Annotated Bibliography: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues in Educational Ministry

The following short annotated bibliography is a starting place for locating resources regarding sexual orientation and gender identity issues in educational ministry.

Adult Ministry in the Church: A Forty-year Perspective

The article describes the changes and developments in adult educational ministry during the 40 years since the inception of the Christian Educational Journal ( CEJ) through an extensive review of the literature and a survey with editors of adult curriculum. Various modes of ministry with adults are examined for changes in recent decades with a conclusion that considerable differentiation has occurred while maintaining a consistent purpose.

The Times They Are a-Changin': Christian Leadership Over the Last 40 Years

The article considers a biblical theology of leadership and examines empirical studies of leadership over the past 100 years. Both theological and scientific analyses frame the authors’ reflections on leadership in educational ministry over the past 40 years. Three inter-connected factors shape our understanding of leadership at any given time in history: the importance of a leader’s character; the competencies needed in a leadership role; and the context in which a leader serves.

Ivan Nikolaevich Korsunsky: Materials for Biography

В Московской духовной академии, преемнице Славяногреколатинской академии, преподаватели продолжали нести ревностное научнобогословское и духовнопросветительское служение. Биография И. Н. Корсунского - типичный пример совмещения глубокого знания и подлинной веры. Любовь к Священному Писанию и древним языкам позволила ему сделать невозможное возможным - за краткий срок жизни, прерванной в расцвете сил изза болезни, существенно обогатить Академию и академическую науку учёными трудами, книжной мудростью и, прежде всего, своим собственным примером подвижника богословской науки. В статье на основании архивных данных раскрывается живой образ И. Н. Корсунского. Многие данные о нём сообщаются впервые. The teachers of the Moscow Theological Academy, which is the successor to the Slavic-Greek-Latin Academy, continued to carry out zealous scientific-theological and spiritual-educational ministry. The biography of I. N. Korsunsky is a typical example of combining deep knowledge and genuine faith. Love for the Holy Scriptures and ancient languages allowed him to make the impossible possible - in a short period of life, interrupted in the prime of life due to illness, significantly enrich the Moscow Academy and academic science with scholarly works, books and, above all, by his own example of an hero of theological science. The article reveals the living image of I. N. Korsunsky on the basis of archival data. Many data about him are reported for the first time.