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Boiling Point

The Institute for the Theology of Culture: New Wine, New Wineskins invites you to attend its autumn conference event, "Boiling Point: a Conference on Global Climate Change," at Multnomah Bible College and Biblical Seminary on October 27. The day will include keynote addresses from Rev. Richard Cizik, Vice President for Governmental Affairs for the National Association of Evangelicals, and Peter Illyn, Executive Director of Restoring Eden, as well as workshops, a moderated discussion, and opportunities to interact and network with exhibitors on issues related to environmental stewardship.

For the Least of These

The Institute for the Theology of Culture: New Wine, New Wineskins' spring conference is titled, "For the Least of These," and features keynote speaker Dr. John Perkins of the John M. Perkins Foundation for Reconciliation & Development. The conference will be held in Portland, Oregon, April 10th-15th, 2007.  As part of the weeklong New Wine conference, Dr. Perkins will be speaking at a variety of venues in the Portland area, including Multnomah Bible College and Multnomah Biblical Seminary chapels on the mornings of the 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th, Cedar Mill Bible Church's morning services on Sunday, April 15th, and Imago Dei Community on the evening of the 15th.  On Saturday, April 14th, New Wine will be hosting a day long event on reaching out to ex-offenders titled, "Free the Captive: Removing the Offense to the Ex-Offender."

Living + Hope

October 27-28, 2006
Friday - 7pm-9:30pm, Saturday - 9am-4:30pm
The Joseph C. Aldrich Center,
Multnomah Bible College & Seminary,
8435 NE Glisan Street, Portland, OR 97220

New Wine, New Wineskins invites you to its autumn conference on HIV/AIDS— "Living + Hope".  REACH Ministries will be featured.  "Through the love of Jesus," REACH Ministries "extends compassionate care to those affected by life threatening illnesses and situations, focusing on the most isolated, children infected with HIV/AIDS and their families".   Dr. Tony Campolo, Honorary Chair of REACH Ministries, will speak Friday evening.  Saturday will include testimonies, a workshop, presentations by Todd Korthuis, M.D., Director of the HIV program at Oregon Health and Science University and Paul Louis Metzger, Ph.D., Director of New Wine, New Wineskins, Multnomah Biblical Seminary, and a moderated discussion on "Where Do We Go From Here?" open to all participants and attendees.

Homeward Bound: A Home for the Homeless

April 7-8, 2006
Friday - 7pm-9:30pm, Saturday - 9am-6pm
Central Bible Church (8815 NE Glisan Street, 97220)

Update: portions of the Homeward Bound conference can be downloaded as MP3s.

The Institute for the Theology of Culture: New Wine, New Wineskins will be presenting Homeward Bound: A Home for the Homeless, a two-day conference addressing the issue of homelessness in the greater Portland area. Featuring keynote speaker Ron Marlette--the founder of the nationally recognized Mission Solano of Fairfield, California--the conference will take place on April 7-8.

New Wine's desire is to give people a window into the homeless culture in Portland, and to help equip them to be active participants in assisting homeless people.  We will be looking to Ron Marlette and other practitioners and experts in the field to help us gain insights into how to tackle this growing problem.  In addition to the sessions with Ron, there will be an overview of Jesus' compassionate outreach, and a panel discussion with members of local agencies and ministries serving the homeless.  Panelists include Citizens Commission on Homelessness, Portland Rescue Mission & Shepherd's Door, Transitional Youth, Human Solutions, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, My Father's House, and Bridgetown Ministries.

Beyond the Culture Wars

October 29, 2005
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Multnomah Biblical Seminary

The culture war rhetoric is heating up, polarizing people, and eradicating the word "civil" in civil society, and when democratic societies are no longer civil, they die.  I firmly believe that in many aspects of society – education, family, science, art, politics, and more – constructive communication is increasingly hard to find.  Divisive attitudes and expectations too often shape our perceptions of others and hinder our practices in public dialogue.  New Wine, New Wineskins hopes to move beyond this framework of divisiveness to help build beloved community.

