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Appointed. Ed Stetzer to The Billy Graham Distinguished Endowed Chair for Church, Mission,and Evangelism, a newly created chair at Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, effective July 1, 2016. As executive director of the Billy Graham Center for Evangelism at Wheaton College, he will lead Wheaton’s existing programs, start new initiatives including creating a National Evangelism Leaders […]

The United States Catholic Mission Association will hold its 2016 conference October 28–30, at the Holiday Inn Cincinnati (Ohio) Airport; the theme is “Together in Mission: Celebrating Concrete Expressions of Missionary Discipleship Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.” The plenary speakers will be Julie Lupien, executive director of From Mission to Mission, Longmont, CO, and Bill Vos,

Died. Kenneth E. Bailey, 85, research scholar, author, Presbyterian career missionary and lecturer in Middle Eastern New Testament studies, May 23, 2016, in Grove City, Pennsylvania. Bailey was ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA). He spent forty years (1955–95) living and teaching in seminaries and institutes in Egypt, Lebanon, Jerusalem, and Cyprus.For twenty of those

Died. Roger S. Greenway, 82, mission executive, professor, and author, April 30, 2016, a resident of Rockford, Michigan. After studying at Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Greenway was ordained in 1958 and appointed by Christian Reformed World Missions (CRWM) to serve as a missionary in Sri Lanka. In 1963 he and

The promise that God “heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds” (Psalm 147:3) came into sharp focus in November and May at OMSC when Dr. Harriet Hill, director of the Trauma Healing Institute of the American Bible Society, shown standing with seminar participants in May, led a two-part seminar that helped participants use Scripture

The OMSC Board of Trustees gatheredfor a photo on May 4 following their two-day meeting with incoming executive director Dr. Thomas John Hastings, Mrs. Carol Hastings, and interim executive director Dr. Darrell Whiteman. At their May 3–4 meeting the OMSC Board of Trustees elected three new board members: • Dr. Joel Carpenter, director of the

Tom and Carol Hastings Intercultural pastoral educator Rev. Dr. Thomas John Hastings of Princeton, NJ, has been named executive director of OMSC, beginning August 1. Board of Trustees president Dr. Edith L. Blumhofer, professor of history at Wheaton College, made the announcement on May 4. Dr. Hastings was senior research fellow at the Japan International

Yale Gospel Choir Sounds of praise echoed from Yale University’s Battell Chapel on a sunny Sunday spring afternoon, as friends of OMSC and students enjoyed a concert featuring the joyful singing of the Yale Gospel Choir, an undergraduate choir, and Shades of Yale, which delivered African Diaspora music with a diverse repertoire. The April 24

Dr. Ravi and Mrs. Mercy David will serve OMSC as senior mission scholars in residence for the 2016–2017 year. Dr. David is adjunct professor of pastoral theology, counselling, spiritual formation, management, and leadership on the master’s and doctoral levels at the South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies, Bangalore, India, and at a seminary in

Before they arrived in New Haven in August, “Arman” and his wife, “Sholpan,” active participants in OMSC’s community life with their children, were living and working in China with Kazakh people along The Silk Road. When they depart in June they will continue their ministry from a new home, in Kazakhstan. By government decree, the