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Global Forum of Theological EducatorsMay 16–20, 2016 Dorfweil, Germany
Ferienstätte Dorfweil Retreat Center
ContentsWelcome 1Agenda 2–5Participants 6–14GFTE Leadership 15Map of Participating Countries 16
Global Forum of Theological EducatorsMay 16–20, 2016 Dorfweil, Germany
Global Forum of Theological Educators 1
Welcome
Welcome to the Global Forum of Theological Educators Conference! This event is structured to cultivate intense mutual learning, encounter, and dialogue among representatives engaged in Christian leadership formation and theological edu-cation from around the world. It includes participants from all six major Christian fami-lies currently existing within World Christianity: Orthodox/Oriental, Roman Catholic, Historic (mainline) Protestant, Evangelical, Indigenous, and Pentecostal. Participants. Although all participants come from institutions or organizations related to theological education, we are gathering as individuals and not as institutional represen-tatives. We will have time to share our personal faith and learn from the stories of oth-ers. We will share times of worship, prayer, Bible study, and reflections on the education of Christian leaders. We will learn from our varied stories in theological education. Methodology. The major methodological strategy for this conference is sharing in table groups, with each table group including representatives from many Christian families. Because all participants are experts in one or another area of theological education, introductory speakers will be brief and will use their presentations to introduce and encourage discussion. Each session will include framing questions to initiate the table discussions that will invite new and broad dialogue on current visions and practices of theological education. The conference will have notetakers for each group, and one session will be devoted to summarizing what has been said around the tables. Follow-ing the meeting, a summary report will be prepared and shared with participants. This methodology assumes that the wisdom in this meeting belongs to all the participants, not a group of plenary leaders. Sessions. Each day of the conference will begin with worship, prayer, and Bible study. The texts for the three Bible studies come from the book of Acts, a book that can be understood as an outstanding narrative of ancient learning on Christian leadership formation and theological education. The thematic sessions will focus on issues related to global Christianity, the contributions of different Christian families, the mission of God, and other themes that will all be situated in the context of theological education. In addition to these thematic sessions, one session will group participants by geographical region and another by confessional (Christian family) groups. Outcomes. The hoped for results of learning and listening beyond the boundaries of re-gional and confessional networks, of praying and studying together, and of being open to the work of the Holy Spirit will be increased trust, ongoing mutual dialogue, new friends, and new partners of cooperation among Christian leaders of Christian forma-tion and theological education.
10 Summit Park DrivePittsburgh, PA 15275 USA
Executive Committee:
Fr. Stephen Bevans, SVD, PhDFr. Daniel Buda, PhDRev. David Esterline, PhD Co-ChairRosalee Velloso Ewell, PhDRev. Manfred Kohl, ThD Co-ChairRev. Wonsuk Ma, PhDMost Rev. Rufus Ositelu, PhDRev. Joseph Shao, PhD
Consultants:
Rev. Daniel Aleshire, PhDRev. Riad Kassis, PhDRev. Dietrich Werner, PhD
Global Forum of Theological Educators
An International Fellowship of Leaders in Theological Education from Every Christian Tradition Phone: 1-412-788-6505 | Email: [email protected] | Website: www.gfte.org
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Agenda
Monday, May 16
Tuesday, May 17
Arrivals
6:30 p.m. Evening Meal
7:30 p.m. Welcome and Celebration Manfred Kohl Worship Brief Introduction of Participants, Speakers, and Sponsors
Opening Remarks: "History, Reality, Purpose, and Goals" Explanation of the Program Procedures and Details
Closing Remarks and Dedication Prayer We are grateful to Samuel Ewell who is coordinating worship each morning of this meeting. He is working with friends and colleagues who will provide a range of worship experiences that reflect the patterns of worship among the Christian families represented in this meeting. Christian families differ markedly in how they worship and in the elements that they consider essential in worship. While Christians have different ways to worship, they are unified in the object of that worship: the God who creates, redeems, and sustains.
8:00 a.m. Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Session One Rosalee Ewell Worship Bible Study: Acts 8 After a twenty minute introductory presentation, participants will share their personal stories related to this text or evoked by this text.
