Missio Alliance Roundtable Book Discussion: Paul: A Biography


Speakers: Tara Beth Leach, Glenn Packiam, Derek Vreeland

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Studying Scripture should never happen in isolation. Sadly, many church leaders struggle to find thoughtful discussion partners on the topics that matter most.
Roundtable Book Discussions are an interactive online forum that brings you together with members of the Missio Alliance team and other church and ministry leaders of diverse backgrounds and contexts from across the country for online discussions of important works that matter to you and the people you serve.
We are excited to launch our first Roundtable with N.T. Wright’s, Paul: A Biography. 
A compelling modern biography that reveals the apostle’s greater role in Christian history—as an inventor of new paradigms for how we understand Jesus and what he accomplished—and celebrates his stature as one of the most effective and influential intellectuals in human history. Englewood Review of Books
Join Tara Beth Leach, Glenn Packiam, and Derek Vreeland in an interactive monthly discussion of this book as we seek to draw out the implications of Paul’s life for the life of the church in the 21st century.
According to Professor Wright, the work of theology as a whole-people-of-God experience. Church leaders and committed Christians are invited to join in on this discussion as we wrestle together with what it means to be the church in the midst of our post-Christian context.

How to Participate

This Roundtable Book Discussion will feature five, monthly discussions from September – January.
Here’s what to do:
  1. Purchase a registration slot.* You’ll immediately be registered for the video calls by Zoom. Make sure you have a computer or mobile device that can run the app.
  2. Order you copy of Paul: A Biography.
  3. Read the section assigned for each month.
  4. Come to meeting prepared to share your questions and insights.
  5. Can’t make it to the call? A recording will be made available the week after.

* Registration is limited to the first 25 people. 

Schedule

Every second Monday at 5:30 ET.

  • September 10, 2018: Chapters 1-4
  • October 8, 2018: Chapters 5-7
  • November 12, 2018: Chapters 8-10
  • December 10, 2018: Chapters 11-13
  • January 14, 2019: Chapters 14-15

Discussion Leaders

Tara Beth Leach is the Senior Pastor at First Church of the Nazarene of Pasadena (“PazNaz”) in Southern California. She is a graduate Northern Theological Seminary (M.Div.) and a member of the Missio Alliance Writing Team and is also the author of the InterVarsity Press book, Emboldened: A Vision for Empowering Women in Ministry. She has two beautiful and rambunctious children, Caleb and Noah, and has been married to the love of her life, Jeff, since 2006.

 

Glenn Packiam is the lead pastor of New Life Downtown, a congregation of New Life Church in Colorado Springs. Glenn earned a Doctorate in Theology and Ministry from Durham University in the UK. He is an ordained priest with the Anglican Church of North America (ACNA) and the author of numerous books. Glenn, his wife, Holly, their four children are enjoying life in the shadow of the mighty Rocky Mountains.

 

Derek is the Discipleship Pastor at Word of Life Church in St. Joseph Missouri. He lives in St. Joe with his wife, Jenni, and three boys, Wesley, Taylor, and Dylan. He earned his M.Div.from Oral Roberts University and his D.Min. from Asbury Theological Seminary. He is a member of the Missio Alliance Writing Team and the author of N.T. Wright and the Revolutionary Cross, a reader’s guide to Professor Wright’s book The Day The Revolution Began.

 

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