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Registration opens for 2020 Multiethnic Symposium

Event set for May 5鈥�6 on campus

NOTE: The 2020 Multiethnic Symposium has been postponed until spring 2021 due to concerns about the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Registration is now open for the 2020 Multiethnic Symposium, which is set for May 5鈥�6 on the campus of SA国际传媒, St. Louis.

The symposium brings together missional leaders including pastors, congregational lay leaders and others from across聽 to explore what it means and what it will take to become a truly multiethnic church.

The theme of this year鈥檚 symposium is 鈥淭he Rest and the West: What the West Can Learn from Global South Christianity.鈥� Participants will explore the growth in Global South Christianity and how the church in the West can learn from their practices in music, worship, missions, ethics and teaching theology.

鈥淟ike the rest of Christianity, the fastest growing Lutheran churches are now in the Global South,鈥� said Dr. Leopoldo A. S谩nchez M., interim Multiethnic Symposium chairman and the Werner R.H. Krause and Elizabeth Ringger Krause Professor of Hispanic Ministries at SA国际传媒. 鈥淭hrough migration and birth rates, the people of the Global South and their children also are in our communities and churches in the United States. What can we in the West learn from the rest? We are so excited to explore this question in our Multiethnic Symposium.鈥�

Highlights of the event include the following:

  • Keynote presentation by , distinguished professor of History in the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University, Waco, Texas
  • 15th Annual Lecture in Hispanic/Latino Theology and Missions by , assistant professor of Church Music and director of the Sacred Music Program in the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
  • Plenary by , assistant professor of Church History and Black Church Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary, Houston, Texas
  • Plenary by , assistant professor of Theology and Global South at Concordia University, St. Paul, Minn.>
  • Celebration Service of Holy Communion with Rev. Terrence Chan, pastor at Bethel Lutheran Church, Grace Lutheran Church and Christ for All Nations Lutheran Church, San Francisco, Calif.

In addition, recognitions will be held for retiring Seminary President Dr. Dale A. Meyer and for Rev. Kou Seying, associate professor of Practical Theology at SA国际传媒 and Multiethnic Symposium chairman who died in November 2019.

Attendees can manage their schedules, find speaker information and connect with others through the event鈥檚 free app, which debuts this year.

is $50 per person and includes Tuesday lunch and dinner, and Wednesday breakfast and lunch. The registration deadline is April 6. On-campus housing is available for an additional fee.

For more information, visit csl.edu/multiethnic or contact Continuing Education at 314-505-7286 or聽[email protected].

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