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Session Two

2:15-3:00 PM

Meeting
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How can Christians serving in non-ecclesial service contexts maximize their
Christian influence in marketplace ministry? Jaison K.D. McCall proposes that the Jaison K. D.
most effective option for Christian leadership, evangelism, and discipleship McCall,
The Imago Dei models exist within the biblical concept of imago Dei. With many Christians
as Foundation serving beyond the walls of the church, it is imperative that Christians lead by Southern
for learning about humanity through studying Christ. Therefore, the foundation of Baptist Join Here
Marketplace imago Dei should shape our approach to engaging in marketplace ministry. This Theological
Ministry session discusses the application of imago Dei based strategies for human
flourishing beyond overt-Christian contexts while encountering the sacred and Seminary,
secular divide. Faculty

Upholding the
Dignity of Christian higher education assessment practice is one important institutional
Students in mechanism for upholding the dignity of all students. Drawing from scholarly Jamie
Christian literature and the speaker’s experience in university-wide assessment work Danielle
(curricular and co-curricular), this session will highlight several ways in which Smith
Higher
Christian Education faculty: (1) may approach course and program-level Join Here
Education assessment as a way of dignifying students and their experiences, and (2) are Biola
through uniquely equipped to lead or intentionally support institution-wide assessment University,
Assessment efforts.
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The Rise of James Riley
Literacy, Most of the histories of Christian education allocate the rise of schooling to the Estep, Jr.
2nd century BC, during the Intertestamental Period. However, increasingly, both
Literature, and
archaeologists and Old Testament scholars advocate the rise in formal schooling
Formal much earlier, during the United and Divided monarchies (11th-6th centuries BC). Central
Education This research not only summarizes the argument for "schooling" in ancient Israel Christian Join Here
during the and Judah, but also adds to it a study of the frequency and occurrence of Hebrew College of the
Monarchical cepher/ciphrah ("written document") throughout the Old Testament. This will Bible, Faculty
serve as a litmus test of literacy and by inference education in ancient Israel and
Period of the
Judah, illustrating the rise of literacy and access to education among the Hebrew
Old Testament peoples.

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