S9 Ep991: Disability, the Church, and the Gospel: Eric Targe
Theology in the Raw
Theology in the Raw
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🗓️ 18 July 2022
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Eric Targe gives leadership and oversight to the College (Crossroads) and Disability (139) Ministries at Moody Church in Chicago. He is also an adjunct faculty member of Moody Bible Institute. Originally from New York, Eric has lived in Chicago since 2009. He was born into a Puerto Rican-Jewish family and came to faith during his teen years. Eric is passionate about seeing people come to faith in Christ and grow in the use of their spiritual gifts. Eric has a BA in Theology from Moody Bible Institute and an MDiv from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
In this episode, Eric and I talk about disability, focusing largely on the Deaf, Deaf culture, a theology of healing, the proper language to use, and how churches can better embody Jesus toward the largest minority population on earth.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, friends. Welcome back to another episode of theology. In the raw, my guest today is Eric |
| 0:04.8 | Tarje. Tarje, Eric Tarje. We had a little mix up on how to pronounce his name. So yes, it's Eric |
| 0:10.3 | Tarje. Eric joined the staff of Moody Church in 2013, where he now gives leadership and oversight |
| 0:15.7 | to the college and disability ministry. He's also an adjunct faculty member of Moody Bible |
| 0:20.6 | Institute, where he teaches a class on a theology of disability and ministry. And I explain how I got |
| 0:27.2 | to know Eric over the last few months. He came out to the exiles of Babylon conference and |
| 0:31.4 | that began what what hopefully will be a long-term relationship. But this conversation is really |
| 0:36.2 | relevant because it's been an interest of of mine for at least a couple years. And it's also going |
| 0:42.9 | to be one of the four sessions at the exiles of Babylon conference in 2023 here in Boise, Idaho, |
| 0:51.1 | March 23rd to 25th. We're going to be talking about the future of the church. We're going to be |
| 0:54.8 | talking about theology of disability in the church. We're going to be talking about multi-ethnic |
| 0:59.2 | perspectives on the on American Christianity. And then we are going to have a conversational debate |
| 1:05.0 | on the problem of evil and suffering that Saturday morning, March 23rd to 25th. Get your tickets |
| 1:11.4 | now at the time of recording. Okay, at the time of this recording, we have about 150 |
| 1:17.9 | early bird tickets available, 150 early bird tickets available. They're at a discounted rate. |
| 1:24.4 | But by the time you are listening to this recording, the number might be a lot smaller than that. |
| 1:28.5 | In fact, they might be all sold out. I'm not sure. But all the details are on the theology |
| 1:33.2 | and the raw website theologinaraw.com to sign up for exiles in Babylon 2023. All right, |
| 1:38.4 | let's get to know Eric Tars and his theology of disability in the church. |
| 1:43.4 | Eric, thanks so much for coming on theologinaraw. Yeah, I'm so excited to be here. I mean, |
| 1:57.8 | I've been listening to the podcast for about a year and a half and it has been such a blessing |
| 2:01.9 | was at the conference and yeah, I'm so excited to be able to talk with you about it. So that's how |
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