The second part of a webinar on “Living the Biblical Vision of a
Multi-Voiced Church” will be offered Jan. 29 as a collaborative resource
from Church of the Brethren Congregational Life Ministries and the
Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership.
The webinar is offered online on Jan. 29 at 12 noon-1:30 p.m.
(Pacific time) or 3-4:30 p.m. (eastern time). There is no
pre-registration and no fee required to attend the online event.
Participants may earn .15 continuing education units for attending the
live sessions.
“The New Testament indicates that the early churches were
multi-voiced, participative, and expected that the Holy Spirit would
speak through all the members of the community,” said an announcement of
the webinar. “First-generation renewal movements (such as the
Anabaptists) have typically been multi-voiced as well, recovering this
New Testament characteristic. But institutionalization has persistently
reduced such diversity of participation and resulted in many aspects of
church life becoming mono-voiced or restricted to only a few voices. The
webinars will survey mono-voiced and multi-voiced expressions of
church. Murray Williams will offer insights and engage participants in a
discussion on the biblical and missional basis advocating for a
multi-voiced church, and exploring practical ways of developing
multi-voiced communities today.”
The presenter is Stuart Murray Williams, founder of Urban Expression,
a pioneering church planting agency with teams in the United Kingdom,
Netherlands, and the US. Regarded as one of the world’s leading
advocates for contemporary forms of Anabaptism, he is a scholar,
trainer, mentor, writer, strategist, and consultant with particular
interest in urban mission, church planting, and emerging forms of
church. He holds a doctorate in Anabaptist hermeneutics and is an
associate lecturer at the Baptist College in Bristol. His books on
church planting, urban mission, and the contribution of the Anabaptist
tradition to contemporary missiology include “The Power of All” and “The
Naked Anabaptist.”
For more information about the webinar contact Stan Dueck at 800-323-8039 ext. 343 or sdueck@brethren.org.
Source: 1/24/2013 Newsline
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