Mission In Your Front Yard

March 12, 2005
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Multnomah Biblical Seminary, Travis-Lovitt Hall, rooms 111-112

No doubt, you are familiar with the cliche, "We live in a global village," but have you ever thought of doing missions in your front yard? New Wine, New Wineskins is partnering with the Evangelical Missiological Society to bring you, "Mission in Your Front Yard: Touching Diverse Peoples." "Mission in Your Front Yard" is a one-day conference focusing on multi-ethnic ministry in the greater Portland metropolitan area and how you can partner with God and others in touching diverse peoples close to home

Same Sex Marriage, Civil Rights and Civility

Oct. 22-23, 2004
Friday - evening, Saturday - all day
Multnomah Bible College, Mitchell Library, room L101

The times they are a changin'.  Or are they?  Bob Dylan's popular 60's song plays well these days as we grapple to find the lines with regards to moral and social change.  One such area is the question of whether marriage is a right reserved exclusively for a man and a woman, or whether same-sex relationships should be given the same privilege.  No doubt this issue will end up dividing churches, families and friends.  Where do you stand and why?  What compass will you use to navigate through the challenges facing marriage?  Can people from differing viewpoints sit down and have a civil discussion?

Evangelical Environmentalism: Oxymoron or Opportunity?

Nov. 1, 2003
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Multnomah Biblical Seminary, Travis-Lovitt Hall, room 111

Can Evangelicals and environmentalism go together?  Why are non-Christians so often more concerned about God's creation than we are as Christians?  Shouldn't we take our rightful place alongside others as God's stewards of creation?  On the environmental continuum where one extreme is "Why save it when you can pave it" and the other extreme is made up of radicals ready to blow up lumber mills, where do Evangelicals fit?   Are there other options available to us beyond these extremes?  Indeed, there are.  That's what this conference is all about.

Blue-Eyed: For the Visually Impaired

September 24, 2003
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Multnomah Biblical Seminary, Travis-Lovitt Hall, room 111

Do you have twenty-twenty vision?  If not (and Lasik surgery does not count!), the following event is just what the doctor ordered.  On September 24th, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Multnomah Biblical Seminary's Institute for the Theology of Culture: New Wine, New Wineskins will be showing the video, Blue-Eyed, which features Jane Elliott.  Ms. Elliott is one of America's leading educators on racial perceptions.  Her work has been featured on PBS' Frontline, the Tonight Show, Today, Donahue, ABC News, and Oprah.  Through this video, you will witness one of Elliott's highly regarded workshops in which she helps the participants become more sensitive to racial discrimination.  She does so by helping people experience first hand the emotional trauma of racism.

Culture, Christ and the Kingdom

May 9-10, 2003
All Day
Multnomah Biblical Seminary, Travis-Lovitt Hall, room 111

I am writing to invite you to New Wine, New Wineskins' upcoming conference titled Culture, Christ and the Kingdom on May 9th and 10th.  New Wine is pleased to co-sponsor this event with Wiconi International, which exists to see indigenous people come to faith and life in Jesus Christ and to fulfill their God-given place in the body of Christ worldwide.  As a result of our partnership, this conference will explore indigenous ministry among First Nations people and the unique voice with which pre-modern people groups can speak into a post-modern culture for the sake of Christ.

Captivating Art for the Adoration of Christ

March 15, 2003
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
First Covenant Church, 45th and Burnside

Captivating Art for the Adoration of Christ is an unprecedented gathering of artists and non-artists who share a conviction that the centrality enjoyed by the arts in contemporary culture must be reflected in the church. As the theme suggests, this conference will explore the role of the arts in the church and their place in engaging the broader culture for the sake of Christ.

Principalities and Powers

Feb 5-6, 2003
Various Times
Various Places

Dr. Bakke will be speaking at a variety of venues on February 5th and 6th, including Multnomah Biblical Seminary, Reed College, First Covenant Church, and a Civic Leaders' Breakfast.  The two events open to the public include Dr. Bakke's talk at First Covenant Church, located at 45th and Burnside in Portland, from 7:00-9:00 PM on February 5th and the forum at Multnomah Biblical Seminary entitled, "Principalities and Powers" from 2:45-9:00 PM on February 6th.  At the latter event, Dr. Bakke will be joined by several other speakers, addressing the problem of structural evil in our society and the Church's call for systemic change.

