Each year the World Mission Institute (WMI) is centered on a significant theme in contemporary Christianity, which is hosted by the Chicago Center for Global Ministries (CCGM). The WMI has become a flag ship and a central foundation for CCGM. The first WMI Conference was held in 1992. The topic, “Honoring 500 Years of Struggle of Native People in the Americas”, was presented. Additional information about the past topics of the World Mission Institute is listed under the WMI Memory Tab.
WORLD MISSION INSTITUTE 2008
APRIL 17-18, 2008 (Thursday and Friday)
at
LUTHERAN SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY AT CHICAGO (LSTC)
1100 East 55th Street
Theme: Mission After the Christendom: Emergent Themes in Contemporary Mission
CHICAGO CENTER FOR GLOBAL MINISTRIES WORLD MISSION INSTITUTE FOR 2008
on
MISSION AFTER THE CHRISTENDOM: EMERGENT THEMES IN CONTEMPORARY MISSION
Date: Thursday, April 17 and Friday, April 18, 2008
Place: Lutheran School of Theology,
1100 East 55th St., Chicago, IL 60615
For Information Contact: Chicago Center for Global Ministries (CCGM)
5401 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615
Telephone: (773) 595-4043
Email: ccgm@ctu.edu
Presentations on “Mission After the Christendom: Emergent Themes in Contemporary Mission” will have two keynote speakers, Dr. Amos Yong, our first speaker who is of Asian descent, brings a Pentecostal voice from Regent University. Dr. Yong serves on the World Council of Churches Committee. Our second speaker, Dr. Robert Schreiter holds the Bernardin Center Vatican II Chair in Theology at the Catholic Theological Union.
There will also be workshops on Gender (Dr. Linda E. Thomas), Ecology (Dr. David Rhoads), Racism (Dr. Dawn Nothwehr), Migration (Dr. Gemma Cruz), Globalization (Dr. Ogbu U. Kalu), and Short Term Missionaries (Dr. Robert Priest).
In addition to workshops, a panel of mission practitioners will be chaired by Dr. Edmund Chia. The panel members are Dr. Hunter Farrell (Director of World Mission of Presbyterian Church U.S.A. (P.C.U.S.A.), Dr. Bonnie Jensen (an ordained pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), and Dr. Michael Montoya, the Executive Director of the United States Catholic Mission Association (USCMA).
There is no cost to students and faculty of the Association of Chicago Theological Schools (ACTS) to attend the Institute. Contributions to the Institute are accepted.
Contributions are used to assist in covering the cost of the Institute’s operations and for publications. Checks are to be made payable to the “World Mission Institute/CCGM” and sent to the Chicago Center for Global Ministries, 5401 South Cornell Avenue, Chicago, IL 60615.
