Christian Leadership Forum June 3 - 6 | Dallas, Texas Active Faith Matters

CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP FORUM JUNE 3 - 6 | DALLAS, TEXAS ACTIVE FAITH MATTERS

#FTEforum15 TABLE OF CONTENTS AgendaYOUNG ...... 1 Idea ADULTSLab Descriptions ...... 6 FeaturedCOHORT Leadership ...... 8 Idea Lab Leadership ...... 9

Peer Group Leadership ...... 11

“An ACTIVE FAITH Doctoral Students Cohort Leadership ..... 12 not only moves out Institutional Doctoral Network Partners .... 13 and Additional Leadership

to engage and Church & Church-Related Partners ...... 14 Cohort Participants care for the world Young Adults Cohort Participants ...... 16

beyond oneself, Social Media Information ...... 23

Doctoral Students Cohort Participants ...... 24 but also has the vision to

Institutional Doctoral Network Partners .... 28 imagine and the capacity Cohort Participants

Blogging Information ...... 29 to move the world towards

Venue Map and Information ...... 30 greater justice and mercy. ” Emergency Information ...... 32

- Tat-Siong Benny Liew Travel Reimbursement Information ...... 33

FTE Team ...... 34 1 CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP FORUM AGENDA

TUESDAY, JUNE 2 - NURTURING A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE 2:00 – 5:00 pm Grantees Arrival & Registration ...... Lodge Lobby 6:30 – 7:30 pm Dinner ...... Royal Coachman

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3 - SETTING THE TABLE 7:00 – 8:30 am Breakfast ...... Royal Coachman 8:30 am – 12:00 pm Pre-Forum Grantees Meeting ...... Americana II 12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch ...... Royal Coachman 1:00 – 3:00 pm Pre-Forum Grantees Meeting ...... Americana II Doctoral Faculty Orientation ...... Lonestar 1:00 – 4:00 pm Forum Registration ...... Lodge Lobby 2:00 – 3:00 pm Forum Leadership Team Meeting ...... 3E24A (Eagle Wing) 4:00 – 5:00 pm Christian Leadership Forum Opening ...... Black Hawk 5:15 – 6:15 pm Peer Group Reflections ...... Breakout Rooms

YOUNG ADULTS EAGLE WING Group 1 – Jennifer Bailey ...... 3E27 Group 2 – Jeremy Battle ...... 3E13 Group 3 – Kenny Clewett ...... 3E14 Group 4 – Edwin Estevez ...... 3E15 Group 5 – Linda Jiménez ...... 3E16 Group 6 – Kit Novotny ...... 3E22 Group 7 – Tuhina Rasche ...... 3E23 Group 8 – Tyler Sit ...... 3E26

CHURCH & CHURCH-RELATED PARTNERS EAGLE WING Group 9 – Midwestern Regional Peer Group ...... 3E24A Group 10 – Mid-Atlantic Regional Peer Group ...... 3E24B Group 11 – Southern Regional Peer Group ...... 3E25A Group 12 – Western Regional Peer Group ...... 3E25B

DOCTORAL STUDENTS Group 13 – 1st & 2nd Year Doctoral Students ...... Americana I Group 14 – ABD & Doctoral Dissertation Fellows ...... Americana II

INSTITUTIONAL DOCTORAL NETWORK Group 15 ...... Lonestar 2

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3 - SETTING THE TABLE (CONTINUED)

6:15 – 6:30 pm Break ...... 6:30 – 7:30 pm Dinner ...... Royal Coachman

THURSDAY, JUNE 4 - EXPLORING IDEAS & THEMES

7:00 – 8:00 am Breakfast ...... Royal Coachman 8:15 – 8:45 am Community Worship ...... Black Hawk

9:00 – 10:30 am Morning Session WHY AN ACTIVE FAITH MATTERS ...... Black Hawk Featured Leaders: Bishop Minerva Carcaño, California-Pacific Conference & Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Founder, Rutba House; Associate Minister, St. Johns Missionary Baptist Church All Participants

10:30 – 11:00 am Break ......

11:00 am – 12:30 pm Morning Sessions WHY LEADERSHIP MATTERS AND HOW THE CHURCH ...... Black Hawk AND ACADEMY CAN MAKE AN IMPACT IN THE WORLD Young Adults, Church & Church-Related Partners, and Institutional Doctoral Network

DOCTORAL STUDENT WORKSHOPS MERCURY WING 1st Year Students ...... M103 2nd Year Students ...... M104A Pre-Dissertation Fellows ...... M104B ABD & Dissertation Fellows ...... M105

12:30 – 2:00 pm Lunch ...... Royal Coachman

2:00 – 3:00 pm Afternoon Sessions EMBODYING WHAT MATTERS ...... Black Hawk Leader: Patrick Reyes Young Adults, Church & Church-Related Partners, and Institutional Doctoral Network

DOCTORAL STUDENT WORKSHOPS MERCURY WING 1st Year Students ...... M103 2nd Year Students ...... M104A Pre-Dissertation Fellows ...... M104B ABD & Dissertation Fellows ...... M105

3:00 – 3:30 pm Break ...... 3

THURSDAY, JUNE 4 - EXPLORING IDEAS & THEMES (CONTINUED)

3:30 – 5:00 pm IDEA LABS EAGLE WING Young Adults and Church & Church-Related Partners

Lab 1 – To Serve This Present Age: ...... 3E12 Mobilizing and Organizing for Transformative Justice Lab 2 – God is Hungry: Building a Faithful Food System ...... 3E13 Lab 3 – Liturgy on the Streets ...... 3E14 Lab 4 – Faith and Formation: A Lifelong Journey ...... 3E15 Lab 5 – Planting New Ministry ...... 3E16 Lab 6 – As Some of Your Own Poets Have Said: ...... 3E23 Faith, Hip Hop, and Proclamation Lab 7 – Faithful Resistance: The Radical Mandate of Micah 6:8 ...... 3E26 Lab 8 – Authenticity in Beloved Community ...... 3E27 Lab 9 – Building Up Beloved Community: ...... 3E25A Social Knitting in a Fragmented World

