What Is the Ministry of Reconciliation | A Panel with Cha, Netland, & Reynolds
Channel: Henry Center
Date: 2022-09-09

Discussion Topic - Church and Reconciliation: State of the Issue

Doctrine and doctrinal issues are not merely aloof ideas that flit about within the closed precincts of academic institutions, but the living reality of the people of God located within local neighborhoods, neighborhoods replete with all layers of broken relationships. Positively, churches everywhere have been entrusted with the “ministry of reconciliation” (2 Cor. 5:18), beginning with the thought that God brings together things that are broken. In this opening symposium, a conversation with Trinity’s own Peter Cha, Michael Reynolds, and Harold Netland, and moderated by pastor and president emeritus Gregory Waybright, we will begin framing our year-long conversation on the doctrine of Reconciliation by considering its very concrete and practical outworkings within the context of the local church.

Peter T. Cha (PhD Northwestern University) is Professor of Church, Culture and Society at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is co-editor of Growing Healthy Asian American Churches: Ministry Insights from Groundbreaking Congregations (InterVarsity Press, 2006).

Harold A. Netland (PhD Claremont Graduate University) is Professor of Philosophy of Religion and Intercultural Studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is author of Encountering Religious Pluralism: The Challenge to Christian Faith and Mission (IVP Academic, 2001), Christianity and Religious Diversity: Clarifying Christian Commitments in a Globalizing Age (Baker Academic, 2015), and Religious Experience and the Knowledge of God: The Evidential Force of Divine Encounters (Baker Academic, 2022).

Michael D. Reynolds (DMin McCormick Theological Seminary) is Affiliate Professor of Pastoral Theology, Associate Professor of Christian Ministries, and Executive Director and Associate Dean of the Chicago Regional Center at Trinity International University. He is senior editor of the ESV Urban Devotional Bible (Crossway, 2007) and author of Still Off-Base About Race: When We Know the Truth, Things Will Be Different (Dream Releaser, 2021).