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Aleshire to speak at Schaff Lectures
Staff Report
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Dr. Daniel O. Aleshire, executive director of the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada, will be guest speaker at the David S. Schaff Lectures on March 23 at First Presbyterian Church, 201 Wick Ave.
The event will begin with registration at 3:30 p.m. followed by a clergy and lay leaders seminar on the theme, “Leaving the Promised Land for the Wilderness: The Changing Status of Congregations, Ministry and Theological Education.”
The program is free but reservations are requested by calling the church at (330) 744-4307.
A catered buffet supper will be at 5:30 p.m. Paid reservations must be made by March 17.
A public lecture on “Shepherd, CEO, Entrepreneur and Social Worker: Pastoral Leadership and the Work of God’s People” will be at 7 p.m. No reservations are required. The program is open to people of all denominations.
Aleshire has been in his position since 1998 but joined the staff in 1990 and served in other capacities. He also has had a variety of leadership positions in other organizations.
An ordained minister, Aleshire has a bachelor’s degree from Belmont College, a master of divinity degree from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., and master of arts and doctorate in psychology from George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville. He served on the faculty of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary from 1978-90 and before that was a research scientist with Search Institute in Minneapolis. He also was pastor of Bergen Baptist Church in Waldwick, N.J.
Aleshire has written extensively on the issues of ministry and theological education, Christian spirituality and education. He co-authored “Being There: Culture and Formation in Two Theological Seminaries,” which received the 1998 Distinguished Book Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.
The David S. Schaff Lecture Series is made possible by the late Mrs. Philip H. (Jane Booth) Schaff, who died in 1981. In her will, she provided for the completion of the endowment of the previously established David S. Schaff Lectureship at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. It was stipulated that the Schaff lecturer would give one address in Youngstown. Mrs. Schaff’s father-in-law, professor David S. Schaff, taught church history at Western Theological Seminary, a forerunner to Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.
Historically, the series has been sponsored by First Presbyterian in conjunction with Eastminster Presbytery, Mahoning Valley Association of Churches and the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown.