Theological Society
The Society, now in its 16th year of existence, and meeting under the auspices of the Wisconsin Congregational Association, gathers at 7:00 pm throughout the academic year (typically) on the third Thursday.
This year our meetings will be held at various sites. Watch the website for details.
Our Next Meeting (Forthcoming Presentation):
May 17, 2012 – Maurie Daigneau at FCC–Wauwatosa
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Presentation Archive
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The Romans 7 Debate Revisited: A Perspective from Outside the Boundaries of Orthodoxy?
Presentation by Maurie Daigneau, May 17, 2012
Catholics and Protestants: How Much Common Ground?
Presentation by Stu Merkel, February 16, 2012
The Great Emergence and Hope for the World
Presentation by Cindy Bacon Hammer, November 17, 2011
Presentation by Rob Fredrickson, September 15, 2011
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Outposts in the Wilderness: Short-Term Missions and the Mission of God
Susan LeFeber, May 19, 2011
St Patrick (forthcoming)
Christopher Bryan, March 31, 2011
Set Apart for the Call: Pastoral Care and Self-Care in the Age of Technology
Hillary HV Bowser, January 20, 2011
Freedom: The Ill-defined Expression of the Congregational Way
Richard (Rick) Scott Hartley, November 18, 2010
Faltering Fellowships: Understanding Communal Grieving and Its Causes
Shawn Stapleton, September 16, 2010
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Where 3 Stories Meet: The Hero’s Journey, the Bible, and Our Lives
Doug Gray, May 20, 2010
A Proposed Solution: The History of Creedalism within Congregationalism with a Brief Excursus into the Nature and Purpose of Doctrine
Kevin Clark, March 25, 2010
The Carnivalization of the Church: Christian Worship or Procliturgitainment?
Shawn Stapleton, January 21, 2010
For a Time Like This: One Truth, One Salvation, One Church . . .Joined in One Profession?
Steven A. Peay, January 21, 2010
Core Values: An Attempt At a Clearer Center from which to Radiate
Christopher Bryan, November 19, 2009
Technologies’ Parable-Maker: The Shared History and Uncertain Future of Biblical Scholarship and Technological Communication
Hillary H.V. Bowser, September 17, 2009
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The Beauty of God
Cynthia Bacon, May 22, 2009
A Strategy for Employing Individual and Communal Spiritual Disciplines for Spiritual Growth at Gurnee Community Church (full dissertation
Stuart Merkel, March 26, 2009
Rediscovering Intentional Use of the Church Covenant as the Basis for Self Identity in a Congregational Church Community(A précis of a dissertation submitted to the faculty of George Fox Evangelical Seminary)
Richard Scott Hartley, January 22, 2009
Brothers, What Shall We Do? Exploring Options for a Covenant-Community Event Celebrating New Life in Christ within an Infant Baptism Tradition
Christopher S. Stephens, November 20, 2008
The Work at Our Doorstep: Uncovering the Heritage of the Congregational Volunteer
Hillary H. V. Bowser, September 28, 2008
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The Gift of Intentional Transitional Ministry
Kathryn Rust, May 15, 2008
The Mighty and the Almighty
Thomas Richard, March 13, 2008
Fulfilling the Great Commission Congregational Style
Chris Bryan, January 10, 2008
Another Step Towards a Theology of Chaos
Doug Gray, November 15, 2007
Until an Association of Churches and Ministers Can be Formed
Steven Peay, August 23, 2007
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How it Came to Be: Hymns for a Pilgrim People
Cynthia Bacon, May 17, 2007
Clerical Conspiracy to Crush Congregationalism
Lloyd M. Hall Jr., March 15, 2007
In Matters of Common Concern: Professional Code of Practice for Ministers
Samuel Schaal, January, 18, 2007
Christ-Centered-Covenant Relationships
Richard S. Hartley, 16 November, 2006
Cracks
J. Philip Landis, 21 September, 2006
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The Role of Music in Worship
Cindy Bacon, 18 May, 2006
Church Conflict
Don Olsen and Phil Spotswood, 16 March, 2006
The Holy Spirit and the Renewal of the Churches: An Exercise in Recovery
Steven A. Peay, 19 January 2006
Lost Paper: if you possess a copy please contact us!
Don Olsen, November 2005
Truly Post-Modern Theology: Answering God Questions Without Resorting to Gimmicks
Rob Brink, 15 September 2005
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The Role of Preaching and Worship In the Future of Congregationalism
Robert Moynihan, May 19, 2005
Lost Paper: if you possess a copy please contact us!
Shawn Stapleton, March 2005
Towards a Ministry of Accountability: Why We Should Credential Ministers and Why We Are Afraid of It
Samuel Schaal, 20 January 2005
Lost Paper: if you possess a copy please contact us!
Ardyth Johnson, November 2004
The Last Information Revolution
Doug Gray, September 16, 2004
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Rethinking the Vicinage Council and Ordination/Installation: Enhancing Inter-Church Fellowship in the 21st Century
Shawn P. Stapleton, 10 June 2004
Revelation(?) from the Sands
J. Philip Landis, 01 April 2004
Finding the Congregation in Congregationalism
Charles E. Goldsmith, 12 February 2004
Lost Paper: if you possess a copy please contact us!
Don Olsen, December 11, 2003
Lost Paper: if you possess a copy please contact us!
Don Sinclair, October 9, 2003
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Fellowship: The Neglected Focus of the Congregational Ellipse
Steven A. Peay, 05 May 2003
Stop the Bleeding: Initiating a Systems Approach in Hurting Churches
Lloyd M. Hall Jr., 20 March 2003
January 2003 ???
November 2002 ???
September 2002 ???
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Lloyd M. Hall Jr., 15 May 2002
March 2002 ???
January 2002 ???
A Layman Speaks, Some Views from the Other Side of the Pulpit
J. Philip Landis, 14 November 2001
September 2001 ???
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A Biblical Model for “Home Missions”: A Case Study of Multiplying Disciples, Ministries, and Churches Among the Disenfranched, the diseased, and the Dislocated
Philip J. Spottswood, May 17, 2001
Chasing Christ: Congregational Christology, 1969-2001
Lloyd M. Hall, Jr. 15 March 2001
Gathering Up Fragments Of Covenant
Charles E. Goldsmith, 20 January 2001
The Emergence of the American Woman in the Clerical Role
Kathryn A. Rust, 16 November 2000
The Covenant Sealed – Baptism in the Congregational Tradition
Steven A. Peay, 21 September 2000
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Multiplying the Ministry of Jesus Christ: Reaching the Whole World with the Whole Gospel
Philip J. Spottswood, May 2000
The Grand Idea: Is It Just a Dream?
Doug Lobb, 16 March 2000
Growing in Christ: Remembrance and Re-collection
Charles Goldsmith, 20 January 2000
Theology for the New Century: The Contemporary Relevance of the Theology of Peter Taylor Forsyth
Lloyd M. Hall, Jr., 18 November 1999
“And some he appointed…”
Steven Peay, 16 September 1999
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A Biblical Basis for Ministry
Leslie Shultz, 20 May 1999
Congregational but Not Church: The Holy Spirit as Essential in a Congregational Church
Lloyd M. Hall, Jr., 18 March 1999
Puritanism and the Self: A View toward Pastoral Care
Charles Goldsmith, 21 January 1999
Confirmation Reconsidered: Orphan Rite or Integral Discipling?
Doug Gray, 19 November 1998
Congregationalism: a Christocentric and Charismatic Movement
Steven Peay, 17 September 1998
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On Recovering the Genius of Classical Congregational Church Order
Harry Stubbs with commentary by Leslie Shultz, 19 March 1998
‘Gospel Made Visible’: A Consideration of the Congregational Understanding of the Eucharist and its Implications for the Understanding of the Church as Covenanted Body
Steven Peay, 15 January 1998
Take My Life
Lloyd M. Hall, Jr., 21 May 1998
Puritan Echo in Marriage
Charles Goldsmith, 20 November 1997
Toward a Theology of Chaos: The New Scientific Paradigm and Some Implications for Ministry
Doug Gray, 18 September 1997
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May 1997 ???
Ordained
Lloyd M. Hall, Jr., 20 March 1997
[January 1997 No presentation due to snowy Wisconsin]
Leadership and Authority
Phil Jackson, 20 November 1996
We Covenant with the Lord and One with Another
Steven Peay, 19 September 1996
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