GA 2023 WORLD OUTREACH EVENTS

TUESDAY, JUNE 20

WORLD OUTREACH: HOME FROM THE FIELD

12:00–12:50 p.m.
Networking Lunch Host: Shawn Stewart
Location: Room 173

Join us for lunch and hear just a few of our World Outreach global workers describe how God is using and blessing their work among people groups of the world with little to no access to the gospel of Jesus Christ.Shawn Stewart serves as Coordinator of Field Development and Co-op Support for EPC World Outreach.

GLOBAL MOVEMENT:

SHARPENING OUR FOCUS ON THE 3 BILLION

1:00–2:50 p.m.
Gospel Priorities Summit: Plenary Session 2
Location: Worship Center

Matthew Ellison, Mary Ho, and John Love will sharpen our focus on the task remaining: reaching the 3 billion people who have little or no access to the gospel.

Matthew Ellison is the President of Sixteen:Fifteen, a Christian organization that provides mission coaching for churches. He was rescued by Jesus when he was twenty-three. Shortly after, he found himself in Ghana, West Africa, on the first of what would be many ventures to the mission field. That first trip, he says, “ruined me for anything less than a life lived for God’s global purpose.” In 1993 he began serving at Calvary Chapel of Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he attended and graduated from their School of Ministry. He worked as the Missions Pastor at Calvary for nine years, developing and launching a strategic, church-wide missions ministry. There he founded an international short-term mission ministry called LifeLine Missions that gave thousands across the country the opportunity to experience the mission field firsthand. Through these ministry opportunities he became extensively involved in short- and long-term mission endeavors around the world. He currently devotes his time to serving local churches across the country by coaching them in strategically focused missions and helping them to discover and use their unique gifts in partnership with others to make Christ known among all nations. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with his wife, Renee.

Dr. Mary Ho is the International Executive Leader of All Nations International, a global Christian missions agency focused on seeing Jesus worshiped by all the neglected peoples of the earth. All Nations has more than 450 cross-cultural workers spread out over 45 countries, and the organization’s mission is to make disciples and train leaders to ignite church planting movements among every people group. In her current role, she provides leadership and direction to the International Leadership Team which oversees five Hubs located in Kansas City, Missouri; Uganda; South Africa; Germany; and Taiwan. She also serves as an adjunct professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Born in Taiwan and raised on four continents, Mary has lived in Taiwan, the Philippines, the Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), New Zealand, Hong Kong, and the United States. She and her husband, John, have have two adult sons.

Dr. John Love is an EPC Teaching Elder serving with EPC World Outreach and Pioneers. He was ordained in the EPC in 1985 and the next year moved to Indonesia where he worked among the Sundanese people of West Java—which at the time was the world’s largest unreached ethnic Muslim people group. In 1992 he was appointed Area Director for Southeast Asia for Pioneers and helped to recruit and deploy teams across the Indonesian archipelago, as well as open a mobilization office in Singapore. In 1995 he returned to the United States to serve as Director of International Ministries for Pioneers. From 2004-2019 John and his family served in Thailand. John currently works in mobilization and leadership development efforts in the Middle East and North Africa. John and his wife, Dawn, have four adult children, all of whom serve in ministry.

GOSPEL PRIORITIES DINNER: BUILDING A GLOBAL MOVEMENT

5:15–6:30 p.m.
Location: Gym

“For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.” (Habakkuk 2:14). Join us for dinner and be inspired as you hear how God is at work around the world today with stories from our own EPC World Outreach global workers of the lives they’ve touched, and the least-reached people coming to Christ.

Everyone is invited to this Gospel Priorities Dinner, but registration is required.

EVENING WORSHIP WITH GLOBAL WORKER COMMISSIONING

7:00–8:00 p.m.
Location: Worship Center

The Global Worker commissioning service is always a highlight of the General Assembly. Note that the global worker commissioning portion of the service will not be available via live stream.

This year’s speaker is Mike Kuhn, who will bring the message, “The Church—Beyond Local” from Acts 8:1-8, 26-39 and Isaiah 49:6. He serves as Director of World Outreach’s International Theological Education Network (ITEN). For 28 years he lived in four different countries around the Mediterranean: France, Morocco, Egypt, and Lebanon. His focus has been on discipleship and leadership development in the Muslim context. He and his wife, Stephanie, have three adult daughters and seven grandchildren.

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21

MEET OUR NEWLY COMMISSIONED GLOBAL WORKERS

WORLD OUTREACH DINNER

5:00–6:30 p.m.
Location: Room 170

Join us for dinner and hear how God is at work in the five strategic priorities of EPC World Outreach: Prayer, Least-Access Peoples, Partnership and Sending, Word and Deed, and Church Engagement. We will also spend time in small-group discussion on topics such as Missions Across the Street, Leading Church Missions, International Partnerships, Next Generation Missions, and Engage 2025.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 22

Each of these sessions is available from 10:00–10:50 a.m., 11:00–11:50 a.m., and 4:00–4:50 p.m.

GLOBAL MOVEMENT EQUIPPING SESSION 1:

A TOUCH OF KAIROS: SIMPLY MOBILIZING & EPC WORLD OUTREACH

Location: Room 252

Kairos is a foundational discipleship course on God’s mission. It develops the major biblical theme of God’s heart for all nations—both globally and in our own neighborhoods. Designed to educate, inspire, and challenge, Kairos is a tool God is using to help transform the worldview of believers so they see themselves as having been blessed in order to be a blessing to all people groups—both across the street and throughout the world. Kairos concludes by challenging the participant to discern how they can be on mission with God and to begin the work of integrating what they’ve learned into their day-to-day walk with Jesus. Typically delivered in nine sessions, the course covers the biblical, historical, strategic, and cultural areas of the world Christian movement. Come join us for a Taste of Kairos. Is the Kairos Course something that could benefit you or those in your church?

