Saint Paul School of Theology – Friday, 10 January 2014 - New
Book: Dr. Patricia Beattie Jung Co-Editor Professional Sexual Ethics: A
Holistic Ministry Approach
Dr. Patricia Beattie Jung, Saint Paul Professor of Christian
Ethics and Oubri A. Poppele Professor of Health and Welfare Ministries at Saint
Paul School of Theology co-edits a new book with Dr. Darryl W. Stephens
entitled: Professional Sexual Ethics: A Holistic Ministry Approach
Fortress Press, December 2013.
Sexual health is an essential part of maintaining professional
relationships in ministry. Focusing on implications for the practice of
ministry, this book engages all dimensions of theological education and
academic disciplines. Each chapter includes an analysis of common ministry
situations, discussion questions, practical guidelines, and resources for
further study. The volume is ideal for use in courses on professional ethics
for ministry, advanced leadership training, and continuing education for clergy
Among the 20 contributors are notables such as Stanley Hauerwas,
Rosemary Radford Ruether, Miguel A. De La Torre, Don Saliers, Adam Hamilton,
and Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore. The book also includes our own faculty
contributors: Jeanne Hoeft and Steven Charleston.
Follow the Saint Paul Faculty
Faculty Speaking and Teaching Engagements
January 10, 2014
Dr. Patricia Beattie Jung
Professor of Christian Ethics and
Oubri A. Poppele Professor of Health and Welfare Ministries
Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics,
Seattle, WA, 8-9:30 pm
Co-leading a discussion with Dr. Darryl W. Stephens
"Teaching Professional Sexual Ethics: A Discussion"
January 11, 2014
Dr. Stan Basler Visiting Professor of Restorative Justice
and Prison Ministries
Oklahoma First UMC, Clinton District, Weatherford, OK
Re-Ignite Workshop, "Christian Theology for Criminal
Justice
and Corrections"
January 12, 2014
Dr. Stan Basler, Visiting
Professor of Restorative Justice
and Prison Ministries
First United Methodist Church, Yukon, OK
Preaching, "Blessed Are"
January 12, 2014
Dr. Young Ho Chun
Professor of Systematic Theology
The Cheon-Cheon Methodist Church,
Hwa-Seong, Geonggi-Do, South Korea
Preaching
January 13 - 24, 2014
Dr. Young Ho Chun
Professor of Systematic Theology
Chang-An University campus, South Korea
DMin Korean Track III
The Fourth Session in Korea
January 15, 2014
Dr. Henry H. Knight III,
Donald and Pearl Wright Professor
of Wesleyan Studies
United Methodist Church of the Resurrection,
Leawood, KS, 9:15-10:15 and 10:45-11:45
Great Plains Called Clergy Seminar,
Workshop: Becoming an Evangelizing Church
January 19, 2014
Dr. Mike Graves
William K. McElvaney Professor of Preaching
Pine Ridge Presbyterian Church, KC, MO, 8:00; 9:15; 11:00
Preaching
January 19, 2014
Dr. Stan Basler
Visiting Professor of Restorative Justice
and Prison Ministries
First United Methodist Church, Muskogee, OK
Preaching, "Neighbor" (Restorative Justice and Prison
Ministry)
January 19, 2014
Dr. Stan Basler,
Visiting Professor of Restorative Justice and Prison Ministries
Muskogee District, St. Paul UMC
Re-Ignite Workshop, "Making Disciples in and out of
Prison"
January 23, 2014
Dr. Nancy R. Howell
Professor of Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Country Club Christian Church, Kansas City, MO,
7:00-8:30 p.m.
Faith Academy, Six-week study of Process Theology
using On the Mystery by Catherine Keller
January 25, 2014
Dr. Stan Basler
Visiting Professor of Restorative Justice and Prison Ministries
UM Chaplain Endorsing Training, Nashville, TN
"Ministry in the Public Arena, The Intersection of Law and
Ministry"
January 30, 2014
Dr. Nancy R. Howell
Professor of Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Country Club Christian Church, Kansas City, MO, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Faith Academy, Six-week study of Process Theology
using On the Mystery by Catherine Keller
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April 23, 2014
Cleaver Lecture on Religion and Public Life,
Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, Jr.
Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright is Pastor Emeritus of the 6,000 member
Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, IL, where he served 36 years, Dr.
