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CHILDREN’S ADVOCATE TO RECEIVE EDEN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AWARD
Eden President to present Reinhold Niebuhr Award to Sue Quellhorst on June 29 in Columbus.
The founder of an organization that provides children around the world with medical assistance is the 2008 recipient of the Reinhold Niebuhr Award of Eden Theological Seminary. Eden President David Greenhaw will present the award during 10:30am worship services on June 29 at St. John Evangelical Protestant United Church of Christ, 59 East Mound Street, Columbus, Ohio.
Sue Quellhorst is the founder of SARA’S CHILDREN (a part of the ministry of Sharing America’s Resources Abroad), a non-profit ecumenical ministry affiliated with the Ohio Conference of the United Church of Christ. The ministry provides medical supplies, equipment and expertise for children around the world. Sue’s work has been focused on serving the needs of children caught in the clutches of poverty primarily in the Ukraine.
The Reinhold Niebuhr Award is named for Reinhold Niebuhr, a 1913 graduate of Eden and a distinguished American social ethicist and theologian. Niebuhr’s perspectives significantly impacted American-theological thought in the mid-twentieth century. Specifically, Niebuhr was concerned with relating the gospel to pressing social issues. The Reinhold Niebuhr Award of Eden Theological Seminary is awarded by vote of the Seminary Board of Directors to recognize and honor persons who exemplify in their own life and ministry a compassion for parts of humanity that most of us never see.
Sue Quellhorst is a graduate of Heidelberg College and is married to the Reverend Dr. Ralph Quellhorst, former member of the Eden Board of Directors and former Ohio Conference Minister. Both are long-time supporters of Eden. Their daughter, Melinda Q. Lacefield, is a graduate of Eden.
Eden Theological Seminary is a graduate school preparing women and men for ordained and lay Christian ministry. The Seminary is located on a 22-acre campus in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1850, Eden has approximately 220 students representing as many as 18 denominations. Eden is one of seven seminaries of the United Church of Christ.
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Registration for Summer 2008 and Fall 2008 academic terms will begin on April 21, 2008.
(Offerings subject to change)
Master Level Electives
- HT220 World Christianity (Rick Nutt)
May 19 - June 2; Mon – Fri; 8:30am - 12:30pm
World Christianity surveys the growth of Christianity in the world and treats the church as it exists in the non-Western world. The course will raise questions of missiology (e.g., how is Christianity transmitted from one culture to another), issues of theology in the church in developing nations, and the development of ecumenism.
M306 UCC History and Polity (Stavenger)
June 2 – 19; Mon – Thurs; 9:00a – 12:00p
Doctor of Ministry Required Course
- DM500 Church and Ministry: Revisioning Critical Perspectives on Theology and Practice (Krause)
June 9-20; Mon-Fri; 9:00a – 1:00p
As an intentional peer community grounded spiritually and educationally, the class members develop skills of thinking systematically about the contexts and the issues of the practice of ministry.
Doctor of Ministry Elective
- B503 Christian Origins and Christian Faith: Becoming the Body of Christ (Patterson)
June 9 – 20; Mon – Fri; 9a-12p and 4p – 5p
The most recent generation of New Testament scholarship has produced a number of new and compelling insights about Christian origins—on the nature of early Christian community life, the relationship of the church to the Roman Empire, the role of women in leadership, the interaction between church and synagogue, etc. This course will explore some of these new proposals in connection with current conversations on-going about the nature of church in its multiple roles—as community of care, as advocate for justice and peace, as a community of worship and learning. Students will be encouraged to develop a critical ecclesiology that builds on insights from the study of ancient texts and contemporary experience in the life of churches.
Eden Theological Seminary is in the process of completing steps for reaccreditation by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) and the Higher Learning Commission (HLC).
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COVENANT WEEK AT EDEN SEMINARY CELEBRATES
THE BLACK CHURCH TRADITION
WEBSTER GROVES, MISSOURI—October 29, 2007—The African and African American student network (AAASEND) at Eden Theological Seminary has organized a series of special events to celebrate the Black Church commitment to faith, education and healing HIV/AIDS during “Covenant Week,” November 5 – 9. (more…)