2025 Symposium: Hospitality & Immigration
Join us in person or online, February 14-15, 2025, for our 2025 Symposium on the Theological Interpretation of Scripture.
How can Christian communities today live out the biblical call to extend hospitality to all people, including the immigrant? Join us for this timely dialogue among Bible scholars, theologians, and ministry practitioners, with extended opportunities for participant engagement.
This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Register Here.
Presenters:
M. Daniel Carroll R., Scripture Press Ministries Professor of Biblical Studies and Pedagogy, Wheaton College
Julia L. Fogg, Carlson Endowed Chair in Youth and Family Ministry and Professor of Religion, California Lutheran University
Alberto La Rosa Rojas, Assistant Professor of Theology and Ethics; Director of the Hispanic Ministry Program, Western Theological Seminary
Ruth Melkonian-Hoover, Professor and Director, Political Science & International Affairs, Gordon College
Alexia Salvatierra, Academic Dean, Centro Latino; Associate Professor of Mission and Global Transformation, Fuller Theological Seminary
Cindy M. Wu, Managing Director, Mosaic Formation
- Sophia Magallanes–Tsang, North Park Theological Seminar
- Jordan Ryan, Wheaton College
- Armida Belmonte Stephens, North Park Theological Seminary
- Jonathan Peterson, North Park University
- Miluska Silencio, Fuller Theological Seminary
- Christopher M. Hoskins, Vanderbilt University
Ted Kim, Evanston Vineyard Church
The full symposium schedule can be found here.
Previous Symposium Topics
The Symposium on the Theological Interpretation of Scripture took place September 22 and 23, 2023 in-person on North Park University’s Chicago, IL campus and was also streamed online for registered participants. The theme was “Creation Care: Biblical Foundations and Practical Implications” and featured prominent scholars from around the world, click on the session titles below to view the recording of the presentation.
Below is the video archive of the sessions presented during the 2021 Symposium.
2019: Holy Land: Biblical Perspectives and Contemporary Conflict
Videos of the session from the event are available online.
2018: Human Violence
Videos of the sessions from this event are available online.
2017: Participation/Union with Christ
Videos of the sessions from this event are available online.
2016: Science and Religion
Videos of the sessions from this event are available online.
2015: Race and Racism
Videos of the sessions from this event are available online.
2014: The Human Encounter with God
Videos of the sessions from this event are available online.
2013: Urban Ministry
Videos of the sessions from this event are available at CovChurch.tv.