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The Scherer Lecture 2020 Peacemaking as Mission: Challenging Racism Near and Far Presenter: Dr. Al Tizon September 29, 2020 from 4 - 5:30 p.m. Bearing witness to the good news of peace in Jesus Christ—peacemaking—is central to the church’s mission, especially today as the world experiences an intensification of racial tensions near and far. Peacemaking as mission strives in the Spirit to reflect nothing less than the shalom of God in social relationships, going beyond the mere absence of conflict to full-on, relational embrace between oppressed and oppressor, victim and victimizer, abused and abuser. What does peacemaking look like in a world that, humanly speaking, is hopelessly divided along racial lines? What principles must be operative for genuine peace to have a chance? Al Tizon is executive minister of Serve Globally, overseeing 125 missionaries and six ministries in over 50 countries. He also serves as an affiliate professor of missional and global leadership at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago. Tizon has engaged in community development, church leadership, advocacy, and urban ministry in the United States and in the Philippines. He earned a BA in religious studies, MA in church leadership studies, and a PhD in missiology. Al has been ordained since 1989 and with the Evangelical Covenant Church since 2008. Free Event! RSVP at bit.ly/2020SchererLecture For more information, contact Rev. Dr. Peter Vethanayagamony, professor of modern church history, at [email protected] or 773.256.0749. This annual lecture is funded through The Eleanor and Arnold Scherer Endowment Fund.

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The Scherer Lecture 2020

Peacemaking as Mission: Challenging Racism Near and Far

Presenter: Dr. Al TizonSeptember 29, 2020 from 4 - 5:30 p.m.

Bearing witness to the good news of peace in Jesus Christ—peacemaking—is central to thechurch’s mission, especially today as the world experiences an intensification of racial tensionsnear and far. Peacemaking as mission strives in the Spirit to reflect nothing less than theshalom of God in social relationships, going beyond the mere absence of conflict to full-on,relational embrace between oppressed and oppressor, victim and victimizer, abused and abuser.What does peacemaking look like in a world that, humanly speaking, is hopelessly divided alongracial lines? What principles must be operative for genuine peace to have a chance?

Al Tizon is executive minister of Serve Globally,overseeing 125 missionaries and six ministries inover 50 countries. He also serves as an affiliateprofessor of missional and global leadership atNorth Park Theological Seminary in Chicago. Tizonhas engaged in community development, churchleadership, advocacy, and urban ministry in theUnited States and in the Philippines.

He earned a BA in religious studies, MA in churchleadership studies, and a PhD in missiology. Al hasbeen ordained since 1989 and with the EvangelicalCovenant Church since 2008.

Free Event! RSVP at bit.ly/2020SchererLecture

For more information, contact Rev. Dr. Peter Vethanayagamony, professor of modernchurch history, at [email protected] or 773.256.0749.

This annual lecture is funded throughThe Eleanor and Arnold Scherer

Endowment Fund.