OMSC Mission Leadership Forum
April 24-26, 2009
Mission and Migration
Friday, April 24, 2009
7:30 Plenary: Jehu Hanciles. “‘Don't be Refugees, be Missionaries!’:African Immigrants and the New Missionary Encounter with American Society.” (A summary of his new book, Beyond Christendom: Globalization, African Migration, and the Transformation of the West).
8:10 Response: Dr. Kevin Ward
Saturday, April 25, 2009
8:30 Bible Study: Charles van Engen Topic: "An Immigrant is Counselor to Kings”
Text: Daniel 1:1-21
9:10 Plenary response to Bible study (Chaired by: Susan Perlman)
10:00 Plenary: Daniel G. Groody CSC – “Crossing the Divide: Foundations of a Theology of Migration and Immigration” (Chaired by: John Watters)
10:45 Plenary discussion (Chaired by: John Watters)
2:00 p.m. Plenary: Rev’d Darrell Jackson - (Chaired by: Evvy Hay Campbell) “Mapping Migration: mapping Church responses – A European Study.” (Darrell Jackson serves as director of Nova Research Centre & Tutor in European Studies, Redcliffe College).
3:20 Response: Danny Carroll - (Chaired by: George Kovoor)
3:50 p.m. Plenary Presenters response to each other: Jehu Hanciles, Daniel Groody, Darrell Jackson, Danny Carroll (Moderated by George Kovoor)
4:30 Plenary Discussion (Chaired by: George Kovoor)
8:00 Plenary Documentary: Dying to Live: A Migrant’s Journey (Daniel G. Groody, executive producer. Groody River Films, 2005. Chaired by: Meredith Long)
Sunday, April 26, 2009
8:40 Bible study: Charles van Engen Topic: "An Immigrant is a model of God's Mission"Text: Luke 10:25-37
9:30 Plenary response to Bible study (Chaired by: Tite Tienou)
10:15 Panel: Jehu Hanciles, Daniel Groody, Danny Carroll, Darrell Jackson (Chaired by: Sue Perlman) Response to focus questions, and to issues that have emerged from the discussion groups
11:00 Plenary discussion with the panel (Chaired by: Sue Perlman)
11:30 Wrapup by Stephen Bailey, with participant feedback: (Chaired by: Wilbert Shenk)
12:00 Noon Closing prayer and adjournment (followed by lunch at OMSC) (Chaired by: Wilbert Shenk)
