Disciple the Nations -
Walk through key
biblical passages that reveal God’s heart for the world. From His calling of
Abraham and the people of Israel, to Jesus sending out His apostles, to John’s
glimpse of heaven, the Bible’s central theme is God’s passion to bless the
nations. This conference is an excellent place to start in developing a
congregation's understanding of God's mission in the world. As John Stott
has said, "It is not the church of God that has a mission in the world. It
is the God of mission who has a church in the world."
ACTivate: God's Church on
Mission - An exploration of the church's pattern of life as described in the
Book of Acts; a life that emerged as the Holy Spirit empowered God’s people for
their mission in the world, and a pattern that discovered the dynamic, creative
tension between an inner and outer focus, between nurture and mission.
Maximize Your Short-term
Mission Experience - Let us help make your next short-term mission trip a
life-changing experience. You will receive practical help in planning,
leading and debriefing a trip; looking at the entire process from the
perspectives of the goers, senders and receivers. You will also gain insight
into cross-cultural dynamics. If you are heading overseas at some point, this
workshop will help you maximize the experience.
Sending Without Forgetting:
Effectively Caring for Missionaries - Every
congregation that is supporting missionaries wants to care for them. But
few congregations have had any training. This conference will help you
ensure that the missionaries from your congregation receive the care that they
need to remain healthy, holy and effective on the field.
Gospel Wildfire - From
Jesus’ ministry in an obscure part of the Roman Empire 2,000 years ago, the
Gospel has spread to every corner of the earth. From 120 frightened
disciples gathered in an upper room in Jerusalem, over two billion people
are presently following Jesus as their Lord. Come learn how the Gospel has
spread like a wildfire from nation to nation, tribe to tribe.
More Than You Ever Imagined: The Church in Ephesians - As you unpack Paul's understanding
of the supernatural community created by God as His work of art, you will be
amazed. This interactive conference is a great cure for "low-living,
sight-walking, small planning, smooth knees, colorless dreams, tamed visions,
worldly talking, cheap giving and dwarfed goals" (from the Zimbabwe Covenant) -
after all, we are "His body, the fullness of Him who fill all in all" (1:23), "a
dwelling place for God" (2:22), and "filled with all the fullness of God"
(3:19).
Say What?: Living in a Multi-Cultural World - Globalization
is more than an abstraction. For many of us, living with folks from other
cultures is a daily experience. Friends, family, co-workers, clerks,
bosses...we bump into folks who seem to be living in a different world.
This workshop will give some help in relating to people from other cultures by
assisting you to see your own culture more clearly, by giving some understanding
of how folks from other cultures think, and by passing on some tools for
handling cross-cultural conflict.
