Sept. 27–30, 2007

Conference media:

• Panel audio
• Photo gallery

Conference schedule & resources:

• Schedule of events (PDF)
• Conference program booklet (PDF—large file)
• Pre-conference program schedule (PDF)

Awards banquet & contest links:

• Winners press release
• 2007 contest winners list & story links
• 2007 Lifetime Achievement winner (PDF)
• Lifetime achievement recipient audio and introduction

Sponsors & exhibitors:

• 2007 sponsors & exhibitors (PDF)

2007 RNA Conference panel audio

Lunch speaker: Max Lucado

• Introduction
• Max Lucado
• Q & A

Panel: Courting the Religious Vote

• Introduction
• Tamara Scott, 72 Hour Director and Social Conservative Iowa Co-Chair for Bush/Cheney in 2004
• Burns Strider, Hillary Clinton for President.
• Q & A

Panel: The Faith Factor: Understanding the Religious Vote

• Introduction
• John Green
• Q & A

Opening Speaker: Michael Quintanilla (audio not available)

Morning address: Michael Lindsay

• Introduction
• Michael Lindsay
• Q & A

Panel: Spooks, Spiritualists and things that go bump in our hotel

• Introduction
• Christine Wicker, author, Lily Dale
• Guillermo Fuentes, executive director, San Antonio Paranormal Investigations
• Rhett Rushing, folklorist, University of Texas, San Antonio, Institute of Texan Cultures
• Q & A

Panel: Reporting the end of the world

• Overview: Ann Rodgers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Darrell Bock, Dallas Theological Seminary
• Warren Gage, Knox Theological Seminary
• Q & A

Panel: Multimedia goes mainstream

• Introduction
• Chuck Rose, USAT.com art director (USA TODAY)
• Jeff Weiss, The Dallas Morning News
• Bruce Nolan, New Orleans Times-Picayune
• Q & A

Alamo reception speaker: Archbishop Jose H. Gomez (audio)

Panel: Can we sing that in Español, por favor?

• Introduction
• Father Virgilio Elizondo, professor of pastoral and Hispanic theology, University of Notre Dame
• The Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president, National Hispanic Association of Evangelicals
• Arturo Chavez, president of the Mexican-American Cultural Center in San Antonio
• Q & A

Panel: They grow ‘em big in Texas (and elsewhere): Keeping up with mega-churches

• Introduction
• Scott Thumma, professor of sociology of religion, Hartford Seminary; researcher, Hartford Institute for Religion Research
• Slideshow: “Beyond Megachurch Myths” by Scott Thumma and Dave Travis
• Mark Tidwell, senior executive minister for ministries, Oak Hills Church, San Antonio
• Rev. Rickey D. Hill, chief operations officer at Friendship-West Baptist Church of Dallas
• Q & A

Panel: New frontiers in the culture wars: Sharp stories, cutting-edge ethics

• Introduction
• Byron Johnson, co-director, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion
• Dawn H. Seery, Bioethics consultant and chair of the Bioethics Committee for Methodist Healthcare System of San Antonio
• Michael Emerson, founding director of the Center on Race, Religion and Urban Life at Rice University in Houston
• Q & A

Panel: Working with bloggers

• Introduction
• Rocco Palmo, Whispers in the Loggia
• Ted Olsen, Christianity Today
• Q & A

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