Coming…
Deep & Wide: A Conference on Ecclesial Engagement with Disability Across Canada
Plenary Speakers: Rev. Heather Morgan, Dr. L.S. Carlos A. Thompson
Where: Northwest Seminary & College or online
When: May 10, 4-6 p.m., May 11, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
Sponsored By: McMaster Divinity College, The Alliance Canada, Ambrose University, Northwest Seminary & College, Emmanuel College (UT), Karis Disability Services
Cost: $75 in person (lunch included), $40 online & students
Registration: https://mcmasterdivinity.ca/deepandwide/register/
Exodus and Beyond: A celebration & symposium in honour of Larry Perkins
Presenters: Rob Hiebert, PhD, Dirk Buchner, DLitt, Larry Perkins, PhD
Moderator: Archie Spencer, ThD
Where: SouthRidge Church (22756 48 Ave, Langley) & Online or online, via Zoom.
When: Monday, April 8, 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Program: Celebration of Festschrift and Reception 6-7, Symposium 7-9
Cost: Free
Register: https://nbseminary.ca/in-the-chair-exodus-and-beyond/
Around the Table Workshop: Expand Your Intercultural Horizons
Do you interact with people from diverse ethnic backgrounds in your workplace, school, or ministry setting? Are you engaging them with appropriate cultural sensitivity? What if you could discover your personal tendencies in relating intercult-
urally and learn to improve your ability to relate well, identify conflicts and respond with insight and understanding?
Start that journey towards intercultural relational competence through a private assessment of your current orientation and discover a pathway that leads to increased confidence and ability to handle intercultural tensions. Northwest invites you to participate in the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) to help you gain intercultural awareness, identify your personal level of intercultural competence, and discern a pathway towards increased relational skills in unfamiliar settings.
You will:
- receive further information about the IDI, which includes online introductory videos to view.
- receive a link to fill out the inventory near the beginning of April (it takes about 30 minutes to complete).
- receive, via email, the results of your assessment along with a proposed development plan. You will receive this information before the explanatory seminar.
- receive a Zoom link to attend an online explanatory workshop on Friday, April 26, 2024 from 1:00-4:00pm. The seminar provides an essential explanation about the IDI continuum, which the assessment is based on.
- have a 30-45 minute online one-on-one consultation with a qualified administrator who will explain your personal orientation and give insights towards a development plan. This will be scheduled following the seminar. Your assessment is kept personal throughout the process, apart from the qualified administrator (QA).
- receive an invitation to attend the Competence as Intercultural Change Agent (CICA) module called “IDI: Working the Plan” to continue developing your intercultural skills in January, 2025 (earn an additional Northwest Seminary & College micro-credit for module completion).
Offered by IDI Qualified Administrators: Mark Naylor, PhD, Jonathan Numada, PhD,Byung Suk Kim, DMin
Where: Online
When: April 26, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Cost: $20.00 (subsidized)
Register: https://nbseminary.ca/around-the-table-idi/
In the Book Symposium: Climate Change, Eco-Dread and Christian Wisdom: a crisis in search of a hope-filled perspective
The next In the Book event acknowledges the anxiety many people are feeling about environmental changes. Using Britt Wray’s book Generation Dread as a launching point for analysis and conversation, we will explore the responses to and remedies for such anxiety that she proposes based upon her worldview. From a Christian worldview perspective, we will offer a constructive critique of her treatment of climate change and propose complementary, at times different perspectives and remedies, based on the hope expressed in the biblical message. All are invited to participate in this discussion to discover, through interdisciplinary presentations and conversations, ways Christians can engage this complex, at times divisive topic will scripturally-formed wisdom.
Facilitators: Brian Rapske, PhD, Howard Andersen, PhD, and Larry Perkins, PhD
Respondents: Estera Boldut, PhD, RSW, Sam Pimentel, PhD, and University Siya:m Patricia Victor, MA
Where: Northwest Baptist Seminary & College (located in the Fosmark Building on Trinity Western Campus) or online, via Zoom.
When: March 16, 2024, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
Register: https://nbseminary.ca/in-the-book-eco-hope/
WATCH ON YouTube…
Theology Symposium: Incarnate Words: The Theology of Writing in the Age of ChatGPT
Presenter: Holly Nelson, PhD, Professor of English and MA Interdisciplinary Studies Coordinator, Trinity Western University
Respondent: Michael Morelli, PhD, Assistant Dean, Assistant Professor of Theology, Culture and Ethics, Northwest Baptist Seminary
Moderator: Katherine Bubel, PhD, Assistant Professor of English, Trinity Western University
Date: October 4, 2023
Watch: https://nbseminary.ca/in-the-chair-theology-of-writing/
Theology Symposium: ‘Just War’ or Just Another War
Presenter: Archie Spencer, ThD, Professor of Theology in the John H. Pickford Chair of Theology, Northwest Baptist Seminary, Associated Canadian Theological Schools, Trinity Western University
Respondent: Grant Havers, PhD, Professor of Philosophy, Trinity Western University
Moderator: Michael Morelli, PhD, Assistant Professor of Theology, Culture and Ethics, Northwest Baptist Seminary
Date: March 15, 2023
Watch: https://nbseminary.ca/in-the-chair-just-war/
Septuagint Occasional Papers: When does Translating Change the Meaning of Scripture? How the Translator of Greek Exodus (and Jesus?) Aligns Biblical Law to Fit His Culture
Presenter: Joel Korytko, PhD
Date: November 9, 2022, 7-9 p.m. PST
Watch: https://youtu.be/2ckcPxoiAD0
Septuagint Occasional Papers: “Bring the Scrolls, but Especially the Notebooks” (2 Timothy 4:13). Intertextual Perspectives: How Reading the LXX Helps us to Read the New Testament”
Presenter: Larry Perkins, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Northwest Baptist Seminary
Date: October 19, 2022, 7-9 p.m. PST
Watch: https://youtu.be/bFs_oumyJK8
Theology Symposium: Adopted by God: Restoring the Life-transforming Joy of a Neglected Pauline Doctrine
Presenter: Barton Priebe, DMin, President, Northwest Baptist Seminary
Date: October 12, 2022, 7-9 p.m. PST
Responder: Archie Spencer, ThD, The John H. Pickford Chair of Theology at Northwest Baptist Seminary
Moderator: Michael Morelli, PhD, Assistant Professor of Theology, Culture, and Ethics, Northwest Baptist Seminary
Watch: https://youtu.be/IrpsKOIzbOc
Theology Symposium: Reading John, Jesus, and Judaism in the Light of Greco-Roman Culture
Presenter: Jonathan Numada, PhD, Assistant Professor of Theology, Culture, and Ethics, Northwest Baptist Seminary
Responder: Don (Dongshin) Chang, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, Northwest Baptist Seminary
Moderator: Archie Spencer, ThD, The John H. Pickford Chair of Theology at Northwest Baptist Seminary
Presented: March 16, 2022
Watch: https://youtu.be/sWqA4M9PUlQ
Theology Symposium: Technological Pessimism or Prophetic Christian Resistance: Theology, Ethics and Technology in the Work of Jacques Ellul and Paul Virilio
Presenter: Michael Morelli, PhD, Assistant Professor of Theology, Culture, and Ethics, Northwest Baptist Seminary
Responder: Archie Spencer, ThD, The John H. Pickford Chair of Theology at Northwest Baptist Seminary
Moderator: Howard Andersen, PhD, Academic Dean, Northwest Baptist Seminary
Presented: March 16, 2022
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myh9hKyujJY