Anthony Chvala-Smith Attends Fall National Council of Churches Christian Unity Gathering

Graceland University Assistant Professor of Theology and Scripture and Paul E. Morden Seminary Chair of Religion Anthony Chvala-Smith, PhD

Graceland University Assistant Professor of Theology and Scripture and Paul E. Morden Seminary Chair of Religion Anthony Chvala-Smith, PhD, attended the fall National Council of Churches (NCC) Christian Unity Gathering in Newport News, Virginia, Oct. 13-15 and began his service on the NCC’s Faith and Order Convening Table as a representative of Community of Christ. In addition to its regular business, the conference included several events remembering the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in 1619 at nearby Old Point Comfort and sessions about confronting the ongoing racist legacy of slavery in the Unites States. Seminary Director Zac Harmon-McLaughlin, three graduating seminary students and two other Community of Christ leaders participated in the conference.