2010Boston: A Centennial Celebration of Edinburgh 1910 and Consultation

-       A conference of the Boston Theological Institute   -
(changes to the schedule may still follow…)

Pre-Conference 

Wednesday Evening, November 3 (Location: Boston University Photonics Center, 8 St. Mary's St.)

6:30 pm            Open reception before open lecture

7:30 pm            Georgetown professor Dr. Peter Phan will speak in honor of the centennial anniversary of BU STH’s Truman Collins chair in World  Christianity and History of Mission: “Mission of the Triune God, Mission of the Church, Mission of the World.”

Thursday Morning, November 4 (Location: Boston University School of Theology) 

10 am – 12 Noon  “The Significance of Edinburgh, 1910 – 2010: An Overview”

An Edinburgh 2010 debriefing and discussion with Professors Dana Robert and Norm Thomas (Boston University Continuing Education Unit credits are available for participation): To register for this event: sthalum@bu.edu or 617-353-2349.

Thursday Afternoon, November 4 (Location: Boston University)

1:30  pm            Conference Registration at Boston University School of Theology and at Park Street Church.  Advance registration is encouraged for issues of space, meal planning and to guarantee a conference packet. You can register online.

1:30 – 4:30 pm   Afternoon Options

                         a. 2010Boston exhibits (incl. OMSC art exhibit in Hartman Rm., BU STh)

                         b. Trolley bus tour of historic mission sites ($10: RSVP to myers96@bu.edu) 

 

Pre-Conference Park Street Church Missions Festival Dinner

Thursday Evening, November 4, 2010 (Park Street Church, 0 Park Street, Boston [on the Common])

5:30 pm   Campus Ministries Sponsored Dinner: "Challenging today's students for missions"

Featuring: Rev. Dr. Gordon Hugenberger (Park Street Church), John Chung (Minister of Missions, Park Street Church), Chris Nichols (Director, New England InterVarsity Christian Fellowship), Pat McLeod (Director, Boston Campus Crusade for Christ)

 

2010Boston Conference Begins

Thursday Evening, November 4  (Park Street Church, 0 Park Street, Boston [on the Common])

Park Street Church      OPEN SESSION

7:00 pm – 8:30 pm     Worship and Keynote #1 

Dr. Dana Robert (Boston University): "Boston, Students, and Missions from 1810 to 2010"   

Featuring Dennis Hollinger (President, Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary), John Chung (Pastor, Park Street Church)       

8:30 pm                     Reception

 

 

Friday Morning, November 5 (Boston University, Marsh Chapel)

8:30 am -10:15 am     Worship (8:30 - 9:00) and Keynote #2

Dr. Brian Stanley (University of Edinburgh): "Discerning the Future of World Christianity: Vision and Blindness at the World Missionary Conference, Edinburgh 1910"

Featuring Mary Elizabeth Moore (Dean, BU School of Theology) and Dana Robert (BU, Prof. of World Christianity & History of Mission)

10:15 – 10:30              Break

10:30 – 12:00              Reports from Edinburgh, Tokyo and Cape Town (Marsh Chapel)

       Moderated and with comment/reflection by Episcopal Bishop (CT) Dr. Ian Douglas

 

Friday Afternoon, November 5 (Boston University, Colloquium Room on the 9th floor of BU Photonics Center, 8 St. Mary's St.)

12:00 – 1:00 pm   American Society of Missiology, Eastern Fellowship Luncheon (Location: Colloquium Room on the 9th floor of BU Photonics Center, 8 St. Mary St.)

1:00 - 2:00 pm     Keynote #3  

Dr. Daniel Jeyaraj (Liverpool Hope University and Andover Newton Theological School): “Theological Education and Missions”

Featuring M.L. Daneel (BU STh Prof. of African Christianity and Missiology)

 

2:15 – 4:15 pm    Workshop (I)

