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Mission & Purpose
The L. Russ Bush Center for Faith and Culture seeks to engage culture as salt and light, presenting and defending the Christian faith and demonstrating its implications for all areas of human existence.
The Center has a two-fold purpose: (1) To convey graciously and apply effectively the Christian worldview to all areas of culture and to the human condition; (2) To encourage and support the Church in its redemptive work.
Date: Friday, March 15, 2013
Time: 7:00 pm
Place: Center for Faith and Culture Seminar Room, Patterson Hall, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Registration: This event is free of charge and open to the public.
Lecture:TheJuvenilization of American Christianity: What Can We Do to Promote Spiritual Maturity in Our Churches?
Many Americans are not sure they want to grow up. Many Christians are not sure that spiritual maturity is either attainable or desirable. Congregation members and their leaders can work together with God’s help to create a powerful congruence of teaching, modeling, and ministry structures that foster an attractive spiritual maturity.
Speaker Biography:
Thomas E. Bergler is Professor of Ministry and Missions at Huntington University where he has been equipping youth ministers for twelve years. He serves as Senior Associate Editor of The Journal of Youth Ministry and is the author of The Juvenilization of American Christianity (Eerdmans, 2012). He earned a Ph.D in American Religious History from the University of Notre Dame. Prior to his academic career, he served as a staff worker for University Christian Outreach, an ecumenical Christian student ministry.