Philip Jenkins in Birmingham next week....

Next week, March 11 and 12, is Missions Emphasis Week at Beeson Divinity School, with special events on Tuesday and Wednesday featuring Dr. Philip Jenkins, Distinguished Professor of History and Religious Studies at Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Jenkins’ trilogy about understanding contemporary Christianity includes the award-winning The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity, The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South, and God’s Continent: Christianity, Islam, and Europe’s Religious Crisis. You are cordially invited to hear Dr. Jenkins and to participate in the following events: Tuesday, March 11, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Beson Chapel service, “Reading the Bible in the Global South” 12 p.m. Bring your lunch to Divinity Hall S-111 and converse with Beeson alumni missionaries from Japan, Malaysia, Ghana, and Turkey. 1:30-2:30 p.m. Lecture, Hodges Chapel, “The Future of Christianity” Wednesday, March 12, 11-11:50 a.m. Missions class, Divinity Hall N-101, “Is Christianity Dead in Europe?” 12:10-12:55 p.m. Luncheon address, Divinity Hall N-101, “The Lost History of Global Christianity: The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.” For further information and to register for the luncheon (limited seating), contact Beeson’s Global Center at global@samford.edu.