Coming to Hesston College October 29-31, 2010
The 2010 Anabaptist Vision and Discipleship Series event
How can a more complete understanding of Jesus change your theology?
Change your church?
Change your life?
Some Christians tend to focus on the cross as the "finished work" of salvation. Others focus on the risen Christ pouring out the power of the Spirit, a Spirit curiously divorced from Jesus. Still others focus primarily on Jesus the teacher and social critic. Then his death is simply a consequence of the fact he made some people angry. But can any one of those portraits, by itself, give us a true picture of Jesus? What damage do we do to our congregations and ourselves when we follow a single-dimensional Jesus?
The goal of 3-D Jesus is to discover the whole of the story of Jesus—his life, death, resurrection and ongoing work and presence in the church and the world—as a continuous narrative . . . and to let that story change our churches . . . and us.
Who is Jesus?
A railing prophet or a First Century Mr. Rogers?
A great teacher?
A miracle worker?
What does it mean to call him Savior and Lord?
What if . . . our understanding of Jesus is too narrow?
What if . . . we want to make Jesus into our own image instead of the other way around?
Teachers and resource people
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Marion Bontrager has been thinking about a 3-D Jesus for 37 years while on the faculty at Hesston College. He created the famous Biblical Literature class, with particular care to connect Jesus to the story begun in the Old Testament. Raised in an Amish family in Goshen, Ind., Marion has degrees from Hesston College and Goshen (Ind.) College and Goshen Biblical Seminary (Elkhart, Ind.). |
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Dr. Steve Dintaman teaches and writes out of a passion to theologically empower pastors. An ordained minister, he received his Ph.D. in Theology from Princeton (N.J.) Theological Seminary and taught theology at Eastern Mennonite University (Harrisonburg, Va.) for 15 years. He serves as professor of theology at LCC International University, Klaipeda, Lithuania under Mennonite Mission Network. |
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Megan Good Meghan Good is the lead pastor of Albany (Ore.) Mennonite Church. She received her B.A. in philosophy and biblical studies from Gordon College (Wenham, Mass.) and her M.Div. from Duke University Divinity School (Durham, N.C.). An addicted reader with a passion for preaching, she believes in the power of a well-told story to transform hearts and lives. |
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Dr. Kevass Harding, a native of Wichita, Kan., is the senior pastor at Dellrose United Methodist Church, a congregation that in 12 years has grown from 25 to more than 650 members. He is the author of Can These Bones Live: Bringing New Life to a Dying Church. With a passion for church revitalization, he received his D.Min. from United Seminary, Dayton, Ohio. |
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Michele Hershberger chairs the Bible and Ministry division at Hesston, where she has taught Bible classes for 10 years. She enjoys preaching and writing books, including God's Story, Our Story. Michele holds an M.A.T.S. in biblical studies from Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary (Elkhart, Ind.). She recently spent a year teaching Bible at LCC International University in Klaipeda, Lithuania. |
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John C. Murray is the lead pastor of Hesston Mennonite Church, serving there 11 years. He holds an M.Div. from Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary (Elkhart, Ind.). John also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Menno Clinic India, a medical mission in the southern India village of Chiluvuru, in the state of Andrah Pradesh. |
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