What does it look like to align your ministry with God’s creative and redemptive work in your city? |
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| This is the question at the heart of the Missional Living of Scripture Conference, hosted by the Institute for Global Church Planting and Renewal at Calvin Seminary. Join pastors and scholars from around the world as we discuss practical tools for contextualized ministry in light of the Biblical story of God’s ongoing mission in the world. | |
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Ruth Padilla-DeBorst |
Christopher J.H.Wright |
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| Living Scripture Missionally in Different Cultures
Ruth Padilla DeBorst yearns to see peace and justice embrace in the beautiful and broken world we call home. She has been involved in leadership development and theological education in Latin America and beyond for several decades. A narrative theologian, speaker and teacher, she serves on the board of the Latin American Theological Fellowship and as coordinator of the Networking Team of INFEMIT (The International Fellowship for Mission as Transformation). She lives in Costa Rica with her husband, James, and fellow-members of the Casa Adobe community. |
Living Scripture Missionally & Old Testament Ethics
Chris Wright (Ph.D. Cambridge) is International Ministries Director of the Langham Partnership, a group of ministries founded by John Stott to provide evangelical theological education throughout the Majority World. He was Chair of the Lausanne Theology Working Group and was chief architect of The Cape Town Commitment – the Statement of the Third Lausanne Congress (2010). His publications include The Mission of God (2006), Salvation Belongs to God (2007), The God I Don’t Understand (2008), and The Mission of God’s People (2010). Chris is married to Liz and together they have four adult children and seven grandchildren. |
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Christopher Brooks |
Michael Goheen |
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| How the Gospel Transforms Communities
Christopher Brooks is the Senior Pastor of Evangel Ministries in Detroit, Michigan. He is host of the Equipped for Life radio broadcast and founder of he Detroit Bible Institute, a seminary preparatory institution targeting inner-city Christians. His first book, Kingdom Dreaming, was published in 2009 and his second book, Urban Apologetics has just been released. He and his wife Yodit are the proud parents of Christopher, Zewditu and Cameron and live near Detroit, Michigan. |
Living as a Contrast Community Today
Michael Goheen (Ph.D. Utrecht) is Director of Theological Education and Scholar-in-Residence at the Mission Training Center of the Surge Network, Phoenix, AZ. He also teaches theology and mission at Redeemer Seminary, Dallas. He splits his time between Vancouver, Canada and Phoenix. He is married to Marnie for 36 years with four married ‘children’ and nine grandchildren. |
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