How can Christians be faithful in secular universities, what challenges do they face, and how can we develop our sense of calling and purpose within academia? From Dec 27 - Jan 1, volunteers with our network of early career Christian academics are liveblogging seminars at the Urbana conference, a mission-focused student gathering of 16,000 Christians from across North America and the world. Photos for this post were by Galina Pylypiv. … [Read more...] about The Secular Academy as a Mission Field: Urbana Panel Discussion
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Why Is There No Photo About This? Challenging the Comfortable with Photojournalism
What is it like to be a photojournalist, and why would a Christian choose journalistic photographic work over advocacy? From Dec 27 - Jan 1, volunteers with our network of early career Christian academics are liveblogging seminars at the Urbana conference, a mission-focused student gathering of 16,000 Christians from across North America and the world. Here at at the Urbana conference in St Louis, photo journalist Micah Albert (website) (blog) talks to us about the role of photojournalism in society. Micah covers news … [Read more...] about Why Is There No Photo About This? Challenging the Comfortable with Photojournalism
Jesus: Lord & Servant (Matthew 8:1-17)
This is the first of a four part series of posts in which David Williams shares some historical and theological observations on the Bible passages studied at the Urbana Student Missions Conference 2015. The passages under consideration are Matthew 8:1-17, Matthew 20:1-16, Matthew 25:31-26, Matthew 27:57-28:15. In follow-up David will post stories of how the Gospel is being lived out on campus. We'd also love to hear how these texts speak to your campus context and next steps you'll take as you share the Good News … [Read more...] about Jesus: Lord & Servant (Matthew 8:1-17)
Connect with ESN at Urbana!
Urbana Student Mission Conference starts tomorrow! If you're at the conference, we'd love to connect with you. We have many other seminar opportunities and small conversations planned, so stop by our booth to find out more, but here are several ways to meet up with us: ESN Seminar, Monday December 28 at 2 pm: The Secular Academy as a Mission Field Features Dave Vosburg, Kelly Seaton, Khalilah Tyre, and John Inazu. The America Center's 100-101 ESN Reception, Monday December 28 at 9:30 pm Meet ESN … [Read more...] about Connect with ESN at Urbana!
ESN, Global Scholars, Urbana: A Doorway to the World’s Universities
Trajectories in Global Missions I returned to America in July from China after teaching in a Shanghai university for four years, including serving occasionally more broadly in Asia; and I just stepped off of the plane recently from a one-month, five-country trip to numerous universities in Sub-Saharan Africa. I happily discovered from these travels that what missiologists like Timothy Tennent have been saying for years is, indeed, so right: The ‘west reaches-the-rest' missional paradigm must change; it should be … [Read more...] about ESN, Global Scholars, Urbana: A Doorway to the World’s Universities