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OUTFITTED FOR SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT: What s Theology Got To Do With It ________________________

Rev. Dr. Kharma Amos, Chair and Pastor of MCC of Northern VirginiaRev. Belva Boone, Pastor of St. John's MCC, Raleigh, NCRev. Dr. Jim Burns, Pastor of MCC of the Rockies, Denver, COSkip Chasey, Spiritual Director and active member of MCC Los AngelesRev. Dr. Edgard Danielson-Morales, Associate Pastor of MCC New York.

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OUTFITTED FOR SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT: What s Theology Got To Do With It ________________________

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    1. OUTFITTED FOR SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT: What’s Theology Got To Do With It? ________________________ A Presentation by the MCC Theologies Team

    2. Rev. Dr. Kharma Amos, Chair and Pastor of MCC of Northern Virginia Rev. Belva Boone, Pastor of St. John’s MCC, Raleigh, NC Rev. Dr. Jim Burns, Pastor of MCC of the Rockies, Denver, CO Skip Chasey, Spiritual Director and active member of MCC Los Angeles Rev. Dr. Edgard Danielson-Morales, Associate Pastor of MCC New York

    3. Rev. Axel Schwaigert, Pastor of Salz der Erde MCC, Stuttgart, Germany Rev. Dr. Mona West, co-editor of The Queer Bible Commentary Rev. Elder Nancy Wilson, Moderator Staff: Rev. Robert Griffin & Connie Meadows Advisor: Rev. Dr. Robert Goss

    4. Rev. R. Griffin, Rev. Dr. M. West, Rev. B. Boone, C. Meadows, S. Chasey, Rev. Dr. K. Amos, Rev. Elder N. Wilson, Rev. A. Schwaigert, Rev. Dr. E. Danielson-Morales, Rev. Dr. J. Burns

    5. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

    8. HISTORY OF THEOLOGICAL CONVERSATIONS IN MCC 1968-1981 UFMCC Faith, Fellowship and Order Commission dialogue around the “Six Questions”

    9. 1968-1981 (continued) MCC Journals “The Gay Christian” and “In Unity” Use of sources of authority and human experience Passed the Inclusive Language Policy

    10. 1982-2001 The AIDS years – theological conversations took a back seat Refuting the religious right’s claims that AIDS was God’s judgment Talking about “safe sex” Development of a theology of death and dying Desire for unity and fear of confronting theological diversity

    11. 2006-2009 Creation by the Moderator of the MCC Theologies Team – first team meeting in December 2007 Development of a Statement of Purpose Release to MCC email list of an introduction to the Theologies Team Theology Café at 2007 General Conference MCC email list invited to participate in an online theology survey Facilitating theological discussions at Regional Conferences Development of 1st Theological Conference

    12. THE SIX QUESTIONS

    13. THE SIX QUESTIONS

    14. MCC’s CORE VALUES

    15. MCC’s CORE VALUES

    16. ADDITIONAL GUIDING PRINCIPLES

    17. ADDITIONAL GUIDING PRINCIPLES

    18. ADDITIONAL GUIDING PRINCIPLES

    19. ADDITIONAL GUIDING PRINCIPLES

    20. ADDITIONAL GUIDING PRINCIPLES

    21. ADDITIONAL GUIDING PRINCIPLES

    22. ADDITIONAL GUIDING PRINCIPLES

    23. RADICAL INCLUSION: Where? Why? When? Who? “How far can we go and still be Christian?”

    24. SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS 1. What has been your experience of the topic or issue being discussed? 2. How do you know God in that experience? 3. How has that experience of God been grounded, affirmed, expanded, or disrupted for you in MCC?

    25. GUIDELINES FOR DIALOGUE

    26. GUIDELINES FOR DIALOGUE

    27. GUIDELINES FOR DIALOGUE

    28. GUIDELINES FOR DIALOGUE

    29. GUIDELINES FOR LISTENING

    30. LARGE GROUP DISCUSSION

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