Bloom is an annual conference for women of all ages hosted by the College of Bible and Ministry. With guest speakers from a range of backgrounds, this event is hosted each spring and usually draws attendees from several states as well as students, faculty and staff.
Rarely are the terms “hilarious storyteller” and “theological scholar” used in the same sentence, much less used to describe the same person, but Lisa Harper is anything but stereotypical! She’s been lauded as a compelling communicator whose writing and speaking emphasize that accruing knowledge about God pales next to a real and intimate relationship with Jesus. Her style combines sound biblical exposition and exegesis with engaging anecdotes and comedic wit.
Lisa’s vocational resume includes more than 30 years of church and para-church ministry leadership, including six years as director of Focus on the Family’s national women’s ministry where she created the popular “Renewing the Heart” conferences, which were
attended by almost 200,000 women, as well as a decade of touring with “Women of Faith,” where she spoke to more than a million women about the unconditional love of God. Her academic resume includes a Master of Theological Studies from Covenant Seminary, an earned doctorate from Houston Theological Seminary and an honorary doctorate from Denver Seminary.
She’s been featured on numerous television and radio programs and is a regular on TBN’s globally syndicated Better Together show, as well as host of “Lisa Harper’s Back Porch
Theology” podcast on AccessMore. She’s also invested locally, leading the same weekly neighborhood Bible study for more than 15 years. She is also the author of 17 books including the recent best-selling devotional, Jesus.
She describes her greatest accomplishment to date as getting to become Missy’s mom through the miracle of adoption. In 2014, after a difficult journey and several adoption losses, she finally got to bring her daughter home from Haiti, and she’s been smiling even wider ever since!
February 12-13, 2027
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