DOCTORAL STUDENT WORKSHOPS MERCURY WING 1st Year Students ...... M103 2nd Year Students ...... M104A Pre-Dissertation Fellows ...... M104B ABD & Dissertation Fellows ...... M105

INSTITUTIONAL DOCTORAL NETWORK CONVERSATIONS ...... Lonestar

5:15 – 6:15 pm Peer Group Reflections ...... Breakout Rooms

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THURSDAY, JUNE 4 - EXPLORING IDEAS & THEMES (CONTINUED)

5:15 – 6:15 pm Peer Group Reflections ...... Breakout Rooms

DOCTORAL STUDENTS Group 13 – 1st & 2nd Year Doctoral Students ...... Americana I Group 14 – ABD & Doctoral Dissertation Fellows ...... Americana II

INSTITUTIONAL DOCTORAL NETWORK Group 15 ...... Lonestar

6:30 – 7:00 pm Evening Prayers ...... Black Hawk 7:00 – 8:00 pm Dinner ...... Royal Coachman

FRIDAY, JUNE 5 - REFLECTING AND IMAGINING NEXT FAITHFUL STEPS

7:00 – 8:00 am Breakfast ...... Royal Coachman 8:15 – 8:45 am Community Worship ...... Black Hawk

9:00 – 10:30 am Morning Session SENSING WHAT’S EMERGING NOW Young Adults and Church & Church-Related Partners ...... Black Hawk Doctoral Students and Institutional Doctoral Network ...... Americana II

10:30 – 11:00 am Break ......

11:00 am – 12:30 pm Morning Sessions INTEGRATION FORUMS: IDEAS + PRACTICES ...... Black Hawk Young Adults and Church & Church-Related Partners

DISCERNING OUR NEXT FAITHFUL STEPS ...... Americana II Doctoral Students and Institutional Doctoral Network

12:30 – 2:00 pm Lunch ...... Royal Coachman

2:00 – 3:30 pm Afternoon Sessions DISCERNING OUR NEXT FAITHFUL STEPS ...... Black Hawk Young Adults and Church & Church-Related Partners

DOCTORAL STUDENT WORKSHOPS MERCURY WING 1st Year Students ...... M103 2nd Year Students ...... M104A Pre-Dissertation Fellows ...... M104B ABD & Dissertation Fellows ...... M105

INSTITUTIONAL DOCTORAL NETWORK CONVERSATIONS ...... Lonestar

3:30 – 4:00 pm Break ...... TABLE OF CONTENTS 5

FRIDAY, JUNE 5 - REFLECTING AND IMAGINING NEXT FAITHFUL STEPS (CONTINUED)

4:00 – 5:00 pm Afternoon Sessions Continue ......

5:15 – 6:15 pm Peer Group Reflections ...... Breakout Rooms

DOCTORAL STUDENTS Group 13 – 1st & 2nd Year Doctoral Students ...... Americana I Group 14 – ABD & Doctoral Dissertation Fellows ...... Americana II

INSTITUTIONAL DOCTORAL NETWORK Group 15 ...... Lonestar

6:30 – 7:00 pm Evening Prayers ...... Black Hawk 7:00 – 10:00 pm Dinner & Entertainment ...... CR Smith Museum

SATURDAY, JUNE 6 - BEARING WITNESS TO OUR INTENTIONS FOR THE FUTURE

7:00 – 9:00 am Breakfast and Checkout ...... Royal Coachman

9:00 – 10:30 am Morning Session NEXT FAITHFUL STEPS, REFLECTIONS AND EVALUATION Young Adults and Church & Church-Related Partners ...... Black Hawk Doctoral Students and Institutional Doctoral Network ...... Americana II

10:30 – 11:00 am Break ......

11:00 am – 12:00 pm Closing Worship ...... Black Hawk Rev. Dionne Boissière, Chaplain of the Church Center for the United Nations

12:00 pm Lunch and Departure Royal Coachman 6 IDEA LAB DESCRIPTIONS

CHURCH-BASED JUSTICE ADVOCACY FAITH AND FORMATION

To Serve This Present Age: Mobilizing and Faith and Formation: A Lifelong Journey Organizing for Transformative Justice GERI MCKENZIE DANIELLE AYERS After reflecting on one’s own call journey, The 21st century has brought on many challenges participants will engage in conversation around the for local and global communities such as importance of balance between actively living out mass incarceration, human and sex trafficking, their faith and being still in order to listen to God’s immigration reform, police brutality, social inequity, call and direction in their lives. Sources and ways to failing public schools, globalization and lack of connect, encourage and support young leaders economic upward mobility just to name a few. will be offered. What can be done to mobilize and organize for permanent change? How can we craft narratives and ideas that will spark movements with local, MISSIONAL INNOVATION national and international implications? What is the role of faith communities in envisioning a new Planting New Ministry America? This Idea Lab will focus on how to build EDWIN ESTEVEZ & TYLER SIT and sustain transformative justice movements that Do you love your community and want to seed lead to restored relationships, positive change, a new ministry for unreached people? For new frameworks and a rich togetherness that are whom does your heart break? Where are your spiritual, social and political. Idea Lab participants gifts leading you? What are new ways for us to will also spend time creatively thinking and be the church in our changing times? Church planning on how they will serve this present age. planters Edwin Estevez and Tyler Sit will explore the character and competencies of a “planter” and how to step into the outward frontier of ministry. FOOD AND FAITH Participants will leave with deeper discernment around their own planter identity and the next God is Hungry: Building a Faithful Food System growing edges for ministry. JENNIFER BAILEY This idea lab examines the faith-rooted movements Authenticity in Beloved Community that are changing our food system. Who are EMILY MCGINLEY the people fighting the injustices of our food In a world of segmentation and increasing division, system? How do we build a food system where how do we faithfully bear witness to God’s vision everyone has access to good food regardless of of beloved community? As leaders of the next, our income? Storytelling activities will engage you in capacity to call out and call into being this vision understanding social movements and envisioning demands wisdom, courage, and deep authenticity a new way we can grow and eat our food. See rooted in a faith that seeks understanding. We’ll examples of faith-rooted food justice and food explore what our traditions offer as tools for sovereignty movements and find out more about understanding and building spaces that lead to how you can get involved to support local and greater authenticity in beloved community. global struggles! 7 IDEA LAB DESCRIPTIONS

INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY FAITH & LITURGY (WORK OF THE PEOPLE)

Building Up Beloved Community: Liturgy on the Streets Social Knitting in a Fragmented World ASHLEY GOFF JONATHAN WILSON-HARTGROVE What does it mean to take liturgy to the streets? What One challenge of vocational discernment in 21st- happens to our understanding of liturgy when it is century America is that individuals are often trying experienced outside a church building? How does to discern their role in a broader community while liturgy in the public square birth creativity, power at the same time not knowing where they belong... and community? How was liturgy used in Occupy or whether anyone else has found their true home, Wall Street? What liturgical principles were at work in for that matter. The individual’s struggle is personal, Ferguson die-ins? Liturgy on the streets is liturgy that for sure. But she is not alone. The prevalence of erupts in a public context. It can be planned. It can this experience indicates that we face more than be spontaneous. In this workshop we will explore liturgy a challenge on young adulthood; this is a cultural on the streets and the role it plays in a community crisis of community formation. Join Jonathan Wilson- engaged in active faith. We will also look at Church of Hartgrove for a conversation about what fragments our the Pilgrims (PCUSA) and its practices of street liturgy as communities and how the social knitting of community an example of a congregation taking liturgy outside its building may be essential to genuine vocational walls . discernment in our time. “As Some of Your Own Poets Have Said”: Faith, Hip Hop, and Proclamation FAITH AND GOVERNMENT MICHAEL WATERS Description: With Acts 17:16-34 - the Apostle Paul’s Faithful Resistance: The Radical Mandate of Micah 6:8 sermon before the Areopagus in Athens - offering DIONNE BOISSIÈRE Biblical precedent for homiletically engaging cultural How do we view our mandate to act justly through artifacts as an authentic witness of Christian Faith, we both a local and global lens? What does justice look will explore hip hop lyricism as a necessary theological like from a comprehensive Christian worldview? What conversation partner for preaching, by engaging is faithful action not just in a global context but with a seminal hip hop recordings and developing a practical global conscientiousness? What is so radical about theology model towards its engagement. the Micah 6:8 mandate? How can we understand our role as faithful leaders and global change agents as not merely “bridge building” but “bridge being”? These are just some of the questions that we will raise in this idea lab discussion. In addition, we will discuss the role of the religious NGO (non-governmental organization), engaged in civil society and grass roots organizing in the work of global advocacy and activism.

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BISHOP MINERVA CARCAÑO California-Pacific Conference,Los Angeles, CA Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño is a graduate of the University of Texas- Pan American and Perkins School of Theology of Southern Methodist University. Bishop Carcaño serves as the lead spokesperson on matters of immigration reform for the Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church. In 2013, she was one among 14 religious leaders who were invited to the White House by President Barak Obama to consult with him about immigration reform. In addition to writing extensively, Bishop Carcaño has been a tireless preacher, teacher, and speaker at United Methodist, interfaith, justice/human rights, and immigration reform events all over the U.S., Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, Mexico, Zimbabwe, and Switzerland.

JONATHAN WILSON-HARTGROVE Associate Minister, Saint John’s Missionary Baptist Church; Founder, Rutba House; Director, School for Conversion, Durham, NC Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove is a native of North Carolina and a graduate of Eastern University and Duke Divinity School. In 2003, Jonathan and his wife Leah founded the Rutba House, a house of hospitality where the formerly homeless are welcomed into a community that eats, prays, and shares life together. Jonathan directs the School for Conversion, a nonprofit that has grown out of the life of Rutba House to pursue beloved community with kids in their neighborhood, through classes in North Carolina prisons, and in community-based education around the country. Jonathan is also an Associate Minister at the historically black St. Johns Missionary Baptist Church. Jonathan is a co-complier of the celebrated Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals, and is the author of several books on Christian spirituality.

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MINISTER DANIELLE AYERS Minister of Justice, Friendship West Baptist Church, Dallas, TX Danielle Ayers uses her gifts and talents to mobilize and organize the church and community around various issues such as wrongful convictions, mass incarceration, predatory lending, zoning, food deserts, voting participation, legal resources and just restoration for Haiti.

REV. JENNIFER BAILEY Founder, Executive Director, Faith Matters Network (FMN), New York, NY Jennifer Bailey is an ordained minister, community organizer, and emerging national leader in multi-faith movement for justice. Jennifer believes that people of faith can be game changers in the fight to build a more justice, compassionate, and peaceful world.

REV. DIONNE P. BOISSIÈRE Chaplain, Church Center for the United Nations (CCUN), New York, NY Dionne Boissière is the first African American woman to hold the chaplain position at CCUN. Dionne ensures that the Church Center provides sacred space, worship, hospitality, community advocacy and a forum for partners and civil society to engage in transformative education.

REV. EDWIN ESTEVEZ F.I.R.S.T. Resident, New Castle Presbytery (PC(USA)), Wilmington, DE Before heading to Wilmington, Delaware to serve as a convening minister for a new worshiping community through the F.I.R.S.T. initiative of the Presbytery of New Castle, Edwin Estevez was the Innovation Scholar at the Community Church of Lake Forest and Lake Bluff, Illinois.

