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The Evangelical Missiological Society (EMS)
- exists to glorify God by advancing the cause of world evangelization.
- is a professional society with 400+ members comprised of missiologists, mission administrators, teachers, pastors with strategic missiological interests, and students of missiology.
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EMS Annual Meeting 2009—Don't miss it!
September 17-19, 2009 will find the EMS in Orlando, Florida, at the Marriott Orlando Airport Hotel celebrating its National Meeting in conjunction with CrossGlobal Link (formerly IFMA). These joint meetings of mission professors, agency leaders, and others have been times of great encouragement and stimulation in the past. This year’s gathering promises to be as good or better than ever.
The theme for this year is “Ethics: Serving Jesus with Integrity,” and the presentation schedule features 19 papers focused specifically on this theme. The roster of presenters as well as the plenary sessions held in conjunction with CrossGlobal Link can be found below, or with additional information at www.crossgloballink.org/Registration_AC09.
An additional highlight of the conference this year will be distribution to EMS members of Missions from the Majority World: Progress, Challenges, and Case Studies, edited by Enoch Wan and Michael Pocock (Pasadena, Calif.: William Carey Library, 2009). This is volume 17 in the annual EMS monograph series. The volume grew out of 2008’s outstanding conference, “Mission Initiatives from the Majority World Churches.”
CrossGlobal Link is handling registration for the EMS annual meeting. There is a discount for EMS members. Be sure to register early to receive an additional discount available for registrations received before June 24. To register, go to www.crossgloballink.org/Registration_AC09.
Note that the registration fee covers the annual meeting, meals, breaks, and conference notebook, but does not include lodging. Participants must reserve their own hotel rooms at the Marriott Orlando Airport Hotel. The special meeting rate is $109 per room per night.
A link for reservations at the hotel is attached here: Marriott Orlando Airport Hotel, or the hotel can be reached from the CrossGlobal Link website. Alternatively, if you wish you may reach the hotel, which is located at 7499 Augusta National Drive, Orlando, FL 32822, by dialing 1-800-380-6751. If calling in your reservation, be sure to request the group rate for the CrossGlobal Link Annual Conference.
On-site check-in will begin at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, with the opening dinner being served at 6:00 p.m. The meeting concludes with lunch on Saturday. See the full schedule below.
EMS 2009 Annual
Conference Schedule
Marriott
Orlando Airport — September 17-19, 2009
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Sept. 17–19,
2009
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Thursday, Sept 17
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Friday, Sept 18
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Saturday, Sept 19
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8:30 – 10:00
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Plenary
Dr. Bill Taylor
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A) Douglas Hayward and Paul E.
Langenwalter II,
Holding Missionaries Accountable: Learning from the Anthropologists in
Developing a Missionary Code of Ethics
Invited
Respondents
Open Forum
Summation and
Next Steps
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10:00 – 10:25
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B r e a k
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B r e a k
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10:30 – 11:15
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A) Fran Blomberg, Reconstructing
an Ethic of Evangelism for
21st Century Congregations
B) Gary Corwin, Seven Stealth
Ethical Issues Flying Under the Radar of Many Mission Agencies
C) John McNeill, Truth and Story
Telling: It’s Important to Get the Facts Straight
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A) Gorden R. Doss, Some Ethical
Considerations About Short Term Mission
B) Gabriel Tait, Bridging the Divide: A
Critical Look at Colonialism's Impact on Missionary Photography in Africa
C) Jon Freeman, The Dynamic Relationship
Between Ethical Compromise and Missionary Effectiveness
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11:25 – 12:10
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A) Jonathan Bonk, The Gospel and Ethics
Revisited
B) David R. Dunaetz, Organizational
Justice: What Missionaries Need to Know
C) Lloyd W. Rodgers, The Hermeneutics of
Contextualization as an Ethical Construct
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Joint Closing Meeting
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12:15 – 1:30
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L u n c h
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1:30 – 2:15
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Registration Opens
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A) J. D. Payne, Ethical Guidelines for
Church Planters: A Suggested Proposal
B) Robert Priest, Assessing the Validity of Recovered Memories as the Basis for Naming
Missionaries as Sexual Abusers
C) Enoch Wan and Galen Currah, Ethical
Issues in Conducting Missiological Field Research
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Note: The names and locations of meeting rooms
A, B, and C will be supplied later.
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2:25 – 3:10
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A) Andrew F. Bush, Bullets and Bibles:
The Ethical Problem of the Persistent Linkage of Missions and Militarism
B) T. Wayne Dye and Sally F. Dye,
Biblical Absolutes and Cultural Variation
C) Mary Lederleitner, Western Ethical and
Cultural Standards Regarding Financial Accountability
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3:10 – 3: 40
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B r e a k
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3:45 – 4:30
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A) Tom Stallter, Ethical Challenges for
U.S. Expatriates in the Use of Cognitive Intelligence for Problem Solving in
a Second Culture
B) Curtis A. Wilkinson, Ethical Issues
in Missionary Filmmaking: Cinematic Tropes of Power and Perspective
C) Jung Hoon Yoon, The Ethical Issues of
Short-term Missions in “Creative-Access” Countries: Missiological Reflections
on the South Korean Kidnapping in Afghanistan in 2007
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4:40 – 5:55
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EMS Business Meeting
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6:00 – 7:00
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D i n n e r
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D i n n e r
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7:00 – 9:00
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Plenary
Dr. Jerry Rankin
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Plenary
Dr. Jerry Rankin
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EMS Future Meetings
2010—Regional meetings during the spring throughout North America on the annual theme of “Diversity.” Further details can be found in the Regional links on the right as they become available.
2010—Joint meeting of EMS, CrossGlobal Link & The Mission Exchange
Theme: “Diversity” (wording to be finalized)
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EMS Membership Information
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Guidelines for Presenters
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