Dr.
Tony Richie will serve as this year's Ecumenical Retreat Leader,
October 11 & 12 at the Roslyn Conference Center, Richmond. Dr.
Richie will assist us in bridging the growing gap between Christians,
who seem unable to even talk with each other.
April 12, 2010 Tony Richie (BA, Carson-Newman College, M Div Pentecostal Theological Seminary, and D Min, Asbury Theological Seminary) successfully defended his PhD thesis in Systematic Theology at London School of Theology.Tony is a participant in an innovative collaborative research degree program with Asbury Theological Seminary in connection with London School of Theology through Middlesex University. His thesis is titled, Speaking by the Spirit: Exploring the Classical Pentecostal Tradition of Testimony in Developing a Pneumatological Theology as a Model for Interreligious Encounter and Dialogue. Richie says, “This program was just tailor-made for my needs. It is solid academically but suited to individual lifestyle settings. I couldn’t have been happier with it.”
Tony Richie is missionary teacher at SEMISUD (Quito, Ecuador), guest lecturer at the Pentecostal Theological Seminary and Lee University (Cleveland, TN) and adjunct theology professor for Regent University Divinity School (Virginia Beach, VA). Dr Richie is an Ordained Bishop in the Church of God (Cleveland, TN), and Senior Pastor at New Harvest Church Knoxville, TN, where he resides with his beloved wife and partner in ministry, Sue. He serves the Society for Pentecostal Studies as Ecumenism Interest Group Leader and Liaison to the Interfaith Relations Commission of the National Council of Churches (USA) and represents Pentecostals on Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation of the World Council of Churches (WCC, in Geneva, SW). He is also an ecumenical representative to the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA), an ecumenical and international think tank and advisory board to the WCC and the United Nations, the first ever Pentecostal appointed in this capacity.
Publications include “Mr. Wesley and Mohammed: A Contemporary Inquiry Concerning Islam,” Asbury Theological Journal 58:2 (Fall 2003), 79-99, “Thinking Through the New Theism: A Pastoral Perspective,” Asbury Theological Journal 60:2 (Fall 2005), 111-21, “Healing Fire from Heaven: A Wesleyan-Pentecostal Approach to Interfaith Forgiveness and Reconciliation,” Wesleyan Theological Journal 42:2 (Fall 2007), 136-54, “Approaching the Problem of Religious Truth in a Pluralistic World: A Pentecostal-Charismatic Contribution,” Journal of Ecumenical Studies 43:3 (Summer, 2008), 351-69, “Azusa-era Optimism: Bishop J. H. King’s Pentecostal Theology of Religions as a Possible Paradigm for Today,” The Spirit in the World: Emerging Pentecostal Theologies in Global Contexts, ed. Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2009), 227-44, and “Pragmatism, Power, and Politics: A Pentecostal Conversation with President Obama’s Favorite Theologian, Reinhold Niebuhr,” Pneuma 32:2 (Summer 2010). Other publications include several journal articles and book chapters on Wesleyan and Pentecostal theology and experience and interreligious encounter and dialogue.
DIRECTIONS
The Virginia Diocesan Center at Roslyn
8727 River Road, Richmond VA 23229
(804) 288-6045 or (800) 477-6296
From the North:
1. I-95 South to the Richmond area
2. Take Exit 79 ("South 195-West 64-Charlottesville")
3. Bear left, follow sign for "195 South-To Powhite Parkway"
4. Proceed on 195 South (2.5 miles), take Exit 147 ("Cary St-Grove Ave")
5. Bear left (following sign for Cary Street), turn right at light onto Cary Street (147 West)
6. Proceed west on Cary Street (2.7 miles)
7. Follow sign for River Road (right turn at bottom of long hill)
8. Proceed west on River Road (2.1 miles)
9. Entrance sign for Diocesan Center is on your left
From the South:
1. I-95 North to the Richmond area
2. Take Exit 67 ("150 North-Chippenham Parkway-To 60-360 West")
3. Proceed north on 150-Chippenham Parkway (15.5 miles)
4. Follow signs for River Road (Right turn at first traffic light past Willey Bridge on James River)
5. Follow short access road (N. Parham/River Rd.) to traffic light, turn left onto River Road
6. Proceed on River Road 3/10 of a mile
7. Entrance sign for Diocesan Center is on your right
From the East:
1. I-64 West to Richmond area
2. Merge with I-95 North (Right turn)
3. Proceed north on I-95
4. Take Exit 79 ("West 64-Charlottesville")
5. Proceed west on I-64 (just over 5 miles)
6. Take Exit 181A ("Parham Road-South")
7. Proceed south on Parham Road (4.1 miles)
8. Follow signs for River Road (left turn/traffic light)
9. Follow short access road (N.Parham/River Rd.) to traffic light, turn left onto River Road
10. Proceed 3/10 of a mile
11. Entrance sign for Diocesan Center is on your right
From the West:
1. I-64 East to the Richmond area
2. Take Exit 180A "Gaskins Rd-South"
3. Proceed south on Gaskins Road (3.6 miles, 7 lights)
4. Turn left onto River Road (at traffic light)
5. Proceed east on River Road (2.0 miles, 2 lights)
6. Entrance sign for Diocesan Center is on your right