Economic Wisdom For The Church

Economic Wisdom For The Church: Casting A Vision For Vocation

Note: Each church may bring lay leaders but there must be one pastor from the church who also attends the conference.

This *free conference for pastors and their lay leaders will equip them through the integration of sound economic and Biblical principles to enrich their congregations with a robust theology of vocation.

Conference Highlights

• Keynote speaker, Tom Nelson, Senior Pastor at Christ Community Church in Leawood, KS and author of Work Matters: Connecting Sunday Worship to Monday Work.
• Presenters include economic scholars, Christian business practitioners, theologians and fellow pastors. See full listing of speakers and bio information.
• Discussion time with fellow pastors to build networks and develop a church plan for communicating a strong vocational vision within your church.
• Visit Chicago’s Lawndale neighborhood entrepreneurial enterprise projects and meet Wayne “coach” Gordon.
• Tool kit with “cutting edge” books selected to inform and enhance your vocational vision.

The FPE wants to help pastors respond to a statement keynote speaker, Tom Nelson, hears repeatedly from lay people in nearly every vocation.

"Tell me what I do everyday matters."

Session Topics

• Charting the Course: Values for Navigating Life in the Marketplace
• Creation Mandate and Work
• Virtues of Work and Ethics in Economics
• Human Action with Individual Responsibility
• The Heart of a Business Ethic: Creating Value in Community
• Economic Growth
• Business for the Common Good
• The Gospel and the Mystery of Democratic Capitalism
• Economics of Natural Disasters: Costs Incurred and Responses Offered
• Economics with a Christian Vision
• Human Flourishing through Economic Activity
• Unintended Consequences of Poor Economic Planning

Questions? Call 630.752.5975.