Published on February 10, 2011 at 6 p.m. by William Nunnelley  

Dr. Miriam Adeney, associate professor of global and urban ministry at Seattle Pacific Â鶹ÊÓƵ and president of the American Society of Missiology in 2010, will lecture at Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Beeson Divinity School Global Center Thursday and Friday, Feb. 17-18.  The lectures in Divinity Hall N101 are open to the public.

            Dr. Adeney will speak on “Lions and Lambs: Power and Humility in Global Christianity” at a noon luncheon Thursday.  To register for the free luncheon, email global@samford.edu or call 205 726-2170.

            She will speak on “Tigers and Giraffes: Media and Message” Friday at 1 p.m.

            Adeney also serves as a teaching fellow at Regent College and adjunct professor at Fuller Theological Seminary.  She is a member of the board of Christianity Today and a mission associate of the World Evangelical Alliance.

            Her books include Kingdom Without Borders: The Untold Story of Global Christianity; Daughters of Islam: Building Bridges with Muslim Women; God’s Foreign Policy: Practical Ways to Help the World’s Poor; A Time for Risking: Priorities for Women and How To Write: A Christian Writer’s Guide.

            Adeney is a graduate of Wheaton College with a master’s degree from Syracuse Â鶹ÊÓƵ and Ph.D. from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ of Washington.

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford is widely recognized as having one of the most beautiful campuses in America, featuring rolling hills, meticulously maintained grounds and Georgian-Colonial architecture. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.