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Competency-Based Theological Education: Origins of the Immerse MDiv at Northwest Baptist Seminary
Ruth McGillivray, MA As seminary enrolment in North America declined through the early 2000s, a small Canadian school, Northwest Baptist Seminary, struggled to survive. Accepting that its conventional model of education was not producing the type of leaders needed by … Continue reading
Moving Beyond Inclusion: The Story of One Family
Stace-Smith, H. & Pudlas, K.A. (2020) In a previous article Pudlas (2019) provided an introduction and overview of the current pedagogic paradigm known as full inclusion and argued that the church, which is the body of Christ here on earth, … Continue reading
Review of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Christian Humanism, 2018
Zimmermann, Jens. 2018. Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Christian Humanism. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN-13: 9780198832560 By Archie J. Spencer, ThD As a theologian, Dietrich Bonhoeffer stands with a select few significant Protestants, doing their work during a time that some describe … Continue reading
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Review of Speaking Up: Understanding Language and Gender, 2018
Jule, Allyson, 2018. Speaking up: Understanding Language and Gender. Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Multilingual Matter. By Mark Naylor, DTh Language is never neutral, never merely description. We reinforce values by what we say, how we say it and even by … Continue reading
In Celebration of Small Churches: Size As an Indicator of Church Health
Ron Johnston, DMin Introduction While mega-churches and their leaders have received much attention over the past half century, numerically the small church still dominates the ecclesiastical landscape in Canada. While the author of this article has not found any hard … Continue reading
Camp Youth Leadership Training: A Hidden Resource for the Church
Julie Bayley, BA Introduction Where are the future leaders of churches and ministries in Canada going to come from? Is there anything being done now that is effective in reaching these future leaders? How can churches be part of training … Continue reading
Don (Dongshin) Chang, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, Junior Fellow, John William Wevers Institute for Septuagint Studies; Research Associate, Dead Sea Scrolls Institute Research Interests Literary and Linguistic Aspect of 1 Maccabees, The Priesthood in the Late Second Temple Period, The Resident Alien … Continue reading
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Michael Morelli, PhD
Assistant Professor of Theology, Culture and Ethics, Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Programming; Special Assistant to the President Research Interests My primary research interests are studies of how orthodox doctrine and theological thought from the early church onward can inform, challenge, … Continue reading
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Mark A. Naylor, PhD
Coordinator, International Leadership Development (CILD); Instructor and Mentor, Immerse Program Research Interests Disciple Making Movements, Intercultural Theology /Hermeneutics, Contextualization, Inter-religious Dialogue, Cultural Intelligence, Bible Translation Current Book Projects Mapping Theological Trajectories that Emerge in Response to a Bible Translation. Evangelical … Continue reading
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Jonathan D. Numada, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, Junior Fellow, John William Wevers Institute for Septuagint Studies Research Interests 1 Maccabees, Jewish Social Identity in Ptolemaic Egypt, Nineteenth and Early Twentieth-Century German Theological Scholarship, Jewish-Christian Dialogue and the Gospel of John. Publications Books … Continue reading
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Larry J. Perkins, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies; Founding Fellow, John William Wevers Institute of Septuagint Studies; Member of the Society of Biblical Literature and the International Society of Septuagint and Cognate Studies. Publications Current Book Projects Preparing a Commentary on Greek Exodus … Continue reading
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Brian M. Rapske, PhD
Professor Emeritus of New Testament Studies Publications Book Chapters “Paul the Captive: Even in Chains, He Remained Christ’s Ambassador,” in Journeys of the Apostle Paul. David Bomar, ed. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2019. 131-35. Articles “Roman Legal System.” In Dictionary … Continue reading
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Archie Spencer, ThD
Professor in the John H. Pickford Distinguished Chair of Theology Publications Current Book Projects Loving God: Towards a Theology of Relationality, (Downers Grove, Il. IVP Academic) Books The Analogy of Faith: The Quest for God’s Speakability. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity … Continue reading
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Choosing a Children’s Curriculum
Nikki Lanigan, BAR, former Director of Children’s Ministries, Northview Church, Abbotsford, BC Baby Moses floating in a basket. A staple component in a central story of every pre-school curriculum written. But did I read that right? Do they really want … Continue reading
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