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Willis Johnson and Dave Male\u2014will join the faculty this year as visiting instructors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Johnson and Male will support Luther Seminary\u2019s new initiatives designed to start and develop new ministries, especially ministries to those unfamiliar with \u201cinherited\u201d forms of church.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAcross North America, we see significant need for developing new forms of Christian community,\u201d said Terri Elton, dean of academic affairs and professor o<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">f<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> leadership. \u201cIn the inaugural year of our Cultivating New Christian Communities fellowship, we are truly delighted that Willis and Dave will be working with us to address these needs in the classroom and on programmatic and institutional levels.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Johnson, senior minister at Christ Church in Columbus, Ohio, and adjunct professor at Methodist Theological Seminary in Delaware, Ohio, has contributed to TIME Magazine and National Public Radio. He brings a depth of experience with ministries in diverse settings and contexts across the US.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m excited to join Luther Seminary as a visiting instructor, contributing to an institution that shares my values of scholarship and bold exploration of new frontiers in Christian community-building,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cLuther Seminary\u2019s commitment to testing boundaries and cultivating innovative practices mirrors my passion for equipping leaders to envision and embody the church\u2019s future.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dave Male, co-director for vision and strategy at the Archbishops Council of the Church of England, helped create one of the first \u201cfresh expressions\u201d in England\u2014Christian communities aimed at 20-40s with no experience of church\u2014and continues to be a leading voice in equipping people for new church expressions in the Church of England.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI am very excited about this new role with Luther Seminary and am looking forward to working in a creative and innovative environment as we help people start and develop new Christian communities that will make a real Kingdom difference,\u201d Male said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDave Male is one of the world\u2019s leading educators in cultivating creative forms of church that reach people in today\u2019s changing world,\u201d said Dwight Zscheile, vice president of innovation and professor of congregational mission and leadership.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Both Johnson and Male will help the seminary not only educate ministry entrepreneurs but identify, recruit, and support them well beyond their time at Luther.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cF. Willis Johnson brings both on-the-ground experience in starting new Christian communities and a wealth of teaching ability to help others pursue the dream God has for them,\u201d said Michael Binder, assistant professor of congregational mission and leadership. \u201cJohnson\u2019s expertise in the connection between church and neighborhood is going to be a great asset to our school.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The one-size, -shape, or -model of church doesn\u2019t fit everyone or every community in today\u2019s world, Elton shared: \u201cWe speak instead of what we call a \u2018mixed ecology\u2019\u2014of traditional congregations plus innovative, entrepreneurial forms of church, of lay-led and clergy-led ministries co-existing and supporting one another can reach people where they are.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elton is particularly glad that Luther Seminary students will have this opportunity to learn from Johnson and Male. \u201cThey are in the field and out ahead of us. 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