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Harbor: The Pepperdine Bible Lectures 2026 is a multi-day Christian conference at Pepperdine University designed for worship, learning, renewal, and restoration. Built around the theme “A More Excellent Way: The Transformative Power of Love,” the event gathers Christian community and leaders for keynote sessions, classes, and fellowship on Pepperdine’s Malibu campus.
By Jennifer Johnson A new thing for me is being one of the older people in situations where I used to be young and cool. Most recently I experienced this in my preaching class at Emmanuel Christian Seminary; when Dr. Aaron Wymer discussed the various generations currently alive in the church and surveyed our class, I sheepishly raised my hand as a Gen Xer. The millennials who made up most of the class peered at me with curiosity. (“Look, she can use a computer!”) I realize that at not-yet-40 (you didn”t think I”d give you my real age, did you?),
By Jennifer Johnson Three years ago, Grant Waggoner, an alumnus and employee of Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA), began mentoring a few students at the school. This “small group” shared a love of surfing, and one of the guys eventually invited his professor, Dr. Robert Shearer. “Grant and I began sharing leadership of the group,” Shearer, assistant professor of decision science, says. “Last year he got married and moved, but I”m at Zuma Beach, about 15 minutes north of the Pepperdine campus, every Wednesday morning at 7:30. This year we”ve been averaging 100 students each week.” There are no classes on
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Pepperdine University’s Churches of Christ Heritage Center preserves books, photographs, congregational histories, and rare artifacts documenting Restoration Movement history, with director Jerry Rushford continuing to expand the collection.
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