Pro Ecclesia: A Journal of Catholic and Evangelical Theology

08/09/2024

The Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology is pleased to announce Mickey Mattox (PhD, Duke University) as the new editor of the Pro Ecclesia journal and Joel Chopp (PhD, University of Toronto) as the new managing editor.

Click the link to read more!

http://www.pro-ecclesia.org/news/mattox-chopp

06/11/2024

Banquet time!

06/11/2024

Session 2 with Dr. Angela Franks is underway in beautiful Hodges Chapel at Beeson Divinity School!

06/10/2024

Getting prepped for registration and session 1 of our conference! Looking forward to our time together!

05/02/2024

Are you still thinking about attending the Pro Ecclesia conference June 10-12? Good news! There's still time for you or your friends to register! General registration deadline is June 5. Click the link below to register today!

https://www.pro-ecclesia.org/2024-registration

04/06/2024

Pro Ecclesia board member and William F. Orr Professor emerita of New Testament at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Edith Humphrey, recently published her latest novel "Down the Valley."

Description:
Though James finds it a challenge being the oldest boy in a large extended family, he longs for something more exciting. Then, he and his cousins Isaiah and Kevin venture down the valley behind their grandmother's backyard fence, and embark on a stomach-turning voyage to times long ago and far away. Though they hope to keep their magical visits a secret from their older sisters, they discover that sometimes help is welcome. Join the three boys, their teen sisters, and their older friend TJ, as they go on a night quest for the apostle James, encounter mystery with the prophet Isaiah, and frolic with St. Kevin of Ireland and his animals. Shudder at the demons in Apollo's temple during the rescue of Kevin's little sister, who has been trapped in an ancient dungeon with the martyr Empress Alexandra. Travel to the cinnamon-scented shores of India, where peacocks dance, and where St. Thomas and TJ stand up to a hostile warrior. And in the end, return home and find that the world has changed: or maybe you have!

Follow this link to order a copy: https://www.amazon.com/Down-Valley-Edith-M-Humphrey/dp/1666772062/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.SDC9Wrh6COc0mx4ZSBG5Dw.lu-zqdLHcn6uXLY9T8TGXKcn3ve1e8Bl35ih-wBoi9g&dib_tag=se&keywords=9781666772067&qid=1712407304&sr=8-1

03/01/2024

Good news! The early bird registration deadline for One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic has been extended to March 15!

https://www.pro-ecclesia.org/online-registration/2024-conference-early-bird-tickets

02/29/2024

At our conference banquet, the Rev. Dr. Russell Levenson will give a talk entitled, "The High Price of Unity: The Path to Reconciliation in a Broken World"

Early bird registration deadline is tomorrow, March 1! Click the link below to signup today!
https://www.pro-ecclesia.org/2024-registration

02/23/2024

There’s only one week left to save on registration for CCET Conference 2024: One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic! Signup today!

This ticket includes access to all conference events and activities except the banquet. Banquet tickets must be purchased separately. Sales end March 1, 2024.

02/23/2024

In session 4 of our conference, Rev. Dr. Matt O'Reilly will give a talk entitled, "Is Separation Warranted? The Catholic Spirit and the Question of Sexuality"

Take advantage of our discounted price for early bird registration! Early bird registration deadline is March 1!
https://www.pro-ecclesia.org/2024-registration

02/16/2024

In session 3 of our conference, Dr. David Luy will give a talk entitled, "Yet Saints Their Watch Are Keeping: The Marks of the Church and the Psalms of Lament."

Early bird registration deadline is March1! Click this link to register today: https://www.pro-ecclesia.org/2024-registration

02/09/2024

In session 2 of our conference, Dr. Angela Franks will give talk entitled, "The Marks of the Body."

