Investigate the theology and practice of ecclesiology led by one of the world’s leading ecclesiologists.

Explore how people understand what the church is and God’s intention for it. Inform pragmatic decisions about how the expressions of the church are shaped and how the church should act. Be equipped to make wise ecclesial decisions based on coherent theological understanding in the complex cultural landscapes that exist within Aotearoa New Zealand and beyond. 

Join Kimlyn Bender, editor of the T&T Clark Handbook of Ecclesiology as we explore this vast, vital, and invigorating topic of ecclesiology.

TOPICS COVERED

• Theological Understandings of the Church
• Church Traditions
• Church structures and practices
• Church and culture
• Church expressions throughout the World

LECTURER DETAILS

Professor Kimlyn J. Bender holds the Foy Valentine Chair in Christian Theology and Ethics at Baylor University. A prolific author and one of the world’s foremost ecclesiologists, he recently edited The T & T Clark Companion to Ecclesiology. An ordained Baptist minister raised on the prairie of North Dakota, he and his wife Trudy live in Waco and have three children.