REV. ASHLEY GOFF Ministry for Spiritual Formation and Director of Pilgrimage, Church of the Pilgrims (PCUSA), Washington, DC Ashley Goff graduated from Union Theological Seminary where she fell in love with the art of liturgy. She lives with deep gratitude for several communities which have formed her along the way: Denison University, the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, the Open Door Community, and Rikers Island NYC Jail. 10 IDEA LAB LEADERSHIP

REV. EMILY MCGINLEY Church Planter & Pastor, Urban Village Church (Hyde Park | Woodlawn), Chicago, IL Emily McGinley is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), with roots in the non- denominational evangelical tradition. A new mother, when she’s not experimenting with new ways to build community, Emily is experimenting with how to build a person.

GERI MCKENZIE Pathways to Ministry Administrator, Wilshire Baptist Church, Dallas, TX Geri McKenzie oversees the church’s Pastoral Residency program, college and seminary internships and the YourCall program for high school students. She is a Gallup-certified strengths coach and provides coaching for Wilshire staff as well as classes and individual coaching for congregants.

TYLER SIT Church Planter, Minneapolis, MN Tyler Sit is passionate about environmental justice--the intersection between race, economics, and ecology. As an avid traveler, he has spent time in faith communities around the world. He holds an M.Div. from Candler School of Theology.

REV. DR. MICHAEL W. WATERS Founder and Senior Pastor, Joy Tabernacle African Methodist Episcopal Church, Dallas, TX Michael W. Waters is named among America’s top young leaders by EBONY Magazine. Michael serves as an adjunct instructor in the Doctor of Ministry Degree Program and mentor pastor in the Center for Preaching Excellence at the SMU Perkins School of Theology.

JONATHAN WILSON-HARTGROVE Founder, Rutba House, Durham, NC In 2003, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and his wife Leah founded the Rutba House, a house of hospitality where the formerly homeless are welcomed into a community that eats, prays, and shares life together. Jonathan directs the School for Conversion, a nonprofit that has grown out of Rutba House.

“ACTIVE FAITH is doing the work of justice-making. - Eboni Marshall Turman 11 SMALL GROUP LEADERSHIP

REV. JEREMY BATTLE Senior Pastor, Western Avenue Baptist Church, Cambridge, MA Jeremy Battle hails from Brighton, Alabama. Jeremy is a 2013 Master of Divinity graduate from Harvard Divinity School. Jeremy’s preaching is characterized by his captivating common-sense approach to God’s word and his gift of story-telling.

REV. KENNY CLEWETT Associate Pastor, Christ Community Evangelical Free Church, Overland Park, KS Kenny Clewett obtained a Master of Divinity at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He works as an associate pastor of Extension Ministries, combining his experience in social entrepreneurship and pastoral heart to help the church serve the city well.

REV. EDWIN ESTEVEZ F.I.R.S.T. Resident, New Castle Presbytery (PC(USA)), Wilmington, DE Before heading to Wilmington, Delaware to serve as a convening minister for a new worshiping community through the F.I.R.S.T. initiative of the Presbytery of New Castle, Edwin was the Innovation Scholar at the Community Church of Lake Forest and Lake Bluff, Illinois.

REV. LINDA JIMÉNEZ Former Evangelist, Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, NY As the title of her blog will tell you, she is a quirky church girl. After completing her M.Div. degree at Princeton Theological Seminary, she became an FTE Transition-into-Ministry participant as a Lilly Resident in Ministry. She is now discerning her next ministerial call.

REV. KIT NOVOTNY Young Adult Minister, First Congregational Church, Berkeley, CA At First Church, Kit Novotny is responsible for nurturing ministries for those in their 20s-30s, along with preaching, teaching, pastoral care, and the many other adventures of church life.

REV. TUHINA RASCHE Associate Pastor, St. Paul Lutheran Church, Oakland, CA Tuhina Rasche has a passion for adult faith formation. She revived the congregation’s adult catechumenate program, and she enjoys finding ways to teach adult Christian education forums.

DR. REGINALDO BRAGA Assistant Professor of Christian Education, Area IV, The Interdenominational Theological Center Reginaldo Braga has an interest in education and multiculturalism, education and contemporary liberation theologies, critical theories and Christian education, and postmodern philosophies and education. He specializes in Freirean Studies. His previous ministry involved the transition from a mono-ethnic/mono cultural church to become a multicultural/multi-ethnic community.

DR. TERESA DELGADO Associate Professor of Religion and Ethics; Director, Peace and Justice Studies Program, Iona College Teresa Delgado received her doctorate from Union Theological Seminary. Her interdisciplinary scholarship utilizes the experiences of women to articulate a constructive theological vision, grounded in and critical of Latino culture and the Roman Catholic theological tradition. She has co-edited and published numerous articles and book chapters.

DR. ANNE JOH Associate Professor of Theology, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Anne Joh has served as mentor to doctoral students in various fellowship programs. Her areas of research interests are at the intersection of critical theories on race, gender, trauma, affect, poststructuralism, postcolonialism and militarism in relation to transpacific Asian America. She is the author Heart of the Cross: A Postcolonial Christology.

DR. TAT-SIONG BENNY LIEW Class of 1956 Professor of New Testament Studies, College of the Holy Cross Tat-siong Benny Liew is the author of Politics of Parousia and What Is Asian American Biblical Hermeneutics?. He is a research associate of the Institute of Signifying Scripture and an external examiner for the educational programs of the Divinity School of Chung Chi College, Chinese University of Hong Kong.

DR. ROSETTA ROSS Professor of Religion, Spelman College Rosetta Ross’ journal articles and book chapters explore religion and black women’s Civil Rights activism, womanist theology and ethics, and religion and society. She is author of Witnessing and Testifying: Black Women, Religion and Civil Rights. At Spelman she led the College’s liberal arts religion program transition from Christian studies to religious studies.

DR. PHILLIS SHEPPARD Associate Professor of Religion, Psychology, and Culture, Vanderbilt Divinity School Phillis Sheppard’s research in religion, psychology and culture engages the intersection where the social and the intrapsychic meet. As a practical theologian she is recognized for her contributions to womanist perspectives in psychoanalysis and religion, methodology, cultural studies, and pastoral theology.

