Shadia Qubti on Decolonizing our Imaginations
28 Feb 2024

Shadia Qubti on Decolonizing our Imaginations

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As we prepare for our next Stott-Bediako Forum on Transformation Revisited: Mission and Gospel Imagination, we are holding conversations with members of the INFEMIT Community to explore some of the related themes. In this podcast, we talk with Shadia Qubti about the how to nurture a decolonial imagination and the challenges faced when seeking to move beyond the limits of Western academic methodologies and engage with one another as Majority World scholars around our own ideas and on our own terms.

INFEMIT 2023 In Review
31 Jan 2024

INFEMIT 2023 In Review

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As we look back on 2023, there is much to celebrate! Join us in reviewing the initiatives of INFEMIT for the past year (Stott-Bediako Forum, strengthening a global movement, Faith and Life, and our academic projects) and praying for the work that lies ahead in 2024.

Ruth Padilla DeBorst on Nurturing a Gospel Imagination in a Consumptive Culture
30 Jan 2024

Ruth Padilla DeBorst on Nurturing a Gospel Imagination in a Consumptive Culture

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As we prepare for our next Stott-Bediako Forum on Transformation Revisited: Mission and Gospel Imagination, we are holding conversations with members of the INFEMIT Community to explore some of the related themes. In this podcast, we talk with Ruth Padilla DeBorst about the kinds of imaginations and communities we can nurture together as an alternative to the consumptive culture and society around us.

A call to lament and reject violence, to listen deeply and to seek peace
25 Oct 2023

A call to lament and reject violence, to listen deeply and to seek peace

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In the face of unfolding violence in Palestine-Israel we, the International Fellowship for Mission as Transformation – INFEMIT, deeply lament and reject violence on all sides of the conflict; we are burdened by the loss of life; and we call followers of Jesus around the world to pursue peace and listen humbly to the voices of the suffering and the oppressed in the land. 

Nina Balmaceda on Imagining Shalom Together
19 Oct 2023

Nina Balmaceda on Imagining Shalom Together

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As we prepare for our next Stott-Bediako Forum on Transformation Revisited: Mission and Gospel Imagination, we are holding conversations with members of the INFEMIT Community to explore some of the related themes. In this podcast, we talk with Nina Balmaceda about Shalom, exploring specific examples of transformation that are evidenced in the peace building and advocacy work of Paz y Esperanza in South America.

Marcel Măcelaru on Mission and the Christian Imagination
12 Sep 2023

Marcel Măcelaru on Mission and the Christian Imagination

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As we prepare for our next Stott-Bediako Forum on Transformation Revisited: Mission and Gospel Imagination, we are holding conversations with members of the INFEMIT Community to explore some of the related themes. In this podcast, we talk with Marcel Măcelaru about Mission and the Christian Imagination, exploring some examples from the Bible and from the Eastern European context.

Al Tizon on Mission as Transformation
1 Jun 2023

Al Tizon on Mission as Transformation

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As we prepare for our next Stott-Bediako Forum on Transformation Revisited: Mission and Gospel Imagination, we are holding conversations with members of the INFEMIT Community to explore some of the related themes. In this podcast, we talk with Al Tizon about Mission as Transformation, its core tenets and relevance for today.

Zac Niringiye on Christianity, Christendom, and the Gospel
6 Apr 2023

Zac Niringiye on Christianity, Christendom, and the Gospel

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Continuing the conversation begun at the Stott-Bediako Forum on Jesus and Empire: Christian Witness in the Context of Power, several members of the INFEMIT community met with Zac Niringiye to explore and lament how much of dominant Christianity today embodies empire in its vision of domination, conquest, and violence. Zac’s original presentation to the Forum is titled: “Christianity as a Narrative of the Deception of Empire: Whither the promise of justice and love, held out in the Gospel of Jesus of Nazareth?”

Martin Accad on Jesus and Challenging Systems of Power
22 Mar 2023

Martin Accad on Jesus and Challenging Systems of Power

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Continuing the conversation begun at the Stott-Bediako Forum on Jesus and Empire: Christian Witness in the Context of Power, several members of the INFEMIT community met with Martin Accad to ask questions about his research and work challenging the systems of power in Lebanon. Martin’s original presentation to the Forum is titled: “Jesus and Revolution: Leading a Change Movement and Reinvesting the Public Space.”

Ruth Padilla DeBorst on Theology, Political Power, and Alternative Communities
22 Mar 2023

Ruth Padilla DeBorst on Theology, Political Power, and Alternative Communities

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Continuing the conversation begun at the Stott-Bediako Forum on Jesus and Empire: Christian Witness in the Context of Power, several members of the INFEMIT community met with Ruth Padilla DeBorst to ask questions about her research and experiences with communities attempting to live out alternative ways of engaging power. Ruth’s original presentation to the Forum is titled: “Confluence and Clash: Reformed and Anabaptist Positions Regarding Power within the Early Fraternidad Teológica Latinoamericana.”