Original Webinar Date: Friday, January 30, 2026, 11:00AM (MST)

Webinar Description: Join Sam Reimer, Professor of Sociology at Crandall University, for an interactive half-hour webinar – 20-minute research presentation & 10-minute Q/A (optional 15-minutes after for networking) – about his recently released book Caught in the Current. In his book, Reimer reveals that evangelicals are being influenced by the Canadian cultural zeitgeist, and are being drawn into a self-spirituality that undermines orthodoxy and orthopraxy. In this webinar, Reimer unpacks the central assumptions of self-spirituality, and how it affects evangelical congregations. He proposes some ways that churches can promote discipleship amid the changing Canadian cultural landscape.

Presenter: Dr. Sam Reimer is a Professor of Sociology at Crandall University. He received a BA (Hons) in sociology from the University of Waterloo, and his MA and PhD in sociology from the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Reimer joined the faculty in 1996. Sam’s research is focused on the sociology of religion, and particularly evangelicalism in Canada, Britain and the U.S. His past projects, publications, and presentations include the political tolerance of religious North Americans, the social attitudes of young North American evangelicals, and the gains and losses of Canadian religious groups from immigration. Sam is an Executive Board Member of the Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches, and serves as chair of Personnel subcommittee. In 2018, Dr. Reimer was awarded “Alan Richardson Fellow” at Durham University in Durham, UK. Sam has also been Visiting scholar at Baylor’s Institute for Faith and Learning, Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at the University of Victoria, and has taught courses at Shenzhen University and the University of Notre Dame.