LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE SLATED

Noted theologian, economist and activist Ched Myers will be the featured speaker at ABSW’s annual Pastoral Leadership Conference Jan. 10-11, 2008.

Myers will be joined by his wife, Elaine Enns, a respected educator in the field of conflict transformation and restorative justice. They will engage conference participants in the content of a new book they are writing titled Ambassadors of Reconciliation: A Theology and Diverse Practices of Restorative Justice and Peacemaking.

Myers and Enns are ecumenical leaders of Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries, a justice and peacemaking organization in Southern California.

Myers is known for his provocative books, including Who Will Roll Away the Stone? Queries for First World Christians and Binding the Strong Man: A Political Reading of Mark’s Story of Jesus, which won the 1989 Catholic Press Association Book Award in scripture. Also a writer, Enns has taught in universities and seminaries across North America.

The conference begins Jan. 10 at 6:30 p.m. with dinner and worship at ABSW. A daylong workshop will follow on Jan. 11.

To register, go to www.absw.edu or contact Jodie Tooley at 510-841-1905 ext. 222 or jtooley@absw.edu.