A DIFFERENT KIND OF CANADA
We are very excited about having Terry LeBlanc speak on June 29th, 2014. We’d like to imagine what Canada and our churches would be like if history had been different and Europeans had not brought with them a sense of superiority and the need to conquer and instead had learned and discovered the many points of connection between traditional Aboriginal spiritual practice and the message of Christ.
“FOR GENERATIONS, Native North Americans and other Indigenous peoples have lived the false belief that a fulfilled relationship with their Creator through Jesus required rejecting their own culture and adopting another, European in origin. In consequence, conventional approaches to mission with Indigenous peoples in North America and around the world have produced relatively dismal outcomes.”
– read the rest of Terry LeBlanc’s article on the Sojourners website.
Terry has taught as a sessional lecturer at various colleges, seminaries and universities, and as guest lecturer and speaker at educational institutions across Canada and the United States. He is one of the founders and current Chair of NAIITS (North American Institute for Indigenous Theological Studies), a new approach to biblical and theological reflection, writing and education for Native North Americans. He currently teaches as an adjunct faculty for Tyndale Seminary in Toronto and Asbury Seminary in Kentucky. He is completing his PhD in Intercultural Studies this year.