Speakers
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Workshop Titles
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Church Planter, The Exchange Church
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Keynote Speaker and Workshop Session:
5 Secrets of Disciple making
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Emeritus Medical Missionary, IMB
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Keynote Speaker and Workshop Session:
The Hands and Feet of Jesus: Meeting Physical Needs
In this session we will examine our mandate to care for physical needs becoming the hands and feet of Jesus. We will look at specific ways to do this, integrating this care with proclaiming the Gospel and starting churches.
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Pastor, Englewood Baptist Church
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Keynote Speaker
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Worship Pastor, Providence Church
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Worship Leader and Workshop Session:
Doxology, Theology, and the Great Commission
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Lead Catalyst - Church Planting, Quebec
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Montreal - Reaching the Least Reached People Group in North America: There are two types of Christians: those who are missionaries and those who are mission fields. Which one are you? How can someone who is a mission field become a missionary?
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Church Planting Strategist, SBTC
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Reaching your City, it's possible!
We will learn the very first steps to reach our city with the gospel of Jesus Christ! It looks an Impossible task, but we will prove that it is possible if we just walk through and believe!
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Peter Blackaby
Canadian Baptist Convention
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Frontline Praying: Maximizing Prayer in Missions: Whether you are travelling to the field yourself or supporting those who go from home, prayer is the lifeline of missions and ministry! We will discuss prayer as the foundation of missions and discover some practical ways to bring focus and intentionality to prayer – including using technology to bridge distance, prayer walking, etc.
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Almost an M & Caleb Crider
Upstream Collective
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Mapping: A Basic Missionary Skill For Believers Everywhere
Street-level observations can give you the spiritual insight you need in order to develop a strategic plan for missionary engagement. We'll show you how to compile a working document that shows the physical, social, and spiritual realities of your city. Mapping will help you think and act like a missionary wherever you serve.
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Senior Church Planting Strategist, SBTC
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Practical Ways to Mobilize Your Church for Missions
In this workshop we will discuss some of the practical ways that even the smallest church can go on mission with God. You will discover that it does not take a lot on money, only a willing heart and some creativity to reach others ethnic groups with the gospel. Come and share your Ideas with us.
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Using English to Reach Others for Christ
Learn how literacy missions ministries – teaching adults to speak English or read and write and tutoring children and youth – can be an effective tool for sharing the gospel. Developing relationships while helping to meet the everyday needs of the students opens doors to share God’s love.
Facilitated by Ann Clark and Judy Hughes
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Director, Toronto Church Planting
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Winning Your Community’s Heart Through Service
When was the last time your church was invited into a public school to talk about Jesus or named the “Charity of Choice” by the business community? Church planters in Toronto are using sports, service and volunteerism to open doors of opportunity for the Gospel and we would like to inspire you to share the journey.
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Church Ministries Associate, SBTC
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“Occupy” the World with the Gospel
How the antiestablishment movement of the coming generations is detrimental to the fulfilling of the Great Commission.
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Church Planter in Amazon, IMB
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Strategic Partnerships for Reaching UPG's in the Amazon Jungle
Discover how you and your church, association, or student ministry can engage and reach people in the Amazon jungle in Peru. Partner with Peruvian believers to form church planting teams to reach indigenous tribes in one of the most exciting and challenging environments in the world.
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Damon Halliday
Pastor, Keystone Community Outreach Church
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Becoming all things, so some may be saved
During this session, we will examine 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1 and discover biblical principles to help us share our faith with the nations. We are called to make disciples of all nations, and we will never reach a CD World with an EIGHT TRACK TAPE.
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Allen Smith
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Business as Mission (BAM): Investment That Makes a Difference
You will discover that BAM is a movement that is having an incredible impact on the unreached- people groups around the world. God is using authentic business activities to strategically evangelize and minister to the lost -- especially in highly secure regions. The aim of BAM is to help facilitate holistic transformation by providing employment, leadership training, mentorship, spiritual guidance and community development. All of these activities are made possible through for-profit businesses that have a Kingdom focus.
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Church Planter, Connection Church
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Effective Mission Trips (with Dakota Highlight)
What does it take to have a successful mission trip? How can my church have a great experience yet bless the mission destination in a way that builds God's Kingdom? Come and hear two experienced church planters as they seek to help answer these questions and share how God is working in their areas of ministry. Don't waste your time or God's money.