A. Student Papers (BU classrooms: STh, CAS, Photonics center)

1.     Changing Contours of Christian Unity
       Fr. Raymond Helmick, SJ (Boston College, Department of Theology)

2.     Mission in Context
       Dr. Margaret Guider (Boston College, School of Theology and Ministry)

3.     Disciples in Mission
       Fr. Luke Veronis (Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology)

4.     Education for Mission
       Dr. Elizabeth Parsons (Boston University School of Theology)

5.     Mission Post-Colonialism
       Dr. Nimi Wariboko (Andover Newton Theological School)

6.     Mission Pluralist World
       Dr. Catherine Cornille (Boston College, Department of Theology)

7.     Mission Post-Modernity
       Dr. Christopher Duraisingh (Episcopal Divinity School)

8.     Salvation Today
       Dr. Peter Kuzmic (Gordon-Conwell Theological School)

B. Mission and the Arts (BU classrooms, STh basement)

3:30 – 4:15   OMSC Artist in Residence: Emmanuel Garibay, (BU STh Oxnam Room, basement): Award-winning Filipino artist discusses his craft and mission as a Christian painter with intro of OMSC artists in residence program by Rev. Dr. Dwight Baker (Associate Director, OMSC).

OR

Christopher Gilbert, film producer: “Beyond Empires” - the story of Bartholomaus Ziegenbalg (1684-1719). Trailer for a new documentary film which shows how Ziegenbalg’s life and work as India's first Protestant missionary anticipated the post-colonial world (BU STh Room TBA).

4:30 – 5:30   Transportation from Boston University to Holy Cross / Maliotis Center: busses from BU Marsh Chapel

 

Friday Evening, November 5 (Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology / Maliotis Center, Brookline, MA)

5:00 - 5:20 pm     Orientation to campus

5:30 - 6:00 pm     Orthodox Vespers (Holy Cross Chapel)

6:10 – 7:10 pm     Conference dinner (heavy hors d’oeuvres and drinks)  at the Maliotis Center adjacent HCGOST

7:15 – 8:30  pm    Welcome: Fr. Nicholas Triantafilou, Pres. of Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

Introduction to Holy Cross’s Missions Institute of Orthodox Christianity: Fr. Luke Veronis (Professor of Mission, HC/HC)

Keynote #4

Dr. Athanasios N. Papathanasiou (Synaxis Greek Orthodox Theological Journal): “Journey to the Center of Gravity: Christian mission one century after Edinburgh 1910”

Featuring Fr. Emmanuel Clapsis (Professor of Orthodox Theology, HCGOST)

 

8:30 – 9:30 pm   Transportation (busses) from Holy Cross/Maliotis (Brookline, MA) to BU Marsh Chapel, transportation connections (Boston) and to the Walker Center (Newton/Auburndale)

 

Saturday, November 6 (Location: Boston College, McGuinn Hall)

8:45 – 10:15 am     Worship (8:45-9:00) and Keynote #5         

Ruth Padilla DeBorst (Latin American Theological Fraternity): “Wooden boxes and latticed windows: Christian witness and the post-colonizing, post colonized church”

Featuring Catherine Cornille (Chair, Dept. of Theology, BC), Peter Kuzmic (Prof. of Mission and European Studies, GCTS)

10:15 - 10:20 am   Stretch Break

10:20 - 11:20 am   Keynote #6

Dr. Peter C. Phan (Georgetown University) "Christianity and the Wider Ecumenism: ‘Mission and Inter-religious Dialogue: Edinburgh, Vatican II, and Beyond’"

Featuring Mark Massa (Dean, School of Theology and Ministry, BC)

11:20 – 11:45 noon   Break & Bookstore Time

11:45– 12:45 pm  NEMAAR reception with Pres. Grove Harris (Pre-paid boxed lunches and light hors d' ouevres)

 

12:45 – 2:45 pm     Workshop (II) at McGuinn Hall

A. Student Papers in 8 Workshop Sessions with faculty chairs

1. Changing Contours of Christian Unity
    Fr. Raymond Helmick, SJ (Boston College, Department of Theology)

2. Mission in Context
    Dr. Margaret Guider (Boston College, School of Theology and Ministry)

3. Discipleship and Mission
    Fr. Luke Veronis (Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology)

4. Education for Mission
    Dr. Elizabeth Parsons (Boston University School of Theology)

5. Mission and Post-Colonialism
    Dr. Nimi Wariboko (Andover Newton Theological School)

6. Mission in a Pluralist World
    Dr. Catherine Cornille (Boston College, Department of Theology)

7. Mission and Post-Modernity
    Dr. Christopher Duraisingh (Episcopal Divinity School)

8. Salvation Today
    Dr. Peter Kuzmic (Gordon-Conwell Theological School)

 

