Pinnacle Theological Center: Enriching Our Faith and Life

The principle of the Pinnacle Theological Center is to serve as a place where people may find their ideas challenged, their questions accepted, their hopes inspired, their minds educated, their hearts stirred and their lives enriched. It is a place for people to come together and deal with the great issues of life in light of the Christian faith.

Seeing With the Eyes of the Heart

The Pinnacle Theological Center believes that the issues raised by the Social Creed for the 21st Century are important. We are not suggesting, however, that you agree or disagree with the Creed or any constituent part. We recognize that people of faith occupy various positions along the political spectrum.

Even so, in fulfilling our mission to function as a place for people to come together and deal with the great issues of life in a non–threatening environment, we are bringing outstanding speakers to address the issues raised in the Social Creed. We encourage you to attend, listen, ask questions, and draw your own conclusions.

Our next speaker, Dr. Ron Stone will discuss this segment of the Social Creed, “Holy Spirit,” as the fourth presentation in the Pinnacle Theological Center’s 2009–10 program, “Transforming God's Dream Into Reality: Seeing with the Eye's of the Heart.”

Dr. Stone served on the committee which drafted the Social Creed. He also served on the Presbyterian Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy. Ron became familiar with parish ministry through his early career service as a Lay Preacher in the Methodist Community Church in Salix, Iowa, and as a Youth Minister at Riverside Church in New York City. Ron began teaching at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in 1969 and concluded his career at Pittsburg as the John Witherspoon Professor of Christian Ethics in 2005. He also served as a Visiting Professor at United Theological College in Bangalore, India, during 1985.

Ron received his B.A. from Morningside College, his B.D. from Union Theological Seminary in New York, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1965 and 1968, respectively. He has also studied at Oxford University, Cambridge University, Harvard University and the Ecumenical Institute in Jerusalem. Ron has written and edited numerous books with his research focusing on Reinhold Niebuhr, Paul Tillich, John Wesley, and realism, peacemaking and policy.

Dr. Stone will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, in the Chapel.

Presentations for 2009-10

An inspiring program of six presentations titled Transforming God’s Dream into Reality: “Seeing with the Eyes of the Heart” – Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The program centers on The Social Creed for the 21st Century, a guidepost for Christian social justice, which was approved by the General Assemblies of the National Council of Churches and the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

For additional information and registration, call the church office, 480.585.9448.