Presentations on Congregations and Mission

Preaching to Ninevah: Reflections on Mission in an Age of Empire, by Rev. Dick Robinson, Senior Associate Pastor, Elmbrook Church

The Reversal of the "Silent Exodus"? -- The Returning of Second Generation Korean Americans to Their Ethnic Immigrant Churches and Its Missiological Implications, Dr. Peter Cha, Associate Professor, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

The Role of "Social Capital" in congregational discipleship and mission, by Dr. Harley Schreck, Professor of Anthropology and Gerontology, Bethel University 

Megachurches, Mission Pastors, and Mission: Report on a National Survey, by Dr. Robert Priest, Dr. Douglas Wilson, and Adelle Johnson

Trends and Vices of Megachurches in Central America, Osias Segura, PhD Candidate, Asbury Theological Seminary

Pastoral realities in Paraguay: Position, Power, and Poverty, Dr. Martín  Hartwig Eitzen,  Executive Director,  Instituto Biblico Asunción

Social Scale: A Tool for Understanding How Church Congregations Function, by Dr. James P. Hurd, Dept of Anthropology and Sociology, Bethel University, St. Paul

The Missiology of the Emerging Church: Missiological Trends in Reaching the Post-Christian West , Dr. Terrance Steele

From Mission-Minded to Missiologically-Minded Congregations: An Imperative for 21st Century Missions, Dr. Robert Hunt, Director of Global Theological Education, Perkins School of Theology.