10:30 a.m. Coffee/Tea Break
11:00 a.m. Session Two Wonsuk Ma What treasures do we bring to the common table? Following the introductory presentation, participants will discuss the unique treasures their ecclesial families bring to a common Christian table.
12:30 p.m. Lunch
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2:00 p.m. Session Three Munther Isaac How does theological education form people for ministry? Marilyn Naidoo After two introductory presentations, participants will engage in table conversations around questions such as: What was most influential in your theological education? What do you see as most influential in the lives of your students?
3:30 p.m. Coffee/Tea Break
4:00 p.m. Ecclesial Family Meetings Leadership for This will be a session in which participants meet in their own broad this session is ecclesial families: Historic or Mainline Protestant, Orthodox, Roman informal Catholic, Evangelical Protestant, African Independent churches, or Pentecostal. Each group will have an assigned area in which to meet.
6:30 p.m. Evening Meal and Free Evening
Wednesday, May 188:00 a.m. Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Session Four Willie James Worship Jennings Bible Study: Acts 10 After a twenty minute introductory presentation, participants will share their personal stories related to this text or evoked by this text.
10:30 a.m. Coffee/Tea Break
11:00 a.m. Session Five Rufus Ositelu Integrity and Leadership Ruth Padilla After two introductory presentations, participants are asked to identify and discuss models they have observed that reflect the integrity that theological schools should embody or, in some cases, evidences where integrity was glaringly absent.
12:30 p.m. Lunch
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Wednesday, May 18
Agenda (continued)
2:00 p.m. Session Six Ruomin Liu What do geographical and ecclesial family contexts offer to global Aikatirini Pekridou Christianity and theological education? Steve Bevans Following introductory presentations from three persons from three different parts of the world, participants will discuss their perceptions of the most significant contributions contexts make to global Christianity and theological education.
3:30 p.m. Coffee/Tea Break
4:00 p.m. Regional Groups Leadership for This will be a session in which participants meet in broad this session is geographical groups. Each group will have an assigned area in which informal to meet.
6:30 p.m. Evening Meal/Free Evening
Thursday, May 198:00 a.m. Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Session Seven vanThanh Nguyen Worship Bible Study: Acts 17 After an introductory presentation, participants are asked, once again, to discuss the text from the perspective of their own life experiences.
10:30 a.m. Coffee/Tea Break
11:00 a.m. Session Eight Janet Clark What is the role of theological education and the church in God’s Limuel Equina mission in the world? After the opening presentations, participants will discuss two major questions related to mission and theological education: Is theological education transforming the mission of the church? Or is the church transforming theological education?
12:30 p.m. Lunch
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2:00 p.m. Session Nine Riad Kassis What is the role of theological education for the future of global H.S. Wilson Christianity? After the introductory presentations, participants will discuss this question and also ask: Where do we go from here?
3:30 p.m. Coffee/Tea Break
4:00 p.m. Session Ten David Esterline What have we heard? David Esterline will lead the participants in table conversation about what has been heard, what has been experienced, and what has been learned in these days of conversations.
6:00 p.m. Closing and Celebration Manfred Kohl Worship
Where Do We Go from Here? Words of Greetings and Thanks
Departure Blessings and Prayer
7:30 p.m. Dinner
Friday, May 208:00 a.m. Breakfast and Departures
The conference center closes today.
Ground TransportationDepartures to the Frankfurt airport:
5:30 a.m., 7:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m.