DR. SHIVELY SMITH Assistant Professor of New Testament, Wesley Theological Seminary Shively Smith serves on the Status of Women in the Profession Committee for the Society of Biblical Literature as well as on the steering committee for the Women in the Bible Section. She continues to write and research in the areas of: 1 & 2 Peter studies, diaspora studies, and call/ commission stories in the Bible.

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DR. EBONI MARSHALL TURMAN Assistant Research Professor of Theological Ethics and Black Church Studies; Director, Office of Black Church Studies, Duke Divinity School Eboni Marshall Turman’s writing on race, gender, and class has been featured in numerous publications. She is the youngest woman to be licensed and ordained to the Gospel ministry by the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church in the City of New York and the first woman to be named assistant minister of the church.

INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS LEADERSHIP

DR. MARSHA FOSTER BOYD Consultant, Forum for Theological Exploration Marsha Foster Boyd is president emeritus of the Ecumenical Theological Seminary in Detroit. Boyd previously was director of Accreditation and Leadership Education at the Association of Theological Schools (ATS). She has also served as academic dean of Payne Theological Seminary and associate professor of pastoral care and counseling at United Theological Seminary. Marsha is the first African-American woman to serve in each of these positions.

ADDITIONAL LEADERSHIP RESIDENT CHAPLAIN REV. LIV GIBBONS Pastor, Northwest United Protestant Church, Richland, WA Liv Gibbons is an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). She was a Lilly Resident at Central Christian Church in Lexington, KY. Liv received her M.Div. from the University of Chicago Divinity School where she was a Disciples Divinity House scholar.

FACILITATOR DR. PATRICK REYES Program Manager, Spirituality, Education and Dialogue Initiatives Center for Spirituality, Dialogue and Service, Northeastern University, Boston, MA In his current role, Patrick Reyes creates and delivers programming around interfaith dialogue, intercultural competency, nonviolence and interreligious practices with an emphasis on social justice and community transformation.

CLOSING PREACHER REV. DIONNE P. BOISSIÈRE Chaplain, Church Center for the United Nations (CCUN), New York, NY Dionne Boissière is the first African American woman to hold the chaplain position at CCUN. Dionne ensures that the Church Center provides sacred space, worship, hospitality, community advocacy and a forum for partners and civil society to engage in transformative education. 14 CHURCH & CHURCH RELATED PARTNERS COHORT

GRIER BOOKER RICHARDS ERIK CHRISTENSEN ASHLEY GOFF Executive Director Pastor Minister for Spiritual Formation and Chaplain St. Luke’s Lutheran Church and Director of The Pilgrimage UKirk Greensboro of Logan Square Church of the Pilgrims (PCUSA) Greensboro, NC Chicago, IL Washington, DC

ERIN BURLESON KAREN CROZIER JAMIE HASKINS Program Director Assistant Professor of Practical Chaplain and Director of LEAD INstitute: Georgia Theology; Director of Faculty Spiritual Life & Instructor of Cleveland, GA Development; Interim Program Religious Studies Director of Urban Mission Westminster College SAMUEL BURLESON Fresno Pacific University Columbia, MO Family Ministry Pastor Fresno, CA The Bridge Church LEE HINSON-HASTY Cleveland, GA MARSHA CUTTING FTE Board Chair Pastor Senior Director GREG CARMER Madrona Grace Theological Education Funds Dean of Chapel Presbyterian Church Development at Presbyterian Gordon College Seattle, WA Foundation Wenham, MA Louisville, KY LARRY DUGGINS KELLY CHATMAN Co-Founder WYNDEE HOLBROOK Pastor Missional Wisdom Foundation Director of Programs Redeemer Lutheran Church Southlake, TX Academy of Preachers Minneapolis, MN Lexington, KY ELAINE ENNS HUN CHOI Restorative Justice RICHARD HOWE Community and Church Bartimaeus Ministries, Inc. President Relations Coordinator Oak View, CA Centers for Christian Korean Churches for Study International Community Development Denver, CO Los Angeles, CA 15

MARK HUSBANDS TINA LAWRENCE SARAH PARHAM Leonard and Marjorie Maas Executive Administrator Associate Director CHURCH & Chair of Reformed Theology Fresno Institute for Wesley Foundation at the Director of the Emmaus Urban Leadership University of Kentucky Scholars Program; Fellow of the Fresno, CA Lexington, KY CHURCH RELATED Center for Ministry Studies Hope College SCOTT LEE DAVID RAMOS Holland, MI Campus Minister President PARTNERS COHORT Royston Baptist/Cooperative Latino Leadership Circle ANDREW HYDE Baptist Fellowship of Georgia New York, NY Youth & Young Families Minister Royston, GA Norval United Church RICK REITEN Ontario, Canada ALLISON LEIGH Pastor Assistant Director of Campus Bristol Lutheran Church HYEPIN IM Ministry for Retreats and Faith Sun Prairie, WI FTE Board Member Communities Founder & President University of Dayton LISA RHODES Korean Churches for Dayton, OH Dean of Sisters Chapel and Community Development Director of the WISDOM Center Los Angeles, CA PAUL MASSINGILL Spelman College Pastor/Executive Director Atlanta, GA PATRICK KEYSER FIU-MDC Wesley Foundation Office and Ministry Assistant Miami, FL ERIK SAMUELSON St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Campus Pastor Richmond, VA RIMES MCELVEEN Trinity Lutheran College Executive Director Everett, WA STACY KITAHATA Mere Christianity Forum Young Adult Mentor Greenville, SC JESSICA ZIMMERLE Japanese Baptist Outreach Coordinator Church of Seattle JEFF MEYERS Ballard First Lutheran Seattle, WA Teaching Pastor Church, ELCA North Avenue Seattle, WA CHRISTOPHER KLEIN Presbyterian Church Living-Learning Atlanta, GA Program Coordinator Calvin College Grand Rapids, MI

“ACTIVE FAITH imitates Christ relentlessly, who emptied himself to serve others.” - Kenny Clewett

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“To paraphrase Hebrews 11, ACTIVE FAITH is the turning of dreams into deeds.

