Re-Mind & Re-New Conference
"Renewal in North American Christianity"
January 17 & 18, 2012
Presentations
Diana Butler Bass, an independent scholar, author, blogger, and speaker on understanding religion, congregations, and American culture. She is the author of the widely read Christianity for the Rest of Us and a much-anticipated publication in February 2012, Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Beginning of a New Spiritual Awakening. For a list of her books, please visit Cokesbury's website.
Re-Mind & Re-New Diana Butler Bass Presentation
Nadia Bolz-Weber is the founding pastor of House for All Sinners and Saints in Denver, Colorado. She is the author of
Salvation on the Small Screen? and
24 Hours of Christian Television (Seabury 2008). She blogs at
www.sarcasticlutheran.com and Jim Wallis'
www.Godspolitics.com. Her writings can be found in the Christian Century, The Lutheran Magazine, and Patheos.com. She may be a leading voice in the Emerging Church, but nobody really believes she’s an ordained pastor in the ELCA. Maybe it’s the sleeve tattoos or the fact that she swears like a truck driver. Either way…she’s fine with it. Nadia lives in Denver with her family of 4 where she can be found writing bios in the third person and chasing chickens around the back yard with her kids.
Re-Mind & Re-New Nadia Bolz-Weber Presentation
Chris Haw is a participant in the new monasticism movement and is a craftsman (carpentry and pottery). He co-authored Jesus for President with Shane Claiborne. Haw is currently working on a book about his conversion to Catholicism and has been interviewed in Christianity Today, Sojourners, CNN, and Al-Jazeera. He was also featured in “Another World Is Possible” and the documentary The Ordinary Radicals.
Re-Mind & Re-New Chris Haw Presentation
Craig Van Gelder is the Professor of Congregational Mission at Luther Seminary. He is author of The Essence of the Church (2000) and The Ministry of the Missional Church (2007); is co-author with Rick Rouse of A Field Guide for the Missional Congregation (2008), and co-author with Dwight Zscheile of The Missional Church in Perspective (2011); is editor of Confident Witness-Changing World (1999), The Missional Church in Context (2007), The Missional Church and Denominations (2008), and The Missional Church and Leadership Formation (2009); is co-editor with Richard Bliese of The Evangelizing Church (2005) and with George Hunsberger of The Church Between Gospel and Culture 1996); and is a contributing author to Missional Church (1998).
Re-Mind & Re-New Craig Van Gelder Presentation
Worship
The worship leader is the Rev. Emily Bowen. Emily is a 2007 graduate of PTS. She is the associate pastor at Brentwood Christian Church in Springfield, MO, where her responsibilities include worship planning. She is the co-author with Phil Snider of Toward a Hopeful Future: Why the Emergent Church is Good News for Mainline Congregations.
One of the preachers is the Rev. Dr. George Young, Sr. George is an MDiv and DMin graduate of PTS and serves as the pastor of Holy Temple Baptist Church in Oklahoma City. George serves on the boards of many civic and religious organizations, including PTS.
Re-Mind & Re-New Worship - George E. Young Sr.
The other preacher is the Rev. José Morales, a Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) pastor who currently serves as the transitional regional minister of the Central Rocky Mountain Area of the Christian Church. He is a graduate of McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago.
Re-Mind & Re-New Worship - Jose F. Morales Jr.