MTS Community, Memphis Theological Seminary, in collaboration with Metropolitan Baptist Church, is pleased to welcome Rev. Dr. Melanie Jones Quarles as the speaker for the Spring 2025 Holmes Lecture. This […]
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This year, we focus on “Immigration: Moral Responses to Policy Changes”—a conversation about how the faith community responds to evolving immigration policies with compassion, justice, and leadership.
🗓 Wednesday, September 17
🕦 11:30am
📍Hamilton Chapel, Memphis Theological Seminary OR watch live on Facebook (@memphisseminary)
Our distinguished panelists:
Dr. Shazetta Thompson-Hill
Cali VanCleve
Jack Payne (MTS student, attorney)
Kathryn Ramsey Mason
Facilitated by Dr. Farris Blount
Come be part of an honest, faith-rooted dialogue on immigration issues. Lunch will be served following the panel. All are welcome—join in person or online!
The lecture's topic will be “Black Prophetic Faith and the Soul of Democracy”: This presentation intertwines the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr. and Howard Thurman to illuminate a path forward for America. Rooted in King’s radical pursuit of the Beloved Community and Thurman’s contemplative spirituality, the lecture confronts dehumanization and injustice while calling for a democracy grounded in love, unity, and transformative renewal.
Dr. Clark is Associate Professor of Theology at Xavier University. He earned his Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary under the mentorship of Dr. James H. Cone, and he integrates Black liberation theology, contemplative praxis, and justice work in his scholarship and teaching. Committed to the idea that theological education in the twenty-first century must function as a counter-story, Dr. Clark equips students to read against the grain of the dominant culture by raising critical consciousness, unmasking conventional wisdom, and reimagining the good.
For MTS Students: This event is worth 1 colloquia credit for MTS MDiv and MACM students (MDiv requires 8; MACM requires 6). To receive credit, students must **register with their MTS email addresses**, indicate on this form that they are seeking colloquial credit, and attend the lecture event by signing in if they attend in-person or by confirmation of the Registrar if attending online.
We look forward to seeing you all there!