2010 Speakers / Staff

We are pleased to announce speakers and worship leaders for 2010:

  • Dale Bruner
  • Todd Johnson

 

Morning Bible Speaker

wcbruner1Dale Bruner

Retired George & Lyda Wasson Professor of Religion – Whitworth
Teacher at Hollywood Presbyterian Church

Dale Bruner returns in 2010 to teach our morning Bible Sessions.  Dale is a popular veteran teacher at WCPPC.

 

Bruner graduated from Occidental College in 1954; he then earned his M.Div. at Princeton Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. (Dr. theol) at Germany’s Hamburg University. After teaching for 11 years at Union Theological Seminary in the Philippines, he came to Whitworth College in 1975.

During his years as George & Lyda Wasson Professor of Religion at Whitworth, Dr. Bruner touched the lives of countless students. His passion for teaching the biblical narrative, for scholarship and for church renewal made him one of Whitworth’s most influential professors. His influence extended far beyond the generation of students he taught and mentored at Whitworth. In fact, during his tenure at the college, he spoke and taught at hundreds of churches all over the country. Here, too, his passion for the gospel and his utter belief in the healing power of the church was infectious, and he became one of the most sought-after speakers in the Presbyterian Church. He continues to have a vital teaching ministry in the PCUSA.

Upon retirement from Whitworth, in 1997, Dale and his wife of 46 years, Kathy, moved to Pasadena, California, where he embarked on new studies at Fuller Theological Seminary. “On weekdays I walk an hour to the seminary,” he says, “where I am now quietly doing research toward a commentary on the Gospel of John.”

Dr. Bruner is the author of A Theology of the Holy Spirit: The Pentecostal Experience and the New Testament Witness (Eerdmans, 1970) and Matthew: A Commentary (2 volumes; revised and expanded edition, Eerdmans, 2004). He also co-authored, with William Holdern, The Holy Spirit: Shy Member of the Trinity ( Augsburg, 1983).

We are pleased to announce our evening speaker for 2010:

  • Todd Johnson

Evening Pastoral Speaker

Dr. Todd Johnson

William K. and Delores S. Brehm
Associate Professor of Worship, Theology and the Arts
Fuller Theological Seminary

MDiv, North Park Seminary
MA, PhD Notre Dame University

Todd is the editor of The Conviction of Things Not Seen: Worship and Ministry in the 21st Century (2002) and coauthor of Performing the Sacred: Theology and Theatre in Dialogue (2009) as part of the Engaging Culture series edited by Fuller professors Robert Johnston and William Dyrness.

Check out brehmcenter.com for a look at their multidisciplinary efforts to enrich worship in Christian churches including the Visual Faith Institute of Art and Architecture.

This will be Todd’s first visit to WCPPC.