It’s living in such a way that

our lives wouldn’t make sense

if the gospel were not true.”

- Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

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MARIA (MIA) BENJAMIN BLAKE COLLINS Episcopal Service Corps, PCUSA Young Adult Life Together Volunteer Program Cambridge, MA Louisville, KY

KAN’DACE BROCK SIERRA COPPAGE University Health Virginia Union University Systems San Antonio Richmond, VA Converse, TX

YANIL BURGOS CALLA COUCH Episcopal Service Corps, Catholic Volunteers in Florida Life Together Tampa, FL Brookline, MA

JONATHAN CAHILL TIMOTHY CRUISE National Benevolent Association, Brite Divinity School XPLOR Program Mesquite, TX Pekin, IL

JANINE CARAMBOT JAIMIE CRUMLEY Drew Theological School Yale Divinity School Phillipsburg, NJ New Haven, CT

HAZEL CHERRY JOE DAVIS Bread for the World Redeemer Lutheran Church ELCA Washington, DC Minneapolis, MN

CHARLOTTE CLOYD DONNA DESILUS Quaker Voluntary Service working Yale Divinity School at Atlanta Habitat for Humanity New Haven, CT Atlanta, GA 18

ANDREW FLANIGAN SHAKEI HAYNES Westminster College Washington, DC Fulton, MO

KATERINA FRIESEN HASSAN HENDERSON Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Morehouse College Seminary (AMBS) Atlanta, GA Elkhart, IN

JESSICA FORTNER LYNETTE HICKS Sweet Briar College Triangle Speech Associates Roanoke, VA (Speech Language Pathologist) Rocky Mount, NC

ANDRE GILFORD JAMES HILL Wayne State University Southern Methodist University Clinton Township, MI Garland, TX

MATLIN GILMAN CYRETA HOWARD Union Theological Seminary United Theological Seminary New York, NY New Brighton, MN

ART GORDON ASHLEY HUBAYKAH Boston University Iona College School of Theology New Rochelle, NY Roxbury, MA

SONNY GRAVES SARAH KEOUGH Pacific School of Religion Seattle Pacific Seminary Berkeley, CA Seattle, WA 19

DAE SHIK KIM COLLEEN MAKI Seattle Pacific Seminary Lutheran Campus Ministry Seattle, WA Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN

EDWARD KIM QUANTISHA MASON Azusa Pacific University McCormick Theological Seminary South Pasadena, CA Chicago, IL

CORA KOEHLER COOPER MCCULLOUGH The New School University Boston College School of Brooklyn, NY Theology and Ministry Chestnut Hill, MA

MARQUISHA LAWRENCE EMILY MELO Eden Theological Seminary/ Gordon Conwell Theological Washington University in St. Louis Seminary Boston St. Louis, MO Boston, MA

JOSEPH LIVERSEED DAVID MILLER University of Wisconsin Madison Jesuit Volunteer Corps Madison, WI Baltimore, MD

ETHAN LOWERY VICTORIA MOORE Episcopal Relief & Development Notre Dame Mission Volunteers Berkeley, CA Baltimore, MD

ROSEMARY MACADAM R. AUSTIN NELSON St. Margaret’s Church, Luther Seminary The Anglican Diocese of Toronto, Moorhead, MN and Scarboro Missions Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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ANDRE PARRIS DANIEL REED Tyndale University College University of Toronto and Seminary Toronto, Ontario, Canada Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec, Canada

ISAIAH PETTWAY BRITTNEY ROBINSON Ashland Theological Virginia Union University Seminary Detroit School of Theology Southfield, MI North Chesterfield, VA

CHRISTOPHER PICARELLO IAN ROEBER King’s College Boston College School of Macungie, PA Theology and Ministry Brighton, MA

SARA PRENDERGAST SALZWEDEL JOHN ROGERS Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Union Theological Seminary Clara University at Berkeley New York, NY Berkeley, CA

ANTONIO REDD ROSS WILLIAMS Virginia Union University Morehouse College School of Theology Atlanta, GA Henrico, VA

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JERI SALAS MIRIAM SHERWIN Colorado UpLift Trent University Denver, CO Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

BAILEY SANFORD ERIKA SPAET Methodist Student Network at the Pacific Lutheran University of South Carolina Theological Seminary Columbia, SC Berkeley, CA

COURTNEY SANFORD BRITTNEY STEPHAN The Methodist Student Network at Butler University the University of South Carolina Carmel, IN Columbia, SC

CARLSON SAWYER BROOKE TAYLOR University of Virginia Virginia Union University Charlottesville, VA School of Theology Richmond, VA

SASHA SHEPPARD RICKEY THOMAS Full Gospel Baptist Fellowship Florida Memorial University Lithonia, GA Miami Gardens, FL

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FRIDAY, JUNE 5TH 7:00 - 10:00 P.M. CR SMITH MUSEUM 22

LOUIS TILLMAN WILLIAM WILSON Lutheran School of Theology Candler School of Theology at Chicago Atlanta, GA Chicago, IL

DEMARIUS WALKER LYDIA WYLIE-KELLERMANN Boston University Word and World: A People’s School Atlanta, GA Detroit, MI

KIMBERLY WHITE SAMUEL YENN-BATAH Central Baptist PCUSA Young Adult Theological Seminary Volunteer Program Lees Summit, MO Atlanta, GA

BRISHA WHITE AMY ZIMBELMAN Borough of Manhattan Duke University Divinity School Community College Durham, NC Brooklyn, NY

SARAH WILDT KAMMERDIENER Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary “As Christ’s followers, Austin, TX WE ARE CALLED

EMILY WILKES to have an Church of the Pilgrims Washington, DC ACTIVE FAITH—to be agents of transformation.” RICHARD WILLIAMS Interdenominational - Linda Jiménez Theological Center Atlanta, GA WAYS TO CONNECT WITH FTE

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DOCTORAL STUDENTS COHORT

“An ACTIVE FAITH matters because God calls each of us, as believers, to daily,

actively live out our faith

by obeying Him.”

