COURAGE TO BUILD BELOVED COMMUNITIES AT LA N TA , G A // M AY 3 1 - JUN E 03, 2017
2018 Christian Leadership Forum MAY 30 - JUNE 2
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SCHEDULE FEATURED LEADERS IDEA LABS PEER GROUP LEADERS WORSHIP TEAM LEADERS SOCIAL MEDIA INFORMATION CHURCH & FAITH LEADER COHORT YOUNG ADULT COHORT THEOLOGICAL EDUCATORS COHORT EMERGENCY INFORMATION VENUE & WIFI INFORMATION FTE TEAM
CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP FORUM 2018
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1:00 PM – 4:00 PM .............................................. FORUM REGISTRATION Lobby 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ..................... FORUM LEADERSHIP TEAM MEETING
Conference Room 2
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM .......................... OPENING WORSHIP AND SESSION Salons I-IV (1-4) 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM ........................................ IDEALIST DIALOGUE AND COMMUNITY CONVERSATION Salons I-IV (1-4) 7:00 PM ..................................................... DINNER WITH PEER GROUPS Dining Room Please join your peer group to reflect on the opening session and enjoy dinner together. Look for the table number associated with your peer group leader.
YOUNG ADULT COHORT Group 1: Kit Evans-Ford Group 2: Rich Havard Group 3: Tina Heise Group 4: Linda Jiménez Group 5: Emily McGinley Group 6: Waltrina Middleton Group 7: David Ramos Group 8: Tashara Void Group 9: Andrew Wilkes CHURCH & FAITH LEADER COHORT Group 10: Liv Gibbons Group 11: Kim Jackson Group 12: Rimes McElveen Group 13: K. Monet Rice-Jalloh Group 14: David Telfort THEOLOGICAL EDUCATORS COHORT Group 15: Patrick B. Reyes
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IGNITE INSPIRATION
WEDNESDAY
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POSSIBILITIES THURSDAY 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM ................................................................................................................................... BREAKFAST Dining Room 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM ...................................................................... COMMUNITY PRAYER AND MORNING EPISTLE Salons I-IV (1-4) 9:30 AM – NOON .................................................................................. COMMUNITY THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION Salons I-IV (1-4)
NOON – 3:00 PM .............................................................................................................. LUNCH AND OPEN SPACE Dining Room
Open Space is a process in which you will self-organize to host the conversations that matter most to you. Forum participants will have the opportunity to name and host those conversations prior to gathering. 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM ..................................................................................................................................... IDEA LABS Dinner as a Technology for Connection: Faith and the People’s Supper: Jennifer Bailey Conference Room 6 Soulful Remembrance: Intergenerational Hurt, Healing & Spiritual Reclamation: Teresa P. Mateus Gold Room
Jesus 4 Revolutionaries: A Ministry Model for Millennial Activists: Robert Chao Romero Conference Room 7 An Inescapable Network of Mutuality: Kazu Haga Conference Room D Sisterhood Saves: Possibilities for the Church and Women: Neichelle Guidry Conference Room C Interdependence as Freedom: Practices for Creating Intentional, Faith-Based Community in Your Life: Marcia Lee Salon VI (6)
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3:00 PM – 5:00 PM ..................................................................................................................................... IDEA LABS
Worker Justice: A Necessary Link for Beloved Community: Jeremy Posadas Salon V (5)
Conflict with(in) the Beloved Community: Personality & Positionality: Sarah Thompson Conference Room E
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM ........................................................................................................... PEER GROUP MEETINGS YOUNG ADULT COHORT Kit Evans-Ford: Conference Room 3 Rich Havard: Conference Room 6 Tina Heise Conference Room 7 Linda Jiménez: Conference Room 8 Emily McGinley: Conference Room 9 Waltrina Middleton: Gold Room David Ramos: White Room Tashara Void: Conference Room E Andrew Wilkes: Conference Room 2 CHURCH & FAITH LEADER COHORT Liv Gibbons: Conference Room C Kim Jackson: Salon V (5) Rimes McElveen: Salon VI (6) K. Monet Rice-Jalloh: Conference Room D David Telfort: Conference Room 5 THEOLOGICAL EDUCATOR COHORT Patrick B. Reyes: Boardroom 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM ............................................................................................................ DINNER AND OPEN SPACE Dining Room
Open Space is a process in which you will self-organize to host the conversations that matter most to you. Forum participants will have the opportunity to name and host those conversations prior to gathering.