Early bird registration deadline is March1! Click this link to register today: https://www.pro-ecclesia.org/2024-registration

02/08/2024

INTRODUCING CCET 2024 CONFERENCE SPEAKERS: Dr. Paul Gavrilyuk will open our conference with a session entitled, "One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church of the Third Millennium: The Fruits and Frustrations of the Ecumenical Movement"

Early bird registration deadline March1! Click this link to register today: https://www.pro-ecclesia.org/2024-registration

01/24/2024

Register now for our 2024 conference! Early registration discount ends March 1. Please note exciting new location and outstanding speakers.

Many clergy and laity are struggling more than ever to balance unity and truth, holiness and inclusion, ecclesiastical catholicity and cultural ductility, apostolicity and modernity. We have witnessed this in some of the recent schisms of the church, debates over the papacy of Francis I, disappointm...

01/06/2024

Early Bird Registration now open for Pro Ecclesia Conference 2024! Deadline for Early Bird Registration is March 1! We have a great lineup of speakers including Paul Gavrilyuk, Francesca Murphy, Angela Franks, David Luy, and Matt O'Reilly.

Click here for all the details and to register today: https://www.pro-ecclesia.org/2024-registration

Also make sure and register to attend the banquet on Tuesday evening, June 11 (ticket sold separately).

11/18/2023

We have received the livestream link below for the Rev. Dr. Carl Braaten's Celebration of Life Service. The service will be held next Saturday, November 25 at 1:00 p.m. (MST) at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Sun City West, Arizona.

Livestream for Carl Braaten's Celebration of Life

11/10/2023

Carl Braaten has joined the church triumphant. We who remain “feebly struggle,” but, as many colleagues, friends and former students believe, he “in glory shines.”

Read Dr. Paul R. Hinlicky's full tribute by clicking the link below.

Carl Braaten has joined the church triumphant. We who remain “feebly struggle,” but, as many colleagues, friend and former students believe, he “in glory shines.”

10/27/2023

We are excited to announce the details of our next annual conference, “One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic? Championing the Marks of the Church in an Age of Polarization and Ecclesial Confusion,” to be held here in Birmingham, June 10-12, 2024. We hope you will join us! Click the link below for conference details and registration.

https://www.pro-ecclesia.org/2024

10/11/2023

We remember with thanksgiving the life of Blanche Jenson, who was called from this life at the age of 98. When her late husband Robert along with Carl Braaten founded the Center many years ago, it was Blanche along with LaVonne Braaten who handled many of the administrative tasks, as their husbands regularly acknowledged. Blanche was a true partner to Jens in every way and a gifted theologian in her own right. She was unfailingly kind and hospitable, and those of us who knew her were truly blessed by the experience.

09/28/2023

Pro Ecclesia Series Book 8, "The Emerging Christian Minority," is available on Kindle and currently has a reduced price of just over $4 for a paperback copy on Amazon. This volume features papers by Bill Cavanaugh, Paige Hochschild, David Novak, Kathryn Schifferdecker, Joseph Small, and Anton Vrame.

https://www.amazon.com/Emerging-Christian-Minority-Ecclesia-Book-ebook/dp/B07Q52JVK3/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

07/19/2023

We are pleased to introduce our new Executive Director, Dr. Douglas Sweeney, who will also be responsible for the program of our conferences going forward.

Dr. Sweeney is the dean of Beeson Divinity School of Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. Before coming to Beeson, he taught at Aquinas College, Yale Divinity School, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, the University of Heidelberg, and several other schools in the United States and abroad. He is the author or editor of more than 20 books on the history of Christian doctrine, early modern Protestant history, American church history, Christology, and global evangelicalism. He is an evangelical Lutheran affiliated with Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ. He is married to Wilma, and they have one adult son, David, and daughter-in law Stephanie.

For more information on Douglas Sweeney, click on the link below (which may only appear as a blank space).

Dean, Professor of Divinity Douglas A. Sweeney

06/01/2023

Registration for our 2023 conference is closed. We might be able to squeeze one or two people in if you contact us immediately. If you can't make it this year, please make sure we have your email address to keep you informed about future conferences.

05/16/2023

Registration deadline for our Pro Ecclesia Conference is THIS SATURDAY, May 20! We cannot guarantee lodging or banquet space if we don't have your registration by May 20.