Urbana 06 Seminars

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

Make A Difference 
Who Are You? 

GENERAL INTEREST

Ephesians Hot Topics: Spiritual WarfareBecky Stephen
Ephesians Hot Topics: Submissions and AbusesFred Bailey & Sandy Beelen
Single in Missions 

ARTS, MEDIA, AND CULTURE

The Artist and Christian Discipleship: Building A Spiritual FoundationColin Hasbinson and Dick Ryan
The Artist and Culture: A Calling to Transform 

SLUM COMMUNITIES

Ministry in the GarbageFather Ben Beltran
Security - Doing Mission Under the Threat of ViolenceCorrie Long and Nate Bacon
Urbanization 101Dave Palmer

AIDS

AIDS 101Steve Haas and Princess Kasune Zulu
Church Partnerships: Tackling AIDS TogetherMeredith Long and Stella Kasirye
Loving Homosexuals as Jesus WouldChad Thompson
Theology Through the Lens of AIDSEmmanuel Katongole
"Viruses" That Propel HIV and AIDS: The Social and Economic Structures of Poverty, Inequality and ExclusionPaul Robinson

THE WORKPLACE AND ACADEMIA

Creating Culture: Making the Gospel Available, Attractive and PlausibleAndy Crouch
Science and FaithEva Sham
Worldview 

GENERAL INTEREST

Apologetics for the Post Modern MindJames Emory White
Barriers to Intimacy with GodPatrick Fong
Barriers to Intimacy with God, Part 2Patrick Fong
Follow-Through vs. Follow-Up: Addressing the Black Hole of Short-Term MissionsBrian Heerwagen
Living Simply #1James Kim
Living Simply #3James Kim
Latrines and Why We don't Use ThemSteve Saint

GETTING READY TO GO

Becoming an Agent of ChangeJim Thomas
Coaching for MobilizersPaul Borthwick and Peter Cha
Cross-cultural ConflictDuane Elmer
Holistic Preparation for Cross-Cultural SoJournDr. Duncan Westwood
Overcoming Obsticals to MissionsBecky Stephen and Maralee Gutierrez

MISSIONS 101

Defining and Understanding Worldview 
God's Dream Verses the American DreamRick Buddemeir and Lisa Weidman
Women in Missions: Role Models and RealityMariam Adeney

AFRICA

Blacks in Missions: Abolition - Civil RightsDean Trulear and Dorris Ngaujah
Call of People of African Descent in the Missionary EnterpriseElward Ellis and Las Newman
How Should People of African American Descent Prepare Themselves for MissionsDean Trulear and Femi Adeleye
The Rise of a Non-Western Faith and the Role of the African DiasporaTite Tienou, Las Newman

AROUND THE WORLD

Around the World in 90 MinutesPaul Borthwick
Church in China 
How the World Views AmericansDaniel Bourdanne
The Church in Latin America 

DIVERSE PEOPLE

A History of Minorities in Mission and African Americans in MissionsReverend Leroy Barber
God's Mosaic: Leading a ME FellowshipLeaders in IV's ME Ministry
Heart of Racial JusticeBrenda Salter-McNeil and Rick Richardson
Modeling the Cross #1Bob Hunter
Modeling the Cross #2Bob Hunter
The Gift of the Poor to the Native American ChurchRay Rivera

GENDER AND SEX

Sex, Sexuality, Gender and HIV/AIDSStella Kasirye
Sexuality: The Dangerous GiftBruce Atwood
Gender and the Church: Do Spiritual Gifts Come in Pink and Blue?Mimi Haddad
Sex Trafficking

 

PRAYER MINISTRY

Prayer Ministry: Family Issues: Brokenness and HopeHallie Hencowen and Brenda Wang
Prayer Ministry: Hearing and Responding to God's CallCraig and Sharon Gartland
Prayer Ministry: Sex and Sexuality: Brokenness and HealingRick Richardson

URBAN ISSUES

Hip Hop: An Urban TheologyThe Cross Movement
Justice 201: Intermediate Steps to Transforming the CityKevin Blue
Portraits of God's Work in the CityRay Bakke
Three R's of Christian Community DevelopmentJohn Perkins

Urbana seeks to gather a quality array of speakers for seminars presented at the conference. The views expressed and presented by Urbana seminar speakers do not always reflect the opinions of InterVarsity/USA or Urbana Student Missions Conference.

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