B.    OMSC scholars in residence: “Our stories: the world church in mission” (moderated by Dr. Jonathan Bonk, Executive Director, OMSC)

Dr. Kehinde Olabimtan - Nigeria - "Theological Education in West Africa: A Case Study"
Dr. Ohene Kumi - Ghana - "Church in Ghana: Opportunities and Challenges"
Dr. Watson Omulokoli - Kenya - "Maseno 1910"
Mr. Emmanuel Garibay - Philippines - “Proclaiming the Gospel through Art”
Sr. Odilia Bulayungan O.S.B. - Philippines - “Life among ‘the least of these’"
Mrs.  Paw Gaw - Myanmar - “Women and Church in Myanmar”
Dr. Qingxin Jiang- China - “Urban House Churches in China: Challenges and Opportunities”
Mr. Chee Seng Yip - Malaysia - “Mission to Migrant Workers”

2:45 – 3:00 pm  Break

3:00 – 3:30 pm  Atlas of Global Christianity (multi-media), Todd Johnson, ed. (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary)

3:30 - 4:15 pm  Worship / celebration of world church (multi-media)

4:15 - 4:30 pm   Break / Bookstore

4:30 – 5:30 pm  Keynote #7 

Dr. Angelyn Dries (St. Louis University): “From Boston to the Whole World: 20th Century North American Roman Catholic Missions and the ‘Antioch Agenda’”

Featuring Margaret Guider (Assoc. Professor of Missiology, BC School of Theology and Ministry)

 

5:30 - 8:00 pm Dinner Break: Eat in the Corcoran Cafeteria (Boston College), at nearby restaurants, or register for the MACC event now...

5:30 – 7:30 pm  Massachusetts Council of Churches Ecumenical Dinner ($35): Visit www.masscouncilofchurches.org for details. *At the Heights Room, Boston College

 

8:00 – 9:00 pm  Keynote #8 (In St. Ignatius Church, Boston College)

Rev. Brian McLaren (Author, Everything Must Change): “Christian Mission and Peace-Making: Discerning our Secret Non-Weapon”

Featuring Dr. Nick Carter (President, Andover-Newton Theology School)

9:00 - 9:15 pm   Closing liturgy

 

Sunday, November 7, 2010 (Location: The Memorial Church, Harvard University, 1 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA)  OPEN SESSION

11:00 am Morning Service: Archbishop John Sentamu (Harvard's Noble Lecturer for 2010)

*Sermon is Ninth Keynote and First in the Noble Lecture Series: "Who is Jesus and What Does He Mean to Those Who Put Their Trust in Him?" Part I - "God's Mission is Performative" 

LUNCH BREAK

2:00 – 4:00 pm   2010Boston General Assembly with principals at The Memorial Church

Question on the Nature of Mission in the 21st Century: Posed by Professor Susan Abraham (Harvard Divinity School)

c. 2:00-3:00 pm   Moderator (Rodney Petersen, BTI Ex. Dir.): Intro and Method (10 min)

                          Question by S. Abraham (10 min)

                          Principals respond (5-10 minutes each)

c. 3:00-4:00 pm   Break into small groups for discussion with scribe/raporteur (20 minutes)

Small groups per eight conference topics and/or personal interest/perspective/discipline (egs. missions, ecclesial, academic, social action, interreligious dialogue)

Moderator reconvenes groups to assembly!

Statement of summary points & suggestions for further study...

4:00 – 5:00 pm  Closing Reception in the Buttrick Room

 

Post-2010Boston Conference Event

Anglican Archbishop of York John Sentamu will continue 2010Boston reflections in the course of the remaining Harvard University Noble Lectures at The Memorial Church:

 8:00 pm  Monday, November 8  Second Noble lecture: "God's Mission is Transformative"

 8:00 pm  Tuesday, November 9  Third Noble lecture: "God's Mission is Restorative Justice"