LECTURE: Peacemaking Beyond the Boundary: Lessons from EYN
Mon, Nov 14
|Bucher Meetinghouse - Etown College
Dauda A. Gava is currently International Scholar in Residence at Bethany Theological Seminary, Richmond, Indiana. He is the provost of Kulp Theological Seminary, the theology school of Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria.
Time & Location
Nov 14, 2022, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
Bucher Meetinghouse - Etown College, One Alpha Drive Elizabethtown, PA 17022-2298
About the event
Monday, November 14, 2022 • 7:00 pm • Bucher Meetinghouse
(In addition to being held in person, this event will also be livestreamed: https://etown.zoom.us/j/95048643219)
LECTURE: Peacemaking Beyond the Boundary: Lessons from EYN
Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN), the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria, as one of the historic peace churches, has faced many crises during the past fifteen years, including crises of leadership, tribalism, and Boko Haram insurgency. Within this period, EYN has still held its stand as a peaceful church by making peace to keep the church together. When faced with the insurgency, the church extended a hand of care to the “enemy.” This response has become something that other denominations are yearning to learn.
The Church of the Brethren in the United States could learn from the stance of EYN as it is faced with a crisis that tends to divide the church. The crisis faced by the COB is internal. EYN faced both internal and external aggression, but the church is still standing as one.
Dauda A. Gava is currently International Scholar in Residence at Bethany Theological Seminary, Richmond, Indiana. He is the provost of Kulp Theological Seminary, the theology school of Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria. He received his Ph.D. in New Testament from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(This event is sponsored by Bethany Theological Seminary, Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren, the Young Center, and Elizabethtown College’s Center for Global Understanding and Peacemaking.)