Dr. Lima is an expert on the history of Protestant Christianity in Latin America. His unique perspective will enable the seminary community to broaden its understanding of mission efforts in our hemisphere.

Date: September 8 - 9, 2009
Time: 11:00 a.m. (Bowie Chapel)
Speaker: Dr. Eber Lima, Professor of History, Universidade Nove de Julho, Sâo Paulo, Brazil

• History of the Christian Protestant Church in Brazil and Latin America
  

Date: October 29, 2009
Time: 11:00 a.m. (Bowie Chapel)
Speaker: Peculiar People

Charlie and Ruth Jones bring Martin and Katharina Luther to life in their historically accurate and poignant portrayal of the great reformer and his amazing wife.

• “Celebrating Reformation Day with Martin and Katharina Luther”
  

Date: November 10 - 12, 2009
Time: 11:00 a.m. (Bowie Chapel)
Speaker: Dr. Alan Avera, Executive Director, Outreach North America

Outreach North America (ONA) is the agency of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church charged with the responsibility for denominational programs of evangelism, multi-cultural ministries, renewal, and church development. Its purpose is to work with its presbyteries to introduce people to Jesus Christ. ONA’s board is charged by the General Synod of the ARP Church with planting and renewing churches in the United States and Canada.Dr. Alan Avera, Executive Director, and other representatives from ONA will be on campus for the entire week. All chapels will be conducted by one of the ONA representatives and will help us focus our attention on mission work in North America.

Date: March 18, 2010
Time: 11:00 a.m. (Bowie Chapel)
Speakers: Dr. Phil and Kathleen Cooke, Co-Founders, Cooke Pictures, Burbank, California

As the founders of Cooke Pictures, Phil and Kathleen Cooke have assembled a remarkable team of forward thinking media professionals that span every phase of traditional and emerging media. CNN’s Paula Zahn has called Phil the only working producer in Hollywood with a Ph.D. in Theology. Kathleen’s experience in front of the camera as a commercial actress, casting director, and interviewer bring balance to their media perspective. As producers and media strategists, Phil and Kathleen lead a team that advises many of the largest and most effective non-profit and faith-based social media organizations in the world. The Cooke’s enjoy educating others with the power of niche media and speak nationally and internationally at workshops, seminars, and conferences. Phil and Kathleen will guide us through the maze of Hollywood culture. They will use this opportunity to explore ways in which Christians can get the message of the gospel out to a culture saturated with Hollywood influence and how Christians can participate in the film industry with integrity.

• How Christians Gain a Hearing in a Hollywood Culture

Date: February 9 - 11, 2010
Time: 11:00 a.m. (Bowie Chapel)
Speaker: Frank Van Dalen, Executive Director, World Witness

World Witness is the Foreign Mission Board of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. Evangelism, discipleship, church planting, and ministries of mercy have been the focus of World Witness since 1859. This year, World Witness programs are active in Mexico, Pakistan, Germany, Russia, Turkey, Wales, and the Persian World as well as among internationals in the U.S. In addition, Cooperative Missionaries serve in Africa, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, and in Bible translation and international student ministries in the U.S. In response to the Great Commission of Jesus Christ, World Witness, has been entrusted with the administration of the international missions program of the ARP Church, primarily outside the geographical bounds of the United States. World Witness proclaims Jesus Christ as the only Savior and Lord through the means of evangelism, discipleship, church planting, theological education, and works of compassion to defined communities across geographical and cultural boundaries, resulting in committed Christians who are gathered into healthy, reproducing churches which are winsomely Reformed in doctrine and Presbyterian in structure.

Date: April 21 - 22, 2010
Time: 10:00 a.m. (Bowie Chapel)
Speaker: Dr. Esther Meek

Dr. Meek will address a topic central to her own research and writing, “Covenant Epistemology.” Dr. Meek holds a B.A. from Cedarville College, the M.A. from Western Kentucky University, and the Ph.D. from Temple University. Her published works include Longing to Know: The Philosophy of Knowledge for Ordinary People (Brazos, 2003), The Practices of a Healthy Church: Biblical Strategies for Vibrant Church Life and Ministry, Donald J. MacNair with Esther L. Meek, (P&R,1999), “A Polanyian Interpretation of Calvin’s Sensus Divinitatis,” (Presbyterion XXIII, 1997),“Embrace It Or Replace It? The Christian and Culture,” (Presbyterion XXIV:2,1998), and ‘Recalled to Life’: Contact with Reality,” (Tradition and Discovery XXVI, 1999-2000).

• Knowing,Knowing,Knowing God: Contours of a Covenant Epistemology

Date: April 21 - 22, 2010
Time: 11:00 a.m. (Bowie Chapel)
Speaker: Walter C. Kaiser, Jr.,
President Emeritus, Gordon-Conwell Divinity School

Dr. Walter Kaiser is an internationally recognized scholar, professor, administrator, and preacher. Among his most well-regarded works are Toward an Old Testament Theology (translated into five languages), Toward an Exegetical Theology: Biblical Exegesis for Teaching and Preaching, Toward Old Testament Ethics, An Introduction to Biblical Hermeneutics, Mission in the Old Testament: Israel as a Light to the Nations, and his most recent work which will form the basis of his preaching for us, The Majesty of God in the Old Testament: A Guide for Preaching and Teaching (Baker, 2007).

• Preaching Expositionally: The Majesty of God