Museum Opens New Temporary Exhibit

“Look Toward the Heavens,” a collection of the contemporary biblical art of He Qi, debuts in the Museum’s reception gallery on March 12th. He Qi is a premier Chinese Christian artist and theologian. He stands at the forefront of modern Chinese Christian art as he translates biblical scenes into the artistic language of China, using a Chinese technique of color-on-paper painting. The exhibit will feature approximately forty artist proof giclees created by the artist, and continues through June 9th.

Course on Islam

Roy Oksnevad, Director of Muslim Ministries at the BGC is teaching a seminar on Islam from January to May. The seminar is designed help Christians understand Islam. The 55 participants from churches and ministries in the greater Chicago area began the course learning about Muhammad and are working their way through Islamic culture and theology. Former Muslims who are now Christians help teach several sessions giving a perspective often lacking in traditional seminars.

Archives Treasures

The BGC Archives staff will host a specially designed seminar for a group of seniors from a local church on March 19. The event is an introduction to the history of evangelism and a hands-on experience with a wide range of historical documents from the Archives, including letters, audio tapes, videos, photographs, and even a phonograph record without the use of electricity. In the past, similar events have been designed for home-schooled children who have discovered treasures, such as:

• the dynamics of "baseball evangelist" Billy Sunday

• hear missionary martyr Jim Elliot preach on Jesus' miracle of feeding the 5,000

• watch the early days of television in the first nationally broadcast evangelistic program

• accompany former president Theodore Roosevelt to a ceremony at a school in Kenya

• impact from Billy Graham's 1957 New York Crusade that lasted 3½ months

More information is available at: http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/hsth.html

Leading Christian Apologist to Speak

The Institute of Strategic Evangelism is joining with The Center for Applied Christian Ethics and the Provost's Office to host best sellingauthor Dinesh D'Souza on campus April 6-7, 2009. D'Souza will speak on A Christian Response to the New Atheism and A Reasonable Faith: Intellectual Foundations for Communicating the Gospel in American Culture.
D'Souza is author ofWhat’s So Great About Christianity, which is a comprehensive answer to a spate of atheist books denouncing theism in general and Christianity in particular.

Upcoming Events

• Museum hosts a temporary exhibit of art by He Qi—March 12-June 9, 2009

• Ethnic Ministries Summit— Phoenix, AZ March 19-21, 2009

• Treasures of Wheaton Archives Lecture— BGC May 9, 2009

• School for Correctional Ministry—Wheaton, IL June 8-12, 2009

• Inst. for Cross-Cultural Training —Wheaton, IL June 15—July 3, 2009

• COMMA Conference—Pasadena, CA October 14-17, 2009