New York University
March 3-4
Presenters
Lisa Harper
Founder—New York Faith & Justice League.
Ms. Harper is a graduate of the USC School of Theatre’s MFA Playwriting class of 1995. Ms. Harper co-founded the Heart Of Los Angeles (HOLA) Youth Theater, “Laugh & Learn” a youth-based improvisational comedy troupe, and the USC School of Theatre Neighborhood-Turn Project (now a flag-ship program of the USC School of Theatre).
Having worked with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship as an Arts Specialist and the Greater Los Angeles Director of Racial Reconciliation, Ms. Harper helped develop the Ethnic Reconciliation tool “Race Matters” and co-wrote the “Race Matters” Handbook. She conducted ethnic reconciliation training conferences, wrote analyses of and consulted with IVCF campus movements throughout Southern California. She also conducted staff training in ethnic reconciliation through Intervarsity’s National Institute of Staff Education and Training (NISET) and spoke for students throughout the U.S.
Ms. Harper earned her masters degree in Human Rights, with a concentration in Religion & The Media, from Columbia University in New York City in 2006. She currently is a featured op-ed writer for the prolific web-based community, FaithfulDemocrats.com. She is also a featured journalist for the national Study Circles Resource Center.
Ms. Harper has spoken for a diverse body of churches and Christian organizations throughout the U.S. Her Shalom Talk Series has catalyzed Christian ethnic reconciliation and justice movements in California, Nevada, New Mexico, Indiana, Michigan, Virginia, New York City, and Boston.
Ms. Harper is the co-founder and executive director of NY Faith & Justice, a budding movement of churches, organizations and individuals dedicated to following Christ, uniting the church and ending poverty in New York through spiritual formation, education, and direct advocacy.
Ms. Harper’s upcoming book, Evangelical Does Not Equal Republican … Or Democrat (The New Press) is due for release Fall 2008.
Having worked with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship as an Arts Specialist and the Greater Los Angeles Director of Racial Reconciliation, Ms. Harper helped develop the Ethnic Reconciliation tool “Race Matters” and co-wrote the “Race Matters” Handbook. She conducted ethnic reconciliation training conferences, wrote analyses of and consulted with IVCF campus movements throughout Southern California. She also conducted staff training in ethnic reconciliation through Intervarsity’s National Institute of Staff Education and Training (NISET) and spoke for students throughout the U.S.
Ms. Harper earned her masters degree in Human Rights, with a concentration in Religion & The Media, from Columbia University in New York City in 2006. She currently is a featured op-ed writer for the prolific web-based community, FaithfulDemocrats.com. She is also a featured journalist for the national Study Circles Resource Center.
Ms. Harper has spoken for a diverse body of churches and Christian organizations throughout the U.S. Her Shalom Talk Series has catalyzed Christian ethnic reconciliation and justice movements in California, Nevada, New Mexico, Indiana, Michigan, Virginia, New York City, and Boston.
Ms. Harper is the co-founder and executive director of NY Faith & Justice, a budding movement of churches, organizations and individuals dedicated to following Christ, uniting the church and ending poverty in New York through spiritual formation, education, and direct advocacy.
Ms. Harper’s upcoming book, Evangelical Does Not Equal Republican … Or Democrat (The New Press) is due for release Fall 2008.
Tim Keller
Senior Pastor—Redeemer Presbyterian Church, New York City. Author—The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism.
Tim Keller is the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church (PCA) in New York City, New York. He started his congregation with a few dozen people, and now draws over five thousand each week in three Manhattan locations.
Keller is also the author of "The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism," to be published in 2008. The book is written, he says, "for the ordinary (which means very sharp) spiritually skeptical New Yorker." To read more from Keller about this book, click here.
Keller earned degrees from Bucknell University and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He also received his D.Min from Westminster Theological Seminary, where he then served as faculty and continues as an adjunct professor of practical theology. Keller currently lives in New York City with his wife and sons.
Keller is also the author of "The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism," to be published in 2008. The book is written, he says, "for the ordinary (which means very sharp) spiritually skeptical New Yorker." To read more from Keller about this book, click here.
Keller earned degrees from Bucknell University and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He also received his D.Min from Westminster Theological Seminary, where he then served as faculty and continues as an adjunct professor of practical theology. Keller currently lives in New York City with his wife and sons.