Calling Congregations Conference

The 2010 Calling Congregations Conference will be held October 7-9, 2010 at The Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center, Atlanta, GA.

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	Barbara Brown Taylor Butman Professor of Religion Piedmont College FTE Fellow (‘73) Barbara Brown Taylor teaches religion at Piedmont College in rural northeast Georgia and is an adjunct professor of spirituality at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur. She is the author of twelve books, including An Altar in the World, published by HarperOne in February 2009. Her first memoir, Leaving Church, met with widespread critical acclaim, winning a 2006 Author of the Year award from the Georgia Writers Association. A contributing editor to Sojourners, an at-large editor for The Christian Century and sometime commentator on Georgia Public Radio, Taylor lives on a working farm with her husband Ed and a yard full of animals.

	Gregory Ellison Assistant Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling Emory University, Candler School of Theology FTE Fellow (’03, ’04, ’05, ’07) Dr. Ellison’s research examines the intersections of pastoral care, personality development, theologies of hope, and marginalized populations. His book-in-progress is a revision of his dissertation, The Unacknowledged Self: A Pastoral Theological Response to Muteness and Invisibility in African American Young Men. His current project is based on his years of counseling youth and young adults transitioning out of correctional facilities. Professor Ellison is an ordained Baptist minister.