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Alumni/Student News


The Rev. Jonathan Zingkhai (MDiv ‘08) will be one of the two keynote presenters at the Tangkhul Naga Theological Assocation Annual Gathering from April 25-29, 2013 in Manipur, northeast India.  Jonathan will be presenting a paper entitled “Theology and the Epidemic of HIV/AIDS: Tangkhul Naga Perspective.” This theological work is a continuation of Jonathan’s Mentor Year Project as an MDiv student, which he continues to develop in his Doctor of Ministry studies at sister GTU school SFTS.  In addition, he will also be preaching and leading workshops.

 

While in Manipur, Jonathan will also be a representative of City Team International, providing church-planting training for Christian Hindu leaders. This year Jonathan celebrates his twenty-year anniversary of ministry with City Team, where he currently is the Recovery Program Manager at their San Francisco branch.

Another purpose of this trip is to visit two ministries that he began with his wife, Rev. Khan Lolly (MDiv ’05): PreK-5th Grade Elementary school for orphans and impoverished Naga and Burmese children in nearby villages (founded in 2005), and the Spring of Hope HIV/AIDS Center which houses twenty-one orphans (founded in 2006). 

 

Both Jonathan and Khan are wonderful examples of alumni who are living out the ABSW mission, taking their evangelical heritage, applying contextual theology and contemporary methods, with concern for hope and healing for the locally and globally marginalized, fulfilling their call to live out the justice demands of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
 

For more information about Jonathan and Khan’s various ministry efforts, you can contact Jonathan at City Team at (415) 861-8688 or jzingkhai@cityteam.org.   

 

Barbara Jim-George (2010) ABSW alum and Doctor of Ministry candidate has been named the recipient of the 2013 “Shine the Light Award” by American Baptist Women's Ministries. The award will be recognized on Sunday July 28, 2013, at the National Conference of American Baptist Women's Ministries in Phoenix, AZ. The award is given to an outstanding light-bearer for Christ iin mission and ministry and specifically for Rev. Jim-George's research on mitigating the commercial sexual exploitation of children in Oakland, CA. This is also the topic of her DMin dissertation. In 2011 the American Baptist Women's Ministries national board created the “Shine the Light Award” to recognize one American Baptist church woman each year who has made outstanding strides in sharing the gospel. Congratulations, Rev. Jim-George!!

 

Student Highlight

 

Tripp Hudgins has been invited to present his paper entitled, "From The Sky Down" at the 'Christian Congregational Music: Local and Global Perspectives' conference taking place at Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford in August, 2013. This conference seeks to explore the multifaceted interaction between local and global dimensions of Christian congregational music by drawing from perspectives across academic disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, history, music studies, and theology.   This paper will focus on localized liturgical acoustemologies and the challenges, both theological and logistical, faced by congregational music makers by positing an eschatological aesthetics for congregational musicking. 

 


"We sing ourselves into The Kingdom. Song, the music, the words, the movement, the hearing, the singing...it's all potentially symbolic of the eschaton, the emmanent God, the God With Us.” T.H.

Tripp is a GTU PhD student in Liturgical Studies affiliated with ABSW and serves as Associate Pastor at First Baptist Church in Palo Alto, CA.

 

Announcement: American Baptist Ministers Council Welcomes the New Seminarian Representatives

 

The Ministers Council of the Greater Bay Area welcomes two new seminarian representatives, Chuck Johnston (MDiv 1st year) and Doug Davidson (MDiv 1st year), who will be sharing the Seminarian Rep seat on the Executive Committee for the 2013 appointment year.

Seminarian Reps: 

  • serve as a link between the executive committee and the current student body – bringing ideas, concerns, and hopes from the students to the council and extending the work of the council to the students – as it relates to the mission of providing support, nurture and accountability to, for, with, and behalf of American Baptist professional ministers.
  • would also be introduced to the workings of the council, both local and national, and through participation would be provided opportunities for networking and vocational growth.

 

MCGBA also wishes to express sincere thanks to Tracy Freeman (MDiv 3rd year) for her faithful service in this position in 2012.


ABSW students and alumni have a long history of ministering not only in their respective places of calling but also within a growing network of diverse ministers, advocating for support, nurture and accountability.


To learn more about MCGBA and how to join the council, visit their website at www.mcgba.org or the national website www.ministerscouncil.org, and feel free to connect with your two new student reps, Chuck and Doug.  Rev. Michelle Holmes and Rev. Marie Onwubuariri also share the position of ABSW Liaison, serving as a bridge between MCGBA and the larger ABSW community.