(South Hamilton, Massachusetts) (June 10, 2009)----William Messenger has been named the Executive Editor of the Theology of Work Project, in an announcement made today by Haddon Robinson, President and Co-Chair of the Theology of Work Project, Inc.. "I'm delighted Will has accepted this position. He has led our research and writing efforts-on an interim basis-since the Project's inception in 2007, and we're delighted he's accepted our request that he assume this full-time role. This helps ensure that we can move the Project's research and writing forward at a much faster pace." The Project plans to complete its work during the next five years. Dr. Robinson added.
Dr. Robinson also announced the Project's receipt of a one million dollar gift. The gift pushes the Project past the halfway mark in its efforts to raise the nearly $2 million needed to complete its work. "This generous gift makes it possible for us to add Will at a pivotal point in our efforts, ensuring his undivided attention in directing the efforts of our research and writing teams."
The Theology of Work Project, Inc. is an independent, international organization engaged in research and writing on the intersection of Christian faith and the ordinary workplace. It has a five-year mission to produce biblical, theological and topical materials for equipping Christians to make use of the principles and resources of the Christian faith in their daily work. It is further engaged in collecting in one place reliable research materials to aid others - including pastors, ministry professionals, Biblical scholars and teachers, and workplace practitioners - in producing materials useful to Christians in their work lives.
The Project currently has over two dozen writing projects in various stages of production. The Project's Steering Committee, which meets twice annually, will hold its next session in Boston this August. One of its two planned 2010 sessions will be held in Cape Town, South Africa, enabling the Project's members to participate in (as invited delegates), or witness (as guests or observers), the next session of the Lausanne Covenant. The Project's Steering Committee includes members from around the globe, including men and women who are retired CEO's, seminary professors, workplace professionals, academicians from varied fields, workplace ministry professionals, and other fields, with advisory committee members drawn from equally diverse segments of the population.
In addition to his role with the Project, Dr. Messenger also serves on the Board of Directors of ArQule, Inc., a biotechnology company in Woburn, MA. Previously he served as Director of the Mockler Center for Faith and Ethics in the Workplace at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, as well as an adjunct faculty member there. Dr. Messenger has also served as an adjunct professor of business ethics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY and a visiting lecturer at Holy Cross College in Worcester, MA. He has also held positions with Advanced Metabolic Systems, McKinsey, Goldman-Sachs, and IBM. Dr. Messenger is an ordained minister in the Episcopal Church. He is a graduate of Gordon-Conwell (DMin), Boston University (MDiv), Harvard (MBA), and Case Western Reserve University (BS in physics).
For more information about the Project or this announcement, please contact Cheryl Kilgore at ckilgore@theologyofwork.org.