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Church Planter, Hills of Grace |
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Church Planter, Connection Church
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How to light the missional fire in your church for a very cold Canada
During this session, we will learn about the many opportunities for church planting in Canada. Meet church planters that have given up a life in the US to reach Canada for Christ. Hear about mission teams that have gone to places with very few churches and some where no churches exist. Hear the personal story of one former SBTC church planter who left his successful church plant in Fort Worth to go to the oil boom city of Northern Alberta’s Fort McMurray.
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Director, Church Strategists Team, IMB
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5 Milestones of a Missional Church
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Missional Church Strategist, IMB
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The Elements and Dynamics of Church Planting Movements
Discover the what, where, why, and how of Church Planting Movements. Learn the core ingredients and the universal elements that should be a part of every international mission strategy.
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Fort Sherman Academy
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Introduction to Travel & Safety Training
When you are traveling overseas, there are basic principles of travel and safety that every traveler should know. This session provides an overview of some of the key issues and preventative measures volunteers need to be prepared for while traveling in an uncertain and difficult world.
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Managing Director of Disaster Response and Training, Baptist Global Response
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Can My Church Do That? International Disaster Response
Between 2004 and 2010, traditional church-planting missions grew 2.7 percent, while relief and development missions grew 75 percent. Hands-on involvement in Hands and Feet missions is quickly replacing traditional missions. This session briefly describes current global disaster trends, strategic opportunities for church disaster response teams, and the training needed to explore this venue of fruitful missions.
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Language Evangelism Associate, SBTC
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Responding to Mormonism
The session will focus on how believers can best witness to Mormons. Attenders will receive training in how to understand and Biblically counter Mormonism’s background, beliefs and books while building relational bridges in order evangelize Mormons.
The Real Jesus
The session will focus on how believers can repel challenges to Jesus’ true identity in the context of evangelism. We will look at five reassuring realities that validate the Biblical Jesus.
Living Evangelistically
The session will focus on how we can practically live out the Great Commission. Special attention will be given to tactics and tools in living an evangelistic lifestyle.
Incredibly Gifted (How to use your gifts in evangelism)
The session will focus on discovering the Biblical mandate to use our spiritual gifts in order to fulfill the Great Commission. We will look at principles for utilizing our spiritual gifts in evangelistic service to God.
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B & A
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East Asia and the emerging missionary vision of the church there
The church in East Asia is maturing and beginning to catch a vision for the nations. While there is still a plenty of work they hope to do in their own country, they are also asking God to raise up some to be sent to the nations in Central Asia and the Middle East. We are seeking to serve them through training and vision casting.
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Church Mobilization Team, NAMB
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Send North America & engaging people Groups in North America
In this session you will hear the Send North America strategy and practical experiences of churches/individuals reaching different people Groups. You will also learn principles of witnessing to unreached people.
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Gary McKean
MSC Coordinator,
Utah Idaho Southern Baptist Convention |
Utah-Idaho...a Spiritual Frontier Where You Can Make a Difference - Learn about the mission needs and challenges which abound in Utah and Idaho and how you as an individual, church leader, or pastor or how your church or association can engage in meaningful mission work and partnership in the region. Interested in a longer term partnership role and using your skills and experience— consider becoming a Mission Service Corps Missionary serving in Utah and Idaho. |
Greg Queen
Sub-Sahara African Peoples Connection Strategist, IMB |
Shattering the Silence in Sub Sahara Africa -Throughout the world there are 3,800 unengaged, unreached people groups that no one is telling about Jesus, including 485 people groups of Sub-Saharan Africa. Other people groups may have a small missionary presence among them, but need more people committed to sharing the Gospel and planting churches. By attending this session,you will learn to identify unreached and unengaged people groups and how to connect with IMB missionaries working among Sub-Saharan African peoples. Hear what God is doing through churches like yours and discover ways your church can have an impact. Resources and information will be provided to undergird your mission efforts as you network with others who are engaging the lost. |
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Women Reaching Women - This session will give women basic tools of how to build a relationship with a lost woman in her community, workplace, or school. You will be given a simple guide to start the discipleship process to lead your lost friend to Christ.
Reaching Out to Muslims – This session will help you to have a basic understanding of some of the obstacles that Muslims face coming to Christ and how to address them. These obstacles will be some that I faced myself and how the Lord brought me to Himself.
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Affinity Connection Strategist for Southeast Asian Peoples, IMB
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Engaging Southeast Asia!
Subtropical beauty. Verdant rice fields. Mega-cities. Buddhists. Muslims. Hindus. Animists. Spiritual Darkness. Explore how you and your church can show love, share hope, and speak truth among the millions of lost in Southeast Asia.
