Fall Reception

Renewal for Misison in the 21st Century

Fall 2009

September 8-9, 2009
Orientation for Residents. Orientation begins Tuesday morning, led by Dr. Jonathan J. Bonk, OMSC executive director. A public reception to welcome the 2009-2010 OMSC international community of residents will be held Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. All are invited.

September 14-18
How to Develop Mission and Church Archives. Ms. Martha Lund Smalley, research services librarian at Yale Divinity School Library, New Haven, Connecticut, helps missionaries and church leaders identify, organize, and preserve essential records. Eight sessions. $175

September 21-25
The Internet and Mission: Getting Started.
In a hands-on workshop, Mr. Wilson Thomas, Wilson Thomas Systems, Bedford, New Hampshire, and Dr. Dwight P. Baker, OMSC associate director, show how to get the most out of the World Wide Web for mission research. Eight sessions. $175

September 28-October 2 Doing Oral History: Helping Christians Tell Their Own Story. Dr. Jean-Paul Wiest, director of the Jesuit Beijing Center, Beijing, China, and Ms. Michele Sigg, DACB project manager, share skills and techniques for documenting mission and church history. Eight sessions. $175

October 12-16 Nurturing and Educating Transcultural Kids. Ms. Janet Blomberg and Ms. Elizabeth Stephens of Interaction International help you help your children meet the challenges they face as third-culture persons. Cosponsored by St. John's Episcopal Church (New Haven). Eight sessions. $175

October 19-23 Leadership, Fund-raising, and Donor Development for Missions. Mr. Rob Martin, First Fruit Institute, Newport Beach, California, outlines steps for building the support base, including foundation funding, for mission. Cosponsored by Wycliffe International. Eight sessions. $175

November 3-6 The Gospel of Peace at Work in a World of Conflict. Dr. Peter Kuzmic, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Massachusetts, and Evangelical Theological Seminary, Osijek, Croatia, examines a variety of Christian approaches to peacemaking and considers contemporary examples of reconciliation ministry. Cosponsored by Eastern Mennonite Missions, Episcopal Church/Advocacy Center, Greenfield Hill Congregational Church (Fairfield, Connecticut), InterVarsity Missions/Urbana. and Trinity Baptist Church (New Haven). Seven sessions in four days. $175

November 9-13 The Church on Six Continents: Many Strands in One Tapestry. Dr. Andrew F. Walls, honorary professor, University of Edinburgh, and former director of the Centre for the Study of Christianity in the Non-Western World, presents OMSC's fifth Distinguished Mission Lectureship series (five lectures with discussions). Consultation with participants on topics of interest. Cosponsored by American Baptist International Ministries, Bay Area Community Church (Annapolis, Maryland), Christian Reformed World Missions, Moravian Church Board of World Mission, The Mission Society, and SIM USA. $175

November 30-December 4 Grounding Theology in Cultural Context: Lessons from the South Pacific. Rev. Randall Prior, Uniting Church Theological College, Melbourne, Australia, and senior mission scholar in residence at OMSC, draws lessons from the post-independence South Pacific for the way we understand theology and how we do theology. Cosponsored by Wycliffe International. Eight sessions. $175

December 7-11 Climate Change and Catastrophe: Paradigms of Response in Christian Mission. Dr. Allison M. Howell, Akrofi-Christaller Institute for Theology, Mission, and Culture, Akropong-Akuapem, Ghana, and an OMSC senior mission scholar in residence, considers Christian responses to climate change--something that is not new in human history--and the catastrophes that often accompany climate change, so as to provide a framework for Christian mission today in facing new crises. Eight sessions. $175



2010 Student Seminars on World Mission ". . . so that by all possible means I might save some" (1 Cor. 9:22): Ways and Means of Christian Mission

A monthlong survey of the Christian world mission cosponsored by 30 seminaries. Reduced rates for students from cosponsoring schools and mission agencies. Schools offer students credit for one, two, three, or four weeks. To register, visit www.OMSC.org/january.

