Another brief update from the directors of CTM as Easter nears once again.

We wish you a joyful Easter and God’s gift of peace through the risen Jesus Christ
and in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Four items of news right now …

1. Entry Point: Towards Child Theology with Matthew 18

This book by Haddon Willmer and Keith White is currently being translated into Spanish. We are glad that it will be accessible to many more readers. It will be ready for the Quito Conference (see below).

From 20 March, 2015, the English version of Entry Point will be also be available in all electronic formats including iBook and Kindle. The ISBN (different from the printed book) is: 9780956475749, and it can be sourced from that

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This brief Advent newsletter of the Child Theology Movement comes on behalf of the directors of CTM bringing news and greetings in the name of Jesus to all who are associated or connected with through this lively, growing movement.  May you experience the joy of Christ at Christmas, and His presence and peace in 2015.

The directors met face to face in London at the end of October 2014 and this was a good time to take stock of some of the developments in the past twelve months.

Four Books

Entry Point: Towards Child Theology with Matthew 18 was published a year ago, and since then there have been reviews and comments suggesting that this will

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This Advent newsletter of the Child Theology Movement comes on behalf of the directors of CTM with very best wishes to all who are connected with and through this young, growing movement.  We trust that you experience the joy of Christ at Christmas, and His presence and peace in 2014. 

Events

 There have been two major conferences in which CTM has been a convenor or co-convenor in 2013, the first in Romania in September, and the second in Addis Ababa in November.

Re-Imagining the Seminary: International Conference on Theological Education Leadership 11–14 September 2013 Bucharest, Romania

This conference was designed to offer a platform for reflection and discussion among and in between theological educators, as well as Christian leaders, on the purpose, task and method of theological seminaries, as they face

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Here is another digest of some of the latest news relating to Child Theology and the Child Theology Movement.

Re-Imagining the Seminary: International Conference on Theological Education Leadership 11–14 September 2013 Bucharest, Romania

This four day event, organized by Institutul Teologic Penticostal, Bucharest, Romania

and Evan?eoski Teološki Fakultet, Osijek, Croatia in partnership with the Child Theology Movement invites leaders in seminaries in Eastern Europe to join a process of radical re-evaluation of Theological Education Leadership in light of the nature and values of the Kingdom of God as expressed by Jesus’ symbolic gesture of placing a child in the midst of a theological argument on leadership in the Kingdom (Matthew 18).

It aims to: reflect on, discuss, and imagine, new ways of following and embodying the values of the Kingdom of God while living

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December 2011

As Christmas nears once again, it is my pleasure to bring you the next installment of news sent to those who have subscribed on the CTM website.  Please continue to let us have comments, further information and ideas.  CTM is a global network or movement connecting people committed to doing theology by taking the child placed by Jesus in our midst as a vital clue.  On behalf of the directors of CTM I wish you a joyful Christmas, as you ponder afresh the wonder and mystery of God in Christ lying in a manger as a baby.

Christian Theology and Human Development: a retrospective on the work of Professor James E. Loder

The Child Theology Movement is arranging a symposium to review, assess

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Here is another brief digest of CTM news since January 2011 sent to those who have subscribed on the CTM website. Please let us have comments, further information and ideas. CTM is a network, not an organization, and so the flow of information is one of the most important commodities available to us!

Loder Conference: Stop Press News

There is growing interest in this important event convened by CTM at Princeton, and planning continues with a number of people worldwide having offered papers, but we have decided to postpone it until Spring 2012. We believe that this will increase the quality of the symposium, give more time for making the event known, will avoid a clash with 4-14 Global Summit in Singapore, and will be

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On behalf of the directors of CTM I wish you a new year in which the light of Christ shines on your path as you seek to follow Him. We hope that this digest of CTM news since May 2010 will be an encouragement in the months ahead.

CTM Australasia

In June 2010 I had the privilege of meeting members of CTM Australia in Melbourne (and then reporting to the board progress and ideas). Three of the papers given are available on the CTM website, and there is also a statement produced by the group. One of the issues we explored was how the growing number of people in Australia interested in Child Theology might connect most effectively with each other. The hope is that

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