Southeast Vice President: J.D. Payne, Ph.D.
National Missionary, North American Mission Board
Associate Professor of Church Planting and Evangelism
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

2825 Lexington Road
Louisville, KY 40280

502-897-4498

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www.jdpayne.org
www.northamericanmissions.org

CALL FOR PAPERS!

On March 19-20, 2010, our region will continue its practice of meeting with the regional Evangelical Theological Society and Evangelical Philosophical Society.  Our next meeting will be hosted by North Greenville University, in South Carolina.

Our topic for 2010 will be “Diversity in Mission,” and I am extending to you a call for papers on this topic.   Please see below for more information regarding our topic and some suggestions for possible presentations.  I look forward to hearing from you.

Please email a one to two paragraph abstract of your paper, along with the paper’s title, your name, and title to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by February 1, 2010.  Final papers should be between 4,500 to 7,000 words in length, including end-notes and reference list.  Papers should be formatted in accordance with the Chicago Manual of Style.

Presenter Requirements

FAQs on Topic and Presentations

Click here for registration and hotel information for the regional meeting

SE EMS Meeting Schedule, March 19-20, 2010

Also, mark your calendars for the national EMS gathering September 23-25, 2010 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

EMS 2010:
Diversity in Evangelical Mission Today

The topic of diversity in mission is exciting and full of many possible paths to explore. At the core are these questions: “How are we embracing our God created differences for the benefit of his kingdom” and, from the other side, “How are we (unfortunately) exploiting our differences for the protection of our kingdoms?” Through papers and interactive discussions we look forward to exploring this multi-faceted issue in the 2010 regional and annual EMS meetings.

At the broadest level, categories related to diversity in mission include such things as:

• Gender diversity
• Ethnic diversity
• Generational diversity
• Socio-economic diversity
• Doctrinal and theological diversity

Each category contains a wealth of possibilities for research with immediate practical application to academics, agency leadership, and missionaries—wherever they come from and wherever serve. Each category provides fertile ground for lively discussion as we wrestle with some of the most pressing issues in the contemporary world of missiology.

Examples of some of the types of questions we might profitably explore are:

• What are the realities of an increasingly internationalized mission force?
• The extent to which agencies from everywhere are (or are not) internationalizing their leadership (from the Board level on down)
• Are women being included in leadership roles? What are the cultural, theological
  and missiological issues related to this?
• What are the demands of the Kingdom of God in relation to diversity?
• What is the impact of diversification within agencies?
• What are the barriers to diversifying at all levels?
• How should we think more clearly about diversity?
• How do we work with agencies with different doctrines, traditions, methods, goals, and orientations?
• What should we do to ensure that we are not just giving in to PC demands?
• How does the next generation criticize current mission leadership models in relation to diversity?
• What challenges related to diversity do we anticipate will come for all of us?