Richard Mouw, president of Fuller Theological Seminary, to lead Whitworth Institute of Ministry July 9-13
June 15, 2012
Noted author and scholar Richard Mouw, president of Fuller Theological Seminary, will lead the 37th annual Whitworth Institute of Ministry July 9-13. WIM provides clergy, laity, and their spouses and children a week of spiritual encouragement, equipping for ministry, and inspiring worship.
Joining Mouw as plenary speakers will be MaryKate Morse, professor of leadership and spiritual formation at George Fox Evangelical Seminary, and the Rev. Tod Bolsinger, senior pastor of San Clemente Presbyterian Church, in California. Mouw, Morse and Bolsinger will lead worship services, Bible hours and workshops during the weeklong institute, whose theme this year is “Our Hope for Years to Come: Theological Foundations during Turbulent Times.”
The public is invited to attend the institute’s worship services Monday-Thursday at 7 p.m. in Seeley Mudd Chapel. Admission to the services is free. Pre-registration and payment are required for those who wish to participate in other WIM programming, including Bible hours, convocation hour, and afternoon workshops. For complete WIM details, a schedule of events, and to register, please visit www.whitworth.edu/wim or call Toni Sutherland, WIM program coordinator, at (509) 777-4345.
In addition, workshops will also be held for participants who wish to focus on the following issues:
Richard Mouw has served as president of Fuller Theological Seminary since 1993. A philosopher, scholar and author, Mouw joined the Fuller faculty in 1985 as a professor of Christian philosophy and ethics. He served previously as a professor of philosophy at Calvin College, in Grand Rapids, Mich., for 17 years, and he was also a visiting professor at Amsterdam’s Free University, in The Netherlands.
A graduate of Houghton College (N.Y.), Mouw studied at Western Theological Seminary and earned a master’s degree in philosophy at the University of Alberta. He holds a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Chicago. Mouw is the author of 17 books, including The God Who Commands, He Shines in All That’s Fair, Culture and Common Grace, Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport, and an expanded and revised edition of Uncommon Decency: Christian Civility in an Uncivil World. In 2007 Princeton Seminary awarded Mouw the Abraham Kuyper Prize for Excellence in Reformed Theology and Public Life.
MaryKate Morse is professor of leadership and spiritual formation at George Fox Evangelical Seminary. She earned an M.A. in biblical studies and an M.Div. from Western Evangelical Seminary (now GFES), and a doctorate from Gonzaga University, where she studied the characteristics of renewal leadership as modeled by Jesus. She is a recorded Quaker pastor, church planter, spiritual director, conference and retreat speaker, writer and author of Making Room for Leadership.
Tod Bolsinger has been senior pastor of San Clemente Presbyterian Church, in Southern California, since 1997. He served previously at First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood (Calif.) for 10 years. Bolsinger earned a Ph.D. in theology and an M.Div. from Fuller Theological Seminary. He speaks and consults with church, organizational, and business leadership groups as a representative of TAG Consulting.
Bolsinger is the author of the books It Takes a Church to Raise a Christian and Showtime: Living Down Hypocrisy by Living Out the Faith. He teaches at Fuller Theological Seminary and Denver Seminary, and authors the blog “It Takes a Church...” at http://bolsinger.blogs.com.
Located in Spokane, Wash., Whitworth is a private liberal arts university affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). The university, which has an enrollment of nearly 3,000 students, offers 60 undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
Contacts:
Toni Sutherland, program coordinator, Whitworth Institute of Ministry, Whitworth University, (509) 777-4345 or tsutherland@whitworth.edu.
Nancy Hines, director of communications, Whitworth University, (509) 777-4638 or nhines@whitworth.edu.
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Joining Mouw as plenary speakers will be MaryKate Morse, professor of leadership and spiritual formation at George Fox Evangelical Seminary, and the Rev. Tod Bolsinger, senior pastor of San Clemente Presbyterian Church, in California. Mouw, Morse and Bolsinger will lead worship services, Bible hours and workshops during the weeklong institute, whose theme this year is “Our Hope for Years to Come: Theological Foundations during Turbulent Times.”
The public is invited to attend the institute’s worship services Monday-Thursday at 7 p.m. in Seeley Mudd Chapel. Admission to the services is free. Pre-registration and payment are required for those who wish to participate in other WIM programming, including Bible hours, convocation hour, and afternoon workshops. For complete WIM details, a schedule of events, and to register, please visit www.whitworth.edu/wim or call Toni Sutherland, WIM program coordinator, at (509) 777-4345.
In addition, workshops will also be held for participants who wish to focus on the following issues:
- The perspectives and questions of younger pastors: “Leading On in Times of Change” will be led by Mindy Smith, Whitworth’s campus pastor.
- Worship leadership: “Let All Creation Sing! Singing and Leading Music from the Church Universal” will be led by Ben Brody, associate professor of music at Whitworth, along with other members of the WIM music leadership team.
Richard Mouw has served as president of Fuller Theological Seminary since 1993. A philosopher, scholar and author, Mouw joined the Fuller faculty in 1985 as a professor of Christian philosophy and ethics. He served previously as a professor of philosophy at Calvin College, in Grand Rapids, Mich., for 17 years, and he was also a visiting professor at Amsterdam’s Free University, in The Netherlands.
A graduate of Houghton College (N.Y.), Mouw studied at Western Theological Seminary and earned a master’s degree in philosophy at the University of Alberta. He holds a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Chicago. Mouw is the author of 17 books, including The God Who Commands, He Shines in All That’s Fair, Culture and Common Grace, Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport, and an expanded and revised edition of Uncommon Decency: Christian Civility in an Uncivil World. In 2007 Princeton Seminary awarded Mouw the Abraham Kuyper Prize for Excellence in Reformed Theology and Public Life.
MaryKate Morse is professor of leadership and spiritual formation at George Fox Evangelical Seminary. She earned an M.A. in biblical studies and an M.Div. from Western Evangelical Seminary (now GFES), and a doctorate from Gonzaga University, where she studied the characteristics of renewal leadership as modeled by Jesus. She is a recorded Quaker pastor, church planter, spiritual director, conference and retreat speaker, writer and author of Making Room for Leadership.
Tod Bolsinger has been senior pastor of San Clemente Presbyterian Church, in Southern California, since 1997. He served previously at First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood (Calif.) for 10 years. Bolsinger earned a Ph.D. in theology and an M.Div. from Fuller Theological Seminary. He speaks and consults with church, organizational, and business leadership groups as a representative of TAG Consulting.
Bolsinger is the author of the books It Takes a Church to Raise a Christian and Showtime: Living Down Hypocrisy by Living Out the Faith. He teaches at Fuller Theological Seminary and Denver Seminary, and authors the blog “It Takes a Church...” at http://bolsinger.blogs.com.
Located in Spokane, Wash., Whitworth is a private liberal arts university affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). The university, which has an enrollment of nearly 3,000 students, offers 60 undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
Contacts:
Toni Sutherland, program coordinator, Whitworth Institute of Ministry, Whitworth University, (509) 777-4345 or tsutherland@whitworth.edu.
Nancy Hines, director of communications, Whitworth University, (509) 777-4638 or nhines@whitworth.edu.