Wright combined his studies of African Traditional Religions, African American
music, and the African American Religious Tradition with his studies of
Judeo-Christian thought to create ministries which addressed the needs of the
community and enriched the lives and faith of his congregants by moving
ministry, as stated in his own words, "from theory to praxis." Biography:
Life, Love and Legacy
Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.
The Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. is a man of faith, a
homiletic genius, a theological scholar and a pastor’s pastor. He is a family
man who enjoys spending quality time with his wife, children, grandchildren,
extended family and friends.
Steeped in Family Tradition and Educational Achievements
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dr. Wright is a son of the
parsonage and hails from a family steeped in educational achievements. A third
generation family member to matriculate at Virginia Union University, Dr.
Wright followed in the footsteps of his maternal grandfather, Dr. Hamilton
Martin Henderson who graduated from Virginia Union with a Bachelor of Arts
degree in the late 1800s and finished seminary at Virginia Union in 1902. His
father, Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Sr., also graduated from Virginia Union with
two undergraduate degrees and from the seminary with a Master of Divinity
degree in 1938. The senior Wright also received a Master of Sacred Theology
degree (S.T.M.) from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia.
Dr. Wright’s mother, Dr. Mary Henderson Wright, also graduated
from Virginia Union and earned her first master’s degree before age 19 from the
University of Chicago. She also earned a second master’s degree and her
doctorate in education from the University of Pennsylvania.
Foundational Strengths
With four earned degrees, a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts
in English from Howard University, a Master of Arts in The History of Religions
from the University of Chicago Divinity School and a Doctor of Ministry from
the United Theological Seminary, Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. grew up in a home
where reading books was a daily way of life. Wright read a wide range of
sources from the Greek philosophers and Shakespeare to African American authors
such as Carter G. Woodson (the Father of African American History) to Sterling
Brown (one of the Harlem Renaissance artists), as well as one of Dr. Wright’s
college professors.
A student of Black Sacred Music, ethnomusicology and African
Diasporan studies, Dr. Wright is trained as an historian of religions. He came
from a family where diverse ideas were discussed and lessons were learned. In
that context, his faith was formed and his commitment to the continent of
Africa and social justice were born. These foundational strengths shaped Dr.
Wright’s vision for prophetic ministry.
Pastoral Ministry
As senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago,
IL, where he served 36 years, Dr. Wright combined his studies of African
Traditional Religions, African music, African American music and the African
American Religious Tradition with his studies of Judeo-Christian thought to
create ministries which addressed the needs of the community and enriched the
lives and faith of his congregants by moving ministry, as stated in his own
words, “from theory to praxis.”
Dr. Wright said in a published article: “I have tried to bring
those two different worlds together [the academy and the pew] in the context of
pastoral ministry in an effort to move an ignored people from hurt to healing
and from hate to hope. My mission at Trinity has been to bring those worlds
together by using the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the life of Christ as a model
for what is possible, of what might be, and of what our faith really is—‘the
substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen.”
Dr. Wright’s efforts made Trinity – long considered, in
theological circles, a model for the Black church – one of the most politically
active and socially conscious churches in the nation. When he retired the
church had over 50 active ministries with social justice advocacy at the core
of its theological perspective.
From HIV/AIDS outreach programs and two senior housing
complexes, to a federally funded childcare program for low-income families and
the church’s newly formed Kwame Nkrumah Academy to serve students on Chicago’s
South Side, the congregation has put into practice the Gospel that was preached
every week.
Commitment to Education
As a result of Rev. Wright’s commitment to higher education,
Trinity has provided scholarships for graduating high school seniors since
1977. Over 1000 students have been recipients of these scholarship awards and
have finished both college and graduate schools. Over the past several years,
the amount of scholarships awarded each year has been over $100,000 a year.
In addition to the scholarship awards, the congregation has
ordained 40 seminary graduates under Pastor Wright’s leadership and currently
has over 30 members of the church who are students in fully ATS-accredited seminaries,
working on their Master of Divinity degrees as they prepare for full-time
service to the church of Jesus Christ. The congregation gives in excess of
$250,000 a year in theological education reimbursements to augment the
seminarians’ efforts to acquire those degrees. The M.Div. is required for
ordination for ministry in the United Church of Christ.
