About Changing Faces

opportunity to learn about the breadth of domestic diversity in today’s church.

Changing Faces: Intercultural Ministry and Hospitality

What is Culture?

Thinking about and expressing culture

·         Language
·         Religion, customs, behavior
·         Literature, Art, Music
·         Signs, Symbols
·         Dress, Bodily Adornment

Another way of thinking about Culture

·         A set of meanings and value that inform a way of life

The Changing Faces series seeks to engage more people in transformative approaches to intercultural ministry. The series invites members of local and regional communities, including students, faculty, and staff at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University, to experience all ministry and service as intercultural.

Although central Minnesota has relatively less cultural and racial diversity, many Christian communities are becoming increasingly aware of the changing populations of their churches

 

The Changing Faces series is sponsored by Saint John’s University, Saint John's School of Theology•Seminary, and CSB’s Companions on a Journey, to provide an opportunity to connect with and serve within the broader community and reach more people interested in intercultural hospitality and ministry.

 

Past programs and presenters in the Changing Faces Series have included:

2008    Black and Catholic: African Roots for Today’s Church, Dr. M. Shawn Copeland
2007    Directions for Theology and Ministry Amidst Latino/as, Dr. Carmen Nanko-Fernández