Theology that Works
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ON at Western Seminary By Jim Hislop, director of the Center for Leadership Development With the encouragement of our program as part of the Oikonomia Network, several professors at Western Seminary have begun incorporating theological approaches to work...
God and Work Lives
Connecting Our God Lives and Our Work Lives Klaus Issler, Professor of Christian Education & Theology, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University What are some ways in which people can bring their God-lives into their work-lives? The brief reflections presented...
Good Fruit
Andrew Arndt, lead pastor of Bloom Church and regional network coordinator for the Kern Pastors Network in the Rocky Mountain region One of the great joys of serving as a regional coordinator of the Kern Pastors Network is gathering together with other Kern Pastors to...
ETS Event
The Oikonomia Network (ON) will once again host a public lunch event at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society. Titled “The Global Economy: Implications for the Church,” this year’s event will be hosted by Scott Rae and will feature two...
ON Point
Greg Forster Every day, we can see new reasons why it’s so urgent for pastors to connect discipleship to work and economics. As I write this column, The New York Times has just published an article criticizing evangelicals for overemphasizing transnational adoption as...
Seminary Spotlight
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Craig Mitchell, Associate Professor of Cultural Studies, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SWBTS) began its participation in the Oikonomia Network in 2010. Our ON program is...
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The Oikonomia Network at Moody Theological Seminary Sajan Mathews, Professor of Systematic Theology, Moody Theological Seminary Though Moody Theological Seminary (MTS) is only in its first year as an Oikonomia Network school, it has already taken significant...
Hope for a Community
W. Jay Moon, Associate Professor of Intercultural Studies, Asbury Theological Seminary Let me describe a community to you. Most of the fathers in this community wake up each day with no place to go for work. In fact, unemployment sometimes reaches over 80 percent....
Spiritual Capital
What’s So Spiritual about Capital? Bruce Baker, Assistant Professor of Business Ethics, Seattle Pacific University Spiritual capital is becoming a hot topic. It helps explain the appeal of new ideas like Bill Gates’ “creative capitalism” and John Mackey’s “conscious...
ON Point
By Greg Forster As the school year begins, our mission to equip pastors to cultivate fruitful work and economic wisdom enters its next chapter. This summer brought continued growth and new opportunities to the Oikonomia Network (ON), and we’re looking forward to what...