OMSC Audio Library
Friday, April 16, 2010 Dr. Philomena Njeri Mwaura Christian Identity and Ethnicity in Africa:
In this lecture Dr. Philomena Njeri Mwaura explores the issue of ethnocentrism. Despite the church’s tremendous growth in Africa during the past century, this problem challenges Christian identity and the authenticity of the church in Africa. Tracing the New Testament markers of Christian identity as transformation in Christ, love, unity, and embrace of the other, Dr. Mwaura argues that only a people who are secure in their Christian identity are able to be authentic witnesses to the Gospel. Paul’s teaching on the ministry of reconciliation is an imperative in diverse contexts where ethnic, national, and religious identities are in conflict and competition. The church must be equipped for this ministry by being prophetic, vigilant, intentionally present and active, and in solidarity with the marginalized. An OMSC senior mission scholar for the spring 2010 semester, Dr. Mwaura is senior lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya. She teaches courses in the areas of African Christian history, new religious movements, African-instituted churches, world Christianity, and gender. She has also been a consultant on gender mainstreaming in education, theology, and HIV/AIDS vaccine clinical trials. She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of World Christianity and is a contributing editor of Mission Studies. |
Friday, November 13, 2009 Professor Andrew F. Walls When World Christianity Fell Apart:
Professor Andrew F. Walls, founder and former director of the Centre for the Study of Christianity in the Non-Western World, is senior research professor at the Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology, Mission, and Culture, Akropong, Ghana. He is honorary professor at the University of Edinburgh, and professor of the history of mission at Liverpool Hope University. He served as a missionary in Sierra Leone and Nigeria. His writings include The Missionary Movement in Christian History: Studies in the Transmission of Faith (1996), The Crosscultural Process in Christian History (2002), and The Cultural History of Christian Conversion (forthcoming). His lecture is the conclusion of a weeklong Distinguished Mission Lectureship at OMSC on “The Church on Six Continents: Many Strands in One Tapestry.” |
May 12, 2009 Jonathan J. Bonk OMSC Service of Worship and Certificate Ceremony:
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April 24-26, 2009 Mission Leadership Forum
Plenary by Jehu Hanciles Response to Jehu Hanciles by Kevin Ward Response to Kevin Ward by Jehu Hanciles Bible Study by Charles Van Engen Plenary by Daniel G. Groody, C.S.C. Plenary by Darrell Jackson Response by Danny Carroll Plenary Responses and Discussion Bible Study by Charles Van Engen Panel Discussion with Jehu Hanciles, Daniel Groody, Danny Carroll, Darrell Jackson, and Kevin Ward Wrap-up Summary by Stephen Bailey |
April 24, 12:30 p.m., Public Lecture Dr. William R. Burrows Trajectories in World Catholicism
Former managing editor of Orbis Books missionaries. |
Bible Studies at the OMSC Mission Leadership Forum Dr. Christopher J. H. Wright
December 6, 2008 Missions: A New Song for All Nations and All Creation
December 7, 2008 Mission: The Throne, the Lamb, Dr. Christopher Wright is International Director of Langham Partnership International |
November 7, 2008 Professor Andrew F. Walls World War II and the Transformation of the Church:
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October 8, 2008 Dr. Ajith Fernando Mission Seminar and Luncheon for Pastors:
Dr. Ajith Fernando has been national director of Youth for Christ in Sri Lanka since 1976. |