- Geri McKenzie

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AMY BARBOUR ERICKA DUNBAR Theology Religion Garrett-Evangelical Drew University Theological Seminary Madison, NJ Evanston, IL

GRACE BOAKYE-AGYEMAN MARLENE FERRERAS Religious Studies Practical Theology McGill University in Montreal Claremont School of Theology Quebec, Canada Claremont, CA

COURTNEY BUGGS EARLE FISHER Religion/Homiletics Religious Studies/ Emory University Rhetoric & Communications Atlanta, GA University of Memphis/ Rhodes College Memphis, TN

RUFUS BURNETT MICHAEL FISHER JR. Systematic Theology Ethics and Society Duquesne University Vanderbilt University Pittsburgh, PA Nashville, TN

JAMALL CALLOWAY BRIDGETT GREEN Philosophical Theology New Testament and Union Theological Seminary Early Christianity New York, NY Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN

LEONARD CURRY NICHOLAS GRIER Ethics and Society Pastoral Theology, Vanderbilt University Personality and Culture Nashville, TN Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Evanston, IL 26

YARA GONZALEZ JUSTINIANO JOEL KEMP Practical Theology Hebrew Bible Boston University Boston College Boston, MA Chestnut Hill, MA

RACHELLE GREEN SIMON JOSEPH KIERULF Religious Education Theology and Ethics Emory University Union Presbyterian Seminary Atlanta, GA Richmond, VA

LAUREN GUERRA HELEN KIM Systematic and American Religions Philosophical Theology Harvard University Graduate Theological Union Cambridge, MA Berkeley, CA

AARON HOWARD CHAN LIAN Ethics and Society Pastoral Theology, Vanderbilt University Culture and Personality Nashville, TN Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Evanston, IL

NAZILA ISGANDAROVA HEATHER MCLETCHIE-LEADER Pastoral Theology New Testament and Emmanuel College Early Christianity Toronto, ON, Canada Harvard University Cambridge, MA

AMARYAH JONES ARMSTRONG ZACHARY MILLS Theological Studies Rhetoric and Public Culture Vanderbilt University Northwestern University Nashville, TN Evanston, IL 27

KERMIT MOSS ALISHA TATEM Practical Theology Pastoral Care and Counseling Princeton Theological Seminary Columbia Theological Seminary Princeton, NJ Atlanta, GA

HYEMIN NA NATHAN WALTON Homiletics Theology Emory University University of Virginia Atlanta, GA Charlottesville, VA

JOI ORR RACHEL WATSON Ethics and Society Religion and Literature Emory University University of Chicago Atlanta, GA Chicago, IL

TIMOTHY RAINEY II GRACE VARGAS American Religious Cultures History of the Christian Emory University Tradition in Latin America Atlanta, GA Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX

ASHLYN STROZIER Women’s Studies in Religion and Ethics Claremont Graduate University Claremont, CA

“An ACTIVE FAITH is proclaimed in words but fulfilled in holy action.” - Jeremy Battle

TABLE OF CONTENTS 28 INSTITUTIONAL DOCTORAL NETWORK PARTNERS COHORT

LEE BUTLER LUIS RIVERA Professor of Theology and Psychology Vice President for Academic Affairs and Chicago Theological Seminary Academic Dean Chicago, IL Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Evanston, IL

SHONDA JONES RADY ROLDÁN-FIGUEROA Associate Dean of Admissions Associate Professor and Student Services Boston University School of Theology Wake Forest School of Divinity Boston, MA Winston-Salem, NC

SHERYL KUJAWA-HOLBROOK BRYAN STONE V.P. for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; E. Stanley Faculty & Professor Jones Professor of Evangelism; Co-Director of Claremont School of Theology the Center for Practical Theology Claremont, CA Boston University School of Theology Boston, MA

K. SAMUEL LEE EMILY VOGT Professor of Practical Theology, Spiritual Care, Director of the CTS Ph.D. program and Counseling Chicago Theological Seminary Claremont School of Theology Chicago, IL Claremont, CA

GAIL O’DAY Dean and Professor of New Testament and Preaching Wake Forest School of Divinity Winston-Salem, NC

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Thinking out loud: Provide commentary on a current event, article, book or resource that you have encountered.

Inspired Leaders: Who are good examples of inspirational leaders within the church or academy, past or present?

Innovation in Ministry: Provide an example and thought on an innovative project/program. MEETING ROOMS FLOOR PLANS* MAIN FLOOR VENUE INFO GUESTROOMS MEETING ROOMS FLOOR PLANS*ABOVE THE AMERICANA WING, 2ND FLOOR MAIN FLOOR AMERICAN AIRLINES TRAINING & CONFERENCE CENTER B WING GUEST ROOMS 1ST FLOOR 2100-2158 2ND FLOOR 2200-2258 GUESTROOMS 4501 Highway 360 3RD FLOOR 2300-2358 ABOVE THE AMERICANA WING, 2ND FLOOR Fort Worth, TX 76155 (p) 817.956.1000 (f) 817.956.1001 B WING GUEST ROOMS 1ST FLOOR 2100-2158 2ND FLOOR 2200-2258 WI-FI INFORMATION 3RD FLOOR 2300-2358 Complimentary EAGLEwireless Internet WING access throughout entire facility AMERICANA WING (Meeting Rooms, Guest-rooms and Public Areas) can been THE LODGE accessed by joining the “AATCC” network. GAME ROOM 2E10 2E11 MERCURY WING

