John Stott Award
Hope Community Church was awarded a prestigious award through Trinity Seminary called the "John Stott Award".. This award is given to six churches annually and is best described here:
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The church has always sustained and propagated the intellectual core of its faith through responsible church ministry and especially through the study and proclamation of the Word of God.
Every week, millions of Christians learn and are shaped through sermons, small groups, Sunday school classes, and other forms of liturgy and education. Articulate and well-informed preaching in particular has the potential to give direction and guidance to a whole congregation. Misguided preaching, conversely, can lead a congregation astray.
Despite feeling the weight of this responsibility, pastors often veer away from teaching on the doctrine of creation, both because the topic is currently divisive and because it is complicated. Scholars themselves struggle to stitch together these complicated lines of research and understanding. How, then, are pastors to guide their congregations!
The STOTT AWARD FOR PASTORAL ENGAGEMENT aims to bridge the gap both between the supposed antagonism of science and theology and between the church and the academy by providing opportunities for pastors, scientists in congregations, and theologians to partner together in the faithful ministry of the Word. Overall, the Stott Award aims to promote a biblically faithful, scientifically humble, and congregationally edifying account of the important and yet often neglected doctrine of creation.
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The church has always sustained and propagated the intellectual core of its faith through responsible church ministry and especially through the study and proclamation of the Word of God.
Every week, millions of Christians learn and are shaped through sermons, small groups, Sunday school classes, and other forms of liturgy and education. Articulate and well-informed preaching in particular has the potential to give direction and guidance to a whole congregation. Misguided preaching, conversely, can lead a congregation astray.
Despite feeling the weight of this responsibility, pastors often veer away from teaching on the doctrine of creation, both because the topic is currently divisive and because it is complicated. Scholars themselves struggle to stitch together these complicated lines of research and understanding. How, then, are pastors to guide their congregations!
The STOTT AWARD FOR PASTORAL ENGAGEMENT aims to bridge the gap both between the supposed antagonism of science and theology and between the church and the academy by providing opportunities for pastors, scientists in congregations, and theologians to partner together in the faithful ministry of the Word. Overall, the Stott Award aims to promote a biblically faithful, scientifically humble, and congregationally edifying account of the important and yet often neglected doctrine of creation.
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The theme and focus on this year's grant is Theological Anthropology. Basically, what makes a human a human and how does that link back to creation itself?
Hope's team consisted of: Scott Martin Pastor MATS, Asbury Seminary Chris Timson Pastor of Discipleship MABS, Asbury Seminary Bethany Bergstrom Pursuing Phd at UNL PHD Candidate, Entomology Sam Eastman Pursuing PhD at UNL PHD Candidate Plant Microbiology Jessie Harlan High School Senior Dr. Rick McNeese Psychiatrist PHD, Psychiatry Dianne McNeese Member at Large Jim Sandbulte Biologist MS, Veterinary Science, UNL There were also several major contributors outside the above team that met consistently over six months: Dr. Marc Cortez Theological Anthropology writer Consultant Dr. Robert Jewett New Testament theologian Consultant Dr. Dave Beukelmen Speech Pathology Pastor Jessie Myles Former director of race-relations at UNL, now pastor at No Greater Love Church |
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