Date: November 24, 2025
The Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers is an honorary canon in the Diocese of New York, and Canon in Residence at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, New York—as well as a great friend of Virginia Theological Seminary. In 2022, she gave The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Presentation and on December 2, 2025, she returns to campus to launch her latest book.
In Church Tomorrow?: What the ‘Nones’ and ‘Dones’ Teach Us About the Future of Faith, Canon Spellers pairs a bracing examination of generational church decline with interviews exploring the spiritual lives of non-religious Millennials and Gen Zers.
Where are they encountering the sacred and making community?
What would they tell the churches if we were listening?
Listen up: today’s young “Nones” and “Dones” have a prophecy for the church of tomorrow.
Canon Spellers will be in conversation with VTS Professor of Theology and Mission, the Rev. Robert S. Heaney, Ph.D., D.Phil. This event is sponsored by the VTS Mission Society and the Department of Lifelong Learning.
Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 7:00 PM
Lettie Pate Evans Room
In-person or live stream options available.
Refreshments will be served.