WCIU Alumni Journeys Session 6
June 12th 9am PDTFeaturing Alumni Scott A. Bessenecker
Join us for a conversation between Lowell Bliss, the Director of the Eden Vigil Institute and WCIU Alumni, Scott A. Bessnecker, about his new Book, “Bad Religion, Good News.” This book contains some provocative ideas that call Christians to a new way of thinking about what it means to live out our faith. Join us for this thought-provoking conversation!
It’s time to face the church’s checkered past—and present.
We know that Christians across time have participated in or upheld grave wrongs. We also know that religious wrongdoing is more than just history. Many have suffered church-related trauma because of others who profess to follow Christ. So how do we hold the church’s historic and ongoing sins? Is the best alternative to leave the faith—and do these questions make us bad Christians?
After four decades in the same congregation as well as a career in campus ministries, Scott A. Bessenecker has faced plenty of disappointment with the church. Yet he has found a richer spirituality by honestly facing harms done by those who follow Jesus. In Bad Religion, Good News, he offers a way to hold understandable disappointment alongside the conviction that God is good. Speaking openly about the church’s sins can help us examine the ways we’ve been wounded—and perhaps wounded others. Healing begins with an honest confrontation of wrongdoing.
This invitational guide will help you move through disappointment with the church and embody the prophetic alternative to domination that the church was always meant to be
Part of the Alumni Journeys Webinar Series
The Office of Advancement & Alumni Relations is pleased to announce the launch of a new webinar series featuring: WCIU Alumni Journeys.
These forums will feature alumni sharing their experiences, challenges, and dreams in settings around the globe. These Zoom webinars will be hosted on the second Friday of the month at 9:00 am (PDT). Each forum will highlight special themes: caring for our environment; health and wellbeing; church planting and missions; empowering vulnerable women; holistic mission; public policy influencers, entrepreneurial innovations, and community development change makers.