WOC WorldChanger Seminar
Thursday, October 22, 2026, 6:00 PM - 8:45 PM
Guest Speaker: Don Whitney
Our annual WorldChanger Seminar includes:
This year we are excited to welcome Dr. Donald Whitney who will explore topics related to godly character and spiritual disciplines that will equip both our missionary guest and our church members to finish well as we are compelled to reach the unreached.
Don Whitney is the Professor of Biblical Spirituality and the John H. Powell Professor of Pastoral Ministry at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He served there in a similar position from 1995 to 2005, and then as Professor of Biblical Spirituality and Associate Dean at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, from 2005 to 2024. He holds a M.Div., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; a D.Min., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; and a Ph.D. in Theology from the University of the Free State, South Africa. He has authored nine books, including Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life and Praying the Bible, and is a popular conference speaker, especially on personal and congregational spirituality.
Dr. Whitney also serves as the founder and president of the Center for Biblical Spirituality. Prior to his ministry as a seminary professor, Don was pastor of Glenfield Baptist Church in Glen Ellyn, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago), for almost 15 years. Altogether, he has served local churches in pastoral ministry for 24 years.
Don lives with his wife Caffy in Kansas City, Missouri. She works from their home as an artist, muralist, and illustrator. The Whitneys have a married daughter, Laurelen, and five grandchildren.