Theology that Works
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Seminary Spotlight
Seattle Pacific University By Celeste Cranston, Director, Center for Biblical and Theological Education In the fall of 2013, Seattle Pacific Seminary began a new Oikonomia Network program in cooperation with Seattle Pacific University’s Center for Biblical and...
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ON at Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) Helen Mitchell, Director of the Kern Regional Hub Scott Rae, Professor of Philosophy of Religion and Ethics The Talbot School of Theology at Biola University has been a part of the Oikonomia Network since the...
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ON at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Bruce Ashford, Provost and Associate Professor of Theology and Culture Southeastern Baptist (SEBTS) began its partnership with the Oikonomia Network through a small grant to our L. Russ Bush Center for Faith &...
Seminary Spotlight
Asbury Theological Seminary Jay Moon, Associate Professor of Church Planting and Evangelism Asbury Theological Seminary began its affiliation with the Oikonomia Network during the summer of 2013, establishing the Office of Faith, Work, and Economics in the Wesleyan...
Across Traditions
Faith, Work, and Economics in Four Traditions: Whenever we talk about faith, work, and economics, we speak from perspectives within our various faith traditions. While there are important things we hold in common as evangelicals – the faith once delivered to the...
Working and Keeping
Working and Keeping in God's Oikos By Seong Hyun Park, Assistant Professor of Old Testament, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary There are three passages in the Old Testament that employ the verbs “to work” (‘bd) and “to keep” (šmr) as a correlative pair. Reflecting...
ON Point
Like the national faith and work movement, the Oikonomia Network (ON) is growing and maturing quickly. Here are four clear signs of how far we’ve come and how important your leadership is: Mission: Work: Three weeks ago, the world’s largest website for religion –...
ON Retreat
From 3 D's to 6 C's - The ON Faculty Retreat: The annual retreat of the Oikonomia Network, held in Phoenix on Jan. 2-4, kicked off with a powerful talk on “The Church and Economic Renewal” by Chris Brooks, senior pastor of Evangel Ministries and campus dean of the...
Vocation & Call
Vocation and Call: A Construct Proposal Ron Marrs, Associate Professor of Youth and Pastoral Ministry, Western Seminary I have become increasingly concerned about the use of the word “calling” in the discussion of a theology of work. The primary use of “calling” in...
Pastors & Economics
Pastors, Seminary Students, and Economics – Part II Scott Rae, professor of Philosophy of Religion and Ethics, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University Why do pastors need to be knowledgeable about work and economics? In a previous article, we introduced this...