Turning Love into Action: Students Attend the 2011 Faith and International Development Conference
Published: April 13, 2021
The 2011 Faith and International Development Conference takes Christ's mandate to "love not with words or tongue but with actions and in truth" as an invitation to act justly in today's world (1 John 3:18). On Thursday, February 3, over 20 Greenville students and four administrative staff members travel to Grand Rapids MI to attend the 2011 Faith and International Development Conference with hundreds of other like-minded students and college officials.
The Faith and International Development Conference is a student-run initiative that brings speakers from various mission and relief agencies all over the world together to engage in practical dialogue about the needs of the global community and what role we as Christians ought to play in meeting those needs. By bringing together passionate students and development professionals, the conference actively seeks to learn the Biblical perspective of justice in the world and how to do what is right for the oppressed, fatherless, and widowed (Isaiah 1:17-18a). Justice means upholding earthly laws meant to preserve a peaceful and good society. This creates a tension for Christ followers because of belief that God's justice is not bound by earthly laws. The Faith and international Development Conference is designed around the idea that true justice results from unbound acts of love done for people, by people. The 2011 Conference is a forum to learn about, contemplate, and discuss God's calling to act out love in the international arena for the sake of justice.
Greenville College students and staff plan to attend the conference and return to campus ready to engage the GC community with these same ideas, and then with action. Student attendance at the Faith and International Development Conference is sponsored by the Greenville College World Outreach and Missions Department supervised by Director Erin O'hara.
To see more information about the conference, including the speakers and schedule, visit the conference website.
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