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Vincent Bacote is the plenary speaker for the EPC's Leadership Institute on Tuesday morning, June 21. The topic is "Pursuit of Public Fidelity," and Bacote will be joined by Sandy Willson, Pastor Emeritus of Second Presbyterian Church in Memphis, Tennessee. What might it mean for public and political life to be understood as an important dimension of following Jesus? Bacote and Willson will consider not only whether Christians have (or need) permission to engage the public square, but also what it means to reflect Christlikeness in our public practice, as well as what to make of the typically slow rate of social change and the tension between relative allegiance to a nation and/or a political party and ultimate allegiance to Christ. Their presentation will include a time of moderated question-and-answer. Bacote is Professor of Theology and Director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. He is the author of The Political Disciple: A Theology of Public Life and The Spirit in Public Theology: Appropriating the Legacy of Abraham Kuyper. His also has been published in Books and Culture, Christianity Today, Think Christian, re:generation quarterly, Christian Scholars Review, Urban Mission, and the Journal for Christian Theological Research.