Tyndale’s 2021 Wesley Symposium will be held online on Thursday April 29, 2021, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm EST.  There is no cost for this year’s event, but attendees are asked to register in order to receive the Zoom meeting information. 

Our keynote speaker will be Dr. Joel Thiessen, a Nazarene sociologist who teaches at Ambrose University, where he also directs the Flourishing Congregations Institute.  Dr. Thiessen’s keynote address will be on “Signs of Life and Vitality in Canadian Churches: Drawing on Data to Inform Practice.”

The following papers will also be presented (see further details on the full schedule):

• Christopher Payk, “Prevenient Grace and Chinese Theology.”
• Matthew McEwen, “Ignatius of Loyola and John Wesley: A Conversation About Scripture.”
• Barbara Robinson, “‘I earnestly desire him to be electrified’: John Wesley, the formative Salvation Army and ‘Irregular’ Medicine.”
• Jason Mills, “Virtual Virtue: Exploring the Fruitfulness of Online Pastoral Education.”
• Gerry Mielke, “Christian Perfection, from Wesley to Phoebe Palmer.”
• Charles Meeks, “Recovering a Wesleyan Sense of Open Table Communion for Anglicans with the Help of a Lutheran.”