Outgoing President, Scot Headley, from George Fox University made this presentation as his keynote address.

1. Building a Community and a Culture
A Deliberate and purposeful Journey
From Galatia, to Kenya, to Azusa and Beyond
You, my brothers and sisters,
were called to be free. But do
not use your freedom to
indulge the flesh; rather,
serve one another humbly in
love. (Galations 5:13)
Scot Headley, ICCTE President; May, 2012

6. Culture
Symbols
Ritual
Technology
Experience
Relationship

7. The purposes of the International Christian
Community for Teacher Education (ICCTE) are to:
•Promote communication and encouragement among
Christian teacher educators;
•Promote research-based and theoretically informed
conversation about a range of topics related to the
preparation of educators; and
•Promote broader awareness of the importance and
value of Christian thought and practice in relation to
the broad field of education.

8. The Galations: outsiders (Gentiles) wooed by an
outsider (Paul), loved by Christ (an outsider in his
own right), begrudgingly accepted and ultimately
told to conform to culture and religion or to get out
of the “club” by the insiders (good, religious folk).
Paul tells them in a letter that they know the truth
because they know Jesus and that their lives,
indwelt by Christ’s Spirit were sufficient. He
challenged them to stand up against the demands
on them to conform to cultural/religious norms.

9. Learning from Galations 6:1-6 (The Message)
•Live creatively, friends.
•If someone falls into sin, forgivingly restore him, saving
your critical comments for yourself. You might be
needing forgiveness before the day's out.
•Stoop down and reach out to those who are oppressed.
Share their burdens, and so complete Christ's law. If you
think you are too good for that, you are badly deceived.

10. •Make a careful exploration of who you are and the
work you have been given, and then sink yourself
into that.
•Don't be impressed with yourself. Don't compare
yourself with others. Each of you must take
responsibility for doing the creative best you can with
your own life.
• Be very sure now, you who have been trained to a
self-sufficient maturity, that you enter into a generous
common life with those who have trained you,
sharing all the good things that you have and
experience.

11. Deliberate and Purposeful Steps for us to develop
community and culture
Live creatively, friends

12. Live creatively, friends
•affection for others
•exuberance about life
•serenity
•a willingness to stick with things
•a sense of compassion in the heart
•a conviction that a basic holiness permeates things
and people
•loyal commitments
•not needing to force our way in life
•ability to marshal and direct our energies wisely
(5:22-23)
Creative, Spirit-led Living

13. If someone falls into sin, forgivingly restore
him, saving your critical comments for
yourself. You might be needing forgiveness
before the day's out.

14. If someone falls into sin, forgivingly restore him,
saving your critical comments for yourself. You
might be needing forgiveness before the day's out.
For everything we know about God's Word is summed
up in a single sentence: Love others as you love
yourself. That's an act of true freedom. If you bite and
ravage each other, watch out—in no time at all you
will be annihilating each other, and where will your
precious freedom be then?
(5:14-15)
Loving Correction

15. Stoop down and reach out to those who are
oppressed. Share their burdens, and so
complete Christ's law. If you think you are too
good for that, you are badly deceived.

16. Stoop down and reach out to those who are
oppressed. Share their burdens, and so
complete Christ's law. If you think you are too
good for that, you are badly deceived.
And don't you remember that even though
taking in a sick guest was most troublesome for
you, you chose to treat me as well as you would
have treated an angel of God—as well as you
would have treated Jesus himself if he had
visited you? (4:14)
Serving Needs

17. Make a careful exploration of who you are
and the work you have been given, and then
sink yourself into that

18. Make a careful exploration of who you are and
the work you have been given, and then sink
yourself into that
Since this is the kind of life we have chosen, the life of
the Spirit, let us make sure that we do not just hold it
as an idea in our heads or a sentiment in our hearts,
but work out its implications in every detail of our lives.
(5: 25)
Reflection and Commitment to Act

19. Don't be impressed with yourself. Don't
compare yourself with others. Each of you
must take responsibility for doing the creative
best you can with your own life.

20. Don't be impressed with yourself. Don't compare
yourself with others. Each of you must take
responsibility for doing the creative best you can
with your own life.
The person who lives in right relationship with
God does it by embracing what God arranges for
him. Doing things for God is the opposite of
entering into what God does for you. (3:11)
Personal Growth

21. Be very sure now, you who have been trained to a self-
sufficient maturity, that you enter into a generous
common life with those who have trained you, sharing
all the good things that you have and experience.

22. Be very sure now, you who have been trained to a self-
sufficient maturity, that you enter into a generous
common life with those who have trained you, sharing
all the good things that you have and experience.
Right now, therefore, every time we get the
chance, let us work for the benefit of all, starting
with the people closest to us in the community of
faith. (5:10)
Community Growth

23. Working Together to Build our Community
A Foundation of Creative Living: allowing Christ to live through
us, manifested by the Fruit of the Spirit

24. Working Together to Build our Community
Correction
Serving
Needs
Loving
A Foundation of Creative Living: allowing Christ to live through
us, manifested by the Fruit of the Spirit

25. Working Together to Build our Community
Reflection and Commitment to Act
Correction
Serving
Needs
Loving
A Foundation of Creative Living: allowing Christ to live through
us, manifested by the Fruit of the Spirit

26. Working Together to Build our Community
Personal Growth
Reflection and Commitment to Act
Correction
Serving
Needs
Loving
A Foundation of Creative Living: allowing Christ to live through
us, manifested by the Fruit of the Spirit

27. Working Together to Build our Community
Community Growth
Personal Growth
Reflection and Commitment to Act
Correction
Serving
Needs
Loving
A Foundation of Creative Living: allowing Christ to live through
us, manifested by the Fruit of the Spirit

28. Working Together to Build our Community
Service and Outreach
Scholarship and Teaching
Research and Theory Base
Encouragement &
Communication &
Collegiality
Support
Christian thought and practice in relation to the
broad field of education

29. Working Together as The ICCTE
Community
Leadership
Membership
Communication
ICCTE Journal
Conference
Fellowship
Christian thought and practice in relation to the
broad field of education

30. Culture: Accepting, welcoming
Symbols: cup, sleeve and napkin?
Ritual: Conference, Peer review
Technology: Communication and
Information exchange
Experience: Fellowship, communion
Relationship: Enduring, familial