Theological leaders Richard Mouw and Greg Jones have dedicated much of their careers to equipping Christians to seek the common good of their communities. Both have led theological institutions and published on the intersections of faith and public life for many decades. Both will bring together the two sides of their careers – as scholars […]
God Is Just, God Is Love
Note: This is an excerpt from the author’s book What Is a Girl Worth: My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics. Denhollander will be a featured guest at Karam Forum 2020, taking place in Atlanta on Jan. 3-4; register here to join us. The reality of […]
Karam Forum: Meeting Ministries in Atlanta
Karam Forum is an incarnational experience. God made us as embodied creatures, not brains in jars! As Karam Forum comes to Atlanta this Jan. 3-4, we’ll be encountering a variety of people and organizations – some you’ve probably heard of, and some you probably haven’t – who are taking the lead on bringing a new […]
EWP Talks: Pastoral Leadership and History – Embodying the Mission
The Oikonomia Network’s Economic Wisdom Project offers students the opportunity to learn from leading theological scholars on topics ranging from Theology to Culture, from Ethics to New Testament studies. This month, we are highlighting EWP Talks on Pastoral Leadership and History, exploring how these areas of study can cultivate a holistic, integrated understanding of Christian […]
Church for Monday
Note: Excerpt from Church for Monday by Sveltana Papazov (Living Parables Books, 2019) www.ChurchForMonday.com. Available everywhere print books are sold. A Model for the Future As we know, the week has 168 hours. People spend on average only one hour at church on Sunday morning. What about the other 167 hours spent primarily at work, but also at home, and at […]
Seminary Spotlight: Covenant Theological Seminary
Rooted in the Reformed and Kuyperian traditions, Covenant Theological Seminary offers students both specific courses on work and a curriculum-wide approach to engagement with the labor of humanity and of believers in particular. Covenant Seminary students initially engage work in the classroom through a first-year course, taught by three professors, titled Calling, Vocation and Work. […]
Justice and Vocation: Rachael and Jacob Denhollander at Karam Forum 2020
Justice advocates Rachael and Jacob Denhollander stand out as representative of the best leadership that God’s people have to offer today as the church wrestles with the complex challenges of justice. Justice is not only integral to the gospel, but integral to vocation. We’re pleased to have the Denhollanders – a lawyer and a systematic […]
Seed Co. Hires ON to Consider AI, Culture and Translation
We have an exciting new development at the Oikonomia Network (ON). We’ve created a new service called Karam Labs. Seed Company, a prominent Bible translation organization, has hired the ON to gather scholars for a collaborative consultation event. Drawing on the wealth of theological wisdom stewarded in our schools, our scholars will work with Seed […]
Racial Wealth Gaps and What Your Church Can Do about It
Reprinted from Made to Flourish. A few years ago in a powerful op-ed in the New York Times, Nicholas Kristof wrote that “the United States now has a greater wealth gap by race than South Africa did during apartheid. Whites in America on average own almost 18 times as much as blacks; in South Africa in 1970, the ratio […]
EWP Talks: Culture and Formation – Faithful & Fruitful in a Dark World
Our collections of EWP Talks on Culture and Spiritual Formation will help your students understand how we are formed by, and have the chance to form, our social and spiritual environments. We are made by God as cultural creatures, extensively formed by the social structures within which we live. Faithfulness requires disciplined formation in a new […]
Seminary Spotlight: Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
These are exciting times at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the merger between Gordon Divinity School and Conwell School of Theology. The merger was the brainchild of Billy Graham, John Harold Ockenga and J. Howard Pew. The stated aim was to “establish within a strong evangelical framework, an independent, interdenominational seminary […]
Seminary Spotlight: Sioux Falls Seminary
Toward the end of the last Seminary Spotlight report from Sioux Falls Seminary, we shifted our focus a little. Having reported the deep integration of themes attendant on work and the economy in our curricular and co-curricular opportunities, and having shared the fruit being borne by our students in their varied contexts of service, we […]
Karam Forum: Economic Wisdom in a New World
We can’t stop adding speakers to the schedule at Karam Forum 2020! Register to attend this gathering time of equipping and collaboration. Karam Forum will meet on January 3-4 in Atlanta to reconnect with one another, and hear from leading voices including Rich Mouw, Charisse Jones, Greg Jones, Rachael and Jacob Denhollander, Jules Martinez and many more. […]
New Resources from the Chalmers Center
Here at the Chalmers Center at Covenant College we’ve long been crafting tools to help churches and ministries discover better ways to love and serve people living in poverty, and through our partnership with the Oikonomia Network, I’m excited to tell you about a few resources we’ve just rolled out to encourage and equip you […]
Workplace as Holy Ground: From Moses’ Wilderness to Modern Business
Note: Excerpt from Working in the Presence of God, copyright 2019 by Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Ma. Used by permission. All rights reserved. As we read Scripture, we see repeatedly that God uses space and place to speak, to transform people, and to further his work. But many times, we gloss over this. We also forget the […]