This year’s Restoration Day was held at the ACU Library on September 29th in the Packer Forum.

Hosted by the Center for Restoration Studies (CRS), the featured speaker for 2025 was Dr. James Gorman, who was recently appointed as the new CRS Director following Dr. Wes Crawford. Dr. Gorman’s areas of research include the history of Christianity, Stone-Campbell Movement history, race and Christianity in American history, and the history of Bible interpretation. He has published three books including a third edition of Reviving the Ancient Faith.

Dr. Gorman gave two lectures titled, “The Hidden Origins of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Evangelical Influence in the Past for the Future” and “What Has Alexander Campbell to Do with Christian Nationalism?”

You can watch the lectures below or go to our Restoration Day Lectures collection to see videos from current and previous years.