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Minh Ha Nguyen
Research Manager, Global Research Department, IMB and Pastor of International Community Church.
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T4T Discipleship Process
Learn a simple process of sharing your faith, disciple new believers, and start new faith communities in your city. T4T (Training for Trainers), is all about training. Its goal is to train believers who can train others in a very simple yet effective method of evangelism and discipleship. The goal of the training is to establish rapidly reproducing churches and groups of disciples across relationship networks.
Reaching Oral Learners with Bible Storying
Learn to teach Biblical truth through storying and discover how it can change your approach to engage unreached people groups in your city. This session will show you how to use the HOPE video with seekers and new believers to establish rapidly reproducing churches and groups of disciples across relationship networks. HOPE is an 80 minute dramatic presentation of God's epic story of redemption as revealed in the Bible (www.thehopeproject.com).
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Nancy Newton
Children's Ministry, Prestonwood Baptist Church
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Yvonne Valasek, Asst. Principal, Prestonwood Christian Academy |
On Mission with Mary and Martha! How to Get Kids Excited About Missions - "Mary" and "Martha" straight from Prestonwood Baptist Church will discuss how to give kids the BIG PICTURE about the GREAT COMMISSION! Mary will share inspiring stories of great mission adventures with children and Martha will provide practical approaches to Mission Education within the Children's Ministry. These seasoned "SISTERS" promise to get you excited about being "on mission" with kids! |
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Eddie Urbine
Church Mobilization Strategist
SBC of Virginia
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Finances for Mission: Fundraising and Budgeting - We will learn how difference churches raise funds from within and outside of the church. Also how to budget for mission trips including what are the hidden costs. Come learn what others do and share what your church does. |
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Connect Pastor
Mobberly Baptist Church
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Leading Your Sunday School or Small Group Ministry to be Missional
Sunday Schools/Small Groups that serve together are healthier and growing. In this session we will outline strategies that will help your SS/SG ministries to engage in missional opportunities in their neighborhood, city, state, country and world.
Preparing for Life on the Field
Is God calling you to serve him fulltime on the mission field?
How can I best prepare for the future? Understanding other cultures?
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Director of Associational Development Hudson Baptist Association, New York
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Northeast Church Planting
The northeast is experiencing a tidal change in God’s Kingdom! “Fresh from the field” testimonies of church planting across the region will be shared in light of this change. Opportunities for “getting in on the fun” will be presented.
Coaching Missional Leaders
Principles in coaching leaders and potential leaders to live missionally will be discussed. Principle one is helping individuals take the next step is more powerful than helping them catch a vision for the impossible, even though that’s exactly where God will take them if they keep taking next steps.
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Minister of Missions Mobilization, Prestonwood Baptist Church
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How to do effective short-term evangelistic mission trips
A Person-of-peace strategy (from pre-trip training, to on the ground follow-up beyond the trip)
8 core values to shape an effective missions ministry
How to achieve and maintain a strategic focus in missional decision making.
Changing the culture: From monument to movement
How to become a radically missional church when the culture of your church is one that is not missionally engaged.
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Director/Lead Strategist
State and Association Relations & Urban Mobilization Strategies,
IMB
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Five Step Strategy to Get Started
In this session you will be able to listen and discuss five key strategy steps as you get started in your own urban evangelism and church planting efforts.
These steps are:
Step #1 Realize that you are living in an unprecedented time in history
Step #2 Who are the Diaspora peoples in your city or neighborhood?
Step #3 Great Commandment & Great Commission all at the same time
Step #4 Discover/ link w Diaspora/Advocacy networks & the resources.
Step #5 As the Diaspora come to saving faith in Jesus Christ, disciple and equip them to share their faith and cast a vision for them to be missionaries back to their homeland.
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Senior Consultant
Great Commission Partnerships
Baptist State Convention of North Carolina
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Moving from Mission Trips to Mission Strategy
Student summer mission trips can be fun and a great experience, but too often the impact ends soon after the trip is over. Learning to move from mission trips to mission strategy is critical as your group seeks to impact lostness in this world. Discover ways to take the passion of living out the Great Commission to a new level of effectiveness for the Kingdom.
Connecting Christ and the Community
The world in which we live is changing by the minute. Being able to understand the changing culture and having the flexibility to engage people is essential as we seek to make reproducing disciple of Jesus Christ. Discover ways to develop new paradigms to engage the culture with the Gospel in order to make disciples who make disciples.
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