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Frequently Requested Presentation Topics o Acting in the Face of Our Fears o Becoming 21st Century Missionaries o Becoming a Good Samaritan o Becoming Red Letter Christians o Being Christian When the System Crashes o Being God’s Hands of Healing to the Poor and Marginalized o Beyond Borders and Haiti o Building Bridges Between Communities o Called and Commissioned, Isaiah 6:8 o Can God Transform a Bunch of Presbyterians? YES! o Canadian Poverty o Christian Faith and Contemporary Culture o Christianity: Modern and Post-Modern o Church Advocacy for the Poor o Church Involvement in Social and Economic Needs of the Community o Common Ground Among Christians o Connecting Social Activism to Prayer o Connecting with God, Matthew 6:5-8 o Crossing Borders – Joining Hands with our Baptists Brothers and Sisters for the Sake of the Gospel o Dare, Dream, Discover: I Dare You to Believe You are Loved and that You can Make a Difference o Developing a Social/Justice Conscience o Developing Spiritual Depth in Young Adults o Do Your Religious Views Affect the Way You Should Vote? Should They? o Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program o Evangelism and Mission: Great Commission o Faith Through Action: Bridging the Multicultural Gap One Student at a Time o Finding Balance in an Unbalanced World o Following Jesus for the Long Haul o Following Jesus in the Legislature and Being Friends Across Party Lines o Global Justice: What Can We Do? o Global Social Justice and How Canadians Can Respond o God of Intimacy and Action o Hate Crimes Bill o HIV/AIDS in the Local and Global Community o Homosexuality o Hope and the Next Future Generation o How Being a Christian Informs You as a Sociologist o How Christians Can Talk About our Differences with Respect and Love o How do Justice/Education Work Side by Side? o How Do You Lead Wealthy People, Comfortable People to Address Issues of Poverty? o How do you Vote when you don’t Like Either Candidate? o How Those Associated with a Christian University Might be “Redemptively Engaged” with a Contemporary World o How Your Work as a Sociologist Informs Your Active Involvement in Social Justice Initiatives o Inspiring Social Change Through Education o Interdenominational/Interracial Unity o It’s Friday but Sunday’s Coming Page 1 of 3

Frequently Requested Presentation Topics o It’s Friday but Sunday’s Coming o Jesus Takes Up Our Fears o Keeping the Dream Alive o Leading Non-Profits Through Changing Times o Learning from our Culture Despisers o Live Out Kingdom Principles o Love Your Neighbor o Maintaining Focus and Spiritual Vitality o Mentoring At-Risk Youth o Ministry to the Inner-City o Ministry to the Poor vs. with the Poor o Missions/Homeless Relief o Money/Resources/Stewardship o Moving Beyond the Church as an Institution o Naming Our Fears o Outrageous Generosity o Personal Discipline, Evangelism, and World Justice o Philanthropy/Giving Back o Post-Election Healing o Poverty – How Many as One Can Make a Difference o Power and Authority in American Politics o Power vs. Authority o Preaching a Theology of Hope o Pre-Advent: How do We Prepare the Way? o Racial Reconciliation o Reading/Interpreting the Bible from a Peace Perspective o Reasons for Community Leaders to Invest their Time, Talent, and Resources in Ministry o Red Letter Christians o Reinventing Your Youth Ministry o Revolution and Renewal o Salvation, in the context of the church as an outward-focused church o Servant Leadership o Serving the Least of These to Fulfill the Great Commission o Social Justice o Social Justice Here and Now o Spiritual Practices and Mission o Stay with Me: Restavek o Staying Hopeful in the Midst of Discouragement o Tackling the Tough Issues Christians are Afraid to Face o The Call of the Church to Respond to the Needs of the Poor Through Microfinance o The Challenge of God’s Biblical Call to Live Justly o The Church and Social Responsibility o The Crucible of Leadership o The Formation and Responsibility of Christian Leadership in Africa o The Importance of Baptists Doing More in the Area of Human Rights and Freedom and Justice o The Mission of the Church and a Christian College in an Urban Environment o The Need for Students to Develop an Urban Mindset o The Persecuted Church Page 2 of 3

Frequently Requested Presentation Topics o The Politics of Jesus o The Top Three Urban Issues with which the Church Should be Concerned o Transformation, Romans 12 o Understanding God’s Heart for the Poor and Marginalized o Urban Ministry Clergy Training o Vocation: Setting a Course and Traveling Light o What Christians Can Learn from Sociologists o What Does it Mean to Be Evangelical? o What Inspires us to Build Communities and How is That a Hope for the World? o What is Happening in the World Today? o What Is the Role of Christian and Ecumenical Communities in the World Today? o What Role Should the Church have in Human Services? o What Should Characterize the Lives of Students Who Will Make a Difference in the World? o Why Should We be Bridging Personal and Social Witness? o Womanhood, Motherhood, Parenting, Family Page 3 of 3