Pastor passionate about media and faith to talk at Goshen College Sept. 26-29

GOSHEN, Ind. – Shane Hipps, pastor and author, will be on the Goshen College campus Sept. 26 to 29 as a pastor-in-residence and presenter of themes from his book, “The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture: How Media Shapes Faith, The Gospel and Church.”

Hipps will be giving the following presentations for the public:

·    Sept. 26, 10 a.m. – Chapel: Shane Hipps, “A personal faith story,” Church-Chapel. Free and open to the public.

·    Sept. 27, 9-11 a.m.– Pastor’s Coffee Break, Church-Chapel Fellowship Hall. All pastors from the Goshen area are invited; no RSVP required.

·    Sept. 28, 10 a.m. – Chapel: Shane Hipps, “Living our faith in a media-drenched culture,” Church-Chapel. Free and open to the public.

·    Sept. 29, 8:30 a.m.-noon– Conference: “Christianity in Context: Facing the Pressures of Electronic Culture on Children, Youth and Family,” Church Chapel Room 300. This conference is for parents, grandparents, pastors and Christian educators. Sponsored by the Goshen College Education Department and College Mennonite Church. Cost: $5. For more information and to register for this event, contact Barb Swartzendruber at 535-7440 or barbjs@goshen.edu.

Hipps is lead pastor of Trinity Mennonite Church, Glendale, Ariz., a missional, urban, Anabaptist congregation. He was also a keynote speaker at the biannual Mennonite Church USA Assembly in San Jose this summer. Hipps speaks nationally on the topics of faith, media, culture, post-modernity and the church.

Before earning a master of divinity degree from Fuller Theological Seminary, Hipps was a strategic planner in advertising where he worked on a variety of national brands. The majority of his time was spent developing and implementing the multi-million dollar communications strategy for Porsche Cars North America.

In his book, “The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture: How Media Shapes Faith, The Gospel and Church.” Hipps writes, “There is great promise as well as peril in our technological society. But we will never make our way through the maelstrom of our media if we don’t stop and ask the right questions before moving forward.”

Brian McLaren, author of “A Generous Orthodoxy,” wrote in the forward to the book, “Shane excavates beneath the surface layers to some deep insights that I’ll bet you’ve never considered before. I know he has helped me see new dimensions to the dangers and opportunities hidden both in the status quo and in the new emerging realities of the church.”


For more information about Hipps, visit his Web site at www.shanehipps.com. His visit is sponsored by Goshen College Campus Ministries.

Editors: For more information about this release, to arrange an interview or request a photo, contact Goshen College News Bureau Director Jodi H. Beyeler at (574) 535-7572 or jodihb@goshen.edu.

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Goshen College, established in 1894, is a residential Christian liberal arts college rooted in the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition. The college’s Christ-centered core values – passionate learning, global citizenship, compassionate peacemaking and servant-leadership – prepare students as leaders for the church and world. Recognized for its unique Study-Service Term program, Goshen has earned citations of excellence in Barron’s Best Buys in Education, “Colleges of Distinction,” “Making a Difference College Guide” and U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” edition, which named Goshen a “least debt college.” Visit www.goshen.edu.