AEF 2019 – Modern Christians Seeking Ancient Roots
June 6-7, 2019 | AEF $135 | AEF with Building Believers the Old Fashioned Way $165
Trinity School for Ministry | Ambridge, PA
Forty years ago, Robert Webber published Common Roots: A Call to Evangelical Maturity, which urged modern Christians to recover their historic Christian legacy. Webber (with others) is widely credited with launching the subsequent retrieval movement of ancient Christian faith and practice. This conference will both celebrate and assess this forty-year movement: what modern Christians have learned, how it has changed our religious landscape, and what its future implications may be.
We are delighted to announce that the Robert Webber Center has partnered with the Christian History Institute in the planning of this year’s Ancient Evangelical Future Conference. All attendees will receive a complimentary print copy of the just-published edition of the Christian History Magazine, Recovery from Modern Amnesia: Ancient Practices for a Faith-Full Future.
Featured speakers:
Winfield Bevins (DMIN, Southeastern Seminary) is the Director of Church Planting at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. An Anglican priest, he freely draws wisdom from all church traditions and seeks to help others connect to the roots of the Christian faith for spiritual formation and mission. He is the author of Creed: Connect to the Essentials of Historic Christian Faith, Our Common Prayer: A Field Guide to Common Prayer (with Ashley Null), and Marks of a Movement: What the Church Today Can Learn from the Wesleyan Revival. His latest book, Ever Ancient Ever New:The Allure of Liturgy for a New Generation examines young adults who have embraced Christian liturgy. Winfield is currently working on a Ph.D. from the University of Aberdeen.
Hans Boersma (Ph.D., University of Utrecht) has recently been appointed to the St. Benedict Servants of Christ Endowed Professorship in Ascetical Theology at Nashotah House in Wisconsin. His books include Seeing God: The Beatific Vision in Christian Tradition (Eerdmans, 2018); Scripture as Real Presence (Baker Academic, 2017); and Heavenly Participation (Eerdmans, 2011). Among Boersma’s theological interests are Catholic thought, the church fathers, and spiritual interpretation of Scripture. Hans and his wife Linda attend Saint Matthew’s Anglican Church (ACNA) in Abbotsford, BC.
Timothy George (Th.D., Harvard University) has been the dean of Beeson Divinity School of Samford University since its inception in 1988. He is the author of more than twenty books, including Theology of the Reformers, John Calvin and the Church, and Is the Father of Jesus the God of Muhammad? He also serves as the general editor of the Reformation Commentary on Scripture, and on the editorial advisory boards of First Things and Christianity Today. An ordained minister in the Southern Baptist Convention, he has served on the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches, and has chaired the Doctrine and Christian Unity Commission of the Baptist World Alliance.
Christopher Hall (Ph.D., Drew University) serves as president of Renovaré, and was previously Chancellor, Director of Academic Spiritual Formation, and Distinguished Professor of Theology at Eastern University. Chris is the author of a number of books, including The Mystery of God (with Steven D. Boyer), Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers, Learning Theology with the Church Fathers, Worshiping with the Church Fathers, and The Trinity (with Roger Olson). His most recent book is Living Wisely with the Church Fathers.
Tish Harrison Warren (MA Theology, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary) is a priest in the Anglican Church in North America. She has worked as a campus minister with InterVarsity, as an associate rector, and with addicts and those in poverty through various churches and non-profit organizations. Writer in Residence at Church of the Ascension in Pittsburgh, Tish is author of Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life. Her many articles and essays can be found in Christianity Today, CT Women, Art House America, Comment Magazine, The Well, Christ and Pop Culture, The Point Magazine, and elsewhere. She is a founding member of The Pelican Project.
John Witvliet (Ph.D., University of Notre Dame) is director of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and Professor of Worship, Theology, & Congregational and Ministry Studies at Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary. He is the author of The Biblical Psalms in Christian Worship: A Brief Introduction and Guide to Resources, Worship Seeking Understanding: Windows into Christian Practice, co-author of Proclaiming the Christmas Gospel: Ancient Sermons and Hymns for Contemporary Christian Inspiration, and co-editor of The Worship Sourcebook and Worship in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Change and Continuity in Religious Practice. He has also been active on many hymnal and congregational song projects.
As in past years, the Ancient Evangelical Future Conference also includes a mix of lectures, panel discussions, and break-out discussion groups in a welcoming atmosphere that links theory and practice. Each day of the event is bounded by the liturgies of Morning and Evening Prayer, and flavored with table-fellowship. Join others in this unique opportunity for reflection, retrieval, and refreshment for the sake of the life and ministry of the Church today.