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6/01
AWAKEN IDEAS FRIDAY
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM ................................................................................................................................... BREAKFAST Dining Room 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM ...................................................................... COMMUNITY PRAYER AND MORNING EPISTLE Salons I-IV (1-4) 9:30 AM – NOON ............................................................................................ DESIGN FOR BELOVED COMMUNITY Salons I-IV (1-4) NOON – 3:00 PM .............................................................................................................. LUNCH AND OPEN SPACE Dining Room
Open Space is a process in which you will self-organize to host the conversations that matter most to you. Forum participants will have the opportunity to name and host those conversations prior to gathering.
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM ............................................................................. DESIGN FOR BELOVED COMMUNITY PART 2 Salons I-IV (1-4)
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM .............................................................................................................. PEER GROUP MEETINGS YOUNG ADULT COHORT Kit Evans-Ford: Conference Room 3 Rich Havard: Conference Room 6 Tina Heise Conference Room 7 Linda Jiménez: Conference Room 8 Emily McGinley: Conference Room 9 Waltrina Middleton: Gold Room David Ramos: White Room Tashara Void: Conference Room E Andrew Wilkes: Conference Room 2
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CHURCH & FAITH LEADER COHORT Liv Gibbons: Conference Room C Kim Jackson: Salon V (5) Rimes McElveen: Salon VI (6) K. Monet Rice-Jalloh: Conference Room D David Telfort: Conference Room 5 THEOLOGICAL EDUCATOR COHORT Patrick B. Reyes: Boardroom 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ......................................... DINNER AND OPEN SPACE Dining Room
Open Space is a process in which you will self-organize to host the conversations that matter most to you. Forum participants will have the opportunity to name and host those conversations prior to gathering. 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ...................................................... FUTURE BOOTH
Experience a fully functional 55” smartphone that allows you to send video and picture messages to yourself in the future. Lobby Area 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM ...................................................... PHOTOBOOTH FUN Club Room
SATURDAY 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM .................................. CHECK OUT AND BREAKFAST 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM ............................................... PLAN OF ACTION, NEXT STEPS, AND EVALUATION Salons I-IV (1-4)
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AWAKEN IDEAS
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM ................. PEER GROUP MEETINGS (CONTINUED)
11:00 AM ...................................................................................................... CLOSING WORSHIP & SENDING FORTH Salons I-IV (1-4) 12:00 PM ............................................................................................................................... LUNCH AND DEPARTURE Dining Room
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2018 FEATURED LEADERSHIP REV. TRACI BLACKMON is the executive minister of justice and local church ministries for the United Church of Christ and senior pastor of Christ The King United Church of Christ in Florissant, MO. Initially ordained in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Rev. Blackmon served in various ministry capacities for nine years, prior to becoming ordained in the United Church of Christ and installed as the first woman and 18th pastor in the 162-year history of Christ The King United Church of Christ. Rev. Blackmon’s communal leadership and work in the aftermath of the killing of Michael Brown, Jr., in Ferguson, MO, has gained her both national and international recognition and audiences from the White House to the Carter Center to the Vatican. She was appointed to the Ferguson Commission by Governor Jay Nixon and to the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships for the White House by
TRACI BLACKMON FEATURED IDEALIST
President Barack H. Obama. Rev. Blackmon is a graduate of Leadership St. Louis and currently serves on the boards of The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, Chicago Theological Seminary and WomanPreach!
