Teaching World Christianity in Burundi
CGCM student associate and PhD candidate Daewon Moon is now teaching church history and World Christianity at International Leadership University – Burundi (ILU-Burundi) in East Africa. For the next few years, Daewon will be supervising the bachelor’s and master’s programs in the School of Theology at ILU-Burundi. His wife, Jeonghwa, is working as Director of […]
Call for Papers: Assessing Mission Studies Program Titles
APM Association of Professors of Mission Call for Paper Proposals Deadline: February 13, 2015 2015 Annual Meeting Wheaton College – Wheaton, IL June 18-19, 2015 What’s in a Name? Assessing Mission Studies Program Titles The Association of Professors of Mission extends an open call for paper presentation proposals for its annual meeting. Anyone interested in presenting […]
Working with Migrants and Human Trafficking
The Face to Face programme of the Council for World Mission will host a gathering for theology students and anyone preparing for church leadership to engage with the complex issues surrounding migrants, undocumented workers, and people who have experienced trafficking. The program me will take place April 12th to May 23rd 2015 in the Netherlands. […]
Distinguished historian of Korean Christianity visits BU
Many alumni associates of the CGCM have gone on to make important contributions to the history of Christianity as it has developed in various parts of the globe. Alumnus Myung Soo Park of Seoul Theological University, has gone on to be a distinguished senior historian of Korean Christianity. He returned to his alma mater this past week, sharing […]
Ecumenical Advocacy Days Scholarship
The World Student Christian Federation partners every year with Ecumenical Advocacy Days, where a delegation of students represent the Student Christian Movement and the World Student Christian Federation. Ecumenical Advocacy Days 2015 will take place on April 17-20 and the theme in will be “Breaking the Chains: Mass Incarceration & Systems of Exploitation.” Limited scholarships will […]
Exploring the rise of global Christianity in the classroom
The School of Theology is hosting a new Boston Theological Institute course in world Christianity called “Comparative Christianity,” taught by Dr. Todd Johnson. The course will explore the rise of global Christianity over the past century. The course will meet one day a week, Wednesdays 6-9pm. For further information on the course, email CGCM student […]
Dictionary of African Christian Biography leaders meet in Kenya
The Dictionary of African Christian Biography (DACB), now located in the Center for Global Christianity and Mission, held its first annual meeting October 26-28, 2014 in Nairobi, Kenya. This was the first meeting of the DACB advisory council and editorial committee, which consists of ten members: Edison Kalengyo, Michele Sigg, Deji Ayegboyin, Priscille Njomhoue, Jonathan […]
University of Dubuque hires Chris James as instructor in Evangelism & Missional Christianity
Evangelism and mission are increasingly important aspects of theological education in seminaries. CGCM student associate and PhD candidate Christopher James will soon start a new position teaching and researching in these areas as a faculty instructor in Evangelism and Missional Christianity at University of Dubuque Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa. James is currently working to complete […]
Call for Papers: Missions to China and the Origins of Sinology
Call for Papers: James Legge: Missions to China and the Origins of Sinology University of Edinburgh, 11–13 June 2015 Deadline for proposals: 31 March 2015 Inside and outside of China, there is a growing scholarly debate around how foreigners have contributed to and, at times, maligned prevailing understandings of Chinese philosophy, religion, and culture. One […]
Alumni connect in Korea through Ministry and Teaching
There was a BU alumni meeting at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. Dr. Seong Jung Joo (Th.D in Liturgics and Mission from BUSTH), Dr. Soo-Young Kwon (M.Div from BUSTH, Ph.D in Religion and Pychology from GTU, Berkeley) and Dr. Charles Farhadian (Ph.D in Anthropology and Mission from BU Religious Studies) gathered after Dr. Joo […]