The prophetic confession, known as the “Barmen Declaration” was written in 1934 as the Third Reich was taking over the German Evangelical Church (composed of Lutheran, Reformed, and United churches). Professor Karl Barth was a primary author. Barmen galvanized the new “Confessing Church” which was a dissident voice against the national Reichskirche that would become an arm of state policy.
Barmen…
MoreThe statement has received growing public endorsement from faculty of WTC member schools and individuals across interfaith communities….
MoreAs a recognized figure in both theological education and interfaith dialogue, Dr. Golemon brings a wealth of experience fostering unity among diverse Christian traditions and furthering inter-religious understanding…
MoreThe 2025 Figel Address on Ecumenical Dialogue will address the topic “The Council of Nicaea and Our Common Life of Prayer: Orthodox and Anglican Perspectives.”…
MoreGeorgetownhosted talks and a presentation of Anglican and Catholic Bishops who have been blessed by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Pope to pair up and travel with their message of Christian unity. A video of the panel is now available from the Berkeley Center at Georgetown.
International Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity and Mission, held at Georgetown, September 30 -…
Five outstanding preachers faced off at the 2024 Sermon Slam held at Wesley Theological Seminary on April 6, 2024….
MoreDr. Angelique Walker Smith delivered an inspiring and challenging address at this year’s Figel Event for Ecumenism. Her topic, “The Hope of Pan-African Peoples and the Contradiction of Visible Unity Deferred: Ubuntu as a Vision for Christian Unity” was a critique and source of hope for traditional Ecumenism. I had the joy of meeting her after the address at the…
MoreI am sad to learn that two giants in the moral and intellectual leadership of our era passed away on the same day, Sunday, December 26, 2021. Thankful for their lives and their work, I can delight in imagining what it might be like for the two of them to meet as they await their next adventure after this life.
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MoreA brief testimony from Minister Amie Carter from Mt. Gilead Full Gospel Ministries celebrating our 50th anniversary….
MoreI worked with this text for days, finally realizing I had to read it through my life as shaped by the forces Jennings identifies as pervading all of our theological education communities: white-masculinist supremacy and its colonial pursuits. So I bring my experience (and commitments) as a white-male Calvinist… missionary… and ecumenist as a lens to both explicate and interrogate…
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