January 4-8, 2010 Held at OMSC, New Haven, Connecticut Christian World Mission Today: A Survey. In the sessions of week one, multiple presenters survey Christian world mission today. Seven sessions with seven different presenters during week one. $175

January 11-15 Held at OMSC Viewing the Atonement Through a New Lens. Dr. Mark Baker, Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary, Fresno, California, uses experience in a Tegucigalpa barrio as a lens to help missionaries view the atonement with new eyes. Eight sessions. $175

January 18-22 Held at OMSC The Gospel and Our Cultures: Postcolonial Anthropology for Mission in a Globalizing World. Dr. Michael Rynkiewich, professor of anthropology, Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, Kentucky, introduces the contributions an anthropological perspective offers for missionary practice. Cosponsored by United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries. Eight sessions. $175

January 25-29 Held at OMSC Ethnicity as Gift and Barrier: Human Identity and Christian Mission. Dr. Tite Tienou, dean, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois, works from first-hand experience in Africa to identify the "tribal" issues faced by the global church in mission. Cosponsored by Black Rock Congregational Church (Fairfield, Connecticut). Eight sessions. $175



Spring 2010

February 22-26, 2010 Digital Video and Global Christianity. Dr. James M. Ault, James Ault Productions, Northampton, Massachusetts, in a practical workshop, covers how to use digital video to portray the life of faith in community. Eight sessions. $175

March 1-5 Christian Faith and the Muslim World. (revised May 1, 2009) Dr. Charles Amjad-Ali, Martin Luther King Jr. professor for justice and Christian community, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, examines contemporary Christian-Muslim tensions in the light of Islamic philosophy and jurisprudence. Cosponsored by First Presbyterian Church (New Haven). Eight sessions. $175

March 15-19 Gender and Power in African Christianity. Dr. Philomena Njeri Mwaura, senior lecturer in philosophy and religious studies, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya, and OMSC senior mission scholar in residence, will draw on the writings of African women theologians to discuss key themes in African Christianity, for example, the Bible, women's experience of the church, African culture, Christology, power, and decision making. Cosponsored by United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries. Eight sessions. $175

March 22-26 Whole Gospel, Whole World, Whole Person. Dr. F. Albert "Al" Tizon, Palmer Theological Seminary, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, provides an overview of the history, theology, and spirituality of the holistic missionary movement among evangelicals since Lausanne 1974. Participants will become better equipped to engage their own contexts with the full implications of the Gospel. Cosponsored by Evangelical Covenant Department of World Mission. Eight sessions. $175

April 13-16 Incarnational Mission in a Troubled World. Dr. Jonathan J. Bonk, OMSC's executive director, examines theological and ethical implications of violence, poverty, migration, and religion as contexts for Christian life and witness. Cosponsored by Park Street Church (Boston) and Wycliffe International. Four morning sessions. $145

April 19-23 Models of Leadership in Mission. Rev. George Kovoor, Trinity College, Bristol, United Kingdom, brings wide ecclesiastical and international experience to evaluation of differing models of leadership for mission. Cosponsored by Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod World Mission, and Wycliffe International. Eight sessions. $175

April 26-30 Music and Mission. Dr. James Krabill, Mennonite Mission Network, builds upon insights from musicology and two decades of missionary experience in West Africa to unfold the dynamic role of music in mission. Cosponsored by Mennonite Central Committee and Mennonite Mission Network. Eight sessions. $175

May 3-7 Personal Renewal in the Missionary Community. Rev. Stanley W. Green, Mennonite Mission Network, and Dr. Christine Sine, Mustard Seed Associates, blend classroom instruction and one-on-one sessions to offer counsel and spiritual direction for Christian workers. Cosponsored by the Baptist Convention of New England and Mennonite Mission Network. Eight sessions. $175