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Our annual January faculty conference focused on the relations between Reformed theology, piety, and practice and the emerging/emergent missional movement(s). Bob Godfrey’s talk, “Friends or Foes: The Mission and the Confession of the Church,” is printed in the May 2008 issue of Evangelium. You can subscribe for free here. The text of the talks are now available for free on the WSC website. They include:
Audio CDs and MP3 downloads are available for purchase at The Bookstore at Westminster Seminary California. Order online or call 760/735.BOOK (735.2665).
Information about the 2009 conference will be available on our website in Summer 2008.
It depends upon who is doing the defining. Todd Billings has a helpful essay on this very question that echoes some of the same themes I tried to raise during our Missional and Reformed conference.
There were a lot of questions we didn’t have time to answer at the Missional and Reformed conference. I don’t know if I am able to answer them all but here’s another:
“Does the individual Christian witness in the world participate in any promise/authority of the keys of the kingdom. E.g. does John 20:23 apply to individual believers?” Read the rest of this entry »
As I argued at the WSC faculty conference “Missional and Reformed” the Reformed Churches have a sense of “mission.” We haven’t always been faithful to it and the Reformed understanding of the church’s mission is not that of the “missional” movement, especially as defined by the emerging and emergent churches. Read the rest of this entry »
Colin raised this question a while back on Unashamed Workman. He asked for comments and, as Mike had just touched on this during the WSC “Missional and Reformed” Conference, I piped up: Read the rest of this entry »
The lectures from the Missional and Reformed Conference are now available for download as mp3s for the paltry sum of $14.00 or $2.00 ea.
Mike is up: “Why the Marks Need the Mission.” The gospel is not something to be “done,” but to be believed. It’s an announcement. It’s not a technique. We don’t need a man with a plan, but a man with a message. That’s why we need officers, to preach, to announce, to herald. There’s no dichotomy between the institutional church and spirit-filled ministry. Why do traditionalists and innovators conspire to tear them apart? The Lord added to the “church daily” those who were being saved. Never in the NT does Scripture speak of techniques.
But there’s still room for you.
Chuck Tedrick, who is in charge of the event, says that last year we had to turn away some who didn’t register in advance. Advance registration closes Friday (the conference begins Fri evening) but you shouldn’t wait that long to try to register. Click on the banner above and that will take you to the registration page.
Finished the the first draft of the lecture for the upcoming faculty conference Missional AND Reformed. Things have come together well for the conference. It’s always a great opportunity to meet people from all over the world and this year will be no exception. Read the rest of this entry »
R. Scott Clark
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