeson Divinity School, focusing on the work of Herman Bavinck. Emmie holds degrees from Covenant College, with a BA in Biblical & Theological Studies and Philosophy and an MA in Teaching. She also holds an MA in Theological Studies from Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando.

For the past 10 years or so, Emmie has worked in youth ministry in a variety of capacities at Orangewood Church, PCA and Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church. Emmie is also a member of the Committee on Discipleship Ministry for Students for her denomination, the Presbyterian Church in America.

Skip Trudeau

WORKSHOP SPEAKER

Dr. Skip Trudeau serves as the VP for Student Development and Intercollegiate Athletics at Taylor University in Upland Indiana. In addition to these administrative roles, he also directs and teaches in the Master of Arts in Higher Education. 
Dr. Trudeau has served in a variety of roles during his 27 years at Taylor University and prior to coming to TU, he served for twelve years at Anderson University, Anderson, IN. and two years at Houghton College, Houghton, NY.

He earned an Ed.D (2000) in Higher Education Administration from Indiana University, a MA in Student Personnel Administration (1988) from SUNY Buffalo, and BA in Christian Education (1985) from John Brown University, Siloam Springs, AR. 

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100 Campus Drive
Grove City PA, 16127

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Steve McVey is driven by a deep passion for rural and small-town ministry, which led him to establish Dirt Roads Network. Since its launch in 2019, the network has been dedicated to planting and revitalizing life-giving, Bible-centered churches that transform communities across rural America.