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Polishing the Pulpit
SEVIERVILLE, TENN. — Jesus is the Great Physician, but he has many fields of expertise, keynote speakers preached at Polishing the Pulpit. He’s an infectious disease expert, optometrist, neurologist, orthopedist, oncologist, emergency doctor, sleep specialist, speech therapist and cardiologist — all wrapped in one. “He went to the university of hard knocks,” said Dan Winkler, minister for the Spring Meadows Church of Christ in Spring Hill, Tenn. @christianchronicle SEVIERVILLE, TENN. — Dan Winkler, minister for the Spring Meadows Church of Christ in Spring Hill, Tenn., preaches from Romans 12 at Polishing the Pulpit. #churchofchrist #PTP2026 #thegreatphysician ♬ original sound – The Christian Chronicle “He majored in humanity, not humanities. He graduated summa cum laude because he never made anything but A-plus. And he stepped into his post-grad work to become the Great Physician, not doing classes online but on the front line — healing the leper, giving sight to the blind, making whole the lame. And he can make a difference in your life.” Jesus is a family doctor, too. From toddlers to teens and college students to grandparents, Polishing the Pulpit offers spiritual enrichment for the whole clan. Rooms are frequently filled to capacity for popular sessions, with many standing at the edge of the room or sitting on the floor. In all, more than 5,000 gathered for the annual, weeklong event at the Sevierville Convention Center — 25 miles east of Knoxville and just minutes from Dollywood and the Great Smoky Mountains. Another 2,300 participated in the sister event in Branson, Mo., just a few weeks earlier. “One of the great things about Polishing the Pulpit is there’s something for the entire family,” said Ellis Thorne, a member of the U.S. Coast Guard who worships with the North Hamilton Church of Christ in Soddy Daisy, Tenn. “And, you know, it’s extremely important to us to make our family as strong as possible in Christ.” Thorne, 43, a native of Tuscaloosa, Ala., has attended PTP off and on since 2019 with his parents, Burrell and Debbye Thorne, 75 and 74; wife, Kristen, 42; and three children, Eli, 12, Juliet, 9, and Ezra, 6. “It’s not just our physical family,” Thorne emphasized, “but I’m in the military, and we have to move around a lot, and so there’s a lot of people that we get to see here that (are) part of our Christian family from various congregations — as far away as Hawaii, Maine, South Carolina, Alabama. “We get to reunite with our family here and many people that my kids were very close to when they were growing up,” he added. “It’s just a great experience to be around and show them how many people that there are that love the Lord and want to do his will.” It was the fourth time attending for Chanel Smith, 41, who came from New Orleans with her husband, Nicklas, 48; children Ascher, 10, and Lyriq, 7; and in-laws Anthony Smith, 74, and Claudia Smith, 71. Chanel Smith and her family worship with the Degaulle Drive Church of Christ. “It’s been really great,” she said, “because there’s classes for the kids, and it’s just a really good time for my husband and I to recharge because we both work. … It gives us time to recharge and really focus in on God.” The kids enjoy the Bible classes and meeting new people, Smith added — though Ascher and Lyriq expressed some disagreement on the latter to a Christian Chronicle reporter. ‘You see the hand of God in it’ Polishing the Pulpit wasn’t always for the family, though. It began in 1994, when three preachers and alumni of Faulkner University in Montgomery, Ala. — Allen Webster, Mark Howell and Floyd Bailey — got together to workshop sermon plans, rotating among their offices in different states. Soon they began inviting other preachers, including Wendell Winkler — a prominent evangelist and Faulkner Bible professor. Eventually, the event grew and expanded to church elders, then preachers’ wives, deacons, youth ministers and all church members. There were just under 1,000 attendees at PTP’s first year in Sevierville, 2008. Then the event grew so large that it added a second conference in Branson in 2024. “You look back on it, and you see the hand of God in it,” Webster told the Chronicle. “We always wanted it to glorify God, and we wanted it to be good for his kingdom. … It’s amazing what God has done with this.” The 60-year-old preacher and PTP director, who also founded the House to House, Heart to Heart ministry, pointed to many kids — including his own — who have grown up participating in the event as part of their childhood and spiritual formation. “When you’re a parent … it really helps to broaden the educational experience with others who reinforce what you’re teaching,” Webster said. “So that helps them to see a wider spectrum of the brotherhood and reinforce the Scriptural teaching.” Some have even met their spouses at PTP, which now includes singles hangouts during the week. The goal of this year’s keynote series, Webster noted, was to explore lesser discussed aspects of Jesus — ways that the Savior heals and transforms every part of a Christian’s life. “Let’s bring Jesus back into the focus,” he said. “What does the church need now? We need to be close to him. You know, we need to understand him. … So it’s just a new way to look at some old truths.” An ‘otherworldly’ experience Beyond the lessons — ranging from theology, doctrine and Scripture to Christian lifestyle, culture and law — there is plenty of a cappella congregational singing, along with singing sessions for teens and adults in the convention center atrium. That was a highlight for Tiffany Bryan, a 19-year-old first-time attendee and member of the West Metro Church of Christ in Yukon, Okla., west of Oklahoma City. @christianchronicle SEVIERVILLE, TENN. — More than 1,000 believers sing together Friday night at Polishing the Pulpit, led by Andy Baker, minister for the Arnold Church of Christ in Missouri. #churchofchrist #acappella #worship ♬ original sound – The Christian Chronicle “The singing was really, really good,” she said. “Like, it was tear jerking.” Bryan’s sister, Zoey, attended the Branson convention and encouraged Tiffany to come with her to Sevierville. Tiffany Bryan said she thinks it’s important for members of Churches of Christ to have a better understanding of what they believe and their place in the church. “Sometimes we just trust everything the preacher says, you know,” she told the Chronicle after a session on “The Myth of Neutrality.” “And sometimes we just walk along not doing anything … not doing our part.” @christianchronicle SEVIERVILLE, TENN. — Teens (and adults) sing in the atrium of the Sevierville Convention Center after a keynote at Polishing the Pulpit. #churchofchrist #PTP2026 #acappella ♬ original sound – The Christian Chronicle Andrew Young, a native of the Australian island state of Tasmania, described PTP as “otherworldly.” The former salesman and father of three — soon to be four — came to the U.S. in 2021 to study at the Southeastern Institute of Biblical Studies, a preacher training school overseen by the Karns Church of Christ in Knoxville, Tenn. He returned to Australia in 2023 as a missionary to the state of Queensland, where he preaches for the Gipps Street Church of Christ in Toowoomba, two hours west of Brisbane. Young first attended PTP while studying in the U.S., and this was his first time returning. With the help of the Clinton Church of Christ outside Knoxville, he’s working to raise money for a 12-seat church bus to help transport workers to rural congregations in Queensland, which is nearly three times the size of Texas. “In the entire country of Australia, there are 1,700 members of the Church of Christ, which basically means there are more Christians in this room than there are in the entire country of Australia,” Young told the Chronicle at an exhibitor space for his mission work at PTP — complete with a didgeridoo. “It’s insane to think that you get this many people who are like-minded Christians, like-minded in our belief. … It was just unbelievable to have that many people together singing, praising God. It was just amazing.” CALVIN COCKRELL is Managing Editor for The Christian Chronicle and serves as the young adult minister for the North Tuscaloosa Church of Christ in Alabama. Reach him at calvin@christianchronicle.org.
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