The REV. DR. RAYMOND RIVERA is the founder of Latino Pastoral Action Center (LPAC), which started as a division of the Manhattan-based NYC Mission Society, the city’s oldest and largest social service agency. Established in 1992, LPAC began after Rev. Dr. Rivera struggled with the dichotomy of the secular versus the sacred. His vision was to develop an organization that dealt with social justice issues from a holistic perspective, thus merging the two. Over the years, he has provided leadership development and technical assistance to hundreds of churches and faith-based organizations around the country, and dozens have developed holistic community-based ministries, including spiritual care, afterschool, youth development, and adult education programs. Rev. Dr. Rivera has served as a pastor, preacher, denominational executive,
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organization founder, and community builder. Throughout this time, he has preached, taught, and modeled Christ-centered holistic ministry, particularly in an urban context. In addition, he has lectured and taught at many seminaries and universities throughout the United States and abroad including Union Theological Seminary, Princeton Theological Seminary, Alliance Theological Seminary, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and many others. He is the author of a book entitled Liberty to the Captives: Our Call to Minister in a Captive World.
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Originally from São Paulo Brazil, Cláudio Carvalhaes is a former shoe shining boy. He is an activist, a liturgist, a theologian and an artist. He is currently the associate professor of worship at Union Theological Seminary in NYC. In 2009-2010 he received The Kentucky Metroversity Outstanding Faculty of Adult Learners Award. He has several chapters/ articles published in English, Portuguese and Spanish, and has three books published in Brazil. His first book in English was Eucharist and
Globalization: Redrawing the Borders of Eucharistic Hospitality (Wipf and Stock, Pickwick Publications, 2013). He edited Only One is Holy:
Liturgy in Postcolonial Lenses (Palgrave, 2015) and his next book is titled What Worship has to do with it? Interpreting Life Liturgically. Next year he will travel to collect ritual resources from communities
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around the globe.
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BELOVED “ BUILDING COMMUNITY MEANS SOLIDARITY, BECOMING RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER. 7
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
IDEALABS DINNER AS A TECHNOLOGY FOR CONNECTION: FAITH AND THE PEOPLE’S SUPPER
JESUS 4 REVOLUTIONARIES: A MINISTRY MODEL FOR MILLENNIAL ACTIVISTS
Jennifer Bailey
Robert Chao
Faith Matters Network
Professor, UCLA
Founder and Executive Director
@RobertChaoRomero
@revjenbailey
Many millennials feel trapped in the borderlands
Within the Christian tradition, the table has
of activism and institutional Christianity. In the
played a central role in our understanding human
world of activism their faith is often shunned,
connection. It was at the table, over meals with
and in the world of institutional Christianity, their
loved ones and strangers, that Jesus taught some
commitment to racial justice is often frowned
of his most prolific lessons. It is a table that we
upon. As a result, thousands of millennials feel
remember those lessons through the sacrament
spiritually homeless. This lab shares creative
of Holy Communion. This learning lab will explore
examples of ministry to millennial activists of
the role dinner has as a technology for connection
color, and offers a space for the discussion of
in this polarized moment. You will get a taste of a People’s Supper and leave with practical tools to
best practices for student social justice ministry.
take back to facilitate conversations in your home
This lab will also generate locally contextualized
congregation and community.
models for the faith-rooted mentorship and mobilization of student activists of color.
SOULFUL REMEMBRANCE: INTERGENERATIONAL HURT, HEALING & SPIRITUAL RECLAMATION
AN INESCAPABLE NETWORK OF MUTUALITY
Teresa P. Mateus
East Point Peace Academy
St Augustine College and
Founder/Coordinator
The Mystic Soul Project
Dr. King once said that “we
Assistant Professor & Executive Director
are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality,
@teresapmateus
tied by a single garment of destiny.” His vision
In this interactive workshop we will engage with
of Beloved Community was a world where we
the concepts of intergenerational hurt and healing
understood our interdependence on each other.
as well as the impact of the erasure of pre-
This idea lab will provide a brief introduction into
Christian historical spiritual lineages of all peoples.
Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Reconciliation, a set
We will engage with our own stories, the stories
of teachings based on the teachings of Dr. King
of our peoples, and a process of curating and
and used in prisons, educational institutions, faith
creating ritual and practices which lift up the full
communities and social movements to build Be-
representation of ourselves and our ancestors. We
loved Community.
