The Honor-Shame Conference, June 8–10, 2020 at Wheaton College is gathering numerous practitioners and scholars to explore how honor and shame influence the gospel, the Church, and various disciplines, including theology, missiology, pastoral ministry, and counseling.
- The seven plenary presenters are John M. G. Barclay, Jayson Georges, Larry Persons, Benjamin Shin, Sheryl Takagi Silzer, TV Thomas, and Jackson Wu.
- More than 40 workshops are scheduled; the list of presenters is truly impressive covering a wide range of fields and disciplines.
Overlapping ministry contexts and dialog between disciplines
In our globalized world we are grappling with complex ministry dynamics. We often deal with overlapping contexts, for example: rural to urban, Eastern to Western, Christian to pagan, youth to old age, collective identity to individualistic, secular to sectarian, or honor-shame to power-fear to innocence-guilt. The gospel of Jesus Christ should resonate with people characterized by any combination of these dynamics, values, and contexts.
When a cross-cultural trainer converses with a professor of theology it can be healthy and productive; likewise, a theologian can be well served by dialog with a missiologist, counseling professional, or anthropologist. A pastor surely benefits from reflecting with a theologian, cross-cultural worker, or social science expert concerning their own ministry context.
The Honor-Shame Conference is designed to facilitate dialog and learning across contexts and disciplines. Are you planning to join the conversation?
Learn more at honorshame-conference.com. | Register here.
Werner Mischke is a member of the Resource Team of the Honor-Shame Conference and serves as conference coordinator.
This event is not a function of Wheaton College.
