Urban Forum #3: Aldred

Areopagus #13

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e have something to offer. We’re not just a mistake to be corrected or a problem to be solved… we’re life. Ray Aldred says things are changing for the first people of North America. The old faith model is flawed, is stumbling, and he sees the day when “we will impact the West as they see Christ incarnated in the Indian church.” This challenging talk, entitled Indian Incarnation, is from the second bi-annual Urban Forum in Atlanta and is the third of four lectures theRubicon is presenting from that conference.

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Speaker: Ray Aldred is of Cree descent and is a member of the Swan River Cree Band, located in Northern Alberta, Canada. He married Elaine in 1979 and they have four adult children. He was ordained to the ministry in 1995. After a number of years of pastoral ministry in the Native church, Ray and his wife are now devoting their energies to the development of family ministry programs with My People International. “Programs which address themselves to family and marital health can be a primary means of discipleship for Aboriginal people who value relationships above all things,” notes Aldred, who now lives in Winnipeg.

A gifted writer, speaker and teacher, Ray delivers seminars and workshops on issues in the life of the Native church, Christian theology and perspectives of mission. He is co-chair of the Aboriginal Task Force of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada and is a board member of the North American Institute for Indigenous Theological Studies – a new approach to Native North American theology and education.

He has a Masters of Divinity degree from Canadian Theological Seminary – the school where he subsequently taught public speaking, preaching, pastoral methods and evangelism in Aboriginal communities. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Theology from the London School of Theology. Ray’s heart is to live and teach the gospel story in a way that reveals the life and transforming love of Jesus Christ, who not only loves us but likes us.

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