Kazu Haga
will explore how engaging our ancestral memory, our spiritual present, and the inclusivity of both into the future supports a more intentional communitybuilding, which allows for a spiritually integrated and whole manifestation of beloved community.
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IDEALABS INTERDEPENDENCE AS FREEDOM: PRACTICES FOR CREATING INTENTIONAL, FAITHBASED COMMUNITY IN YOUR LIFE
WORKER JUSTICE: A NECESSARY LINK FOR BELOVED COMMUNITY
Marcia Lee
Religious Studies
Taproot Sanctuary, Co-Founder
What does worker justice mean? How is it a nec-
@jumpingjackcanoe
essary part of building beloved community? And
Jesus showed us how interdependence leads to
most importantly, what are ways you can be part of
true freedom. His life was not about dependence
the pursuit worker justice? We’ll begin by examin-
by being with people ‘like him,’ nor independence
ing the myriad ways work is structured so that it
in order to achieve a certain status in society. This
dominates workers’ lives and degrades their live-
lab invites you to reflect on your own resources
liness. We then explore a variety of ways workers
and, using our collective creativity, to experiment
and their allies are organizing beloved communities
with how interdependence might show up more
that disrupt the exploitation of workers. And then
fully in our communities. You will leave with ideas
we’ll imagine together how we can use our collec-
to deepen or create intentional, faith-based
tive voice to advocate for worker justice. The idea
community in your own context.
lab will be both informative and interactive and will
Jeremy Posadas Austin College Associate Professor of
include hands-on activities for participants to build their skills.
SISTERHOOD SAVES: POSSIBILITIES FOR THE CHURCH AND WOMEN
CONFLICT WITH(IN) THE BELOVED COMMUNITY: PERSONALITY & POSITIONALITY
Neichelle Guidry
Sarah Thompson
Spelman College
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center
Dean of the Chapel and
for Nonviolent Social Change
Director of the WISDOM Center
2018 Generations Fellow
@neichelleg
@quesarahsera25
This lab will explore the longevity of gendered
This lab will hone your skills to identify the
violence in the church, and explore possibilities for
anatomy of any given conflict that is going on
building power among women in ministry through
with(in) your church/organization. Conflict can
radical relationships and practices of sisterhood.
be a generative force; an opportunity for deeper connection to your humanity, that of others, divine insight, and the experience of our biosphere. Most US dominant culture organizations form people
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toward avoidance or escalation of conflict. An intersectional, anti-oppression analysis instigates us
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YOUNG ADULTS
PEER GROUP LEADERS
KIT EVANS-FORD St. Ambrose University Visiting Assistant Professor @kit_evans @kitevans1
LINDA IRMA JIMÉNEZ Church of the New Covenant Pastor/Head of Staff @quirkychurchgrl
DAVID RAMOS Third Christian Church Pastor @Davidramosnyc
RICH HAVARD The Inclusive Collective Pastor and Executive Director @ rkhavard
EMILY MCGINLEY Urban Village Church Pastor (Hyde Park | Woodlawn) @thepemily
TASHARA VOID City of Atlanta AmeriCorps VISTA @be1voice @missvoid83
