Approximately 60 pastors, students and church leaders joined MB Biblical Seminary for the Healthy Churches Pastor's Roundtable Monday and Tuesday. MB Biblical Seminary hosts pastors on campus for round table discussion on the first Monday of every month. Further information on upcoming events can be found at: www.mbseminary.edu. (See the link to the right.)
Nearly 20 of the 60 students and pastors stayed for the rest of the week to take the course for credit. Many of the students took the elective course as part of the degree requirements for a Master of Divinity degree. (I'm sure that some of them took it as part of their MA in New Testament, MA in Christian Ministry or MA in Theology programs as well. As an Anabapist, Evangelical seminary, Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary seeks to train and equip people to serve and lead in healthy churches and other areas around the world.)
On Monday and Tuesday Reverend Doctor Stephen Macchia -- Director of the Pierce Center for Disciple-Building at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary -- spoke about creating healthy churches. Wednesday and Thursday former MBBS faculty members Jim Westgate and Larry Martens completed the course lectures.
Below Macchia speaks in the MB Biblical Seminary chapel.
2 comments:
I heard the coffee breaks were the best part. Yeah, the presentations by Dr. Macchia were insightful, very profound, blah blah blah.
But the coffee breaks had donuts and coffee.
You ask any 10 pastors which one they want more on a Monday morning, coffee & donuts or inspiration, guaranteed 9 of them go for grease and caffeine.
What's wrong with the other guy? There's no excuse for ever choosing inspiration over donuts and coffee on a Monday morning, or any morning for that matter!
Now if it were inspiration, zwieback and a Master of Divinity degree from an evangelical anabaptist seminary in the heart of California on a Monday morning we might have a battle on our hands.
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