“Biblical Basis of Mission: Why the Good News Isn't Just for Us"
    Wednesday, Sept. 27th 6PM - St. Paul's Catholic University Center - Map

"Student Power and Missions: How Students have Changed the World.”
    Thursday, Sept. 28th 8PM - St. Paul's Catholic University Center - Map

• David Howard, former Intervarsity Urbana Director and close friend of Jim Elliot who was one of the five missionaries killed in Ecuador 50 years ago will give the history of student involvement in world mission.
• Hear a podcast about the Haystack from Dave Howard's message.

Andrew Walls & Lamin Sanneh 

Andrew Walls:

“From North to South: The Changing Dynamic of the Christian Church.”
    Friday, Sept. 29th 6PM - High Point Church - Map

• Andrew Walls, a missionary to Sierra Leone and Nigeria, now teaching at the University of Edinburgh will give an historical overview of the Church and Mission.
  
  "I think cultural diversity was built into the Christian faith with that first great decision by the Council in Jerusalem, recorded in Acts 15, which declared that the new gentile Christians didn’t have to enter Jewish religious culture. They didn’t have to receive circumcision and keep the law. I’m not sure we’ve grasped all the implications of that decision."
  
  
• Read more from this recent interview with Andrew Walls.

Lamin Sanneh:  

“A View from the Majority World: Why We're in a New Era."

    Saturday, Sept. 30th 8AM - High Point Church - Map

• Lamin Sanneh:  D. Willis James Professor of Missions and World Christianity and professor of history at Yale Divinity School. Gambian born, Sanneh is descended from the nyanchos, an ancient African royal line and raised in an orthodox Muslim family.
  
  "The responsibility of the church to respond positively to the Muslim challenge I see as constitutive of the Christian response to God. I remain convinced that the church will emerge renewed and revitalized from that challenge."
  
• Read more from this article with Lamin Sanneh in Christianity Today.