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GLASSROOM 4501 HIGHWAY 360, MAIL DROP 929 FORT WORTH, TX 76155 FALCON WING ENTRANCES WWW.AACONFERENCECENTER.COM P: 817.956.1000 F:4501 817.956.1001 HIGHWAY 360, MAIL DROP 929 * These floor plans are not to scale and are only a general representation of the meeting room locations on each floor of the Dolce Hotel. FORT WORTH, TX 76155 ENTRANCES WWW.AACONFERENCECENTER.COM P: 817.956.1000 F: 817.956.1001 * These floor plans are not to scale and are only a general representation of the meeting room locations on each floor of the Dolce Hotel. 31 VENUE INFOMEETING ROOMS FLOOR PLANS* CLICK HERE FOR AIRPORT SHUTTLE MAIN FLOOR INFORMATION. GUESTROOMS ABOVE THE AMERICANA WING, 2ND FLOOR CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT FOOD OPTIONS PROVIDED IN ROYAL COACHMAN. B WING GUEST ROOMS 1ST FLOOR 2100-2158 2ND FLOOR 2200-2258 3RD FLOOR 2300-2358

EAGLE WING AMERICANA WING THE LODGE GAME ROOM 2E10 2E11 MERCURY WING

ATRIUM

G101 MEETING ROOM COVERED PATIO 2E55 2E16 LOCATED UNDER Y

M112 L101 ANT R BLACKHAWK P KIWI COURTYARD 2E17 BALLROOM BUSINESS CENTER SCB CPE 2E18 ROPES

PLANNING COURSE CONFERENCE SALES

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A WING GUEST ROOMS 1ST FLOOR 1100-1132 PIT

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In case of an emergency please contact security at 817-967-1621. If you need assistance from FTE, please contact Fran Davis-Harris at 708.362.9620. Please visit the venue reception desk to arrange transportation if needed.

HOSPITALS/URGENT CARE

Care Now - Urgent Care 5301 William Tate Ave. Grapevine, TX 76051 817.251.2101

Baylor Regional Medical Center 1650 West College Grapevine, 76051 817.481.1588

PHARMACIES

Walgreens 1330 N. Beltline Rd. Irving, TX 75061 469.417.0355

Walgreens 2401 Ballpark Way Arlington, TX 76006 817.861.7661

CVS (24 Hours) 2222 North Story Road Irving, TX 75062 972.255.4155

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PARTICIPANT REIMBURSEMENT GUIDELINES The following guidelines are provided to assist you in completing FTE’s reimbursement form. Receipts are required for all reimbursable expenses. To receive reimbursement, FTE must receive your expense report within ten (10) business days of the completion of the event. NO EXCEPTIONS. If you have any questions, please contact the appropriate FTE staff person who has been corresponding with you about the event.

TRANSPORTATION: 1) General Rule: FTE covers travel expenses beginning and ending at the airport of departure or, if you are local, the event itself. If you must drive over fifty (50) miles each way to the nearest airport or the event itself, FTE will reimburse your mileage at the standard IRS rate. 2) Deadline: Flights must be booked through FTE’s travel agent at least six (6) weeks prior to the event. If you do not book your flight by this deadline, you may be personally responsible for any difference in cost. 3) Booking: Flight arrangements are billed directly to FTE. However, if you received permission to purchase your own ticket, the flight itinerary (showing costs) must be included for eimbursement.r Airfare may not exceed the lowest fare available. FTE does not reimburse the normal airfare when a frequent-flyer ticket is used. 4) Airport Parking: Please park in economy lots where available. 5) Checked Baggage: FTE will reimburse checked baggage fees up to $25 each way. 6) Car Rentals: FTE staff must pre-approve all car rentals. Please use economy-class vehicles whenever available. For car rentals, FTE will reimburse gasoline expenses in addition to the cost of the vehicle. 7) Mileage Reimbursement: If you use your personal vehicle to travel over fifty (50) miles each way to the airport or the event itself, mileage will be reimbursed at the standard IRS rate ($0.575 per mile in 2015). Mileage expenses may not exceed the lowest available airfare between city of departure and destination. As your receipt, please submit a map that shows total miles traveled.

LODGING: 1) Room Charges: Hotel room charges will be billed directly to FTE. 2) Incidentals: In-room charges such as phone calls, movies, snacks and room service will not be reimbursed.

MEALS: 1) Covered Meals: During the event, FTE will provide all meals, unless otherwise indicated on the registration form. If you arrive early on the first day of the event, FTE will reimburse you for your meals if none are provided. Whenever group meals are provided, FTE does not reimburse for personal meals. 2) Meal Allowances: For meals not provided by FTE, you may be reimbursed up to the following amounts (Excluding tax and gratuity): Breakfast: $10.00; Lunch: $15.00; Dinner: $25.00 3) Alcohol: FTE does not reimburse for alcoholic beverages.

TIPPING: 1) Meals and Taxis: FTE will reimburse gratuity for meals and taxis (with receipts) between 15-20%. 2) Hotel Staff: FTE strongly encourages participants to tip hotel service personnel, such as porters, valets, and housekeepers. However, FTE does not reimburse such expenses. FTE TEAM

DORI BAKER DARLENE HUTTO Research Fellow Director of Grants and Fellowships

ELSIE BARNHART STEPHEN LEWIS Program Manager President

PAUL BOIS CHRIS TINA MASON Vice President of Administration Data Associate

TED BOONE CHRIS McCAIN Director of Knowledge Director of Strategic Partnerships, Management Organizations Serving Young Adults

KIMBERLY R. DANIEL-BRISTER KARLA VAN ZEE Director of Communications Consultant

FRAN DAVIS-HARRIS HEATHER WALLACE Event Planner Program Manager

JAN FISHBECK MATTHEW WESLEY WILLIAMS Director of Finance Vice President of Strategic Initiatives

DIVA MORGAN HICKS TRACI WRIGHT Online Communications Manager Executive Administrator