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Bridging Divides Across Christians for the Flourishing of the City

“The Science of Forgiveness” – FREE Online Event

The Science of Forgiveness: Intersections with Christian Worship and Life
Saturday, January 24, 2026 | 1:00 PM ET | 10:00 AM PT
Complimentary 75-Minute Virtual Symposium

Can insights from psychology and theology deepen our understanding of forgiveness? How do we live out Christian forgiveness in a divided society?

Join the American Scientific Affiliation for our 6th Annual Winter Symposium, featuring Charlotte and John Witvliet, facilitated by ASA Fellow Se Kim. This free online event explores how research on forgiveness intersects with Christian worship, mental health, and human flourishing.

Open to all who are interested in the dialogue between faith and science. Co-sponsored by the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU).

All registrants will receive access to the event recording if you’re unable to attend live.

Info & Free Registration: network.asa3.org/ws-26

Lunch & Learn: Sacred Seasons – Helping Friends Encounter Jesus Through the Holidays

Monthly interactive Zoom workshops on relevant topics for all New England Leaders.

December Topic: Sacred Seasons – Helping Friends Encounter Jesus Through the Holidays

Christmas and Easter naturally stir spiritual curiosity—even in those who don’t regularly think about faith. What if we saw these moments as opportunities to engage the hearts around us? In this workshop, we’ll explore practical and creative ways to leverage these sacred seasons to help friends, neighbors, and coworkers encounter Jesus in meaningful, natural ways. You’ll learn how to recognize openness, start genuine conversations, and make simple invitations that invite people to experience the story of Jesus in the moments they’re most open to it.

Speaker: Gina Mueller

Interactive Monthly Zoom Workshop

Join us on the first Wednesday of each month for an engaging, interactive workshop on timely and relevant topics for leaders. Each session is designed to be practical and participatory, with space to learn, share, and apply ideas together.

An optional discussion time will follow the workshop for those who’d like to stay and go deeper in conversation.

Perspectives

As christians we know we have a purpose and calling and then what? Have you ever been curious about what that means and how to live out your calling.  How does your calling and purpose ties into the Great Commission, God’s global purpose?  Perspectives is a course that will grow your Biblical vision which is needed for action, give purpose in order to live a life of passion and hope of being part of God’s timeless purpose and global promise.

     Perspectives is a 15 week awe-inspiring, comprehensive course rooted in the Scriptures. It’s a multi-faceted learning experience that has profoundly impacted over 250,000 alumni and is a global movement awakening the Body of Christ to pursue the fulfillment of God’s global purpose within every people group for His glory.

 Starting mid-January we have 3 courses happening come check out the first 2 classes completely free!

Free Christian Church (Andover) on Sundays starting 1/11/2026                                                                                                                                Calvary Christian Church (Lynnfield) on Tuesdays starting 1/13/2026                                                                                                                      Youth With a Mission base (Somerville) on Mondays starting on 1/12/2026

IF you have any questions or would like to learn more, don’t hesitate to reach out to Priscilla Ebersole, Regional Directors of Perspectives New England at  Priscilla.Ebersole@Perspectives.org

Revelation in Ecumenical Perspectives

As a part of the Reformation Commentary on Scripture series, Rodney L. Petersen, (PhD, Princeton) along with Gerald L. Bray (PhD, La Sorbonne) have co-edited and published the volume on the highly enigmatic and consequential Book of Revelation under InterVarsity Press. Sixteenth-century Reformers, much like interpreters today, show a diversity of opinion on how Revelation is to be understood, whether through more spiritual and Last Judgment connotations, or as a snapshot in historical context. Much like the vast social and political upheaval in the time of the Reformation, we have called upon Rodney and his colleagues to remark upon Revelation in ecumenical perspectives today. Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries (CMM) and the Boston Theological Interreligious consortium (BTI), two of Rodney’s previous places of directorship, are helping to put this conversation together with friends—at the Boston University Marsh Chapel on Thursday, November 20, 2025, from 3-5pm—for an afternoon of retrospection and future revelation. (This will also be, in a way, an opening for AAR/SBL Boston, which begins the next day.) Click here to purchase the book

PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE

  • Welcome: Dr. Stephanie Edwards (BTI) and Dean Robert Allan Hill (BU)
  • BTI International Mission and Ecumenism reflections on the book: Dr. Meg Guider (BC) and Dr. Todd Johnson (GCTS)
  • Practical implications: Rev. Dr. Casely Essamuah and Dr. George Walters-Sleyon
  • Thank you/closing prayer/last word: Rev. Dr. Rodney Petersen and Thomas W. Porter, Jr., Esq.


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