“Seek the shalom of the city where I have sent you, for in its shalom, you will find your shalom.”
Jeremiah 29:7
The Jessie Ball duPont Fund
2010 Prophetic Leaders in Residence Program
at Drew University
Public Lectures • Chapel Sermons • Classroom Discussions
John Wesly Culp
Senior Pastor, Virginia Wingard Memorial United Methodist Church, S.C.
Rev. John Culp has spent four decades in service to the United Methodist Church, including assignments with GBGM, the UM Global AIDS Fund, and currently serves on the National Shalom Committee. Rev. Culp was active in the Civil Rights struggle in South Carolina, and continues to fight injustice, poverty, and HIV/AIDS in oppressed communities. John was the 2009 Minister-in-Residence at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary...(for more bio)
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Sally Vonner oversees seven Community of Shalom sites in Dallas, Denison, Ferris and Greenville, Texas. Her ministry oversight also includes mission outreach and inclusiveness/diversity at local, national and global levels. She is a recent graduate of Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University...(for more bio)
April 13 - 15Embracing a Theology of Radical Inclusion
Christine and Dennis Wiley
Co-Pastors, Covenant Baptist Church, Washington, DC
Rev. Dr. Christine and Rev. Dr. Dennis Wiley work together in the Washington, DC community around issues of poverty, community empowerment and human rights. Reverend Christine Wiley received the Doctor of Ministry Degree in Pastoral Counseling and Psychotherapy from Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary. Rev. Dr. Dennis Wiley received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Union Theological Seminary. Both Christine and Dennis are practical theologians with numerous publications, and are prominent civic activists...(for more bio on Christine Wileyand Dennis Wiley)
The Prophetic Leaders in Residence Program, funded by a three-year grant from the Jesse Ball duPont Fund, is designed to bring ground breaking theologians and practitioners in anti-poverty, justice and community ministries to campus to share a mutually enriching time with Drew students and faculty. This is an opportunity for students to witness firsthand innovative ministries and learn directly from those who practice prophetic ministry in their daily lives. It is also a time for Prophetic Leaders to take time out of their busy schedules to study, teach, write, reflect, and interact with students and faculty. Each prophetic leader will offer a chapel service and lunchtime discussion, an evening lecture, and visitations to various classes. They will also be available to interact with students in a number of informal gatherings. I trust that each of us will make time to meet and hear these Prophetic Leaders during the Spring 2010 semester.
Overcoming Injustice and Oppression 
