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Post by Liisa Analore on Oct 20, 2010 12:04:27 GMT -5
Bishop John Shelby Spong
Christian, Author, Lecturer, Prophet
Sunday, November 7, 2010
10:00 am Worship Service with Bishop Spong preaching
2:30 pm – Address: Christianity for the 21st Century - ($35 fee for address)
Trinity United Church of Christ
4435 North Calhoun Road
Brookfield WI
262-781-9378
John Shelby Spong was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark for 24 years before his retirement in 2001. His admirers acclaim him as a teaching bishop who makes contemporary theology accessible to the ordinary layperson — he's considered the champion of an inclusive faith by many, both inside and outside the Christian church. A committed Christian who has spent a lifetime studying the Bible and whose life has been deeply shaped by it, Bishop Spong says he is not interested in Bible bashing. "I come to the interpretive task not as an enemy of Christianity," he says. "I am not even a disillusioned former Christian, as some of my scholar-friends identify themselves. I am a believer who knows and loves the Bible deeply. But I also recognize that parts of it have been used to undergird prejudices and to mask violence." A visiting lecturer at Harvard and at universities and churches worldwide, Bishop Spong delivers more than 200 public lectures each year to standing-room-only crowds. His bestselling books include Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism, A New Christianity for a New World, Why Christianity Must Change or Die, and Here I Stand. Bishop Spong and his wife, Christine Mary Spong, have five children and six grandchildren. They live in New Jersey.
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