Chris Wright
February 24, 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Divinity Hall N-101
Contact: Anna Russell
Email: akumpuri@samford.edu

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Hear from students, alumni and special guests about their cross-cultural ministry experiences. Complimentary lunch is included for everyone who registers. Register here.

"The Great Story and the Great Commission: Reading the Whole Bible for Mission."

Hear from Rev. Dr. Chris Wright share about how the whole of Scripture points us towards the Great Commission and God's heart for all nations.

Rev. Dr. Chris Wright is the Global Ambassador for Langham Partnership (www.langham.org). After ordained pastoral ministry in the Church of England, he taught the Old Testament in India for five years (1983-88) and then at All Nations Christian College in England until taking over the leadership of Langham’s ministries at John Stott’s invitation in 2001. His books include commentaries on Exodus, Jeremiah, Lamentations and Ezekiel; Old Testament Ethics for the People of God; The Mission of God; The God I Don’t Understand; and The Mission of God’s People. Chris was the Chair of the Lausanne Theology Working Group. (www.lausanne.org), from 2005–2011, and was the chief architect of The Cape Town Commitment—the Statement of the Third Lausanne Congress in October 2010. Chris and his wife Liz, who come originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, have four adult children and eleven grandchildren and live in London as members of All Souls Church, Langham Place.