Conference is free and open to the public

Kelly Miller Smith Institute on Black Church Studies, Vanderbilt Divinity School and the African American Pulpit Journal Presents the African American Lectionary Project Homiletics Symposium:
"Strengthening the Black Family: An Agenda for Sound Homiletics in Black Preaching"

October 15-17, 2008, Symposium Schedule:

Wednesday, October 15 - Fifteenth Avenue Baptist Church

7:30 p.m. Worship Celebration: Divine Love and Justice for Black Families
Rev. Dr. Teresa Fry-Brown, Homiletics Professor and Director of Black Church Studies, Candler School of Theology, Emory University

Thursday, October 16 - Vanderbilt Divinity School Divinity Reading Room

9:30 a.m. Opening Statements
Forrest E. Harris Sr., Director of the Kelly Miller Smith Institute
Martha Simmons, African American Lectionary Online Lectionary

9:30-10:30 a.m.  Plenary Session: "Ethical Methods in Homiletics"
Stacey Floyd-Thomas, Associate Professor of Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt Divinity School

11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon. Plenary Session: "Historical Perspective of Social Crisis Preaching"
Juan Floyd- Thomas, Professor of Church History, Vanderbilt Divinity School

12:30-1:45 p.m. Luncheon
Luncheon Speaker
Brad Braxton, Senior Minister, Riverside Church, New York, NY

2-4 p.m. Break Out Discussion Groups:
"Homiletics for Spirituality in African American Families"
Tellis Chapman, Galilee Baptist Church, Detroit, MI

"Homiletics for Sound Economics in African American Families"
Delman Coates, Mt. Ennon Baptist Church, Clinton, MD

"Homiletics for Sound Health and Sexuality in African American Families "
Dennis and Christine Wiley, Covenant Baptist Church, Washington, DC

Friday, October 17 - Vanderbilt Divinity School All Faith Chapel

9:30 a.m. "Laying the Ground for a National Forum on "Strengthening the Black Family: An Agenda for Homiletics in Black Preaching"
Forrest E. Harris Sr., Director of the Kelly Miller Smith Institute

Conference Locations:
Fifteenth Avenue Baptist Church, 1203 Ninth Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37208
Vanderbilt Divinity School, 411 21st Avenue S., Nashville, TN 37240

For More Information Contact The Kelly Miller Smith Institute at (615) 936-8453.