Mission
THE CICERONIAN SOCIETY EXISTS TO EQUIP AND ENCOURAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOLARS TO SERVE THE CHURCH AS A CENTER OF CULTURAL AND CIVIC RENEWAL THROUGH PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES. IN 2025, WE HELD A CONFERENCE IN HARRISONBURG, VA WHICH SOLD OUT AT 150 ATTENDEES AND 34 SCHOLARLY PANELS AND 6 SPONSORS. ATTENDEES AND PRESENTERS INCLUDED CLERGY, NON-PROFIT LEADERS, INDEPENDENT SCHOLARS, GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, AND FACULTY FROM ACROSS THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. WE SECURED ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR OUR NEW CONFERENCE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AND TRIPLED THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2026 EVENT. WE ALSO INAUGURATED A MAJOR BOOK PRIZE FOR RESEARCH ON THE AMERICAN FOUNDING, CALLED THE HERBERT J. STORING PIRZE, WHICH WAS PRESENTED AT THE CONFERENCE. WE LAUNCHED A NEW MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM, OBTAINING 155 MEMBERS BY THE END OF 2025, EXCEEDING OUR GOAL OF 150. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING REVENUE, THE MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM WILL HELP US CONNECT SCHOLARS AND EDUCATORS TO ONE ANTOHER FOR PERSONAL AND