The Connection
In an effort to help his congregation make the connection
between their faith, history and heritage, Dr. Wright led study tours each year
for 15 years while he was pastor. Those tours took African Americans to Africa,
the Caribbean and Brazil to learn more about their past, the Bible and the role
of Africans in the history of Christianity and the history of the development
of the cultures in the Colonial Diaspora. He still leads tours as Pastor
Emeritus.
He also led the congregation of Trinity United Church of Christ
to support mission work around the world. In addition to the church sponsored
special mission projects in Ghana, Ethiopia, South Africa and Bahia, each year
the congregation gives more than $200,000 to the denomination’s Mission work.
Dr. Wright also led the congregation to be strongly committed to
ministry and mission work in the Continental United States above and beyond its
ongoing denominational commitments. In the aftermath of hurricanes Rita and
Katrina, for example, the church gave $100,000 to the United Church of Christ’s
denominational effort to help with the rebuilding of the Gulf Coast region and
they also gave an additional $100,000 to help with the restoration of Dillard
University, an HBCU started by the denomination immediately following the Civil
War.
Scholarship
Following in the path of his mentor, Dr. Samuel DeWitt Proctor,
the legendary preacher of Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York, Dr. Wright has
taught hundreds of young seminarians the art of preaching and how to examine
the Gospel and make it relevant to the listener.
Dr. Wright has authored numerous articles for academic journals
and has published four books of sermons widely used in seminaries: What Makes
You So Strong?, Good News: Sermons of Hope For Today’s Families, Africans Who
Shaped our Faith and When Black Men Stand Up For God. His newly released
(February 25, 2010) book A Sankofa Moment: The History of Trinity United Church
of Christ is his first written work!
A Model to Emulate
Each Sunday, churches from around the country and from various
denominations visit Trinity. When Dr. Wright was serving as pastor, they came
to hear him preach and to experience a worship service that feeds both the
intellect and the soul, and both the “head and the heart,” to use the words of
Howard Thurman.
Describing Dr. Wright’s preaching style, Rev. Otis Moss III, the
pastor of Trinity and Dr. Wright’s successor, says, “The weight of the holy is
upon his words.”
Dr. Gardner C. Taylor, the “Dean of Black Preaching” in the
United States of America for the 20th century and the Pastor Emeritus of the
Concord Baptist Church of Christ in Brooklyn, New York, had this to say about
the Pastor Emeritus of Trinity United church of Christ and its impact
nationally and internationally:
“People who love the Lord and who embrace the noblest concepts
of our democracy will enthusiastically applaud the establishment of the
Reverend Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. Lectureship. The Lectureship appropriately
salutes the Pastor and mentor who prepared President Barack Obama for the role
of President of the United States.
“Mr. Obama had hardly any grasp of the meaning of being a Black
person in the United States. By example and exhortation, Reverend Dr. Jeremiah
A. Wright, Jr., cured that deficiency, sending to Washington a President
qualified to give America a chance to actually become a democracy!”
Dr. Taylor sent those words of encouragement as the Center for
African American Theological Studies inaugurated its Annual Lecture in honor of
the preaching and ministry of Reverend Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.
For all of Wright’s work and contributions to Trinity and the
global church community, he has received numerous awards, commendations and
appointments, including nine honorary doctorates. He has served on a variety of
boards, including the Amistad Commission of the State of Illinois, the
Trans-Atlantic Slave Commission of the State of Illinois (appointed to both
Commissions by the Governor of Illinois), and he continues to serve on the
Board of Trustees of Virginia Union University, the Samuel DeWitt Proctor
Conference, Inc. and the Kwame Nkrumah Academy.
The Continuation
At the end of May 2008, Dr. Wright retired as senior pastor of
Trinity United Church of Christ. He became Pastor Emeritus and now spends his
time preaching, teaching, leading study tours to Africa, Brazil and the
Caribbean.
Dr. Wright is married to the Rev. Ramah Wright and has five
children, Janet, Jeri, Nathan, Nikol and Jamila; and three grandchildren,
Jeremiah, Jazmin and Steven.
For more information about The Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.,
D.Min., visit his Web site, www.JeremiahWright.com.
The Cleaver lecture will be held on the evening of April 23rd at
St. James United Methodist Church in Kansas City, Missouri.
The event is free and open to the public.
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