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TINA HEIS St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church Pastor @tinanheise
WALTRINA MIDDLETON Founder Walk on Water Ministries
ANDREW WILKES The Graduate Center, City University of New York Graduate Teaching Fellow @andrewjwilkes
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LIV GIBBONS Northwest United Protestant Church Pastor
KIM JACKSON All Saints’ Episcopal Church Associate Priest
K. MONET RICE-JALLOH Wake Forest University Associate University Chaplain @kelleemonet
DAVID TELFORT Lafayette Ave Presbyterian Church Pastor @DavidFTelfort
PATRICK B. REYES Forum for Theological Exploration Director of Strategic Partnerships for Doctoral Initiatives
RIMES MCELVEEN Mere Christianity Forum Executive Director and Collegiate Minister
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CHURCH & FAITH LEADERS
PEER GROUP LEADERS
WORSHIP TEAM LEADERS BRANDON GILLIARD
CLAIRE HITCHINS
DARCI JARET
World-Touring
Call to Action
Art in the Image
Bass Player
JustChurch Organizer
Creator
@clairehitchinsmusic
EMILY MCGINLEY
TONY MCNEILL
TERRELL SASS
Urban Village Church
Texas Southern University
Producer, Composer &
Pastor (Hyde Park | Woodlawn)
Visiting Professor of Music
Multi-Instrumentalist
@thepemily
@drtonymac
GRAPHIC FACILITATOR AND CO-CURATOR KATE MORALES
KATE MORALES As the Crow Flies Designs Graphic Recorder & Visual Facilitator @crowcamino
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHURCH & FAITH LEADER COHORT ANNALEE ALLEN
DAVID ALLRED
VALARIE AMICA
HEIDI ASPINWALL
Associate Director of
Lead Pastor
Director,
Director
Ministerial Services
High Places
Program/Service Sites
Young Adult
WNCC of the United
Community Church
Catholic Volunteers
Missional Movement
Methodist Church
Oak Ridge, TN
in Florida
Lakeland, FL
Charlotte, NC
Orlando, FL
SHERRI BARNES
LIZZIE BEBBER
TAYLOR BELL
Director of the Pfeiffer Youth
Executive Director
Ministries Coordinator
Executive Director
Theological Institute
Christ House
Baptist Church of
Ashland University
Pfeiffer University
Washington, DC
the Covenant
Ashland, OH
Birmingham, AL
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GLENN BLACK
ERNEST BROOKS
JENÉ COLVIN
KADIA EDWARDS
KELSEY FITTING-SNYDER
President & CEO
Program Manager
Executive Director
Associate Pastor
Academy of Preachers
WomanPreach! Inc.
The Grove CDC
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Lexington, KY
Delaware, OH
Nashville, TN
Davenport, IA
KYNDRA FRAZIER
REESHEDA GRAHAM-
SAMUEL GREEN
JOSINA GUESS
Associate Pastor/Director
WASHINGTON
Director of Christian Education
Writer/Faith Leader
First Corinthian
Executive Director
Seventh Episcopal
Louisville Institute
Baptist Church/HOPE Center
Communities First Association
District of AME
Comer, GA
New York, NY
Oak Park, IL
Columbia, SC
MAEGAN HABICH
JENNIFER HAMPTON
JOEL HARTER
MATTICE HAYNES
University Chaplain
Pastor
Associate University Chaplain
Founder
Pfeiffer University
United Methodist Church
Elon University
The Art of Community
Misenheimer, NC
Lewisville, NC
Elon, NC
Decatur, GA
OTIS HEAD
DAMETRAUS JAGGERS
DARCI JARET
BARBARA KERSHNER DANIEL
Project Coordinator
Assistant Professor
Creator/Freelancer
Senior Pastor
Tuskegee University & Macon
Johnson University
Art in the Image
Evangelical Reformed United
County Bridge Builder Institute
Knoxville, TN
