Kara Martin, adjunct professor of practical theology and visiting fellow of the Mockler Center[1], was honored as the speaker and award recipient at the Ethos Faith & Work Award Dinner on September 13, 2024. Her speech addressed concerns that persist within developing an “integrated vision for our work as the church scattered.”

The evening also celebrated the launch of Transforming Work: Missiological Perspectives for the Church in the World, (Brill, 2024). This new resource includes chapters from Martin, Dr. Ken Barnes, Mockler-Phillips Professor of Workplace Theology and Business Ethics and director of the Mockler Center, and Rev. Larry Ward (MAR ’19).

The following day, Martin was a keynote speaker at Ethos’s conference, Transforming Workplace Mission: Engaging a Shifting Work. Her presentation, “Take Your Worship to Work, and Your Work to Worship,” served the broader goal of the event to help attendees strategize ways to integrate their faith in their daily work.

Martin mentors workplace Christians, is a lecturer at Mary Andrews College, and co-hosts the Worship on the Way to Work podcast.

[1] The mission of Gordon-Conwell’s Mockler Center for Faith & Ethics in the Public Square is to explore and promote biblical ethics, values, and insights and bring helpful insights and experiences from workplace laity to the church and its leadership.