Nancy Cimprich serves with EPC World Outreach, working to strengthen the mission focus of EPC World Outreach among Presbyteries and local churches. She is a Ruling Elder for Deerfield EPC in Bridgeton, New Jersey, as well as the leader of missions for the Presbytery of the East. She loves facilitating the Kairos Course, the Afghan Refugee Cohort, and the Presbytery Mission Chair Network. In her spare-time she enjoys hiking and biking with her husband, Bob, and spending time with their four granddaughters.

Colleen Di Raddo serves as National Coordinator for Simply Mobilizing-USA, and has been involved with Simply Mobilizing & the Kairos Course since 2015. She yearns to see the whole Body of Christ with a biblical worldview and engaged on mission with God with churches facilitating people to find their unique place in God’s mission. She holds a PhD in Psycho-educational Processes from Temple University.  She and her husband, Jim—a retired Presbyterian pastor-teacher-mobilizer—live outside of Baltimore, Maryland on the farm where she grew up.

Randy H and his wife, Martha, are currently serving on the field as missionaries with Frontiers. They have served for 17 years in Southeast Asia as team leaders on a church planting team among an unreached people group. Since 2018, they have served as the Training and Development Coordinators and then Engage Field Coordinator for World Outreach global workers going to difficult places where there are few or no followers of Jesus. Randy also serves as a head facilitator for the Kairos Course.

GLOBAL MOVEMENT EQUIPPING SESSION 2:

PRACTICALLY, WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO REACH THE 3 BILLION?

Location: Room 197

Practically, what does it take to reach the 3 billion people who have no access to the gospel? It takes a courageous church to intentionally and strategically send workers to these least reached places. The great news is that people with minimal access to the gospel are 50 times more responsive to the Good News than those with access! Yet evangelicals invest 100 times more in church planting efforts where there is already a significant number of Christians. Come and learn how you and your church—regardless of size, experience, or resources—can be equipped and catalyzed to take the gospel to the 3 billion people who have the least access to it, but the most open heart to receive it. Join us as we share from All Nations’ 30 years of experience in training and sending to the least reached.

Dr. Mary Ho is the International Executive Leader of All Nations International, a global Christian missions agency focused on seeing Jesus worshiped by all the neglected peoples of the earth. All Nations has more than 450 cross-cultural workers spread out over 45 countries, and the organization’s mission is to make disciples and train leaders to ignite church planting movements among every people group. In her current role, she provides leadership and direction to the International Leadership Team which oversees five Hubs located in Kansas City, Missouri; Uganda; South Africa; Germany; and Taiwan. She also serves as an adjunct professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Born in Taiwan and raised on four continents, Mary has lived in Taiwan, the Philippines, the Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), New Zealand, Hong Kong, and the United States. She and her husband, John, have have two adult sons.

GLOBAL MOVEMENT EQUIPPING SESSION 3:

THE MOBILIZED CHURCH: KEYS TO UNLOCK MISSIONS POTENTIAL IN YOUR CHURCH

Location: Room 225 (Fireside Room)

In Acts 13 we are introduced to an audacious church—the church at Antioch of Syria. The church at Jerusalem was the hub of the early Church and can teach us some important lessons, but like many churches today she was reticent to accept the multi-ethnic dimensions of the Great Commission. The church at Jerusalem focused mainly on reaching people who were culturally like themselves while neglecting God’s commission to disciple all nations. An audacious mission required an audacious church. Antioch was that church and they led the way and changed the world forever. Focusing on Acts 13, in this workshop we’ll unpack the Scriptural qualities of a church mobilized for the Great Commission and help participants think about what it takes to cultivate a vibrant missions culture in their context.

Matthew Ellison is the President of Sixteen:Fifteen, a Christian organization that provides mission coaching for churches. He was rescued by Jesus when he was twenty-three. Shortly after, he found himself in Ghana, West Africa, on the first of what would be many ventures to the mission field. That first trip, he says, “ruined me for anything less than a life lived for God’s global purpose.” In 1993 he began serving at Calvary Chapel of Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he attended and graduated from their School of Ministry. He worked as the Missions Pastor at Calvary for nine years, developing and launching a strategic, church-wide missions ministry. There he founded an international short-term mission ministry called LifeLine Missions that gave thousands across the country the opportunity to experience the mission field firsthand. Through these ministry opportunities he became extensively involved in short- and long-term mission endeavors around the world. He currently devotes his time to serving local churches across the country by coaching them in strategically focused missions and helping them to discover and use their unique gifts in partnership with others to make Christ known among all nations. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with his wife, Renee.

ITEN PARTNERSHIP AND TRAINING MINISTRIES

12:00–12:50 p.m.
Networking Lunch Host: Mike Kuhn
Location: Room 197

EPC World Outreach’s International Theological Education Network (ITEN) will provide an update to stakeholders and interested EPC members on the status of partnership and training ministries in diverse locations including Vietnam, Sierra Leone, and Ukraine.

Mike Kuhn serves as Director of the International Theological Education Network of EPC World Outreach.

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