Schedule
Listen to audio and watch video from the conference here.
Friday
7 - 8:45 pm: Eric Metaxas
“The Rest of the Story: How William Wilberforce Ended Slavery and Changed Western Civilization”
Five minute student testimonial: Thangboi Haokip (India)
Saturday
9 - 10:15 am: Dr. Carol Lee Hamrin “China’s Christian Legacy Reborn”
10:30 -11:45 am: Culture/nationality breakout sessions (see below for list)
12:00 Noon: Lunch
1:15 - 2:30 pm: Darrow Miller “The Hand that Rocks the Cradle Rules the World”
2:45 - 4:00 pm: Vocational breakout sessions (see below for list)
4:15 - 5:30 pm: Redemptive projects breakout sessions (see below for list)
5:45 pm: Dinner
7:00 - 8:45 pm: Eric Metaxas “Who Stands Fast? Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Heroic Witness in the Face of Nazi Evil”
Breakout Sessions
Culture/nationality (10:30-11:45 am)
- Chinese---Carol Hamrin
- Korean---John Kim
- Japanese---Sarah Zosel
Currently a teacher at Community of Peace Academy in St Paul, MN., Sarah Zosel spent 40 years in Japan as a missionary kid and later as a teacher.
- Sub-Saharan Africa/South Africa---Arthur Brown
A native of South Africa, Arthur Brown holds multiple degrees in law, theology, public policy and education. He is currently a PhD student in higher education studies at the University of Minnesota.
- Central/South America---Jesus and Colleen Beebe Purisaca
A native of Peru where he practiced law and taught history and civics to pre-university students, Jesus is an associate educator with Minneapolis Public Schools and is a student at Luther Seminary. His wife Colleen, a lawyer by training, directs an international Christian human rights organization, Peace and Hope International (Paz y Esperanza).
- North America---Dr. Bob Osburn
Building on past presentations about American culture to international students, Dr. Osburn will lead a discussion on how a Christian perspective sheds light on primary distinctives and trends in American society.
Vocational (2:45-4:00 pm)
- Science/Technology---Dr. John Oughton
Enrolled in a PhD program in science education at the University of Minnesota, John is an earth sciences instructor at Century College. John believes that all of science is a study of the Earth and the Cosmos, God’s Book of Nature.
- Agriculture/Conservation---Dr. Lee Hardman
A professor emeritus in the Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics at the University of Minnesota where he conducted research on crop management around the world, Lee has recently taught in Bethlehem College. He helps students develop a science-based, biblically honoring stewardship ethic (worldview) which will inform their personal lifestyles as they face questions about serious local, national and global environmental problems.
- Education---Lori Adams
Lori is a veteran physical education teacher and coach who enjoys serving future teachers, equipping them to be missional and connecting them with Christian educators who live out their calling to be salt and light in our culture.
- Infrastructure (applied technologies)---Dr. Chris Macosko
A highly-regarded faculty member in the University of Minnesota’s world-famous Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Chris brings not only a wealth of teaching and research experience, but he has also consulted with many firms over the past 40 years. He has long provided leadership for the Christian Faculty Network at the University of Minnesota.
- Social and Non Profit---Richard Coleman
A leader who helps define the character of and standards for Christian non-profits in the Twin Cities, Rev. Richard Coleman practices the ministry of reconciliation by assisting diverse believers to submit to one another in shared pursuit of the Great Commission.
Redemptive Projects (4:15-5:15 pm)
- Business as Mission---Scott Smith (Staff, Frontiers)
Discover how to love and engage Muslims through business strategies.
- Care of Creation---Fred Gluck (Staff)
Christian mission engagement with environmental needs in developing societies
- China Service Ventures---Dr. Ida Martinson (Director of US Operations)
Christian holistic development efforts in some of China’s poorest regions
- Chrysalis International---Jacqi Gough (Board member)
Christian worldview curricula for K-12 schools around the world
- Churches Together: AIDS in Africa---Tom Correll (Board chair)
African and American churches collaborating to combat HIV AIDS in Africa
- Disciple Nations Alliance---Darrow Miller (Co-Founder)
Equipping the church to transform the world
- Anyi Literacy and Translation Center---Ettien Koffi (Founder; Professor of Linguistics, St Cloud State University)
Literacy development in West Africa
- Hope International---Quenton Marty (Regional Development Director) and Jeremy Newhouse (Volunteer)
Investing in the dreams of the poor in the world's underserved communities so that they might be released from physical and spiritual poverty
- Peace and Hope International (Paz y Esperanza)---Colleen Beebe Purisaca (Co-International Director)
An international Christian human rights organization whose mission is to promote justice for people and communities who suffer all forms of injustice and poverty.
- Pro Life Action Ministries/City Life Center/Everlasting Ministries---Brian Walker (Program Director, Pro-Life Action Ministries), Denise Walker (Director, Everlasting Light Ministries), and Betty McGuire (Director, City Life Center)
An activist organization, a post-abortion and marriage recovery ministry, and a crisis pregnancy center confront the challenge of abortion in the USA
- Student-Led Redemptive Project Initiatives
Three students from three area colleges and universities share how God is using them to bring Christ-oriented redemptive change.
- Wilberforce Academy---Dr. Bob Osburn (Executive Director)
Training students to be redemptive change agents in their home societies
Speakers
Eric Metaxas (BA, Yale University) liberally spices humor with sophisticated presentations of Christian faith. Moderator of Socrates in the City (Manhattan, NYC), he is the author of many books, including Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery (2007) and Bonhoeffer (2010). He has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, First Things, and numerous national TV/radio talk programs.
Dr. Carol Lee Hamrin (PhD, University of Wisconsin) co-edited, with Stacey Bieler, the three-volume series Salt and Light: Lives of Faith that Shaped Modern China (2009-2010), as well other volumes like God and Caesar in China (2004) and Decision-Making in Deng’s China (1995). A former US State Department China specialist, she is a Research Professor at George Mason University and Senior Associate with the Global China Center.
Darrow Miller (Saturday morning) is the Co-Founder of Disciple Nations Alliance. A sought-after international speaker, he is the author of numerous books, including Discipling Nations: The Power of Truth to Transform Cultures (1998) and LifeWork: A Biblical Theology for What You Do Every Day (2009). His lecture will be based on a third book, Nurturing the Nations: Reclaiming the Dignity of Women in Building Healthy Cultures (2008).