Relational Problems, Relational Solutions

Relational problems require relational solutions.  According to Phil Hobizal, this gets at the heart of the difficulties people struggling with homosexuality face.  Phil is the Director of Portland Fellowship, a ministry which reaches out to people with same sex attractions.  New Wine, in partnership with Portland Fellowship, will be hosting a day conference event entitled Relational Problems, Relational Solutions, from 10 AM to 4 PM on Saturday, September 28th in the chapel of Multnomah Biblical Seminary's Travis-Lovitt Hall.

Rose-Colored Glasses and the Color of One's Skin

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s words from his sermon, "Paul's Letter to American Christians," still ring true today.  "You must face the tragic fact that when you stand at eleven o'clock on Sunday morning to sing 'All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name' and 'Dear Lord and Father of All Mankind,' you stand in the most segregated hour of Christian America.  They tell me that there is more integration in the entertaining world and other secular agencies than there is in the Christian church.  How appalling that is."  On September 12, 2002, Multnomah Biblical Seminary through its Institute of Intercultural Studies: New Wine, New Wineskins, will take a step toward seeking to bridge this gap.  We are pleased to announce Multnomah's first community forum on race relations and racial reconciliation entitled, "Rose-Colored Glasses and the Color of One's Skin."  The forum will be held at Multnomah Biblical Seminary at 7:00 o'clock p.m. in Travis-Lovitt Hall, which is located at 8435 NE Glisan Street in Portland, Oregon.

Flying Upside Down

New Wine, New Wineskins: Institute in Intercultural Studies at the seminary is honored to have Randy White, Inter-Varsity National Coordinator for Urban Projects, speak to the community on the subject of "Flying Upside Down."  The title for the conference is taken from the first chapter of his book, Journey to the Center of the City: Making a Difference in an Urban Neighborhood (IVP).  Randy claims that one may have to fly upside down "to see things right-side up."  In a society that esteems those who climb the social ladder, Randy calls for the equivalent of the yuppie nightmare: "downward mobility," which is really what God's Son did in becoming a humble servant.  "Flying Upside Down" is about a paradigm shift, which involves taking another look at God, at Scripture, and at our lives.  Would you like to come along for the ride?

Dr. John Perkins

During Feb. 18-21, Dr. John Perkins will be speaking on Christ-centered social justice, racial reconciliation, and community development. Dr. Perkins is a Promise Keepers speaker, and the author of many books including "Beyond Charity", and "Resurrecting Hope". As a pastor who stood for civil rights in Mississippi during the 1960's, he was arrested and beaten nearly to death for registering African-Americans to vote. As a result of his commitment to living out the words of Christ, he refused to return hate for hate and instead asked God to fill his heart with love for his enemies.  Dr. Perkins went on to launch ministries in Mississippi and in Los Angeles, and organized the Christian Community Development Association and the Foundation on Reconciliation and Development.  He has been a guest lecturer at many universities including Oxford University, Stanford University, and Harvard University. In 1999 Dr. Perkins was awarded Prison Fellowship's 11th annual William Wilberforce Award. An advisor to three U.S. presidents, Dr. Perkins has also gained the friendship of Senator Mark Hatfield, who said recently, "I have the utmost respect and admiration for Dr. John Perkins and his ministry. He is a herald of peace and a defender of human dignity. His message is one that must be heard and acted upon."

Presenting the Word of Christ in a Postmodern World

Dr. Daniel Lockwood, Multnomah's President, has recently written an article in the Christian News Northwest (page 12 of the April issue) where he speaks of the challenges facing the Evangelical Church in the new millennium, including that of postmodernism.  While addressing some key items of concern related to postmodernity, Dr. Lockwood also points out some merits of the movement, even suggesting that the cultural shift to postmodernity "may be as significant as the shift from the Middle Ages to modernity."  He goes on to claim that if such is the case we "must ask ourselves how to communicate the gospel, disciple believers, and train Christian leaders in our colleges and seminaries for a postmodern world."  The event we are planning is an attempt to help prepare the Evangelical Church for such a task.