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177 Delegates Registered from 42 Countries

in an Age of World Christianity

June 15-17, 2010, Grand Rapids, MI, USA

Christianity is now a worldwide religious tradition. Faith in Jesus Christ is celebrated today in more languages and in more lands than any other living faith. Churches are growing.  Many good works and the institutions to drive are rising.  But Jesus has not come back yet. So now what? While we wait for Christ’s return, Christians value cultural engagement, thinking theologically about discipleship in this world and creating principled, sustainable approaches to contemporary living. 

Dr. Richard Mouw ~ Keynote Speaker

This conference is designed to strengthen the intersection between Reformed Christian faith expressions and global movements for world Christianity. It is prompted by the commitments of Calvin College, the emerging global partnership of the World Communion of Reformed Churches, and ready involvement from IAPCHE. Conference sessions are being created and hosted principally by Calvin College Centers and Institutes and educational leaders from IAPCHE to promote deep thinking about cultural issues. 

IAPCHE is sponsoring five sectionals at this conference.

Host: John Hulst, Executive Secretary Emeritus, IAPCHE

Participants:

• David S. Lim, President, Asian School of Development and Cross-cultural Studies, Philippines;
• Ken Gnanakan, International Council for Higher Education, India;
• Ida Mutoigo, Director, Christian Reformed World Relief Committee;
• David Wright, Provost, Indiana Wesleyan University.

Christian HIGHER EDUCATION and the Church

Host:Dr. J. Dinakarlal, IAPCHE Director for Asia/Oceania, India

Participants:

• Reformed - Claudia Beversluis, Provost, Calvin College, USA;
• Orthodox -John Bernbaum, Founder & President, Russian American Institute, Moscow;
• Holiness - Kevin Mannoia, Chair of the Wesleyan Holiness Consortium, Azusa CA, USA;
• Baptist -Joseph Ilori, past president, Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso.

Worldwide Responses to Reformed Christian HIGHER EDUCATION

Host:John Vanderstelt, Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, Dordt College

Paper: B.J. Van Der Walt , Director Emeritus, Institute for Reformational Studies, Northwest University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

Respondents:

• Jose Alcantara, Literature Professor, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City;
• Peter Tze Ming Ng, Centre for Religious & Spirituality Education, Hong Kong
• Taeyon David Choi,  Planning Director of Baekseok Christian Academy, Korea.

HIGHER EDUCATION, the Church, and Civil Society

Host: Clinton Stockwell, Director, Chicago Semester Program, USA

Participants:

• Bram De Muynck, Professor of Education & Identity, Christelijke Hogeschool de Driestar, Netherlands;
• Jim VanderWoerd, Associate Professor of Social Work, Redeemer University College, Canada;
• Arturo Gonzalez Gutierrez (Mexico; computer technology);
• Emmanuel Janagan, Lecturer in Social Work, University of Malaya

HIGHER EDUCATION

Preparing Christians for

Public Justice Ministry

Host:George N. Monsma, Professor of Economics Emeritus, Calvin College

Participants:

• Mariano Avila, Professor, Calvin Theological Seminary;
• Susheila Williams, Secretary, Bishop Appasamy College of Arts and Sciences, India;
• Jim Skillen, Senior Fellow, Center for Public Justice;
• Clinton Stockwell, Director, Chicago Semester Program.

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