Theological educators and Christian academics came together in Los Angeles for Karam Forum 2018 on January 4-5, a time of collaboration, encouragement and equipping. We thought together about the nature of flourishing, the connection between theology and daily life, how we can draw economic wisdom from the Bible, the challenge of reforming educational institutions and […]
Archives for January 2018
Two New EWP Talks: Israel’s Land Laws and Our Economic Mission
We continue to release new EWP Talks as part of our flipped conference at Karam Forum 2018. These two new talks look at what we can learn for our own economic lives from the Mosaic land laws (and the prophets’ anger when those laws were broken), and how the mission of the church fits into […]
Greg Jones: Traditioned Innovation and the Back to Egypt Committee
At the 2018 ON faculty retreat, which took place just before Karam Forum, we were richly blessed by a keynote address from Greg Jones of Duke Divinity School. Reflecting on his 13 years’ tenure as that school’s dean, his experiences as provost of Baylor University and other sources of insight, Jones wove together a powerful […]
Recommended Assessment Tools
Your school has built in curricular elements dealing with all the “oikonomia” themes. Great. You’ve been talking about whole-life discipleship and stewardship, value creation and opportunities for the poor, vocation outside the church walls and responsible action. Fantastic. But how do you know your training is having an effect on students? In 2016, the Oikonomia […]
Seminary Spotlight: Sioux Falls Seminary
In fall 2014, Sioux Falls Seminary launched the Kairos Project, a unique approach to theological education. The Kairos Project is an outcome-based program that uses mentor teams to oversee students. Assignments are adaptable, and each program emphasizes contextually integrated educational moments. Students do much of their learning in their respective ministries. The learning process looks […]
Seminary Spotlight: LABI College/LATS
Founded in 1926 by Alice Luce, LABI College is the nation’s oldest Hispanic Bible College. Over the past ninety years, LABI has trained and equipped thousands of pastors, ministers, superintendents and professional leaders. Since joining the Oikonomia Network in 2016, along with our sister institution Latin American Theological Seminary, LABI has made strides to accomplish […]