This year's Tom Nees Social Justice Award winners are Cassandra Lara and Joseph Goodwin. Cassie and Joseph presented their papers in a forum at NTS on April 11, 2011. Cassie’s paper is titled, “Following God’s Call: Seeing the Neglected and Oppressed" (PDF) and Joseph’s paper is called, “Social Justice: A Manifesto to the Missio Dei” (PDF).
Tom Nees is widely recognized as the one who led the way in renewing the Church of the Nazarene's understanding of its call to minister to and among those in need through the development of the Community of Hope in Washington D.C. Dr. Nees later served as Director of Mission Strategy for the Church of the Nazarene in the United States and Canada and as adjunct faculty for NTS, teaching urban ministry courses. The Nees lectureship was made possible by NTS alumnus, Jim Copple, in 2008.
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Tue, May 3, 2011
by NTS News