The Mission of the Church and the New Testament
SNTS Meeting in Aberdeen, July 2006

 SNTS seminar on The Mission of the Church: Exegesis and Hermeneutics
Conveners: Hans Kvalbein, Teresa Okure, Daniel Patte06

Session # 1: Stelian Tofana, Rumania

 "The Spiritual and Sacramental Dimension of the Mission of the Church according to John 5,1-12 - Imperatives and Demands"

Respondents: Chris Manus, Nigeria and Jey Kanagaraj, India

Session # 2: Jae Won Lee, Korea

 Christian Mission and Difference in Paul, with focus on Rom 14:1-15:13"

Respondent: Christoph Stenschke, Germany.

(Respondent in absentia: Daniel Patte, USA, "Thinking Mission with Paul and the Romans: Romans 15:1-33" (to be published in Mission Studies, Spring 2006, pp 81-104).

Session # 3: Armand Puig i Tàrrech, Catalonia, Spain

 "The Mission of the Church according to 1 Peter."

Respondent: Robert Brawley, US.

SNTS 2005
The Mission of the Church and the New Testament
SNTS Meeting in Halle, Germany, August 2-6, 2005

 SNTS seminar on The Mission of the Church: Exegesis and Hermeneutics
Conveners: Hans Kvalbein, Teresa Okure, Daniel Patte

Session # 1:  *Global Bible Commentary,* ed. D. Patte, Teresa Okure, et al. 2004,

Response by John Riches (“reading with” others),  

Teresa Okure (inculturation), 

Stelian Tofana (“reading biblical texts in [Orthodox] liturgical contexts).  

Session # 2;   Eckhard Schnabel, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois, USA.
"The Theology of the New Testament as Missionary Theology: The Missionary Reality of the Early Church and the Theology of the First Theologians".

Responses by Chris Ukachukwu Manus and Daniel Patte.

Seesion # 3:   Jey Kanagaraj, Union Biblical Seminary, Pune-37, India
"Missiological Significance of 'Bearing Witness' in John's Gospel: Witnesses of Jesus and the Church ".

Responses by Johannes Beutler and Howard Marshall

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SNTS 2004
The Mission of the Church and the New Testament
SNTS Meeting in Barcelona, Spain, August 3-7, 2004

SNTS seminar on The Mission of the Church: Exegesis and Hermeneutics
Conveners: Hans Kvalbein, Teresa Okure, Daniel Patte

Joseph Pathrapankal. Dharmaram Pontifical Institute, Bangalore, India
"Bearing Witness to Christ (Acts 1:8): The Mission of the Church reformulated"

Thomas Witulski (University of Muenster, Germany)
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The Church and its Environment in the Book of Revelation: Integration and Separation*
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Justin Ukpong (University of Uyo, Nigeria)
*Luke's Approach to Mission from the Perspective of Those Being Evangelized*

There will be formal responses to the paper. Respondents will include Daniel Patte and Hans Kvalbein, and Vasile Mihoc.

SNTS Meeting in Bonn, Germany, July 29—August 2, 2003

David Garland (US):

"The Implications of Paul's  Discussion of Idol Food (1 Cor. 8:1-11:1) for Missions."

Respondent:  Joseph Pathrapankal (India)

Ukachukwu Chris Manus (Nigeria):

"The Mission of the Church According to Matthew: Lessons for our Time."

Respondents: Johannes Beutler (Germany/ Rome) and Howard I. Marshall (Great Britain)

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Johannes Nissen (Denmark):

"The Use of the New Testament in Mission: Methodological and Hermeutical Reflections".

Respondents: Todd Still (US)  and Jesse Mugambi (Kenya)

SNTS Meeting in Durham, U.K., August 2002

1. Prof. Craig Koester (St. Paul, U.S.)

"Jesus as the Way and the Mission of the Church According to the Gospel of John"

Respondent: Professor John Riches (Glasgow, Scotland)

2. Professor Vasile Mihoc (Sibiu, Romania)

"Pastoral Letters and the Christian Mission"

Respondent: Professor Justin Ukpong (Port Harcourt, Nigeria)

3. Dr. Jesper Svartvik (Lund, Sweden)

"Mark and Mission: The Wirkungsgeschichte of Mk 7:1-23 In Jewish and Christian Discourse"

Respondent: Professor Chris Ukachukwu Manus (Ife, Nigeria)

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