Join us for an exclusive sneak-peek screening of Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin. with author Eric Metaxas, who will talk about Bonhoeffer’s legacy and its vital importance for us today.
In the first major biography of Bonhoeffer in 40 years, New York Times best-selling author Eric Metaxas takes both facets of Bonhoeffer’s life—the theologian and the spy—and tells a captivating story of moral courage in the face of evil. In a deeply moving narrative, Metaxas uses previously unavailable documents—including personal letters, detailed journal entries, and firsthand personal accounts—to reveal dimensions of Bonhoeffer’s life and theology never explored before.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was swept into the deadly plot to assassinate Hitler. With his faith and fate at stake, Bonhoeffer had to choose between upholding his moral convictions or risking it all to save millions of Jews from genocide. Will his shift from preaching peace to plotting murder alter the course of history or cost him everything?
Metaxas has presented the fullest account of Bonhoeffer’s heart-wrenching 1939 decision to leave the safety of America for Hitler’s Germany. Using excerpts from love letters and coded messages written to and from Bonhoeffer’s Cell 92, Metaxas tells the full story of Bonhoeffer’s passionate and tragic romance for the first time.
Viewers will discover new insights and revelations about his life-changing months at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem and about his radical position on why Christians are obliged to stand up for the Jews. Metaxas also sheds new light on Bonhoeffer’s reaction to Kristallnacht, his involvement in the famous Valkyrie plot, and in “Operation 7,” the effort to smuggle Jews into neutral Switzerland.
Bonhoeffer was determined to do the will of God radically, courageously, and joyfully—even to the point of death. Bonhoeffer is the story of a life framed by a passion for truth and a commitment to justice on behalf of those who face implacable evil.
Event Schedule
General Admission Tier 1 & 2:
6:30 p.m. — Reception with Mocktails and Hors D'oeuvres
7:00 p.m. — Screening of Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin.
9:30 p.m. — Remarks by Eric Metaxas
VIP Dinner with Eric Metaxas:
5:30 p.m. — VIP Dinner with Eric Metaxas, Private Q&A
7:00 p.m. — Screening of Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Assassin
9:30 p.m. — Remarks by Eric Metaxas