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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...
KF18: Poets and Prophets for God’s People and World
Charlie Self delivered the closing address at Karam Forum 2018, “Poets and Prophets for God’s People and World.” He cast a vision for theological and educational institutions to raise up Christians who can inspire and instruct in a polarized and embattled world. In...
New Members Join ON Steering Committee
The ON is proud to welcome four new members to the network’s steering committee. Each has been a contributor to the ON community at large, as well as leading the way in theological education through their own teaching and scholarship. We also honor Gerry Breshears as...
Creation and Creativity
Note: This is an excerpt from the author’s book Creation and New Creation. Notes have been omitted. Whatever the precise meaning of the “image” language might be, it is clear that humanity plays a critical role in the furthering of God’s creation project: while the...
Sample Assignments Across the Curriculum
Here are more sample assignments to help inspire fresh thinking about how to incorporate a concern for vocation, flourishing and economic justice across the curriculum. Church History Ask students to respond to the list of unacceptable jobs for Christians in...