Hartford Seminary presents
Church Challenges:
Ecclesiology and Leadership Today
A Continuing Education Program
Featuring Denominational Executives and Church Experts
Date: Wednesday-Thursday, June 11-12, 2008 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Place: Hartford Seminary, 77 Sherman Street, Hartford
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Hartford Seminary is offering this two-day program to explore contemporary challenges faced by congregations and denominations through the insights of church leaders and scholars. Listen to their discussion. Ask questions. Interact over lunch. Come away with greater insight into the challenges facing the church and its leadership today.
Among the topics to be discussed: Ecumenical agreements, interfaith practices, structures of the church, evangelism and mission, links between the local and global church, church in the public sphere, and emerging challenges for the future.
On June 11, the leading judicatory leaders in Connecticut will meet in a rare panel discussion. Serving on the panel will be:
- The Rev. Judith G. Allbee, Executive Minister, American Baptist Churches of Connecticut
- Archbishop LeRoy Bailey Jr., Senior Pastor and Chief Executive Officer, The First Cathedral, Bloomfield, CT
- The Rev. Dr. Davida Crabtree, Conference Minister, Connecticut Conference, the United Church of Christ
- The Rev. Dana F. Lindsley, Executive Presbyter, the Presbytery of Southern New England
- Msgr. John McCarthy, Chancellor, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford
- The Rev. Margaret G. Payne, Bishop, New England Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- The Rt. Rev. Andrew Smith, Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut
On June 12, two scholars will discuss their recent writings on matters facing the church and how these intersect with recent developments in the field of ecclesiology. These presenters will be:
- Roger Haight, Visiting Professor of Systematic Theology, Union Theological Seminary, and author of the three-volume "Christian Community in History"
- Nicholas Healy, Associate Dean, St. John's University, New York, and author of "Church, World, and the Christian Life: Practical-Prophetic Ecclesiology"
The Rev. Dr. James Nieman, Professor of Practical Theology at Hartford Seminary, will moderate the program.
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For more information, contact Tubanur Yesilhark at (860) 509-9555 or events@hartsem.edu.
