In Sympathy: Erma Bryan
Mrs. Erma Bryan, the surviving spouse of deceased member Rev. Bill Bryan of the Northern Illinois Conference, passed away on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.
44th Annual John Wesley Theological Institute
Dates: April 15 -16, 2018
Theme: The Deaconesses: “A Quintessential Embodiment of the Wesleyan Vision”
Presenter: Dr. Priscilla Pope-Levison, Associate Professor of External Programs Perkins School of Theology, Dallas, TX
Respondent: Bishop Sally Dyck
Registration Cost: $150 - includes Sunday evening dinner and Monday
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The purpose of The John Wesley Theological Institute is to present John Wesley’s theology, suitably updated (as he updated his sources), as truly relevant for contemporary and ecumenical theology. The discovery of this, on properly critical and scholarly terms, would be a momentous development to the theological sensitivity of The United Methodist Church and the ecumenical movement at large.
Mrs. Erma Bryan, the surviving spouse of deceased member Rev. Bill Bryan of the Northern Illinois Conference, passed away on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.
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