鈥�#Occupy Empire Closing Reflections鈥� 鈥� Jennifer Davis-Sensenig, Phil Kniss
#Occupy Empire: Anabaptism in God鈥檚 Mission In this Closing Worship Service of the #Occupy Empire Conference, members of the Listening Committee offer their reflections of what they heard during conference sessions and through informal conversations with conference participants. Jennifer Davis Sensenig serves as the lead pastor of Community Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Phil....
Session V: 鈥淎nabaptist Witness in the Empire II鈥� 鈥� Matthew Krabill, David Stutzman, Josh Brockway, Nathan Hershberger
#Occupy Empire: Anabaptism in God鈥檚 Mission Session V is a series of three Lectures (Note: David Stutzman鈥檚 presence in the first lecture is via Skype) Matthew Krabill and David Stutzman present on 鈥淓mpire: The Mission Frontier of the Church.鈥澛� Matthew Krabill currently lives in Pasadena, CA, and is a doctoral candidate at Fuller Theological Seminary....
Session IV: 鈥淎nabaptist Witness in the Empire I鈥� 鈥� Janna Hunter-Bowman, Mark Thiessen Nation
#Occupy Empire: Anabaptism in God鈥檚 Mission Janna Hunter-Bowman offers a lecture, 鈥淓mbodied Discourse as Truth Claims and Behavior Change: A Constructive Alternative to Human Rights,鈥澛� followed by a response by Mark Thiessen Nation.聽 Janna Hunter-Bowman is pursuing a Ph.D. in peace studies and theology from the University of Notre Dame.聽 She earned an M.A. degree....
Session III: 鈥淎lternatives to Empire鈥� 鈥� Paulette Moore, Bethany Tobin, JR Rozko
#Occupy Empire: Anabaptism in God鈥檚 Mission Session II is a series of three Lectures: Paulette Moore and friends from the local 鈥淥ccupy鈥� movement present on 鈥淥ccupy Harrisonburg and the Local Church.鈥澛� Paulette is a filmmaker, educator, journalist, and activist.聽 Through her work with established and emerging media she explores how art, power, conflict, and justice....
Session II: 鈥淩ace in the Empire鈥� 鈥� Nekeisha Alexis-Baker, Carl Stauffer
#Occupy Empire: Anabaptism in God鈥檚 Mission Nekeisha Alexis-Baker offers a lecture, 鈥淩ace, Racism, and the Nation-State,鈥澛� followed by a response by Carl Stauffer.聽 A native Trinidadian and long-time New Yorker, Nekeisha Alexis-Baker currently calls Elkhart, Indiana her home.聽 She received her BA with a major in African Studies from New York University, and her MA....
Session I: 鈥�(C/c)atholicity in the Empire鈥� 鈥� Chris Haw, Peter Dula
#Occupy Empire: Anabaptism in God鈥檚 Mission Chris Haw offers a lecture, followed by a response by Peter Dula.聽 Chris聽 is a carpenter, painter, theologian, and a potter.聽 With his wife, Cassie, and baby, Simon, Chris lives with fellow community members at Camden House, a small intentional community in Camden, New Jersey.聽 Chris grew up Catholic,....
鈥淓mpire, and the Power of Withdrawal鈥� 鈥� Isaac Villegas
Isaac Villegas offers a sermon, 鈥淓mpire and the Power of Withdrawal鈥� in the opening worship of a mini-conference on 鈥淐hristian Witness in, but not of, the Empire.鈥� Isaac Villegas is the pastor of Chapel Hill Mennonite Fellowship in North Carolina, and he teaches seminary classes in prisons with Project TURN. Conference planners Brian Gumm and....