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2022
Tuesday, May 3rd
8:30 AM

Service of the Word

Gerard Bolling, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, St. Louis
Abjar Bahkou, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Juan Zamora, Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Irving
Dixon Gbeanquoi, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

9:30 AM

Welcome

Thomas Egger, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Leopoldo Sἀnchez, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

9:45 AM

Plenary Presentation: The Past and Possible City: Reckoning with America's Metropolitan History to Interpret Neighborhood Landscapes of Today

Benjamin Looker, St. Louis University, St. Louis
Mark Koschmann, Concordia University, St. Paul

9:45 AM - 10:50 AM

11:00 AM

Sectional 1: Gospel Haymanot: Wholistic Theology Centered in the Margins

Vince Bantu, Fuller Theological Seminary
Leopoldo Sἀnchez, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Sectional 1: Urban Leadership Development: Reflections from a Pastor Working in the City

Gerard Bolling, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, St. Louis
James Marriott, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

1:30 PM

Islam in the City: The Islamic Strategy for Reshaping the Cities in America

Abjar Bahkou, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Samuel Deressa, Concordia University, St. Paul
Joshua Hollmann, Concordia University, St. Paul

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

3:00 PM

Sectional 2: Mission: St. Louis and the Power of Opportunity

Josh Wilson, Mission: St. Louis
Philip Penhallegon, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Sectional 2: Participation and Perspective: In the City on Purpose

Janine Bolling, Our Saviour Lutheran School, Bronx
Shelly Schwalm, Concordia University, St. Paul
Mark Koschmann, Concordia University, St. Paul

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

7:00 PM

Festival of Nations

Leopoldo Sánchez, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Micah Glenn, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Allen Dass, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Álvaro Witt Duarte, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Wednesday, May 4th
8:30 AM

Service of the Word

Terrence Chan, Christ for All Nations Lutheran Church, San Francisco
Timothy Barber, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Joel Her, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Idonis King, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

9:15 AM

Plenary Presentation: What Happens in the City, Doesn’t Stay in the City

Mark Koschmann, Concordia University, St. Paul
Erik Herrmann, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Erika Bennett, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

9:15 AM - 10:15 AM

10:30 AM

Sectional 3: Contextual Theological Education for African-Rooted Ministry Leaders

Vince Bantu, Fuller Theological Seminary

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Sectional 3: How Hip-Hop and Lutheran Thought Can Favorably Serve the Church and the Culture

Marcus Gray
Leopoldo Sἀnchez, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

11:30 AM

Sectional 4: Your Family, My Family, Nuestra Familia: Can It Thrive or Just Survive in the City?

Mark Kempff, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Ely Prieto, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Sectional 4: Zechariah 8- God's Vision for the City

Reed Lessing, Concordia University, St. Paul
Peter Nafzger, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

12:45 PM

Closing Remarks and Prayer

Leopoldo Sἀnchez, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

12:45 PM - 1:00 PM