Atlanta, GA
Church of Christ Frederick, MD
Tuskegee, AL 15
AIMEE LARAMORE
BEAU LINKER
ROSS LOCKHART
ALISON MCCRARY
Owner/Lead Consultant
Senior Pastor
Associate Professor
Executive Director
ALlyd Solutions
United Methodist Church
St. Andrew’s Hall/Vancouver
National Police
Indianapolis, IN
Badin, NC
School of Theology
Accountability Project
Vancouver, BC
New Orleans, LA
LARRY MORRIS III
JOHNATHAN NADEAU
NATHALIE NELSON
BRENT MCDOUGAL
Senior Pastor
Program Associate
Foundry House Sexton
National Program Coordinator,
Cliff Temple Baptist Church
National Benevolent
Huron Clinton
Strengthening the Black
Dallas, TX
Association
Metropolitan Authority
Church for the 21st Century
St. Louis, MO
Brighton, MI
United Methodist Church Nashville, TN
CHESLA NICKELSON
LYDIA OLSEN
BONNIE OSEI-FRIMPONG
NURYA PARISH
Program Director/
Director of Volunteers
Program Director
Co-founder/
Merger Staff
Christ House
The National Benevolent
Executive Director
Disciples Women, NCCC
Washington, DC
Association XPLOR Program
Plainsong Farm & Ministry
St. Louis, MO
Rockford, MI
Indianapolis, IN
LEON PARKER
KEVIN PRANOTO
CHANON ROSS
ANITA SAIN
Pastor
Church Support Manager
Program Officer
Associate Pastor
St. Luke CME-Nashville
Buckhead Christian Ministry
Lilly Endowment Inc
Denver United
Nashville, TN
Atlanta, GA
Indianapolis, IN
Methodist Church Denver, NC
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DERRICK SCOTT III
KIM SEXTON
ALISON SHELDON
ETHEL SOUTHERN
Executive Director
Associate For
Atlanta Site Director
Associate Pastor
Campus to City
Children’s Ministry
Notre Dame
Covenant United Church
Wesley Foundation
Evangelical Reformed Church
Mission Volunteers
of Christ
Jacksonville, FL
Frederick, MD
Baltimore, MD
South Holland, IL
TABITHA SSONKO
SARAH STROSAHL-KAGI
BLAIR TOLBERT
TONY VAN DUYNE
Organizer
Director, Emerging Leaders
Dean of the Chapel and
Executive Pastor
POWER
and Scholarships
Chaplain
Park Street Brethren Church
Harrisburg, PA
American Baptist Home
Young Harris College
Ashland, OH
Mission Societies
Hiawassee, GA
Valley Forge, PA
LARRY WHITNEY
SHERRI WHITTINGTON
HODARI WILLIAMS
SADIE ZEGARAC
University Chaplain for
Director of Operations
Team Leader
Project Director
Community Life
and Development
New Life Presbyterian Church
Ashland University
Boston University
Mere Christianity Forum
College Park, GA
Ashland, OH
Boston, MA
Travelers Rest, SC
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BELOVED COMMUNITY, AS I ENVISION IT, IS A WORLD WHERE ALL PEOPLE ARE MUTUALLY INVOLVED IN
BUILDING AND SUSTAINING THOSE STRUCTURES OF CARE THAT ALLOW EVERYONE TO ENJOY LIVELINESS AND TO LIVE WITH JOY ON AN EQUITABLE BASIS WITH ONE ANOTHER AND WITH THE EARTH. - JEREMY POSADAS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
YOUNG ADULT COHORT “
BUILDING BELOVED COMMUNITY MEANS HELPING PEOPLE WITHIN MY CONTEXT GET TO KNOW THE STORIES AND TRUE HUMANITY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT TYPICALLY DRAWN TO OUR CHURCH. - KIM JACKSON
EDWIN ANDRADE
CRISTIN ANTHONY
PERRIN BAILEY
DAVID BELTON II
Tucson Country Day School
Christ House
Christian Appalachian Project
Howard University
Tucson, AZ
New Windsor, MD
Martin, KY
Washington, DC
JONATHAN BRENNEMAN
LISA CATHELYN
SHELLE CHERRY
ROB COLLIS
Mennonite Church USA
Jesuit School of Theology of
Randolph-Macon College
St. Peter’s Fireside
Elkhart , IN
