Illuminate: Working With Purpose

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— Lipscomb University

Illuminate 2026 features keynote speakers Jay Jakub, Russell Moore and Chip Pugh and will honor Illuminate Award recipient Brandy Whitehead.

**Illuminate: Working With Purpose**, a one-day conference, on Wednesday, Sept. 30 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the George Shinn Center on Lipscomb University's campus. The cost is $60 per person or tables of eight may be purchased for $400. **Illuminate: Working With Purpose** is designed to help attendees discover how faith can inform and shape their professional lives, no matter their career stage or field. The event features compelling keynote addresses, thought-provoking breakout sessions and networking opportunities. This year’s keynote speakers include three national voices in the faith and work movement — **Jay Jakub**, executive director of the Economics of Mutuality Foundation (EoM) in Geneva, Switzerland; **Russell Moore**, editor-in-chief of Christianity Today and the inaugural Bill and Crissy Haslam Endowed Distinguished Visiting Professor of Faith and Reason at Lipscomb; and **Chip Pugh**, director of spiritual and personal growth for the Tennessee Titans. A highlight of Illuminate is the presentation of the Illuminate Award. This year's recipient is Brandy Whitehead, co-founder of Church of the City in Franklin. Registration is $60 per person. Tables of 8 are available for $400. Registration includes lunch, a copy of Chip Pugh's book "Made to Win: Six Practices of Jesus for a Life on Mission."