In this episode, we feature a conversation that we had with Nina Balmaceda and members of the INFEMIT community. Join us as we listen and learn about “Imagining Shalom Together: Examples of Transformation on the Ground, the work of Paz y Esperanza in South America.” This conversation connects to the theme of our next Stott-Bediako Forum, Transformation Revisited: Mission and Gospel Imagination.

Please note, we will be discussing some sensitive topics in this podcast, so listener discretion is advised. Sensitive topics include: sexual assault, domestic violence, and genocide.

So you’re aware, you’ll hear a few different voices while you’re listening to this podcast. We are including reflections and questions received from our community members - Felipe Preciado, Kristin Caynor, John Shorack, Nash Azaki, Nina Mantalaba, and Samuel Onyait. Listen and learn with us!

In this episode, we feature a recording of Ciprian Gheorge-Luca’s plenary presentation from the Stott Bediako Forum on Jesus and Empire: Christian Witness in the context of power. Join us as we listen and learn more about Ciprian’s contribution “Empowered Citizens of Heaven, Witnessing Neighbors on Earth: Rethinking Citizenship in Light of the Pentecost(al) Narrative”

Rev. Dr. Ciprian Gheorghe-Luca is a Romanian Pentecostal theologian and the senior pastor of Emmanuel Christian Center in Bucharest, Romania. He holds a degree in Pentecostal pastoral/didactic theology from the University of Bucharest and has earned a PhD in Pentecostal/public theology from Aurel Vlaicu University in Arad. 

He has held various leadership positions, both at ecclesiastical  and organisational level. Most recently, between 2015 and 2022, he has been the Headmaster of "Emanuel" Pentecostal Theological High School in Bucharest, where he has also taught several theological subjects. His field of research and competence is Pentecostal theology and the relationship between the church and public life.

In this episode, we feature a conversation that we had with Marcel Măcelaru and members of the INFEMIT community. Join us as we listen and learn about “Mission and the Christian Imagination: Biblical and Practical Examples.” This conversation connects to the theme of our next Stott-Bediako Forum, Transformation Revisited: Mission and Gospel Imagination.

This conversation features reflections and questions received from our community members - Mariel Muford, Külli Tõniste, Adeel Samuel, Marcel Măcelaru, Melody Wachsmuth, Phil Hilditch,  Andreas Osterlund Nielsen, Sithembiso Hlophe, and John Cheong. Listen and learn with us!

In this episode, we feature a conversation that we had with Al Tizon and members of the INFEMIT community. Join us as we listen and learn about “Mission as Transformation.” This conversation connects to the theme of our next Stott-Bediako Forum, "Transformation Revisited: Mission and Gospel Imagination."

To view the powerpoint that Al refers to during the conversation, click here.

Or check out this YouTube video.

This conversation features reflections and questions received from our community members - Athena Gorospe, Maria Alejandra, Mark Galpin, Matthias Gergan, Deborah Hancox, Nadine Bowers Du Toit, Teofil Stanciu, Nestor Ravilas, Wakilongo Saidi Edouard, Carolina Pineda, Enock Narh, and Thandi Gamedze. Listen and learn with us!

In this episode, we feature the Q&A session with Bishop Zac in which we discussed his contribution, “Christianity as a Narrative of the Deception of Empire: Whither the promise of justice and love, held out in the Gospel of Jesus of Nazareth?" 

You can also go back to Zac's full presentation from the Stott-Bediako Forum here. A conversation featuring questions and reflections from: Ruth Padilla DeBorst, Craig Stewart, Diane Stinton, and Tori Greaves. Listen and learn with us! 

In this episode, we feature the Q&A session that we had with Martin Accad, continuing conversations from the Stott Bediako Forum on Jesus and Empire: Christian Witness in the Context of Power. Join us as we listen and learn more about Martin's contribution on “Jesus and Revolution: Leading a Change Movement and Reinvesting the Public Space." 

A conversation featuring questions and reflections from: Jayachitra Lalitha, Manal El Tayar, Ruth Padilla DeBorst, Rene August, and Nina Mantalaba. Listen and learn with us!

In this episode, we feature the Q&A session that we had with Ruth Padilla DeBorst, continuing conversations from the Stott Bediako Forum on Jesus and Empire: Christian Witness in the Context of Power. Join us as we listen and learn more about Ruth’s contribution on “Confluence and Clash: Reformed and Anabaptist Positions Regarding Power within the Early Fraternidad Teológica Latinoamericana." 

A conversation featuring questions and reflections from: Ruth Padilla DeBorst, Kosta Milkov, Craig Stewart, Rene August, Jayachitra Lalitha, Tori Greaves, and Nina Mantalaba. Listen and learn with us!

In this episode, we feature a conversation with Arthur Aghajanian. Arthur is a Christian contemplative, essayist, and educator. His work explores visual culture through a spiritual lens. Arthur connected with INFEMIT to share part of his own journey and to express the importance of aesthetics in our theology, which he explains further on his website, imageandfaith.com

Listen and learn with us as, Arthur shares about the connection between theology and art, Finding God in the silence, and ways we can use images in our spiritual practice.

We invite you to tune into our latest podcast with Dr. Rudolf K. Gaisie on Jesus Christ as Logos Incarnate and Resurrected Nana (Ancestor). In this conversation, we explore together how Christians in the early Church and today have faced a similar task of understanding Christ in and through local cultures and languages. Rudolf sets the table for a wider conversation about what it means for each of us to engage the gospel faithfully within our cultural contexts.

In this episode, we feature a conversation with Reverend Plaisance M’Bara. Reverend M’Bara is a PhD Candidate at the Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology, Mission and Culture in Akropong, Ghana, and his fields of study are Theology of Reconciliation and African Christianity. Reverend M’Bara gives us an early look into his PhD research on The Contribution of the Concept of Zo Kwé Zo Towards a Sustainable Peacebuilding in the Central African Republic.

Join us in listening to this podcast and praying for the important work and research being done in Central African Republic.