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Burgess Lecture 2011
The task of the annual Burgess Lecture in Global Mission, sponsored by the GMI, is to interpret global mission today in the light of the Christian tradition, the historical experience of the church, and the contemporary situation in the world.
Dr. Jehu J. Hanciles, Associate Professor of History of Christianity and Globalization, and Director of the Center for Missiological Research, School of Intercultural Studies at Fuller Seminary gave the 2011 lecture.
'Treasure in Earthen Vessels': Immigration, Religion and the American Church
The Burgess Lecture is archived online for viewing.
Hein-Fry Lecture 2011
"Hearing the Word: Lutherans Read the Bible with the Ecumenical World"
Rev. Dr. Elieshi Mungure,'07
Professor of Theology, Dean of Students
Makumira University College, Tanzania
LWF Department for Mission & Development Area Secretary for Africa
The Hein-Fry lecture is archived online for viewing.
Read more about Professor Mungure in past issues of Global Vision.
Ministry on the Border
Rose Mary Sánchez-Guzmán lives on the border—in more ways than one.
As pastor of Iglesia Luterana Cristo Rey in El Paso, Texas, less than a 10-minute walk from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, she has centered her life on the physical border that separates two nations. But, in ministering to a congregation in which issues of immigration and poverty seem inescapable, she deals daily with another type of boundary.
Read more of Rose MarY's Story
GMI News Notes
The GMI welcomes Dr. Falres Ilomo from Tumaini University in Tanzania as the 2012 visiting Schiotz Professor.
On February 12, Mark Whitfield, '95, will be installed as the President of the Lutheran Church in New Zealand.
Former GMI Director and Professor of Mission and World Christianity, Frieder Ludwig, along with Luther's 2007 Visiting Schiotz Professor, J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, have edited the African Christian Presence in the West: New Immigrant Congregations and Transnational Networks in North American and Europe.
Upon the recommendation of the General Secretary, the new Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Council, during its meeting on 29 July 2010 in Stuttgart (Germany), appointed Rev. Dr Musa Panti Filibus, '98, as the Director of the LWF Department for Mission and Development (DMD) for a period of four years. Dr Filibus assumed his new responsibilities on September 1, 2010.
Replacing Dr. Filibus as the LWF Area Secretary for Africa is Rev. Dr. Elieshi Mungure, '07, of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. Rev. Dr. Mungure was appointment by the LWF Executive Committee during its meeting held in Geneva, Switzerland November 24-26, 2010. She began her new position in Geneva on April 1, 2011.
World Christianity is the theme for two book series from the GMI and the Fund for Justice and Christian Community.
