The Henry Center funds annual conferences and workshops, led by teams of scholars and ministry leaders based on Trinity Evangelical Divinity School's campus, for the sake of promoting biblical and theological wisdom beyond the walls of the academy.
UPCOMING EVENTS
2009 | Conference on Short-Term Missions - Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
In the summer of 2009, building on the momentum of the Henry Center’s Lima, Peru conference in 2006 (henrycenter.org/international), Dr. Robert Priest (TEDS) will be leading a conference on Trinity's campus on the topic of short-term mission. This conference will bring together scholars, pastors, missiologists, anthropologists, youth pastors, missionaries, students and laity to think biblically and practically about short-term missions.
PAST EVENTS
May 24-27, 2004 | Scripture and the Disciplines Conference - Wheaton College
The HCTU co-sponsored the Scripture and the Disciplines Conference at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. This conference provided a venue for Christian scholars in the humanities and social sciences together with their colleagues in biblical and theological studies to explore new avenues for scholarship deeply rooted in Scripture. This conference, titled, "Setting a New Agenda: The Bible in Dialogue with the Academy," included several TEDS faculty members.
April 28-29, 2006 | John D. Woodbridge Conference - Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School invited alumni and friends to “The Great Commission: Evangelicals and the History of World Mission,” a conference in honor of TEDS professor John D. Woodbridge. The speakers addressed historical aspects of evangelical mission from both Western and Majority World perspectives.
February 3, 2007 | Missiology Conference - Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
This conference centered around the themes of Short-term Mission and Mission in the Hispanic and Latin American World. With at least 1.6 million US church members traveling abroad on short-term mission trips each year, there remains a pressing need to think through how best to carry out "short-term missions." And with 43 million Hispanics within the US (more than the total population of Canada), and millions more in neighboring countries, it is essential that the North American Church reflect carefully on "Mission in the Hispanic and Latin American World. This conference included an impressive roster of outstanding presentations and panel discussions, including over 200 youth pastors, mission pastors, Hispanic pastors, professors, students, and missionaries.
March 16-18, 2007 | Short-term Missions Conference - The Maria House, Techny, IL
Led by Dr. Robert Priest (TEDS), this conference focused on the impact of short-term mission on hosting countries. There were over 200 people in attendance and the speaking lineup included several anthropologists (Marla Frederick, Harvard; Brian Howell, Wheaton; Laura Montgomery, Westmont), sociologists (Kurt Ver Beek, Calvin College; Kersten Priest, Wheaton) and international mission experts (Val Ogden, England; Hartwig Eitzen, Paraguay; Frank Fox, India).
May 22-24, 2007 | The Gospel Coalition - Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Led by Dr. D.A. Carson (TEDS) and Pastor Tim Keller (Redeemer Presbyterian Church, New York), this ministry was created out of the conviction that Christian ministry must begin with Scripture and go out from there. The Gospel Coalition is a fellowship of evangelical churches deeply committed to renewing faith in the gospel of Christ and to reforming ministry practices to conform fully with the Scriptures. The Henry Center is providing startup financial support to this new ministry. www.thegospelcoalition.org
