Urbana 09 Seminars

Advocacy and Poverty

Working with Not Just for the Poor
Ruth Padilla DeBorst

Arts and Media Impacting the World

Living on Mission as a Mainstream Filmmaker
Kurt Tuffendsam
Working in Theatre; Living in Christ
Bruce Kuhn

Business as Mission

God's Economy: Rebuilding a Just Economic System
Mark Russell
Understanding Work and Vocation: Biblical Design
Mark Washington

Domestic Poverty

New Monasticism/New Friars Panel
InnerChange, Servants Asia Poor,, Servant Partners
Practical Justice 101: Basic Strategies to Transform Your Community
Randy White

Environmental Stewardship

Creation Care on Your Campus: How to Begin
Ben Lowe
Global Warming: Voices from the South Pacific
Parimal Christian, Nirosh Sachindra Samarartne
Organizing Faith Communities for Environmental Justice
Lisa Sharon Harper, Rachel Anderson
The Green Gospel: Christians Caring for Creation
Laurie and Mark Russell

Evangelism

Conversational Evangelism Tools
Rod Pauls
Homosexuality and the Gospel: Winning Gay Friends to Christ
Homosexuality: Answering the Tough Questions on Sexuality
Andrew Marin
Inside the LGBT Community
Pathways To Effective Witness on Campus
Rod Pauls
Sharing the Gospel in an Increasingly Unchurched Culture
James Choung
Evangelism through the Gospel of John
Heidi Kempt Chew

Global Issues in Missions

Children: The Chattel of Modern Day Warfare
Chris Opiro, Conrad Mandsager
Getting Prepared to Stay
Steve Hoke, Bill Taylor

In the Workplace and In the Academy

Calling: Theology of Work and Vocation
Stan Wallace
Christians Called to Journalism
Manny Garcia
Kingdom Cash Flow
Karl Ostroski
Maintaining Spiritual Vitality in Graduate School
Teri McCarthy
Saving the Corporate Soul
David Batstone
Serving God as a Public School Teacher
Forrest Turpen

International Poverty

Costly Discipleship: Incarnation, Jesus and The way of the Cross
Matthew Pascal
Transforming the Kolkata Sex Industry
Kerry Hilton

International Students

Decision Making and the Will of God
James Choung

Jesus and Justice

Christian Troublemakers
Shane Claiborne
Peace and The Fall
Lisa Sharon Harper
Towards a Biblical Understanding of Poverty
Rick Tobias
Why Justice?: A Biblical Understanding
Bob Hunter

Missions 101: Growing in Understanding

Effective Short-term Missions Programs
Navin Singh
Support Raising: A Proven & Tried Strategy
Bill Dillon

Spirituality for Sustainable Mission

A Healthy Spiritual Life in Mission
Mark Slaughter
Jesus Follower? Daily Life with Jesus
Wendi Marchena, Ryan Pfieffer
Prayer and Mission
Patrick Fung, MD

The Church Around the World

Around the World in 60 Minutes
Paul Borthwick

The Heart and Soul in Mission

Spiritual Warfare
Jack Voelkel
Taking John Manuscript Study Back to Campus and Church
Lindsay Olesberg

The Mission of Healthcare

Biblical Basis for Healthcare Ministries in Mission
Daniel Fountain, MD, MPH
Healthcare Ministry in Chronic Illness and Disability
Mary Chase-Ziolek
Helping People Change Their Health-Related Behavior
Daniel Fountain, MD, MPH

World Religions

Introduction to Islam
Fouad Masri