Seminary Scholarship Symposium
Presented by the seminary students
Wed, February 1, 2012 @ 09:00 am - Fri, February 3 @ - 11:59 pm
General Secretary of National Council of Churches to Speak
at Seminary Scholarship Symposium
Berrien Springs, Mich.—The Andrews University Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary welcomes Rev. Dr. Michael Kinnamon, general secretary of the National Council of Churches, as the keynote speaker for the annual Seminary Scholarship Symposium. The symposium is held at the Seminary on the campus of Andrews University and runs from Jan. 31–Feb. 3, 2012. The symposium is free and open to the public.
Kinnamon is a prominent religious leader in the United States. He is a clergyman in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and a well-known ecumenical leader and educator, as well as the Allen and Dottie Miller Professor of Mission, Peace, and Ecumenical Studies at Eden Theological Seminary in Lexington, Ky. Previously, he served as the general secretary of the Consultation on Church Union and executive secretary of the World Council of Church’s Commission on Faith and Order. Kinnamonearned his PhD from the University of Chicago Divinity School.
A prominent member of the Ecumenical Movement, Kinnamon firmly believes in the need for unity in the church and works hard to build that unity. “The church is where the Spirit is,” he says. “Look for that when we sit around these tables. Trust that the Spirit has claimed these others. Getting to know one another builds that trust. This is how we deal with ongoing conflicts—not as a political caucus, but as sisters and brothers.”
The Seminary Scholarship Symposium begins Tuesday, Jan. 31, with a 10:30 a.m. Recognition Assembly in the Seminary Chapel. This assembly will celebrate selected publications of Seminary faculty in 2011, as well as present the names of those receiving the Augsburger Excellence in Teaching Award and the Horn Excellence in Research Award.
On Thursday, Feb. 2, Kinnamon will present “The Gospel of Reconciled Community” at 10:30 a.m. and a plenary address, “The Ecumenical Movement and Why You Should Be Involved,” at 7 p.m. Both events will take place in the Seminary Chapel. Prior to the plenary speech on Thursday there will be a reception and poster session in the Seminary Commons from 6–7 p.m. The symposium will conclude on Friday, Feb. 3, with two scholarly paper presentations and another poster session. Friday’s presentations begin at 9 a.m. and continue until 1 p.m.