Santa Clara University
- Office of College
Vancouver, BC
Berkeley, CA
Advancement Severna Park, MD
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ALLISON CONNELLY
DEVON CRAWFORD
GABBY CUDJOE WILKES
Minnesota AIDS Project
The Samuel DeWitt
Yale Divinity School
Ashley Easter, LLC;
Minneapolis, MN
Proctor Conference
New York, NY
The Courage Conference
Chicago, IL
ASHLEY EASTER
Raleigh, NC
ALI EASTHAM
STARSHA DIVINE FRIERSON
JERRY GRIFFIN
KATIE GROSH
Winthrop University
Khepera Charter School
Liberty University
Carleton College Office
Greer, SC
Philadelphia, PA
Lynchburg, VA
of the Chaplain
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Northfield, MN
CLAIRE HANNAPEL
MARIA HARTZ
JEREMY L. HILL
OPHELIA HU KINNEY
Quaker Voluntary Service
Christian Appalachian Project
Watson Grove Baptist Church
United Way of
Atlanta, GA
Berea, KY
Nashville, TN
Greater Portland Portland, ME
GREGG HUNTER II
BIANCA JACKSON
CECELIA JEFFERSON
HAZEL JOHNSON
McCormick Theological
Azusa Pacific University
Candler School of Theology
Boston University School
Seminary
Los Angeles, CA
Atlanta, GA
of Theology
Chicago, IL
Brighton, MA
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JAMAAR JONES
TIARA JONES
JAIME JORGE
ELICE KIM
Noble Street
Field Works
Azusa Pacific University
Adullam Church
Baptist Church
Detroit, MI
Long Beach, CA
Newcastle, WA
ELLIE KIM
KIRSTEN KNIEVEL
COLIN KROLL
TIARA LAMBERTH
Biola University
Martin Luther House
Campbell University
Bethesda Project
Valencia, CA
Edmonton, Alberta
Four Oaks, NC
Philadelphia, PA
OLIVIA LAWSON
ZACH LINDLER
JOANNA LOEPP THIESSEN
JOSH LOPEZ-REYES
Adullam Church
Maryville College
Catholic Charities
Community HousingWorks
Bothell, WA
Chapin, SC
Archdiocese of San Antonio
Alhambra, CA
Portsmouth, VA
San Antonio, TX
CHRISSY LORICA
LILY LUO
JOHNNY MARTINEZ
BRENNAN MCCURRY
Cristo Rey Boston
Life Together
St. Joseph’s Retreat Center
Huron University College
High School
Brookline, MA
Downey, CA
Brandon, Manitoba
Boston, MA
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DAVID MEDINA
JOY MONTES DE OCA
SARAH MORRELL
ANDREA MORRISON
Hispanic Community
Newport Coast Family
Columbia Theological
St. Margaret’s Anglican
Counseling Services/ First
San Jose, CA
Seminary
Church New Toronto
Waco, TX
Etobicoke, Ontario
Christian Missionary Church Philadelphia, PA
WALID MOSARSAA
EBONI NASH
SARAH NASH
NANCY NEGRETE
Friends Rehabilitation
Hastings College
Eden Theological Seminary
Fuller Theological Seminary
Program, Inc.
Eads, CO
St. Louis, MO
Lynwood, CA
Philadelphia, PA
BREN O’CONNOR
SANDRA OVALLE
LIZ PALMER
IRENE PARK
Episcopal Service Corp
World Relief
Saint Mary’s College
Loyola Marymount University
Milwaukee, WI
Long Beach, CA
Notre Dame, IN
Department of Theological Studies Buena Park, CA
JONATHAN PINKNEY
KRISTAN PITTS
Vancouver School of Theology
ZACH PLANTS
BRIAN RHUDE
Mere Christianity Forum
William S. Davies
The Catholic University
Travelers Rest, SC
Homeless Shelter
of America
Rome, GA
Ellicott City, MD
Vancouver, BC 21
HILARY RICHARDSON
HECTOR RODRIGUEZ
RUDI RUDISILL
Saint Mary’s University
Third Christian Church
Campbell University
Garrett-Evangelical
Herring Cove, Nova Scotia
New Hyde Park, NY
Coats, NC
Theological Seminary
DOM RUTLEDGE
Dolton, IL
ERIKA SANCHEZ
ZOIE SHEETS
PRINCENA SIMPKINS
AMBER SMITH
KidWorks
UIC Honors College
First Baptist Church of
Bread Of Life, Inc.