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Participants
Joas AdiprasetyaAssociation of Theological Education in South East AsiaIndonesia
Daniel AleshireThe Assocation of Theological SchoolsUnited States
Reginaldus AmleniDivine Word Missionaries (SVD)China
Emmanuel AnimPentecost Theological SeminaryGhana
J. Kwabena Asamoah-GyaduTrinity Theological Seminary, Legon, Ghana Ghana
Nikolaos AsproulisVolos Academy for Theological StudiesGreece
David Baer Overseas Council United States
Nadine BanksThe Association of Theological SchoolsUnited States
Pavol BargárProtestant Theological Faculty, Charles University, PragueCzech Republic
Paul Bendor-SamuelOxford Center for Mission StudiesUnited Kingdom
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Stephen BevansCatholic Theological Union, ChicagoUnited States
Alexei BodrovSt. Andrew's Biblical Theological InstituteRussia
Edmund ChiaSchool of Theology, Australian Catholic UniversityAustralia
Peter ChoyHoly Spirit Seminary CollegeChina
Janet ClarkTyndale University College & SeminaryCanada
Corneliu ConstantineanuAurel Vlaicu University of AradRomania
Gemma CruzAustralian Catholic UniversityAustralia
Ruth Padilla DeBorstCenter for Interdisciplinary Theological StudiesCosta Rica
Gioacchino CampeseScalabrini International Migration Institute, Pontifical Urbanian University Italy
Amélé EkuéWorld Council of ChurchesSwitzerland
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Participants (continued)
David EsterlinePittsburgh Theological SeminaryUnited States
Eduardo FernandezJesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara UniversityUnited States
Alex FuentesAsia Pacific Theological Association (APTA)Philippines
Timoteo GenerAsian Theological SeminaryPhilippines
Tchotche Mel Felix l'Eglise Harriste de Côte d'IvoireIvory Coast
Rosalee Velloso EwellTheological Commission—World Evangelical AllianceUnited Kingdom
Babatunde GbogboadeAladura Theological InstituteNigeria
Samuel EwellCinnamon Network & WEAUnited Kingdom
K. M. GeorgeSopana Orthodox AcademyIndia
Limuel EquinaAssociation of Theological Education in South East AsiaPhilippines
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Carlos HamEvangelical Theological SeminaryCuba
Po Ho HuangChang Jung Christian University/AFTETaiwan
Joanna IlboudoPan African Christian Women Alliance (PACWA) Burkina Faso
Munther IsaacBethlehem Bible CollegePalestine
Pravinkumar IsraelCentre for Global Leadership DevelopmentIndia
Cheryl IversonOral Roberts University College of Theology and MinistryUnited States
Willie James JenningsYale University Divinity SchoolUnited States
Tatiana GorbachevaThe Russian Union of Christians of Evangelical Faith (Pentecostal), Eurasian Theological SeminaryRussia
Cyril HovorunSankt Ignatios Theological AcademySweden
Evan HunterScholarLeaders InternationalUnited States
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Participants (continued)
Phee Seng KangChina Graduate School of TheologyChina
Riad KassisInternational Council for Evangelical Theological EducationLebanon
Chammah J. KaundaUniversity of South AfricaSouth Africa
Kirsteen KimLeeds Trinity UniversityUnited Kingdom
Graham KingsMission Theology in the Anglican CommunionEngland
Francisco JimenezSouth American Seminary and Latin American Educational AllianceEcuador
Ho Sung KimInternational Theological Institute in KoreaKorea
Lijin Jiang China
Maqsood Pervaiz KamilGujranwala Theological Seminary Gujranwala’ PakistanPakistan
Andreas KammerOverseas CouncilEurope
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Takanori KobayashiTokyo Christian UniversityJapan
Manfred KohlOverseas CouncilCanada
Jung-Sook LeeTorch Trinity Graduate UniversitySouth Korea
Theresa LuaAsia Theological AssociationPhilippines
Wonsuk MaOxford Centre for Mission StudiesUnited Kingdom
Oliver McMahanPentecostal Theological SeminaryUnited States
Barbara M. Kohl Barbara Kohl MinistriesCanada
Mary John KudiyiruppilMissionary Sisters Servants of the Holy SpiritItaly
Ruomin LiuP. R. China
Sandra MazzoliniFaculty of Missiology— Pontifical Urbanian UniversityItaly
