october 8
DR. HUNTER BAKER
Provost, Commentator,
Author
october 9
HAEJIN SHIM FUJIMURA &
MAKOTO FUJIMURA
Attorney and Legal Strategist
& Artist and Author
october 10
MARVIN CAMPBELL
The Navigators'
U.S. President
october 11
MIKE POLHEMUS
Pastor
october 9
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PANEL
october 10
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM PANEL
Religious Freedom in Focus: Breaking Down the Supreme Court’s Recent Rulings
Hunter Baker, J.D., Ph.D., is the provost and dean of faculty at North Greenville University in South Carolina. He is a regular commentator on the Apple 100 News podcast, “The World & Everything in It.” Dr. Baker is the author of four books: The End of Secularism, Political Thought: A Student’s Guide, The System Has a Soul, and Postliberal Protestants: Baptists between Obergefell and Christian Nationalism. He has written chapters for several other books and has published pieces in Touchstone, Modern Age, National Review, First Things, Christianity Today, and other outlets and co-edits Integration: A Journal of Faith and Learning. Dr. Baker is the past winner of the international Michael Novak Prize. He is also a fellow of the Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy; the Land Center; and the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Church.
Haejin Shim Fujimura is a seasoned attorney with 20 years of experience and serves as outside general counsel and legal strategist to a range of nonprofit organizations and for-profit companies—from startups to publicly traded corporations. She is the principal of Shim & Associates, P.C., a law firm based in New York and New Jersey. <br><br>
Haejin has litigated a wide range of civil matters in both federal and state courts. Drawing from a proven track record of resolving hundreds of disputes, she equips her clients with stronger governance frameworks and operational strategies—helping organizations shift from reactive dysfunction to proactive, healthy growth.
In addition to her legal work, Haejin is the CEO and co-founder of Embers International, a global NGO working to protect, restore, and empower victims of injustice—particularly children born into brothels—to break cycles of intergenerational exploitation and prevent human trafficking. Her anti-trafficking work spans decades, including prior service with International Justice Mission.
Haejin is a co-author of the book “Beauty x Justice: Creating a Life of Abundance and Courage” (Brazos Press, 2026) and the founder of the Estuary, a unique space of cultural confluence that incubates various endeavors of law, art, faith, and business.
Makoto Fujimura is a leading contemporary artist whose work has been featured in galleries and museums around the world, including The Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo, The Huntington Library, the Tikotin Museum, Belvedere Museum, C3M North Bund Art Museum, and Pola Museum. His process-driven, refractive “slow art” has been described by David Brooks of The New York Times as “a small rebellion against the quickening of time.”
Mako is the author of five books: Art Is: A Journey Into the Light (Yale University Press, 2025), Art+Faith: A Theology of Making, Silence and Beauty, Refractions, and Culture Care. He is also the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2023 Kuyper Prize for Excellence in Reformed Theology and Public Life and the American Academy of Religion’s 2014 Religion and the Arts award. From 2003 to 2009, he served as a presidential appointee to the National Council on the Arts. He is a celebrated speaker and advocate for the arts.
Mako has received five honorary Doctor of Arts degrees and is the founder of International Arts Movement (IAM), also known as IAMCultureCare.
Marvin came to faith his freshman year of high school after being shaken by the death of two friends. He met The Navigators in 1985 at the U.S. Naval Academy when a Navigator student invited Marvin to read the Bible with him. Upon graduating from the academy, Marvin served as a surface warfare officer and engineering duty officer. He served more than 13 years on active duty with the U.S. Navy before leaving the military for full-time ministry. He retired from the U.S. Navy Reserves after 20 years of military service.
Since beginning volunteer work with The Navigators in 1994, and joining staff full-time in 2002, Marvin has served in various leadership roles in our Military, Neighbors, Collegiate, 20s, Workplace, and Cities ministries. Notably, he was the founding director of the Bowie State Training Center at Bowie State University, an initiative established in 2008 to recruit, develop, equip, and prepare African American Kingdom leaders for world impact. Marvin most recently served as senior vice president and U.S. field director for The U.S. Navigators before becoming the U.S. president on November 1, 2021.
Marvin and his wife, Pamala, have been engaged in advancing the gospel in military installations, college campuses, local churches, and surrounding communities for many years. Throughout relational networks in urban and suburban settings, they have equipped communities to effectively live and proclaim the message of Christ to diverse people groups. Marvin and Pamala have three sons, four grandchildren, and two amazing dogs. They enjoy hiking, kayaking, biking, and pickleball.
Mike Polhemus is the lead pastor of The Rock Church in Castle Rock, Colorado, where he has served in pastoral ministry for over a decade. With a background as a civil engineer and former vice president of a prominent development company in Houston, Texas, he brings a unique perspective to the church regarding leadership, discipleship, and cultural engagement. He is passionate about equipping believers with the gospel to live Spirit-led lives that transform their communities, and he also recently helped advance religious freedom through a landmark legal victory protecting his church’s ability to serve homeless families.