Emerging Church Conference Outline

2006-07-11T07:47:00.000-07:00

An eternal Word in an ‘emerging world’?
Fall Contemporary Issues Conference

Thursday

Opening Lecture:
What is the emerging church and misnomers surrounding the Emerging Church.
Scott McKnight; renowned author and New Testament professor at North Park University (60 minutes)

LUNCH BREAKOUT
Lunch breakout –
The emerging church-a discussion on Gospel, Culture, and Church, alumni perspectives.
Jerry Fourroux - PCA suburban pastor in Dresher, PA at New Life Dresher, MDiv at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia (45 minutes, Library EJ Young Room )

CLASSES CONTINUE, CONFERENCE AGAIN IN EVENING

Evening Lecture:
How can we be prophetic to un-churched culture?
Mike Kelly - Old Testament Professor at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia (60 minutes)

Friday – classes canceled

A TRIALOGUE ON: MISSION-THEOLOGY-CULTURE

First Lecture:

How should Reformed Theology respond to the cultural challenges of the 21st century?

Michael Horton -renowned author Theology professor at Westminster Theological Seminary, California (60 minutes)

Second Lecture:
Theology as Mission: Envisioning Christian Faith in a Pluralistic Culture.
John Franke - renowned author and Missional-Theology professor at Biblical Theological Seminary (60 minutes)

QUESTIONS IN THE ROUND

With McKnight, Kelly, Horton, Franke, Leonard, and Inman (60 minutes)

LUNCH BREAK
Lunch breakout –
Training Missional Leaders: Rethinking Seminary Education.
John Franke - renowned author and professor at Biblical Theological Seminary (45 minutes Van Til Room 1)

Afternoon Lecture:
An Emerging Theory of Atonement: Post Penal Substitution.
Scott McKnight - renowned author and professor at North Park University (60 minutes)

Evening Lecture:
The Confession, culture, and mission: Why the Westminster Confession is a message that is missionally efficient and sufficient for the emerging culture.
Ben Inman - R.U.F. campus minister in N.C., and PhD candidate at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia (60 minutes)

Saturday

Fist Lecture:
Missiological trajectories of the emerging church.
John Leonard - seasoned missionary in Spain, and Missiology professor at Westminster Theological Seminary (60 minutes)

Closing Message:

How the Emerging Church can stimulate us toward more effective missional engagement from within a Reformed theological and ecclesiastical framework?
Walter Henegar - PCA urban pastor in Atlanta at Christ Church, and MDiv at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia (60 minutes)

BREAK FOR LUNCH
Lunch breakout – Inter-seminary dialogue:
A dialogue between Westminster Seminary students and Biblical Seminary students on how to effectively reach un-churched and de-churched culture. (60 minutes Van Til room 1)

Westminster Theological Seminary to host an Emerging Church Conference

2006-07-11T07:24:00.000-07:00

This coming October 26th-28th, 2006; Westminster Theological Seminary will be hosting its Fall Contemporary Issues Conference on the Emerging Church. The conference title is, 'An enternal word in an emerging world?'.

Some of the faculty of Westminster will be giving lectures, along with guests speakers, and Westminster alumni speakers. Scot McKnight and Mike Horton will be the conference keynote speakers, along with John Franke as a speacial guest speaker.

More information T.B.A.

Emerging Church Conference at Westminster Seminary

Emerging Church Conference Outline

Westminster Theological Seminary to host an Emerging Church Conference