Past Events
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Sunday, March 8th, 2009. 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
pbb.THE HUB Bronx- Join us for a time of communal scripture reading, prayer walks around the neighborhood, and a taste of New York City's diverse cuisine. We will meet on the southwest corner of Third Avenue and 149th Street. Closest public transport: 4/5 to 3rd Ave – 149th Street. To RSVP and enquire about details, please contact pbb.nyc@cityseminaryny.org.
Saturday, February 21st, 2009. 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
pbb.STAPLETON Staten Island- Join us for a time of communal scripture reading, prayer walks around the neighborhood, and a taste of New York City's diverse cuisine. More information is forthcoming. To RSVP and enquire about details, please contact pbb.nyc@cityseminaryny.org.
Monday, November 10th, 2008. 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
pbb.BROOKLYN BRIDGE Manhattan- Join us for a time of communal scripture reading, prayer walks around the neighborhood, and a taste of New York City's diverse cuisine. We will be meeting at City Hall Park (across from the entrance to the walkway to the Brooklyn Bridge) on Centre Street. Rain or shine, we will walk across the bridge to Brooklyn and enjoy some famous Grimaldi’s pizza. Closest public transport: 4/5/6 to Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall. To RSVP and enquire about details, please contact pbb.nyc@cityseminaryny.org.
Saturday, November 8th, 2008. 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
FALL CONFERENCE ON URBAN MINISTRY
New Song Community Church- Moving Faith: World Christianity/ New York Christianity
Christianity is a global faith. Today its processes of cultural interaction are most prominent in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Linked to globalization and the multi-directionality of religious networks, the scope and context of this diverse story encompasses New York City."Moving Faith", the third annual City Seminary of New York Fall Conference on Urban Ministry, will explore aspects and implications of this "local" and "global" development. In this light, the working conference will be bringing to the fore new horizons of urban ministry and Christian faith in a global world.
Keynote Speakers
Ruth Padilla DeBorst – Theologian and church leader, she is president of the Latin American Theological, director of IFES's Spanish-speaking publishing house Ediciones Certeza Unida, and team leader of Christian Reformed World Mission's work in El Salvador. Ruth is currently pursuing a doctoral degree at Boston University School of Theology.
Manuel Vásquez – A professor of religion at the University of Florida, Manuel's most most recent publications include Globalizing the Sacred: Religion Across the Americas (Rutgers University Press, 2003), which he co-authored with Marie Friedmann Marquardt, and Immigrant Faiths: Transforming Religious Life in America (AltaMira 2005), a co-edited study.
Andrew F. Walls – Founder of the Centre for the Study of Christianity in the Non-Western World, University of Edinburgh and Centre for the Study of African and Asian Christianity, Liverpool Hope University, UK, he is the author or numerous works including The Cross-Cultural Process in Christian History.
Amos Yong – Professor of systematic theology at Regent University School of Ministry, he is the author of numerous works, including Hospitality and the Other: Pentecost, Christian Practices, and the Neighbor and The Spirit Poured out on All Flesh: Pentecostalism and the Possibility of Global Theology.
Launch
"The Global New York Church Project" (an online resource on the changing church in New York City)
Registration
The fee for the conference is $20 (includes lunch and materials). This will be collected on the morning of the conference. Please email the following information to conference@cityseminaryny.org. You will receive a confirmation email.
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Thursday, October 9th, 2008. 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
pbb.BEDFORD-STUYVESANT Brooklyn- Join us for a time of communal scripture reading, prayer walks around the neighborhood, and a taste of New York City's diverse cuisine. We will be meeting at Redeemed Christian Church of God Chapel of Hope (61 Malcolm X Boulevard/ Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221). Closest public transport: J to Kosciusko Street. To RSVP and enquire about details, please contact pbb.nyc@cityseminaryny.org.
Monday, September 15th, 2008. 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
pbb.EAST HARLEM Manhattan- Join us for a time of communal scripture reading, prayer walks around the neighborhood, and a taste of New York City's diverse cuisine. We will be meeting at Marcus Garvey Memorial Park (also known as Mount Morris Park) across from the main entrance to North General Hospital, on Madison Avenue between E 121st and 122nd Streets. Closest public transport: 4/5/6 to 125th Street. To RSVP and enquire about details, please contact pbb.nyc@cityseminaryny.org.
Saturday, July 26th, 2008. 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
pbb. HUNTS POINT (Bronx)
Host: Jonathan Roque- Join us for a time of communal scripture reading, a prayer walk around
the neighborhood, and a taste of New York City's diverse cuisine. We
will meet at the Damascus Christian Church of Hunts Point (837 Manida
Street, Bronx, NY 10474). Closest subway: 6 to Hunts Point. To RSVP,
please contact pbb.nyc@cityseminaryny.org.
Saturday, May 17th, 2008. 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
pbb. ST GEORGE (Staten Island)
Host: Bola Oyesanya- Join us for a time of communal scripture reading, prayer walks around the neighborhood, and a taste of New York City's diverse cuisine. Check back soon for more information. To RSVP and enquire about details, please contact pbb.nyc@cityseminaryny.org.
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008. 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Pentecostalism in African Christianity: A discursive interpretation
Rev. Dr. Ogbu Kalu- Dr. Kalu is the Henry Winters Luce Professor of World Christianity and Mission at McCormick Theological Seminary. Dr. Kalu came to McCormick in 2001 from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka,
where he had served as Professor of Church History for many years. He
is an elder in the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria. He has served as
visiting professor at several institutions, including Harvard,
Bayreuth, Toronto, McGill, Edinburgh, Pretoria, and the Presbyterian
Theological Seminary in Seoul. He has published extensively: 15 books,
including Power, Poverty and Prayer: The Challenges of Poverty and Pluralism in African Christianity, 1960-1996 and as editor, History of the Church in the Third World: Vol. III, African Christianity: An African Story, plus more than 150 articles in journals and edited volumes. For many years, Ogbu provided leadership in theological education in
Africa and he is currently the Director of the Christianity in Africa
Project.
This event will be held at City Seminary of New York, located at 2204 Frederick Douglass Blvd (corner of West 119th Street and Frederick Douglass Blvd.). Closest subways: B/C (116th Street station), A/B/C/D (125th Street station). Street parking is available. If you are interested in attending, please email seminar@cityseminaryny.org.
Thursday, April 24th, 2008. 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
History of Christianity in the Americas
Dr. Luis N. Rivera-Pagán- Dr. Rivera-Pagán, Princeton Theological Seminary’s Henry Winters Luce Professor of Ecumenics and Mission, holds an S.T.M., an M.A., and a Ph.D., all from Yale University. An American Baptist and a native of Puerto Rico, he is editor of the official report of the Ninth Assembly of the World Council of Churches (Brazil, 2006). He teaches courses on Latin American theology, Third World liberation theologies, theological readings of world literature, and problems and issues in the 16th-century Christianization of the Americas. He is interested in the history of Latin American Christianity, and theology and literature.
This event will be held at City Seminary of New York, located at 2204 Frederick Douglass Blvd (corner of West 119th Street and Frederick Douglass Blvd.). Closest subways: B/C (116th Street station), A/B/C/D (125th Street station). Street parking is available. If you are interested in attending, please email seminar@cityseminaryny.org.