Faith, Power and Politics

Another political exercise looms on the horizon and we have been hearing voices presenting various platforms and initializing new strategies to claim the approval of the citizenry. In the midst of all these we want to ask these questions – what role does our faith play in the middle of this political quagmire? How do we redefine church-state relations in a setting where such boundaries are often obscured? Where does real power lie and how do we use it for the greater good? How do I delineate my engagement in the political arenas as a Christian?

The forum will feature Marvic Leonen, Bert Alejo, Fermin Manalo Jr. and Lorenzo Bautista. Atty. Marvic Leonen is Dean of the UP College of Law. He teaches courses in remedial law, constitutional law and natural resources law, among others. Atty. Leonen has also served as the general counsel of the University of the Philippines, and as its Vice President for Legal Affairs. Leonen has also provided legal commentary for television networks such as ABS-CBN and GMA Network. Fr. Albert Alejo, S.J. is Rector of Ateneo de Davao, author of Tao Po! Tuloy (definitive study of Loob) and Renewing Cultural Energies, director of EHEM! - a nation-wide anti-corruption program, and currently heads “Konsult Mindanaw.” Fermin P. Manalo Jr. is Senior Lecturer at both the UP College of Social Work and Community Development and The Center for International Studies. Prof. Lorenzo Bautista is part of ATS Theology Dept.

The forum will be held on February 11 and 12, 2010 at the Union Church of Manila. We are expecting more than 600 participants comprising of theologians, academicians, students, pastors, and lay leaders from different denominations, church and religious organizations to attend and participate in this forum.

You can register below to reserve seats and follow instructions for enlisting. Noel Atienza will be receiving your reservations. For more information, he can be reached at telephone no. 929-7806 during office hours.

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Asian Theological Seminary calls the attention of Churches, Para-churches, Christian Organizations, Mission Organizations, and all concerned individuals, pastors, and missionary workers, to attend the ATS Spiritual Emphasis Month and Missions Fest to be held at ATS Chapel, Wednesdays at 11 am – 12:30 pm.

Schedule of Speakers:

August 5 Musical Chapel
Topic: World Missions

August 12 Dr. Emo Yango
Topic: Insiders’ Movement

August 26 Ms. Cheryl Lee
Topic: Women in the “Ethnic” World

Schedule of Seminar:

August 22 Ethnic Ministry Mobilization and Awareness
“UPG’s It’s their Turn II”
ATS Chapel, Saturday, 9 am – 3 pm
Please register before August 8
Admission is free

There will be Book Table Exhibits. Ministry resource materials will be sold by different organizations involved with ethnic ministry.

For details, please contact: 928-67-17 loc 132. Look for Meriam or Ian.

The Evangelism Explosion Philippines in partnership with Evangelical Free Church of China-International Church (Hong Kong), Capitol City Baptist Church and Asian Theological Seminary will bring to Manila Dr. Grant R. Osborne.

On 27th June, Dr. Osborne will speak at ATS on the topic: “The Book of Revelation: Hermeneutics for Homiletics” at the ATS chapel. Before this, he will speak at the Capitol City Baptist Church on 24-25 June 2009 on the topics: “What It Means to be a Disciple of Jesus Christ” and “Biblical Preaching”.

Dr. Osborne has a Ph.D. in the New Testament from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. He has been teaching at the Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Illinois since 1977. He has published numerous books including The Resurrection Narratives, The Hermeneutical Spiral: A Comprehensive Introduction to Biblical Interpretation, and Three Crucial Questions about the Bible. Dr. Osborne is one of the editors of the New Living Translations (1996) of the Bible.

Dear Fellow Ministers,

Asian Theological Seminary faculty, staff and students invite you to attend the ATS Open Campus 2008 from November 10 to 14, 2008 at the ATS Campus. This event is our way of showing our appreciation to God for his faithfulness to ATS and to all our supporters and friends for partnering with us for the past 39 years. This also gives people the opportunity to have a first-hand experience of ATS.

Highlights of this five-day event are:

• a free sit- in of guests in our 6 classes for free
• thanksgiving chapel service of students, faculty, staff and board
• book launching of “The Church and Poverty in Asia, ATS’ 4th theological book
• book sale
• food fair
• other many more exciting activities.

At ATS Open Campus, our guests will have an opportunity to listen to our faculty conduct classes in Counseling, Biblical Studies, Theology, Missions, Christian Education and Pastoral Studies.

The ATS Open Campus is FREE. However, due to limited seats in our classrooms, we will require our guests to register by filling out registration form below. You may also mail or simply call Clark at 928 5117; 411-6104. We would appreciate receiving the registration form on or before Friday, October 31, 2008.

See you at ATS!

Warm regards,

Dr. Jojo Manzano
Associate Dean for Student Affairs