Dr. Lawrence W. Reed is the president emeritus of the Foundation for Economic Education and an acclaimed author, speaker, and journalist. Dr. Reed has authored over 1,500 articles and has delivered at least 75 speeches a year for the past 35 years. As a fierce lover of liberty and economic justice, Dr. Reed has devoted his life’s work to the advancement of sound principles that encourage holistic flourishing for all.

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Ticket purchasers will receive a private link the day before to access the livestream and post-summit access to ALL recorded sessions from May 18th and 19th.

We hope you enjoy the presentation!

For questions concerning the Summit, contact True Charity Initiative Events Manager Savannah Aleckson at savannah@truecharity.us or 417-623-6030 ext. 118.

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All listed times are Central Daylight Time (CDT). All general sessions will feature Dr. Lawrence W. Reed as speaker.

 8:00 am – General Session: Seven Principles of Just Public Policy

Learn the foundations of healthy and helpful public policy that advances liberty, opportunity, and subsequent flourishing and elevates the poor and non-poor alike.

 9:15 – Faith, Work, and Economics

Many view work as a necessary evil to alleviate material poverty, but the biblical understanding of work offers a more inspiring perspective. Explore how work is fundamentally tied to our humanity, an exercise of stewardship, and the catalyst for holistic flourishing.

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Anne Rathbone Bradley is the George and Sally Mayer Fellow for Economic Education and academic director at The Fund for American Studies. In addition to her academic research being published in scholarly journals and edited volumes, Dr. Bradley is the co-editor and author of Counting the Cost: Christian Perspectives on Capitalism, For the Least of These: A Biblical Answer to Poverty, and the author of Be Fruitful and Multiply: Why Economics is Necessary for Making God-Pleasing Decisions.  Full Bio

 10:45 am – Limited Government as Social Justice

Learn how a government limited by its enumerated powers coupled with a robust civil society provides the greatest good for every American, but particularly for the most vulnerable among us.

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Patrick Garry is a law professor at University of South Dakota with a Ph.D. in Constitutional History and is the author of over 15 books in the areas of history, law, politics, and religion, including his most recent non-fiction book, The False Promise of Big Government, and An Entrenched Legacy, which discusses the impact of the “New Deal constitutional revolution” on the role of the Supreme Court. He is a frequent speaker at universities, law schools, and public policy think-tanks.  Full Bio

 12:30 pm – General Session: Private Cures for Public Ills

From homelessness, to unemployment, to broken relationships, poverty manifests itself in a host of ugly ways. Who is better equipped to address these maladies– the government or the private sector? Learn who’s up to the challenge and why. 

 2:00 pm – Dueling Paradigms : Real Justice vs. Counterfeit Justice

How can we determine the merit of different conceptions of social justice? By their outcomes. Consider which understandings of justice result in free, moral societies, and which foster hostility, division, and entitlement.

INSTRUCTOR: Scott Allen is co-founder and president of Disciple Nations Alliance and has spent his entire career in the area of community development, poverty alleviation, and justice ministry. He understands from firsthand experience how poverty and brokenness are often rooted in and intensified by false belief systems. He is author of Why Social Justice Is Not Biblical Justice: An Urgent Appeal to Fellow Christians in a Time of Social Crisis and co-author of Rethinking Justice: Restoring Biblical Compassion.

 3:30 pm – Excellence in Charity Award

Join us as we honor and learn from an individual who is taking the principles of effective, empowering charity and putting them into practical action each day!

Pictured: 2019 Excellence in Charity award recipient Susan Wohlenhaus of Choices Medical Clinic in Joplin, MO

 4:30 pm – Final Address

Join us as True Charity Initiative Executive Director James Whitford shares the vision and strategy of a nation engaged in compassionate, effective charity at the most local level.