Everywhere we go on mission, invisible systems and structures can produce serious injustices. Learn how to identify, name, and resist these “powers,” as we see in Scripture. Join this cutting-edge conversation at the intersection of theology, mission history, and race and ethnic studies. We’ll discuss how the work of racial justice is a vital form of mission and ministry.
Jeff Ming Liou is the National Director of Theological Formation for InterVarsity. He’s also an adjunct Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary, where he received his PhD in Theology and Culture. Jeff has written papers and contributed book chapters on race and justice, Asian American Christianity, theological ethics, and political theology. Ordained in the Christian Reformed Church of North America, he has served as a campus minister, pastor, and university chaplain.
Robert Chao Romero is an associate professor in the UCLA Departments of Chicana/o Studies and Central America Studies as well as Asian American Studies. He received his PhD from UCLA in Latin American History and his Juris Doctor from U.C. Berkeley. Robert is also an attorney and ordained minister. He’s the author of several books, including, The Chinese in Mexico, 1882-1940 and Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity, which received the InterVarsity Press Readers’ Choice Award for best academic title.