BGU News & Events
CHICAGO . . . CHICAGO . . . REPORT FROM BGU COURSE – DAY 3 (8/13/08)
Chicago, the 3rd largest city in the US, is an amazing lab for studying community development. 20 of us from BGU and 15 from Northern Baptist Seminary have just finished day three of our 5-day plunge through the city. We're beginning to feel at home here in the at-risk community of North Lawndale. Our students are staying in homes in the neighborhood and getting a taste of life in Lawndale. One student told me that her heart has been broken by the sights and the sounds and the evident real needs. The experience has confirmed her call to urban ministry. One of the local Chicago pastors attending said he thinks that every pastor in Chicago should be on this course! We started our day today by dropping in at Hope House, a 50-bed residential program for men coming out of various addictions and having their lives transformed by Jesus. Quite impromptu, the men sang the most incredible praise song to all of us and had some of us dancing! The next generation of urban leaders are being developed and mentored from this incredible group of men. 
Wayne Gordon (founder of the Lawndale Association and former CCDA President) told the class that the chief problem in Lawndale is not drugs or prostitution or crime. The main problem is lack of hope. What we saw at Hope House was an incredible sign of hope! The class is going amazingly well, and I feel blessed to be here! (Carol Quinlan – BGU On-site Staff Course Support)
2 SPECIAL ELECTIVES OFFERED BY PAYNE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY & AVAILABLE FOR CREDIT TO BGU STUDENTS
Missions in the African American Tradition
October 6-9, 2008
This course will review the history of foreign missions in the African American church associated with such figures as Lott Carey, Henry McNeal Turner, and others, and review current efforts in foreign mission as expressed by historically black denominations. Special attention would be given to missions in Africa.
For further details &/or registration, call:
Sylvia Moseley MDiv.
Doctor of Ministry Office
Payne Theological Seminary
888-816-8933 ext. 228
Leadership in the Black Church Tradition
November 10-14, 2008
This course will focus on various styles and models of church leadership which have emerged from the African American tradition. It will give attention both to historical models emergent from 19th and 20th century church leaders such as Henry Highland Garnet, Henry McNeal Turner, Ida Robinson, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Martin Luther King, Jr., and contemporary models from large, midsize, and small congregations.
For further details &/or registration, call:
Sylvia Moseley MDiv.
Doctor of Ministry Office
Payne Theological Seminary
888-816-8933 ext. 228
SAVE THE DATE – OCTOBER 22-26 IN MIAMI
DO NOT MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMBINE A GREAT CONFERENCE WITH A GREAT COURSE!
REGISTRATION NEARLY FULL
Click here to see tentative syllabus
Call BGU Registrar for additional details – 800-935-4723 x114.