As GA 2024 approaches, the EPC World Outreach Director Gabriel de Guia and Assistant Director Jordin Greer invite you to join us in June at Hope Church Memphis, where there will be opportunities and activities for everyone to engage with World Outreach!
Check out the schedule below to learn more.
Tuesday
ITEN Update Luncheon
Sponsored by ITEN – hosted by Mike Kuhn
Time: 11:45 am – 1:00 pm
In this ITEN luncheon, you’ll be updated on ITEN’s training activities over the past year. We have exciting news about handing off the theological training role to nationals. Additionally, come to learn what makes formal theological education different from non-formal and why the latter is essential for forming church leaders in the developing world. Finally, we think you’ll be encouraged as you learn more about the viral spread of the Christian faith among people groups that were formally unreached with the gospel.
What is the Future of Missions?
Sponsored by EPC World Outreach – hosted by WO College Cohort
Time: 11:45 am – 1:00 pm
40% of the world’s population still lacks access to the gospel. Despite persecution, churches in Iran have seen remarkable growth. Globalization and migrations are bringing the nations to our own neighborhoods. But attendance in the North American church has been in decline. What is the future of missions? How is God at work in the nations? Join us for this networking lunch as our EPC World Outreach College Cohort lead us in thought provoking round table discussions on the future of missions.
Gospel Priorities Dinner: Building a Global Movement
Sponsored by EPC World Outreach – hosted by Gabriel and Rachel de Guia
Time: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
“For the Lord is good his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.” Psalm 100:5. Join us for dinner and be inspired as you hear how God is at work in the next generation of global workers. Hear stories of our own EPC World Outreach global workers and how God is at work in and through their young lives. Everyone is invited to this Gospel Priorities Dinner, but registration is required.
World Outreach Global Worker Commissioning Service
Sponsored by EPC World Outreach
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm (after Tuesday night worship)
The World Outreach Global Worker Commissioning Service is always a highlight of the General Assembly. Rev. Marcos Ortega will bring us the message, “Proclaiming the Kingdom of Jesus” from Acts 20:20-27. Marcos is a teaching elder in the EPC and serves on the World Outreach Committee. He is married to Erin, and they have two daughters, Aria and Gabriella.
Wednesday
Loving Your Refugee Neighbor
Sponsored by EPC World Outreach – hosted by Mark and MJ
Time: 11:45 am – 1:00 pm
The “diaspora” – refugees and immigrants from all over the world – are on our doorstep! Many of them are from unreached people groups with little or no access to the gospel. But they have access here and now…because they have you! This time together is not a lecture. It’s a time to gather around tables to talk about how God can use each of us to reach out to refugees and immigrants with genuine friendship, a lot of service, and the gospel. Whether you are a veteran or a rookie in diaspora ministry, please come!
Presbytery Mission Teams and Engage 2025 Home Teams
Sponsored by EPC World Outreach – hosted by Nancy Cimprich and Brad Buescher
Time: 11:45 am – 1:00 pm
Do you serve on a Presbytery Mission Team or Engage 2025 Home Team? Join us as we network, share ideas, and best practices for engaging our presbyteries in God’s mission for the world.
Meet Our Newly Commissioned Global Workers – Affinity Dinner
Sponsored by EPC World Outreach – hosted by Gabriel de Guia, Saul Huber, and Jesse Huber
Time: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Come meet and celebrate this year’s newly commissioned EPC World Outreach global workers. Our new global workers will share the ministry God has called them to, and their hearts for His Mission for His World. Come and be encouraged, and encourage them, as they embark on a new journey as global workers for God’s Kingdom.
Thursday (Equipping Sessions)
Mobilizing the Next Generation for the Great Commission
Global Movement Equipping Session – Hosted by Lisa Pak
Time: 10:00 am – 11:30 am
This equipping session will challenge us to actively and intentionally engage the young and rising leaders to optimize their passions, talents, and giftings for the kingdom work of the Great Commission. We will discuss the different characteristics of the older and younger generations, examining biblical paradigms and models as we consider together how collaboration will strengthen the greater kingdom effort. Additionally, we will also consider how we can adjust so that we can engage and empower young people to also be at the forefront of evangelism, church-planting, and even creating Bible access for those who have yet to hear. Could there be change in our churches, organizations, and communities towards new paradigms of radical collaboration across generations and even disciplines? Come and join our conversation and let’s learn together!
Disciple Makers for All Nations
Global Movement Equipping Session – Hosted by Jeff Lewis
Time: 10:00 am – 11:30 am
How can we grow, nurture, develop, and mobilize our churches to make disciples? Biblical disciple-making is the God-ordained process of mobilizing the church both locally and to the ends of the earth. This equipping session will investigate the foundational biblical principles of disciple-making, along with identifying the core competencies of an all-nations disciple-maker. The challenge is how do we differentiate between the Western caricatures of disciple-making that reinforce an egocentric faith compared to the foundational biblical principles of disciple-making? Join us for this thought-provoking time as we focus on making disciples for all nations.
Missions – Partnering and Sending
Global Movement Equipping Session – Hosted by EPC World Outreach Panel
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
“How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent?” Romans 10:14-15. Almost half of all missionaries leave the field within the first five years, and most leave for preventable reasons. How can we in the church partner and send them well? How can we support, encourage, and equip them as they prepare, go, serve, and come home? Join us as our EPC World Outreach panel offers practical suggestions on partnering and sending.
Missions for Children and Youth
Global Movement Equipping Session – Hosted by Colleen Di Raddo and Jesse Huber
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
How can we as parents, grandparents, and church leaders awaken children, youth, and families to God’s global story? How can we empower them to join with Him in blessing all the nations of the earth both now and for a lifetime? Join us as Colleen Di Raddo of Simply Mobilizing and Jesse Huber of EPC World Outreach review some excellent courses, books, and resources geared for children and youth and God’s mission for the world.