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Marlon Hall Announced as Keynote Speaker of Buildings for a New
Tomorrow 2015
Richmond, VA- Marlon F. Hall has been chosen as the keynote speaker for the
Buildings for a New Tomorrow (BFNT) Symposium in Raleigh, NC. Hall is a
storyteller who uses photography, anthropology, filmmaking and human
development businesses to share stories of love, imagination and passion. In
addition to creating films through Folklore Films, he is the pastor and Curator of
Human Potential of the Awakenings Movement, a grassroots Christian community of
social visionaries and culture shapers in Houston, Detroit and Nairobi.
“What an honor it is to share and learn at the BFNT gathering in Raleigh. For the
past 15 years I have dedicated my life to understanding and imagining new
possibility through the issues of decline in the church,” said Hall about being
selected. Hall said he seeks the beautiful side of this ugly challenge by modeling
innovation, creative truth telling, entrepreneurial projects and future shaping
initiatives.
Growing up, Hall was a member of a family of religious nomads and was educated at
Vanderbilt and Fisk University and became ordained in the United Church of Christ
after attending the now Houston Graduate School of Theology. Hall serves on the
Faculty of Leadership at Duke Divinity’s Foundations of Christian Leadership and
Denominational Leadership Courses. He has produced films for these programs and
advises on issues of innovation and culture making.
The Episcopal Church Building Fund is a national nonprofit that helps Episcopal congregations to
become financially self sustaining and a thriving part of their community through the creative use of
their buildings. ECBF drives results through loans, consultations, educational resources and learning
opportunities. To learn more, please visit: www.ecbf.org.