Pinnacle Theological Center: Christians Engaging Our Community
The principle of the Pinnacle Theological Center is to serve as a place where people may find their ideas challenged, their questions accepted, their hopes inspired, their minds educated, their hearts stirred, and their lives enriched. It is a place for people to come together and deal with the great issues of life in light of the Christian faith.
First Francis W. Park Memorial Lecture Announced for April 29
Pinnacle Presbyterian Church in Scottsdale has recently established the annual Francis W. Park Memorial Lectures, in honor of Rev. Francis W. Park. Rev. Park, who passed away on Nov. 14, 2011, had served as a pastor at Pinnacle Presbyterian Church for nine years, after retiring as Pastor of Faith Presbyterian Church in Sun City, where he had served for 15 years. Rev. Park, while serving at Pinnacle Presbyterian, was the founding chair of the Pinnacle Theological Center in 2003.
The Pinnacle Theological Center has a wide variety of robust and engaging programs, including one–time events, symposia, series and small group study and discussion. Over the years, Rev. Park arranged numerous programs at PTC of importance and interest to both the Pinnacle Presbyterian congregation and the wider Scottsdale and Phoenix–area communities. There have been programs and well known speakers on issues of education, globalization, homelessness, faith and science, health and hunger, immigration and other social issues.
 Dr. Angel Cabrera |
The annual Francis W. Park Memorial Lectures will have nationally–known individuals speaking on a variety of topics. The first lecture, on Sunday, April 29 at 3 p.m., will be co–sponsored by Faith Presbyterian Church. The speaker will be Dr. Angel Cabrera, President of Thunderbird School of Global Management, widely recognized as the No. 1 school in the international business field. Dr. Cabrera will speak on the topic of “Finding the Soul of the Global Economy.”
Dr. Cabrera is a world–renowned global leader and management educator whose work and expertise has been recognized and tapped by top international organizations. The World Economic Forum named Dr. Cabrera a “Global Leader for Tomorrow” in 2002 and chairman of the Global Agenda Council for promoting entrepreneurship in 2008. In 2007, the United Nations asked him to chair the international task force that developed the “Principles for Responsible Management Education,” a voluntary framework to promote global corporate citizenship subscribed to by more than 200 business schools worldwide.
In 2008, Dr. Cabrera was named a Crown Fellow by the Aspen Institute. He is a frequent speaker at prestigious international forums, and his views about global leadership, business education and corporate citizenship are often quoted by leading media in the world. He has received numerous honors and extensive recognition over the years for his work.
Dr. Cabrera’s Sunday, April 29, presentation will be at 3 p.m. in Fellowship Hall on the Pinnacle Presbyterian Church campus at 25150 N Pima Rd. in Scottsdale. Admission is free and the event is open to the general public. Refreshments will be available following the presentation. For questions or more information, call the office at Pinnacle Presbyterian Church at 480.585.9441, ext 1.