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Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
SUMMER 2005 VOL.35 NO.1
Seekingthe Peaceof the City
Ministry in theUrban Context
 
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Board of TrusteesMr. Joel B. AarsvoldMrs. Linda Schultz AndersonMr. Richard A. Armstrong, ChairDr. George F. BennettRev. Richard P. Camp, Jr.Mr. Thomas J. ColatostiMr. Charles W. ColsonDr. Leighton FordMrs. Joyce A. GodwinDr. William F. GrahamDr. Michael E. HaynesMr. Herbert P. Hess, TreasurerDr. John A. Huffman, Jr.Dr. Walter C. Kaiser, Jr.Mr. Caleb Loring IIIMrs. Anne Graham LotzDr. Christopher A. LyonsMrs. Joanna S. MocklerFred L. Potter, Esq.Shirley A. Redd, M.D.Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, Jr.David M. Rogers, Esq.Mr. John SchoenherrRev. Ken ShigematsuMrs. Virginia M. SnoddyMr. John G. Talcott, Jr. Joseph W. Viola, M.D., Secretary J. Christy Wilson III, Esq.Dr. John H. WomackWilliam C. Wood, M.D., Vice ChairEmeriti MembersAllan C. Emery, Jr.Roland S. HinzRobert J. LamontRichard D. PhippenSamuel J. SchultzPaul E. TomsRobert E. Cooley, PresidentEmeritusEditorial AdvisoryCommitteeDr. Sidney L. BradleyDr. Barry H. CoreyDr. Walter C. Kaiser, Jr.Dr. Alvin PadillaRev. C. Ronald RileyDr. Haddon W. RobinsonDr. Kenneth L. SwetlandMrs. Nina L. WaltersMr. David ZagunisPresidentDr. Walter C. Kaiser, Jr.Chief Development OfficerHoward FreemanDirector of Communicationsand Editor of ContactAnne B. DollAssistant Director of Communicationsand Assistant Editor of ContactMichael L. ColaneriGraphic DesignerNicole RimPhotographyMatthew DollNicole Rim
Christian Values and a Seven-Mile Run
Paul Burton
A Vision for the City: The Jeremiah Paradigm for the City
Eldin Villafañe
The Urban Church: A 1st Century A.D. Model
Ken Shigematsu
Pastoring in the City
Anne B. Doll
Urban and Suburban Churches: Partnering to Serve
Craig W. McMullen
Is Christ in Community?
Michael L. Colaneri
A Theology of the City: Is it Time for Another St. Augustine anda Roland Allen to Set the Case for the City Once Again?
Walter C. Kaiser, Jr.
Contexualized Urban Theological Education: The Center forUrban Ministerial Education’s Guiding Philosophy
Eldin Villafañe
Urban Youth Ministry and a Theological Education
Dean Borgman
The Center for Urban Ministerial Education: An HistoricalOverview
Alvin Padilla
Shepherds in the City?
Tim S. Laniak
There’s Gold in the City!
Gregg Detwiler
Seminary NewsOpening The Word
William Spencer
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THE MINISTRY MAGAZINEOF GORDON-CONWELL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARYSUMMER 2005 VOL.35 NO.1
Building Healthy Neighborhoods, page 22
 
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ON THE FRONT LINES
With eyes half shut and the moon still out, the campersslowly put on their sweat suits, and lace up their New Bal-ance sneakers for a jog. They know it won’t kill them; it willonly make them better. “Remember, young men, take it slow.This is not a race,” Paul Burton exclaims. “Remember topace yourself up those hills and keep pumping your arms, andbefore you know it the run will be over. You can do it!” Aftera quick stretch and some encouraging words, the campersbegin their journey that will help “re-shape” their lives. Everysummer more than 100 young boys ages 11-17 come out toa small, remote town called Hubbardston, located in centralMassachusetts. Most of the kids come from some of the tough-est inner-city neighborhoods around. And to understand whythey are here is to know of a man who started with “nothing,”and still managed to build his dream...Ron Burton was a skinny, poor kid from Springfield,Ohio, who figured out early in life that it didn’t take size orstatus to outrun every kid in his town. He wasn’t born withmuch talent.In fact, Burton wasn’t born with much, but two parentswho loved him and a grandmother who transformed his life.When Ron Burton was a young boy, all the neighborhood kidsused to tease him because he was so poor and had no athleticskills. Burton was given the nickname “Nothing.”“I used to cry every single day because of the way I wastreated,” Burton would say. In fact, the only place he wouldgo where he was treated nicely was his grandmother’s church.Ron’s mother, Mary, died when he was just a teenager, andhis father grew ill. The only person Ron could truly counton was his grandmother, Shayne, who was a devout Gospelpreacher. Shayne shared with Ron the saving Gospel messageof Jesus Christ all throughout his early years. “I got connectedto Christ at a very early age, which brought me incrediblepeace,” he would later say. “The only problem I had now wasI wanted to stop the laughter.”Growing up in the State of Ohio in the 1940’s, football wasthe only sport people paid attention to. Ron loved the gameof football, but he really had no abilities to play it well. For
Christian Values
and a
Seven-Mile Run
It’s 4 a.m. and the alarm clock rings. More than 100 young boys are about to start their day with a rudeawakening: a seven-mile run. “Let’s go; let’s go; let’s go,” Ron Burton, Jr. sings out at the top of his voice.“Time to get up! It’s another salubrious day. Get your sweats on; put your feet on the floor; let’s go.”
Paul Burton, ‘02
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