OMSC Mission Leadership Forum

April 24-26, 2009
Mission and Migration

Friday, April 24, 2009

7:30  Plenary: Jehu Hanciles. “‘Don't be Refugees, be Missionaries!’:African Immigrants and the New Missionary Encounter with American Society.” (A summary of his new book, Beyond Christendom: Globalization, African Migration, and the Transformation of the West).

8:10 Response: Dr. Kevin Ward

Saturday, April 25, 2009

8:30 Bible Study: Charles van Engen Topic: "An Immigrant is Counselor to Kings”
Text: Daniel 1:1-21

9:10  Plenary response to Bible study (Chaired by: Susan Perlman)

10:00  Plenary: Daniel G. Groody CSC – “Crossing the Divide: Foundations of a Theology of Migration and Immigration” (Chaired by: John Watters) 

10:45  Plenary discussion (Chaired by: John Watters)

2:00 p.m.  Plenary: Rev’d Darrell Jackson - (Chaired by: Evvy Hay Campbell) “Mapping Migration: mapping Church responses – A European Study.” (Darrell Jackson serves as director of Nova Research Centre & Tutor in European Studies, Redcliffe College).

3:20  Response: Danny Carroll - (Chaired by: George Kovoor)

3:50 p.m.  Plenary Presenters response to each other: Jehu Hanciles, Daniel Groody, Darrell Jackson, Danny Carroll (Moderated by George Kovoor)

4:30  Plenary Discussion (Chaired by: George Kovoor)

8:00  Plenary Documentary: Dying to Live: A Migrant’s Journey (Daniel G. Groody, executive producer. Groody River Films, 2005. Chaired by: Meredith Long)

Sunday, April 26, 2009

8:40  Bible study: Charles van Engen Topic: "An Immigrant is a model of God's Mission"Text: Luke 10:25-37

9:30  Plenary response to Bible study (Chaired by: Tite Tienou)

10:15  Panel: Jehu Hanciles, Daniel Groody, Danny Carroll, Darrell Jackson (Chaired by: Sue Perlman) Response to focus questions, and to issues that have emerged from the discussion groups

11:00  Plenary discussion with the panel (Chaired by: Sue Perlman)

11:30  Wrapup by Stephen Bailey, with participant feedback: (Chaired by: Wilbert Shenk)

12:00 Noon  Closing prayer and adjournment (followed by lunch at OMSC) (Chaired by: Wilbert Shenk)

Sponsored by and held at the
Overseas Ministries Study Center,
490 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT