{"id":18680,"date":"2022-04-22T15:27:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T15:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=18680"},"modified":"2022-04-22T20:35:27","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T20:35:27","slug":"virtual-speaking-events-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2022\/virtual-speaking-events-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Part-Time Pastor; Full-Time Church to host virtual speaking events in May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Jen Jensen<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we continue through a time of reflection, discernment, and hope for what the future holds, we have invited Melissa Florer-Bixler and Peter Chin to reflect on their recent respective articles addressing the challenging times as they speak openly and honestly, but with hope and gratitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each event will include a question and answer portion at the end, and both will be available as a recording for later viewing. Registration is required, but the events are open to all with no fee. Questions about the events can be sent to Jen Jensen, manager for Part-Time Pastor; Full-Time Church, at jjensen@brethren.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melissa Florer-Bixler will speak on Tuesday, May 3, at 8 p.m. (Eastern time), sharing about her article \u201cWhy Pastors Are Joining the Great Resignation\u201d<\/strong> featured in Sojourners<\/em> (https:\/\/sojo.net\/articles\/why-pastors-are-joining-great-resignation<\/a>). Florer-Bixler is a Mennonite pastor and an author in Raleigh, N.C., who persists with her community to free people from prisons and to build a world that no longer depends on the logic of incarceration. She was educated at Duke University and Princeton Theological Seminary, and by the people of L\u2019Arche, a community of those with and without intellectual disabilities who share the rhythms of daily life together. She\u2019s written two books, How to Have an Enemy<\/em> and Fire by Night<\/em>, and articles in Sojourners, Christian Century, Geez, Image Journal,<\/em> and Anabaptist World.<\/em> Register at https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_97UH_NyaRxaEfjmFs0rYcQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Chin will speak on Tuesday, May 17, at 8 p.m. (Eastern time), sharing about his article \u201cI\u2019ve Reached My Breaking Point as a Pastor,\u201d<\/strong> featured in Christianity Today<\/em> (www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2022\/january-web-only\/covid-church-pastor-quit-ministry-burnout-breaking-point.html<\/a>). Chin is senior pastor of Rainier Avenue Church in Seattle, Wash., and a former columnist for Christianity Today<\/em>. He has planted and led churches in major metropolitan cities throughout the United States, and his ministry focus on racial reconciliation has been featured in the Washington Post<\/em>, CBS Sunday Morning, and National Public Radio. He is also the author of Blindsided by God<\/em>, a memoir of his wife’s fight against breast cancer while pregnant with their third child. Register at https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_bKB6kj5nRgO0ZaWEUlWXuA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Jen Jensen is manager of the Part-Time Pastor; Full-Time Church Program of the Church of the Brethren\u2019s Office of Ministry.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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