Join us for a special Sunday of Faith Formation and education on September 28 led by Dr. Jennifer Bashaw.
Jennifer Garcia Bashaw (Ph.D., Fuller Seminary) is Associate Professor of New Testament and Christian Ministry at Campbell University in North Carolina. She has a passion for teaching the Bible on a lay level and contributes social media content to outlets such as Baptist News Global and The Bible for Normal People, where she is a nerd-in-residence. Dr. Bashaw is an ordained American Baptist minister who enjoys preaching as well as training and resourcing pastors. She is the author of Scapegoats: The Gospel through the Eyes of Victims, John for Normal People: A Guide through the Drama and Depth of the Fourth Gospel and Serving Up Scripture: Interpreting the Bible for Yourself and Others (coming January 2026).
Dr. Bashaw will lead Sunday School for youth and adults centered around the topic of “How to Interpret the Bible for Yourself and Your Family.”
Everyone who reads the Bible interprets it, often unconsciously. Learning and practicing key principles of interpretation, however, can empower you to better understand and to engage more comfortably and responsibly in this process. Dr. Bashaw is going to help us ask good interpretive questions of the Bible so we can engage with it well and teach our children about it in healthy ways.
Following Sunday School, Dr. Bashaw will also lead in worship and help us explore more deeply how to interpret the Bible. We hope you will make plans to join us!
—Bridget Kokolis, Minister of Children & Mary Carol Anderson, Minister of Youth and College