2008 Chicago Center for Global Ministries'
annual World Mission Institute:

"Mission After the Christendom:
Emergent Themes in Contemporary Mission"

April 17-18, 2008
at
Augustana Chapel, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
1100 East 55th Street Chicago, IL 60615

Sponsored by
Chicago Center for Global Ministries (CCGM)
5401 South Cornell Avenue
Chicago IL 60615

Conference Schedule

THURSDAY, APRIL 17

4:30 – 6:45 p.m. Registration - LSTC, Augustana Chapel

7:00 p.m. - Opening Session Call - Director of CCGM-Dr. Ogbu U. Kalu

Worship - Dr. Gary Rand
Welcome - President of LSTC -Dr. James Echols
Introduction of Keynote Speaker - Dr. Gary Reibe-Estrella, Chairman of CCGM Board
Keynote Address - Professor Robert Schreiter

A reception will follow the lecture - LSTC Refectory

FRIDAY, APRIL 18

8:30 a.m. Morning Prayer President of MTS- Dr. Cynthia Campbell

Introduction of Keynote Speaker: Dr. Cynthia Campbell
Keynote Speaker - Dr. Amos Yong

9:45 – 10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Workshops

FIRST HOUR WORKSHOPS

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. - Main Speakers

1. Gender - Dr. Linda Thomas
2. Ecology - Dr. David Rhoads
3. Short Term Missionaries - Dr. Robert Priest
4. Keynote Speakers – Professor Robert Schreiter & Dr. Amos Yong

SECOND HOUR WORKSHOPS

11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. - Main Speakers

1. Racism - Dr. Dawn Nothwehr
2. Migration - Dr. Gemma Cruz
3. Globalization - Dr. Ogbu U. Kalu
4. Keynote Speakers – Professor Robert Schreiter &
Dr. Amos Yong

12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Lunch

2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. - Panel on Contemporary Mission Practices
LSTC Conference Room 350

Panel Chair: Dr. Edmund Chia
Dr. Hunter Farrell
Dr. Bonnie Jensen
Dr. Michael Montoya

Meals: The cafeteria at LSTC is open weekdays for breakfast and lunch. Dinner is available at many local restaurants within easy walking distance.

Link to Center for Global Ministries website, where more information about the conference
(including biographical notes on the speakers and workshop leaders, registration, etc.) can be found: http://www.ccgministries.com

LSTC Contact: Jose David Rodriguez (773) 256-0762 jrodrigu@lstc.edu