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Upcoming Event: Common Grace in Business
Upcoming Event: Common Grace in Business
Jul 1, 2025 4:18 AM

Mark your calendars! On Friday, October 31, The Acton Institute and Calvin College’s Calvin Center for innovation in Business will present a Symposium on Common Grace in Business. This event will bring members of the faith, academic, and munities together to explore and consider Abraham Kuyper’s works mon grace and how it applies to various business disciplines. It will also celebrate the publication of the Acton Institute’s first translation of Kuyper’s works mon grace into English. It will take place at the Prince Conference Center on Calvin’s campus in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Keynote speakers are Peter Heslam, director of Transforming Business at Cambridge University,a multi-disciplinary research and development project on enterprise solutions to poverty, and Richard Mouw, former president of Fuller Theological Seminary. Other speakers include business leaders from Grand Rapids and professors, including:

Bing Goei, Eastern FloralSid Jansma Jr., Wolverine Gas & OilMilt Kuyers, GMK CompaniesAmy Ruis, Art of the TableMichelle Van Dyke, Fifth Third BankKelli Schutte, William Jewel CollegeScott Quatro, Covenant CollegeBruce Baker, Seattle Pacific UniversityJohn Bolt, Calvin Theological SeminaryJ.D. Loeks, President, Celebration! CinemasScott Rae, Biola UniversityVahagn Asatryan, Redeemer University College

Cost for the event is $149 or $99 for full time students, this includes all meals and snacks throughout the day. Check out the Common Grace Symposium flyer. For more information or to register, visit Calvin’s event page.

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