Meet our other speakers February 13, 2009
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We are excited to introduce a small group of speakers who will respond, on Monday afternoon, to what we’re all hearing. Our hope is that their contributions will broaded and deepen the conversation as we head into the home stretch. They come from a variety of different perspectives. They are…
Schedule now available! February 5, 2009
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We now have a schedule for the Beyond Evandalism Conference. Check it out after the jump or click here to download the PDF. Of course this schedule is prone to change.
Also, don’t forget that the early registration deadline is approaching this coming Monday, Feb 9, so REGISTER TODAY! We have about 45 people registered so far and many more that are planning to be here, so don’t delay.
Put this badge on your blog January 24, 2009
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Help us get the word out by putting this badge on your blog. There are a couple other sizes, too. The embed code for this badge and the jpgs for the other sizes are below. If you need technical help, email me at rjbell@re-church.org.
Thanks for your help in spreading the word! (more…)
Beyond Evandalism – register now January 21, 2009
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Here’s the brand new flyer that you can print and share with others, or, download this high resolution PDF here.
Registration information:
To register please email your name, address, phone number, and email address to rjbell@re-church.org and send a check for the registration fee ($75 thru Feb 9, $90 after) to:
Hollywood Adventist Church
1711 N Van Ness Ave
Hollywood, CA 90028
If you want to pay online with credit card, click here and fill out the form. Please add $3 to the registration fee and place that amount in the “Other” field and put “re-church” in the “Description” field.
Beyond Evandalism January 7, 2009
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Please join us for a re-church gathering in Hollywood, California, March 1-2.
The primary speaker will be Peter Rollins. Peter is the co-ordinator of the experimental collective Ikon. Ikon describes itself as iconic, apocalyptic, heretical, emerging and failing and engages in what it calls theodrama and ‘transformance art’.
Our theme will be “Beyond Evandalism.” Through Peter’s challenging talks responses from other speakers, including Ryan Bell and Samir Selmanovic, each particiapant will have the opportunity to both share their wisdom and contribute to a constructive proposal for ecclesial witness in the 21st century.
The gathering will begin at 7:00 pm on Sunday, March 1 and continue all day on March 2.
Cost: $75 early registration (through Feb 9); $90 regular. (More information about how to register and pay will be forthcoming).
Location: Hollywood Adventist Church, 1711 N Van Ness Ave, Hollywood, CA 90028.
For more information contact Ryan Bell at rjbell (AT) re-church (DOT) org.
In Conversation – a podcast experiment November 12, 2008
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Last Friday morning, November 7th, four friends recorded a conversation as a pilot for possible future podcast which will feature Adventist leaders in conversation. All the details are not worked out yet about how this podcast will develop in the future or how it will be distributed, if at all. So, we offer it here for your enjoyment but especially for your feedback.
For those of you who have been a part of re-church in the past or have been recently involved in helping us think about the future of re-church, we are especially interested in your thoughts and whether this might be a helpful format for re-church to adopt as one of it’s projects (68% of you who participated in our survey this summer said you’d be interested in podcasts as a resources provided by re-church).
In this conversation is:
- Kumar Dixit, Associate Pastor of New Hope Church in Fulton, Maryland and author of Wondering About God blog.
- Lisa Clark-Diller, Associate Professor of History at Southern Adventist University
- Julius Nam, Associate Professor of Religion and Theological Studies at Loma Linda University and author of Progressive Adventism blog.
- Ryan Bell, pastor of the Hollywood Adventist Church, coordinator of re-church and author of Intersections blog.
Peter Rollins to speak at re-church gathering October 23, 2008
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SAVE THE DATE!!! 28 FEB – 02 MAR 2009
I have confirmed that Peter Rollins will come to Hollywood in the Spring. We will build a 2-3 day gathering around the thoughts of Peter Rollins and others. About the only specific information we have right now is the date, so please mark your calendars for February 28-March 2, 2009 and plan to be with us in Hollywood.
If you would, please drop a comment below about whether you plan to join us for this gathering.
If you want know more about Peter Rollins, please visit his website at www.peterrollins.net and check out his two books:
Take the re-church survey May 30, 2008
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I am attempting to gather some information about how we can shape the re-church network for new stage of its ministry. I have had phone or email conversations with many of you over the past months or years. I am increasingly asked by Adventist pastors of all ages for advice or just conversation about the questions they’re having. Maybe you are one of those.
All of this has got me thinking again about the importance of a network like re-church. I’ve begun to think of re-church as a kind of “Order/Fraternity of Missional Leaders” (“Order” is less sexist, I think). This is not about subscribing to a particular theology or practice, but about a way of being in the world and being in ministry in God’s kingdom. It is about openness to the questions that God’s Spirit is stirring within us.
So, to that end, I’ve created an online survey. It should take you less than 10-15 minutes to complete. In fact, it’s very short. I would very much appreciate your input.
>>TAKE THE SURVEY<<
Envision 08 Meet-Up May 23, 2008
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A few of us that are a part of the re-church network are going to be a Envision in Princeton, New Jersey (June 8-10). If you’re going to be there, please add a comment to this post to that effect and I’ll be in touch with you about a little meet-up.
Samir Selmanovic, founder and Program Coordinator of Faith House Manhattan, will be co-presenting a seminar with Miroslav Volf called “Religious Pluralism and Christian Faith“
Understand more deeply the meaning of Christian witness in a multi-religious world, especially where religion is a source of conflict and war (from the website).
Others who I know will be there include, Johnny A. Ramirez, Jr. (graduate student at University of Aberdeen in Scotland) Todd Stout (Church of the Advent Hope, Manhattan) and Zane Yi.
It’s not too late to register. I hope to see you there!
Missional Museums? May 9, 2008
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I am a regular contributor to a blog called Missional Journey, which is a part of the Allelon. (If all that is new to you, check it out!)
Today I wrote a new post for the Missional Journey blog which compares the conversation about missional church with a conversation I’ve been “eavesdropping” on for the past few months about art and museums. It’s not the first time someone has compared churches to museums (buildings where relics of a former age are stored for people to come and look inquisitively?).
Anyway, check out my post called, “Missional Museums?” and join in the conversation!
Here’s an excerpt:
Last December, the Getty Center turned 10, which caused so small amount of reflection not only in the art community but in the architectural community as well. An article on the front page of the LA Times by the resident architecture critic, Christopher Hawthorne, caught my attention. As I read his article I had this impression that I was listening to a conversation I am frequently a part of – that of the relevance of the church as an institution in our communities.
Hawthorne opens his December 2007 article, entitled, “Getty at 10: Still aloof, yet totally L.A.”* like this:
During much of the 1990s, as the Getty Center was rising on its Brentwood hilltop, a couple of stubborn questions dogged the hugely ambitious project: Would Richard Meier’s design ever have anything meaningful to do with, or say about, the city over which it loomed? Or would it exist as an expensive import, a vast collection of smooth enamel and rough travertine conjured up by a New York architect who looked west for commissions but east, to Europe and its Modernist past, for inspiration?
