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Practicing the King’s Economy
Note: This is an excerpt from the new book Practicing the King’s Economy. Citations have been omitted. We live in one kingdom, a kingdom of this world. When we look out the window and see King Jesus and his kingdom headed our way, we’re confronted with the same...
The Trouble With Utopia
Note: This is an excerpt from the new book Redeeming Capitalism. As this excerpt suggests, Barnes sets the Christian message of redemption against both the moral emptiness of our current “postmodern capitalism” and the naiveté of revolutionary utopias. Whether driven...
Thinking Big at Karam Forum 2019
Mark your calendars for Karam Forum, January 3-4, 2019 in Dallas. We’ll think together about how the deep patterns of scripture can inform and transform how our people live their daily lives in their homes, workplaces and communities. Taking place at the Warwick...
Seminary Spotlight: Seattle Pacific Seminary
Located in a thriving urban setting, Seattle Pacific Seminary (SPS) aims to prepare students for holistic ministry with a threefold emphasis on scholarship, spiritual edification and service. This approach, which we call “Academy, Abbey, and Apostolate,” reflects our...
Faith at Work Summit Call for Papers
The Faith at Work Summit is a gathering of over 500 Christian leaders from the marketplace, the church, academy, and faith/work movement organizations who come together to learn from each other and positively impact workplaces around the world. The ON has a history of...
Karam Forum Mini-Talks
Each session at Karam Forum 2018 was hosted by a leader from our community who framed the session with a 7-8 minute mini-talk. Like our Economic Wisdom Project Talks, these mini-talks are packed with catalytic insight. Check them out below and mark your calendars for...
How Are You Doing? A Rubric for Schools
All our partner schools know that the change we seek in theological education is not an overnight process. Our ambition is generational; it is a change that will take twenty years, not two. But when we’re working for the long term, there is a danger of losing focus...
Fellowships at Acton University
In June 2018, the Acton Institute will welcome 50 Oikonomia fellows to Grand Rapids, Mi. to attend Acton University. Being awarded an Oikonomia fellowship is a unique opportunity for a cohort of evangelical seminary professors to network during a four-day conference...
Seminary Spotlight: Bethel Seminary
Bethel Seminary joined the Oikonomia Network in 2012. Since 2013, the Work with Purpose Initiative of Bethel Seminary has intentionally worked with seminary students and ministry leaders as they develop and implement a robust theology of whole-life discipleship. Along...
Seminary Spotlight: Assemblies of God Theological Seminary
AGTS has been part of the conversation about academic integration of whole-life discipleship, vocation and economic wisdom for about ten years now. Starting with a small initiative, we began to conceive what might be possible for a Pentecostal seminary to embed itself...