Trevor Sutton

     Trevor Sutton is Senior Pastor at St. Luke Lutheran Church, a multi-campus and multi-ethnic congregation with locations in downtown Lansing and Meridian Township, Michigan. Sutton earned an MDiv from Concordia Seminary, an MA in Digital Rhetoric and Professional Writing from Michigan State University, and a PhD from Concordia Seminary.In addition to being a pastor, Trevor is prolific writer. He has authored (or co-authored) several books including Redeeming Technology (with Brian Smith), Clearly Christian, Authentic Christianity: How Lutheran Theology Speaks to a Postmodern World (with Gene Veith), and Being Lutheran. His fifth book is on vocation and technology and will be published later this year. Trevor has also contributed to the Washington Post, Christianity Today, Christian Century, Concordia Journal, Religion and Liberty (Acton Institute), Faith and Leadership (Duke Divinity), and Religion New Service.

     Trevor has also served as an instructor for Concordia University (Irvine, CA), The Acton Institute, Concordia Seminary (St. Louis, MO), and Lutheran Theological Seminary in Twshwane (Pretoria, South Africa) and is a frequent speaker at conferences.

     Trevor and his wife Elizabeth have two daughters, Grace and Hannah. The Sutton family enjoys fly-fishing, hiking, literature, and camping.

     In his keynote, “Out to Sea: Evangelism in a Technological Tempest,” Trevor will explore the relationship between the church, evangelism, and technology. Despite an-ever changing world of technology, the followers of Jesus have always voyaged headlong into these technological changes with the Good News of Jesus. As followers of Jesus, we can use technology to facilitate our Gospel witness. Yet, we never go it alone. We venture out into this technological tempest with the confidence that we are in the same boat as Jesus. We cast our nets at the call of our Lord Jesus and we do it all for the increase of Christ.