Santa Ana ,CA
Chicago, IL
Highland Park
Kemah, TX
Capitol Heights, MD
LAUREN SOTOLONGO
DEN STAPLES
JORDAN STEWART
CECILIA SUKNAIC
Zeke’s Coffee DC/Faith in
Harvard Divinity School
Lutheran Campus Ministries
Saint Thomas Early
Public Life
Cambridge, MA
at Georgia Tech
Learning Center
Atlanta, GA
Bryan, TX
Washington, DC
ALEXIS TARDY
JACOB TAYLOR
JESSICA TETTE
LEMEC THOMAS
Saint John’s Church UCC
Rohs St Cafe/University
St. Kateri Parish
Haitian Christian
Saint Louis, MO
Christian Church
Rochester, NY
Development Fund
Cincinnati, OH
Lemon Grove, CA
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ROBIN UHL
PERRY WASHINGTON JR.
BRIDGET WEBSTER
Claremont School
Interdenominational
Union Theological Seminary
University of
of Theology
Theological Center
New York, NY
Tennessee Chattanooga
Asheboro, NC
Atlanta, GA
DELANEY ZITO
Chattanooga, TN
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THEOLOGICA EDUCATORS COHORT
MELISSA BROWNING
LETITIA CAMPBELL
NEOMI DE ANDA
YARA GONZALEZ-
Director, Contextiual
Assistant Professor in the
Assistant Professor,
JUSTINIANO
Education
Practice of Ethics and Society
Department of
Director at Large
Columbia Theological
Candler School of Theology
Religious Studies
Arts | Religion | Culture (ARC)
Seminary
Atlanta, GA
University of Dayton
Boston, MA
Decatur, GA
Dayton, OH
RACHELLE GREEN
APRIL JACKSON
CALLID KEEFE-PERRY
KATE LASSITER
Director
Doctoral Candidate
Executive Director
Associate Professor of
Theological Studies Program at
Claremont School
Arts | Religion | Culture (ARC)
Religious & Pastoral Studies
Arrendale Prison for Women
of Theology
Boston, MA
Mount St Joseph University
Atlanta, GA
Claremont, CA
Cincinnati, OH 24
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BUILDING BELOVED COMMUNITY IS A COMMUNITY THAT SHARES THE LOVE OF CHRIST WITH NO JUDGEMENT. - KIT EVANS-FORD
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NAOMI LEAPHEART
MINDY MCGARRAH SHARP
ERICA RAMIREZ
SONYA VANN
Adjunct Faculty
Associate Professor of
Director of Research
Director Master of
Villanova University
Practical Theology and
Auburn Seminary
Community Leadership
Philadelphia, PA
Pastoral Care
New York, NY
Eden Theological Seminary St. Louis, MO
Columbia Theological Seminary Decatur, GA
BEVERLY WALLACE
Assistant Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling Shaw University Divinity School Raleigh, NC 25
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FTE TEAM “
BUILDING BELOVED COMMUNITY MEANS WRITING NEW STORIES OF INNOVATION AND INCLUSION. - NEICHELLE GUIDRY
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DORI BAKER
ELSIE BARNHART
PAUL BOIS
TED BOONE
Senior Fellow of Research
Program Manager
Vice President of
Director of Knowledge
Administration
Management
and Learning
KIMBERLY R. DANIEL
FRAN DAVIS-HARRIS
ANGELA GILES
DIVA MORGAN HICKS
Senior Director of
Event Manager
Communications Manager
Online Communications
Communications
Manager
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DARLENE HUTTO
STEPHEN LEWIS
CHRIS TINA MASON
Director of Strategic
President
Data Associate
JODI L. PORTER Coordinator, High School
Partnerships for Leadership
Youth Theology Institutes
Networks
(HSYTI)
CHRISTINA REPOLEY
PATRICK B. REYES
TAMARA RICHARDS
KARLA VAN ZEE
Consultant
Director of Strategic
Director of Finance
Coordinator, Campus Ministry
Partnerships for
Theological Exploration of
Doctoral Initiatives
Vocation (CMTEV)
HEATHER B.P. WALLACE
MATTHEW WESLEY
STEPHANIE WILLIAMS
TRACI WRIGHT
Program Manager
WILLIAMS
Event Manager
Executive Administrator
Vice President of Strategic Initiatives
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2018 Christian Leadership Forum