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Participants (continued)
Zhixiong (Dominic) NiuCatholic Seminary of JilinP.R. China
Rufus OsiteluThe Church of the Lord (Prayer Fellowship) WorldwideNigeria
Marvin OxenhamEuropean Evangelical Accrediting AssociationItaly
Henrik Sonne PetersenDanmissionDenmark
Marilyn NaidooUniversity of South AfricaSouth Africa
vanThanh NguyenCatholic Theological UnionUnited States
Mary Temitope OsiteluThe Church of the Lord (Prayer Fellowship) WorldwideNigeria
Kennedy OwinoSeth Mokitimi Methodist SeminarySouth Africa
Santanu Kumar PatroSenate of Serampore College (University)India
Katerina PekridouUniversity of MuensterGermany
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Catherine Punsalan-ManlimosSeattle UniversityUnited States
Lester Edwin J. RuizThe Association of Theological SchoolsUnited States
Thomas SchirrmacherTheological Commission, World Evangelical AllianceGermany
Beugre Mobio Romainl'Eglise Harriste de Côte d'IvoireIvory coast
Gordon T. SmithAmbrose Seminary at Ambrose UniversityCanada
Wojciech SzczerbaEvangelical School of TheologyPoland
Constantine ProkhorovUnion of Baptist Churches of Omsk Region, RussiaRussia
Johannes ReimerTheologische Hochschule Ewersbach/University of South AfricaGermany
Malkhaz SongulashviliIlia State UniversityGeorgia
Efraim TenderoWorld Evangelical AlliancePhilippines
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Participants (continued)
Ayalkibet TesfayeEthiopian Orthodox Twahedo ChurchEthiopia
Dietrich WernerBread for the WorldGermany
Petros VassiliadisWOCATIGreece
Amos YongFuller Theological SeminaryUnited States
Mark YoungDenver SeminaryUnited States
H.S. WilsonFoundation for Theological Education in Southeast AsiaUnited States
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GFTE Leadership
Executive Committee Stephen Bevans, SVDCatholic Theological UnionNorth AmericaRoman Catholic
Daniel BudaWorld Council of ChurchesEastern EuropeOrthodox
David Esterline, Co-ChairPittsburgh Theological SeminaryNorth AmericaHistorical Protestant
Rosalee Velloso EwellWorld Evangelical AllianceLatin AmericaEvangelical
Manfred Kohl, Co-ChairOverseas Council EuropeEurope/North AmericaHistorical Protestant
Wonsuk MaOxford Centre for Mission StudiesAsia/EuropePetencostal
Rufus OsiteluChurch of the Lord (Aladura), WorldwideAfricaIndependent
Joseph ShaoAsia Theological AssociationAsiaEvangelical
Advisors to the Executive CommitteeDaniel AleshireThe Association of Theological Schools in the United States and CanadaNorth AmericaHistorical Protestant
Riad KassisInternational Council for Evangelical Theological EducationMiddle EastEvangelical
Dietrich WernerBread for the World–Protestant Development ServiceEuropeHistorical Protestant
Advisory CommitteeAlexei BodrovEastern EuropeOrthodox
Peter ChoyAsiaRoman Catholic
Gemma CruzAsiaRoman Catholic
Amele EkueAfrica/EuropeHistorical Protestant
Carlos HamLatin AmericanHistorical Protestant
Po Ho HuanAsiaHistorical Protestant
Chammah KaundaAfricaPentecostal
Marilyn NaidooSouthern AfricaHistorical Protestant
Katerina PekridouEuropeOrthodox
David RamirezLatin American/ North AmericaPentecostal
Lester Edwin J. RuizAsia/North AmericaHistorical Protestant
Sergiy SannikovEastern EuropeEvangelical
H. S. WilsonAsia/North AmericaHistorical Protestant
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Map of Participating Countries
Thank you to our donors . . .Asia Theological Association
The Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada
The Church of Lord Aladura
Danmission
Ecumenical Theological Education/ World Council of Churches
Evangelischen Kirche in Hessen und Nassauund der Evangelischen Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck
Evangelisches Missionswerk in Deutschland e.V. (EMW)Association for Protestant Missions and Churches in Germany (EMW)
Foundation for Theological Education in Southeast Asia
The Henry Luce Foundation
McCormick Theological Seminary
Oxford Centre for Mission Studies
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary