Eidene Anderson
Campus Mobilizer, Biblical Ministries Worldwide
Living, Recovering, and Suffering Well for God’s Glory
2:00pm, January 23 | CABRE 102
How do we bring our lives and gospel truth together so that difficult questions related to suffering are answered? In this session, perspectives and suggestions will be offered to learn how to live vibrantly, suffer well, and arrive safely home to heaven, while bringing glory to God.
Paul Barreca
Executive Director, Fellowship International Mission
Social Justice and the Gospel
1:00pm, January 23 | CABRE 102
The cause of social justice while appealing to many, is a diversion from the necessity of the Gospel. Paul has a published article in the journal of ministry and theology on this subject.
Discipleship
2:00pm, January 24 | Langmade Room
A study of the interaction between Jesus and His disciples gives us discipleship methodology to apply in discipleship relationships today. Paul is the author of a discipleship curriculum and a book on how Jesus made disciples.
Zane Bloom
Mobilizer/Representative, Biblical Ministries Worldwide
Senders: How Your Church Can Identify, Train, and Deploy Missionaries.
9:00am, January 24 | Langmade Room
If your church wants to send missionaries from your congregation, this session will provide a template and resources to establish a strategy. The session is designed to help the leadership team determine a way forward in identifying, training and sending missionaries from your church.
Maybe Me?
2:00pm, January 24 | CABRE 100
Maybe Me is the first step in visioning and planning mission service. When considering the kinds of events and encounters that might stimulate a person to acknowledge a missionary/ministry vocation, the five Maybe Me encounters summarize what leads to missionization.
Mark Bruner
Vice President Field Ministries, Avant Ministries
Elements of Successful CPM’s
10:00am, January 24 | CABRE 100
Key elements of a successful strategy to share the gospel among an unreached people group.
Kurt Busenitz
Director of Church Planting, Rural Home Missionary Association
Fostering a Missional Mindset for Small, Rural Communities
9:00am, January 24 | CABRE 103
We will discuss some ways churches can find a balance between encouraging people from small towns to “come and see” and also leading our church families to “go and tell” in rural mission field.
What you SHOULD try in a small town
2:00pm, January 24 | CABRE 103
What does Jason Aldean’s hit song say about rural America? What is the reality, and what does God’s Word teach us about engaging the rural mindset with the gospel whether here in our own country or in a community on the other side of the world?
Rev. Timothy Chally
Director, Rockies Southwest Bible Church Extension
Home Churches
1:00pm, January 23 | CABRE 103
Is it time to return to smaller home churches led by elders and lay pastors? We’ll look at examples of how this may be the trend for our culture.
Finding, Preparing, and Recruiting Qualified Pastors
1:00pm, January 24 | CABRE 103
There is a critical shortage of qualified pastoral candidates to fill needed positions in the United States. This need is particularly acute in small and rural churches. I will address the need of churches and potential solutions to address the need.
Warren Cheek
International Representative, UIM International
The Culture of the Kingdom of Light
1:00pm, January 23 | CABRE 100
This session will focus on the principles of the culture of the Kingdom of Light and the battle waged against these principles within the Christian and the Church.
Overcoming Disappoints and Setbacks in Ministry Families and Ministry Teams
1:00pm, January 24 | Langmade Room
We will be discovering ways ministry families and teams can overcome disappointments and setbacks and continue to serve together long term.
Rick Cross
Executive Director, Acorn Global Advance
Funding Missions Through Innovation and Networking
3:00pm, January 23 | Langmade Room
Learn how to secure funding for missions through creative innovation and effective networking at this seminar.
Tools for Compelling Corporate Prayer
9:00am, January 24 | CABRE 102
Explore meaningful tools and practices to enrich corporate prayer sessions.
James Gleaves
Mobilizer/Representative, Ethnos 360
Attributes of an Effective Sending Church
2:00pm, January 23 | Langmade Room
We all understand what a missionary “supporting” church is, but what is a “sending” church? We will talk about the difference and discuss some of the components of a healthy missionary-sending church relationship.
The Process of Planting An Indigenous Church
2:00pm, January 24 | CABRE 102
What is involved in planting a church amongst a remote people group? What if that people group doesn’t know how to read and does not even have a written language? We will see one couple’s journey through this process beginning the day they were challenged to missions and discuss all that is involved in planting indigenous churches.
Jonathan Hansen
Assistant Director, Village Missions
How to Revitalize a Struggling Church
3:00pm, January 23 | CABRE 103
In this workshop we will give pointers about how to bring life back to a church on the brink of closing.
Shawn Haynie
General Director, Adelphos-USA
What is a “Missions-minded” Church?
1:00pm, January 23 | Langmade Room
There are a lot of opinions about what constitutes a “missions-minded” church. This seminar looks at several principles from Acts 13 to help us biblically define a mindset for missions.
Maintaining a Missions Mindset in the Middle of a Mess
10:00am, January 24 | CABRE 102
Pandemics, Economic Downturns, Cancel Culture, Persecutions…it’s hard for a church just to survive, let alone maintain a missions mindset. Let’s look at several key passages in the NT, to see how Paul challenged the churches of his era to maintain missions in the middle of a mess.
Adam Kipp
Executive Director, Rural Home Missionary Association
Fostering a Missional Mindset for Small, Rural Communities
9:00am, January 24 | CABRE 103
We will discuss some ways churches can find a balance between encouraging people from small towns to “come and see” and also leading our church families to “go and tell” in rural mission field.
Ben Laur
Director of Recruitment, Avant Ministries
What Would You Do? – Case Studies from the Mission Field
3:00pm, January 23 | CABRE 100
Hear real-life tricky scenarios missionaries face on the field in this interactive seminar. Discuss what you would do in their shoes, learn what really happened, and spend a moment in prayer for all those involved.
The Harvest and the Unsent: The Primacy of Prayer for Missions
1:00pm, January 24 | CABRE 100
Of all the things Jesus could have told his disciples to do as they considered the lost, Jesus instructed them to pray. Explore this teaching from Jesus, and learn how prayer has been the catalyst for missions movements throughout history.
Natalie Marmon
Mobilizer, Crossworld
7 Ways to Take Your Faith to Work
3:00pm, January 24 | CABRE 102
We’ll discuss the sacred/secular divide and see how God created work as a way to worship and honor our God. We’ll specifically talk through 7 ways to be faithful in the work environment. This will also include a theology of work.
Mike Morris
Director, Children's Evangelistic Ministries
Social Justice and the Gospel
1:00pm, January 23 | CABRE 102
The cause of social justice while appealing to many, is a diversion from the necessity of the Gospel. Paul has a published article in the journal of ministry and theology on this subject.
Discipleship
2:00pm, January 24 | Langmade Room
A study of the interaction between Jesus and His disciples gives us discipleship methodology to apply in discipleship relationships today. Paul is the author of a discipleship curriculum and a book on how Jesus made disciples.
John Myrick
Teacher at Rift Valley Academy, Africa Inland Mission
Church Partnership: Effectively Supporting Missionaries on the Field
10:00am, January 24 | Langmade Room
This seminar focuses on the important role of the church in supporting and caring for missionaries and their families while on the field and when on Home Assignment in the states.
Teaching Missionary Children
3:00pm, January 24 | CABRE 100
This seminar covers topics in MK education and how it furthers efforts of carrying out of the Great Commission in both traditional and non-traditional mission settings. It also looks at the huge variety of opportunities in which Education degrees and teaching skills can be used to open doors for relationships and sharing of the gospel with cousins in North Africa.
Phil O'Day
President, Avant Ministries
Social Justice and the Gospel
1:00pm, January 23 | CABRE 102
The cause of social justice while appealing to many, is a diversion from the necessity of the Gospel. Paul has a published article in the journal of ministry and theology on this subject.
Discipleship
2:00pm, January 24 | Langmade Room
A study of the interaction between Jesus and His disciples gives us discipleship methodology to apply in discipleship relationships today. Paul is the author of a discipleship curriculum and a book on how Jesus made disciples.
Randy and Lisa Picklesimer
District Representative, Village Missions
Qualities of an Effective Rural Pastor
10:00am, January 24 | CABRE 103
This seminar will discuss the essential traits and characteristics that make an effective rural pastor.
Bob and Katherine Rodgers
Executive Director, Northwest Independent Church Extension
Social Justice and the Gospel
1:00pm, January 23 | CABRE 102
The cause of social justice while appealing to many, is a diversion from the necessity of the Gospel. Paul has a published article in the journal of ministry and theology on this subject.
Discipleship
2:00pm, January 24 | Langmade Room
A study of the interaction between Jesus and His disciples gives us discipleship methodology to apply in discipleship relationships today. Paul is the author of a discipleship curriculum and a book on how Jesus made disciples.
Grant Ryder
Director of Church and Mobilization, Crossworld
God’s Global Mandate for Every Believer
9:00am, January 23 | CABRE 100
Based on God’s mission as revealed in Scripture and the current situation of the world, we need to respond by mobilizing the whole church. With that in mind, let’s step back for a moment with a very broad look at God’s mission throughout Scripture.
Darrel and Suzan Simmons
Mobilizers, Friends of Israel
Culture, Customs, Stories and Music
3:00pm, January 23 | CABRE 102
Understand more about who our Jewish friends are and in what ways we have all been blessed through the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Gen. 12:3).
Learn, Get-Involved and Serve our Jewish Friends
1:00pm, January 24 | CABRE 102
Let us introduce you to opportunities available for you to learn more about the Jewish people and what it means to be a blessing to them (Genesis 12:3) right where you live.
Daniel Taggart
Executive Director, Flagstaff Mission to the Navajos
Success in Ministry
2:00pm, January 23 | CABRE 103
What made Joshua a successful leader? We will take a look at the three things that can make us successful leaders just like Joshua.
Get Going!
3:00pm, January 24 | CABRE 103
God has given us today a definite mandate to carry out. Why aren’t we carrying it out? We need to get going!
Anna T
Mobilizer/Representative, Cafe1040
Habits of a World Christian
2:00pm, January 23 | CABRE 100
During this presentation, I will walk through the definition of a world Christian and several practical habits of a world Christian – relating to different roles they can play in the Great Commission (Go, Mobilize, Send, Welcome, Pray).
Quincy Thompson
Campus Mobilizer, WorldVenture
Engaging Young Adults
3:00pm, January 24 | Langmade Room
Step into this training and discussion to learn the importance of reaching young adults from a biblical perspective, look at real life cases and scenarios of people in young adult ministry and get some tools to equip yourself and others.