Immigrants and the Word of God

FPU Biblical Seminary’s Center for Community Transformation is proud to partner with Fresno Pacific University’s Biblical & Religious Studies Division, FPU’s Advancing Latino Academic Success (ALAS) program, FPU’s Office of Spiritual Formation and the FPU & Biblical Seminary Council of Senior Professionals to host the Janzen Lectureship in Biblical Studies featuring Dr. Daniel Carroll R. (Rodas), Blanchard Professor of Old testament from Wheaton College. Dr. Carroll will help us hear the voice of the minor profits of the Old Testament in their context and time and lead us to consider how their words of challenge and comfort to God’s people in the Ancient Near East might serve as a challenge and a comfort to us in 21^st Century North America. We will be asked to consider what the implications of ignoring their word might be and how we might live into their vision of God’s kingdom. And we will be encouraged to listen carefully to these messengers and hear how God might be speaking to us today through them. You will have multiple opportunities to meet and hear FPU’s guest. Saturday’s event will be delivered in Spanish:

 Thursday, April 12

Richard Thiessen Conference Center, AIMS Center-Weibe Education Building, 1595 S Chestnut Ave, Fresno, CA 93702 6:30 p.m. Dessert reception, Thiessen Conference Center Courtyard 7:00 p.m. Lecture: “Claiming a Prophetic Vision for the 21st Century: An Uncomfortable Word from Amos.”

Friday, April 13

FPU Special Events Center, 1717 S. Chestnut Ave., Fresno, CA 10:00 a.m. College Hour: “Micah 6 and Acceptable Worship: Lessons for the Church Today.”  

Saturday, April 14

British Columbia Lounge (BC Lounge), 4824 E. Butler Ave., Fresno, CA 10:00 a.m. Una Conferencia en español para Pastores y Líderes de la Iglesia: “Una Palabra para inmigrantes: ¿Qué nos enseña la Biblia sobre la inmigración?” (A Lecture in Spanish with Pastors & Church Leaders). 11:30 a.m. Conversacíon con Dr. M. Danny Carroll R. (Rodas) 12:30 p.m. Almuerzo