UNSHAKABLE TRUTHS
2026 SARASOTA
APOLOGETICS
CONFERENCE
Bolster your faith with Unshakable Truths at the 2026 Sarasota Apologetics Conference hosted by the Tabernacle Church. Join Alisa Childers, dynamic speaker and author, along with Southern Evangelical Seminary Professors: Dr. Richard Howe, Dr. Bernard Mauser and Dr. Melton Winstead.
apologetics [uh-pol-uh-jet-iks]
noun (used with a singular or plural verb)
Apologetics is the theological discipline concerned with the rational defense and articulation of the Christian faith, addressing objections, clarifying doctrinal claims, and demonstrating the plausibility, coherence, and truth of Christian beliefs through philosophical reasoning, historical evidence, and theological argumentation.
Conference Speakers
Alisa Childers
Alisa Childers is a wife, mom, author, podcaster, blogger, and speaker. She was a member of the award-winning CCM recording group ZOEgirl. She is currently a respected speaker at apologetics and women’s conferences, as well as the host of her popular podcast, The Alisa Childers Podcast, and her YouTube channel. Alisa’s story was featured in the documentary American Gospel: Christ Crucified. She has been published at The Gospel Coalition, Crosswalk.com, The Stream, For Every Mom, Decision Magazine, and The Christian Post.
Dr. Richard Howe
Dr. Howe is the past President of the International Society of Christian Apologetics (ISCA). He is a writer as well as a public speaker and debater in churches, conferences, and university campuses on issues concerning Christian apologetics and philosophy. He has spoken and/or debated in churches and universities in the US and Canada as well as Europe and Africa on issues relating to the defense of the Christian faith.
Dr. Bernard Mauser
Bernard became a Christian in 1999 after trying to refute Christianity. Upon finding out Christianity is true, he went on for his first Masters at Southern Evangelical Seminary (in Christian Apologetics) and completed his second Masters and Ph.D. (in Philosophy) at Marquette University. In addition to SES, he has taught at Marquette University, San Diego Christian College, Liberty University, Bethlehem Bible College and Seminary, Cardinal Stritch University, and at North Central University. He helped to launch several great books programs at different universities.
Dr. Melton Winstead
Teaching courses in World Religions; New Testament; New Testament Greek; Old Testament; and Christian Literature, NT History and Backgrounds, Dr. Winstead contributed to the Lexham Bible Dictionary in Logos and has also published essays, articles, and book reviews.​
AGENDA
6:30pm Welcome/Worship
6:45 - 7:30 Dr. Richard Howe, The Existence of God
7:30 - 7:45 Break
7:45 - 8:30 Dr. Melton Winstead, The Uniqueness of Christianity
8:30 - 8:45 Break
8:45 - 9:30 Dr. Bernard Mauser, Responding to Marxism and Wokeness in our Culture
8:45am Welcome/Worship
9:00 - 9:45 Dr. Bernard Mauser, Science and Darwinism
9:45 - 10:00 Break
10:00 - 10:45 Dr. Richard Howe, The Marks of a Cult
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:00 Alisa Childers, Progressive Christianity
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch Break (Boxed lunches available by pre-order through registration by January 10)
1:00 - 1:45 Dr. Melton Winstead, The Bible and Contradictions
1:45 - 2:00 Break
2:00 - 3:00 Alisa Childers, Deconstruction
3:00 - 4:00 Q & A with SES Professors
8:45am Worship
9:00 - 9:45 Dr. Melton Winstead, Historical Reliability of the New Testament
9:45 - 10:00 Break
10:00 - 10:45 Dr. Richard Howe, The Existence of God
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:00 Dr. Mauser, The Problem of Evil
FRIDAY, JANUARY 23
SATURDAY, JANUARY 24
SUNDAY, JANUARY 25
NO CHILDCARE
NO CHILDCARE
NURSERY - 6th GRADE CHILDCARE
Agenda subject to change