Truth to Tell

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truth to Tell is the blog of Andrew S. Tatum, a seminary student at Campbell Divinity School. At "truth to Tell" Andrew explores the intersections of theology, spirituality, ministry and culture. The blog is also a personal blog in that it often serves as a means for the author to update friends, family & other readers about changing life circumstances. Andrew is affiliated with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship although he has been on the ministry staff of Southern Baptist, United Methodist and Episcopal churches.

The stated purpose of "truth to Tell" is to "be a space of open conversation and genuine creativity oriented towards dealing with the issues which Christian individuals and communities face in the 21st century." More concretely, the blog deals with issues of Christian missions and ministry from an ecumenical perspective.

The title of the blog comes from a book by the same title written by Lesslie Newbigin. The author of the blog writes,

"The phrase, “Truth to tell” comes from the title of a book by one of my favorite thinkers, Lesslie Newbigin: Truth to Tell: The Gospel as Public Truth. My choosing of “Truth to tell” as a title for this blog is based on Newbigin’s conviction (which I share) that the Church of Jesus Christ (in all its various expressions) must be about the business of speaking the Truth to the world. This truth, however, is not some cold, arrogant, unchanging truth but, rather, a truth that must “wrap the whole world in the Father’s love.” I want to use this blog to facilitate discussion that will allow us to explore this Truth together."

Academic Theological Training:

Campbell Divinity School (Buies Creek, NC) M.Div. candidate - Historical & Theological Studies (2006-2010)
Duke Divinity School (Durham, NC) Visiting student - Theology & Ministry (2007-2008)
Campbell University (Buies Creek, NC) B.A. - Religion & Christian Ministry (2006)

Professors:

Reinhard Heutter, Adam C. English, Timothy Tyson, David Steinmetz, & Steven Harmon