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.

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.

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.

Ron Sider
17 Nov 2021

Ron Sider

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Ron Sider’s work and his writings on holistic mission have inspired and guided so many within the INFEMIT community. Originally from Canada, Ron’s experience living in inner-city Philadelphia, an urban city in the United States, was particularly influential in shaping his thoughts on social justice and Christian witness. Ron’s work has had a wide reach: he helped organize the 1973 meeting that led to the Chicago Declaration of Evangelical Social Concern, he founded the network now known as Christians for Social Action, and he contributed many important writings, such as Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger…

Corneliu Constantineanu
27 Oct 2021

Corneliu Constantineanu

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Corneliu Constantineanu was a theologian whose work was deeply rooted in his context – Romania. He was passionate about the relationship between the Church and the public sphere, and he is remembered as a tireless and dedicated INFEMIT Networking Team member, a devoted husband and father, and a leader and friend to many…

Remembering René Padilla
30 Apr 2021

Remembering René Padilla

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How to describe a life as long and fruitful as that of René Padilla? René loved deeply. He loved books, the essential nutrients for his thoughts. He loved music and often said: “In another life, I’d be an orchestra conductor.” He loved Jesus Christ, who he sought to follow radically. He loved Latin America, refusing to live anywhere else in the world. And he loved his family…