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Contextualizing
without Compromising:
A Case Study in Reaching the
Hip-Hop Culture
2004 Student Missions Conference
Westminster Theological Seminary
Glenside, PA - October 8-9, 2004
presented in conjunction with
Rock Soul Ministries and Cross Movement Ministries
WTS Exec. V.P. J. Stafford Carson welcomes attendees
This was a ground-breaking 2004 two-day Student Missions conference conducted at the Westminster Theological Seminary (Glenside, PA) in conjunction with Cross Movement Ministries and Rock Soul Ministries. No doubt, the Lord Jesus rocked everybody in the house (aka Van Til Hall) as street academics (comf'table with the AKADEMIKS) hooked up with seminary-level academics to consider and marvel at what God is doing with the John the Baptist-types He's raisin' up off-a concrete street corners.
The program – designed to initiate a dialogue between hip-hop and the theological academic community – consisted of three plenary sessions (addresses on contextualization and apologetics by W.T.S. professors John S. Leonard [Practical Theology Department] and Dr. William Edgar [Apologetics Department], and the third ("Hip-Hop as a Context for Christian Living") by Cross Movement lyricist William Branch (The Ambassador). There were also a repeated series of four simultaneous breakout sessions led by members of the hip-hop community (Rasool Berry [from the Impact Movement] did "The Worldview of Hip-Hop," Emanuel Lambert, Jr. [a.k.a. Da' T.R.U.T.H.] did "Message-Centered Outreach vs. Method-Centered Outreach," Shai Linne did "Using Hip-Hop to Teach Doctrine" and Ron Tinsley and Brady Goodwin, Jr. [a.k.a. The Phanatik] did "Strategies in Reaching the Culture") and the conference wrapped up with panel discussion with all presenters responding to questions from conference participants. I was given the honor and privilege of being host and facilitator for the conference, capably put together by Cross Movement Ministries executive director Zack Ritvalsky, Cathy Beech, Kim Gordon, W.T.S. Student Missions Fellowship's Sam Boyd and W.T.S. Dean of Students Jerry McFarland. A big "THANK YOU" also to J. Stafford Carson, Executive Vice President at W.T.S. for your vision and help in bringing this event to fruition.
WTS Professor John S. Leonard does the
first Friday afternoon plenary session
da' T.R.U.T.H. in his breakout
session,
"Message-Centered
Outreach vs. Method-Centered Outreach"
Ron Tinsley doing the breakout session,
"Strategies in Reaching the Culture: Part 1"
The Phanatik makes a point during the break-out session,
"Strategies in Reaching the Culture: Part 2"
Dr. William Edgar does the second
Friday afternoon plenary session
Conference attendees confer
between sessions on
Friday afternoon
Pastors' and Ministry Leaders' Luncheon
(Zack R., conference organizer, is on the left near the door).
Pastor Dr. Gus Roman (Canaan
Baptist Church: Philadelphia) at the conference
Conference attendees confer
between sessions
Duce does the Saturday morning (third) plenary session
Rock Soul's Cathy B: Conference "Administrator Extraordinaire"
Shai Linne leads his breakout session,
"Using Hip-Hop to Teach Doctrine"
Rasool Berry leads the breakout session,
"The Worldview of
Hip-Hop"
Plenary speakers and breakout sessions presenters field questions from
conference attendees
l. to r. Shai Linne, The Phanatik (Brady Goodwin, Jr.), Ron Tinsley, Lee
Jerkins, John S. Leonard,
Rasool Berry, William Edgar, da T.R.U.T.H. (Emanuel Lambert, Jr.), William
Branch (The Ambassador)
Bro. Al ( from The Process ) after the conference
Wendy and Jonathan Harris with The Ambassador
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