Dr Bakke was my Professor at NBTS and he has deeply influenced my own ministry and life. His gift to many of his students was to look at the mission and adapt to the changes that occur. His book on old first churches was an eye opener.
I had the privilege of meeting Ray in 1994, 2000 and again in 2004. He was often the keynote speaker at Jember Teferra's Inter Church Urban Congress in Addis Ababa Ray encouraged Jember to create the Institute for Urban Workers (IUW) in order that her "bottom-up approach" to urban ministry could be shared with students from all over the world. The project was financially supported by the Mustard Seed Fund based in Washington DC. The purpose of the IUW, was to help students understand the root causes of poverty and to give them the tools for improving the quality of urban life. Later the IUW became the Birhan Social Development College and after Jember’s death in 2001 her older daughter, Memmenasha, took over as the College Principal.
This is the very best articulation of What Rene Padilla called Integral gospel since he and Pablo Ploschuk Ph.D.taught us at Gordon -Conwell Theological Seminary (S.Hamilton) way to go C.U. ( Go Highlanders , minister to Philadelphia holistically)
Dr Bakke was my Professor at NBTS and he has deeply influenced my own ministry and life. His gift to many of his students was to look at the mission and adapt to the changes that occur. His book on old first churches was an eye opener.
I had the privilege of meeting Ray in 1994, 2000 and again in 2004. He was often the keynote speaker at Jember Teferra's Inter Church Urban Congress in Addis Ababa Ray encouraged Jember to create the Institute for Urban Workers (IUW) in order that her "bottom-up approach" to urban ministry could be shared with students from all over the world. The project was financially supported by the Mustard Seed Fund based in Washington DC. The purpose of the IUW, was to help students understand the root causes of poverty and to give them the tools for improving the quality of urban life. Later the IUW became the Birhan Social Development College and after Jember’s death in 2001 her older daughter, Memmenasha, took over as the College Principal.
*Jonathan Master talks with Ray Bakke about urban ministry in latest episode of "Conversations."*
A Conversation with Ray Bakke
This is the very best articulation of What Rene Padilla called Integral gospel since he and Pablo Ploschuk Ph.D.taught us at Gordon -Conwell Theological Seminary (S.Hamilton) way to go C.U. ( Go Highlanders , minister to Philadelphia holistically)