Commission VII: Christian Communities in Contemporary Contexts
International Conference
June 12-13, 2009. EdinburghCityMission
Provisional Programme:
Friday June 12th
13:30 – 14:00Arrival and Registration
14:00 – 14:15Tea & Coffee
14:15 – 15:15Welcomeand Introduction – Afe Adogame & Janice McLean
Update and Feedback: Philomena Mwaura & Erica Dunmow
15:15 – 16.00Session I
Church and Reconciliation:
Religion and Reconciliation Processes in the African Diaspora:Frieder Ludwig
The LocalChurch as an Agent of Healing and Reconciliation in the Face of Religious Conflict: Israel Akanji
16:00 – 17:10Session II
Gender and Identity:
Who Are Kakure Kirishitan? Issues of Communal Identity within Hidden Christians of Japan: Kirk Sandvig
Between God, Ethnicity and Politics: African Pentecostals in contemporary Ireland:Abel Ugba
The Interplay of Gender, Identity and Power in African Female-led Churches: London and Nigeria: Bolaji O. Bateye
17:30 – 18:30 Group attending Special Lecture by Wole Soyinka ‘Enlightenment and the New Enthusiasms’ at the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh
19:00 – 20:00 Dinner
20:00 – 21:00 Session III
War against Poverty, A Challenge for Christianity: Festus Ogunmola
Youth and Christianity: Inspiring andImpactingYouth with Christianity: TimieOgunmola
Touching Lives in Edinburgh: Lawrie Hudson
Tomorrow in Trauma: Children in a Bleeding World: Daniel Ndukwe Ndukwe
Alleviating Poverty among Rural Communities in Nigeria: challenges to Contemporary Christians in Amasiri, Nigeria: Kenneth O. Daniels
21:15 – 21:30 Prayer at St. Colm’s International House
Saturday June 13th
9:00 – 10:30 Session IV (includes a 15 minute devotion at the beginning)
Church and Society
Poverty Alleviation: Issues and Challenges to the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria: Elijah Obinna
Pentecostal Social Engagement: Excerpts From Around the World: Harold D. Hunter
The Response of the Church to Social Problems:ACase Study of the RedeemedChristian Church of God,Lagos, Nigeria: Comfort Jinadu
Dalit Christians in India:A south Indian Perspective: Anderson Jeremiah
10:30 – 10:45Tea & Coffee
10:45 – 12:00Session V
Mission in Diaspora I
FilipinoDiasporaKingdom Workers: A Case Study of Diaspora Missiology in Action: Sadiri Joy Tira
Migration, Ethnicity and the African Diaspora: Garnet A. Parris
The Transculturalization and the Transnationalization of the Government of 12: From Seoul to Bogota to Charlotte, North Carolina: Philip Wingeier-Rayo
12:00– 12:45 Lunch
12:45 – 14:15Session VI
Mission in Diaspora II
Migrant Churches in Europe: The Church of Pentecost Experience: Daniel Walker
Korean Diaspora Community is a new sun rising campaign among Christendom: Kunjae Yu
‘Missionary of Africa’ in West Pilton, Edinburgh: Tom Kisitu
Zambian Pentecostalism: A Study of History, Theology and Politics: Naar Mfundisi
14:15 – 15:15Reflection Session I
15:15 – 15:30Tea & Coffee
15:30 – 16:30Reflection Session II and Closing
Edinburgh 2010
Witnessing to Christ Today