Learning Experiences
Friday, June 26 3:00 – 4:15pm
Saturday, June 27 8:30 – 9:45am
Workshops are an important part of any World Mission Conference and International Ministries is pleased to be offering six topics at the Biennial.
Workshops are an excellent way for you to dive deeper into an issue or a ministry.
Just like at a World Mission Conference, each topic is designed to provide you with practical information that you can share with others back home. They’re not lecture style, but interactive and engaging.
Lead by the missionaries and a couple of staff, many of whom are experts in their ministries, these workshops will expose you to a wide range of issues in today’s world. Whether you know a lot about mission or are just getting started, we know you’ll be challenged, engaged and encouraged!
Friday’s topics:
Cross-Cultural Equipping of Leaders
How do we meet the needs of theological education, church development, leadership recruitment and training, in cultures that are very different from our own? Find out how your missionaries are developing relationships with churches and individuals to help them come to Christ, grow in Christ and change the world with Christ.
Led by Mercy and Rick Barnes, missionaries in Mexico – Baja North
Hands-On Discipleship Through Economic Development
(A Mission Summit Topic)
Coffee, jewelry, crafts. . . learn how missionaries are making disciples of Jesus Christ by working with churches and individuals to develop skills and generate income through economic development.
Led by Ed and Miriam Noyes, missionaries in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Kit Ripley, missionary in Thailand
Human Trafficking and Modern-Day Slavery: American Baptists Respond!
(A Mission Summit Topic)
Come join this two day workshop for a lively discussion regarding the issues of human trafficking and labor exploitation. Learn what American Baptist missionaries are doing around the world to combat this problem, provide restorative care to victims and stop this form of modern-day slavery.
Day One will focus on human trafficking in the context of what is currently happening in Southeast Asia and how the ministry of the New Life Center Foundation is responding to these trends and the needs of victims.
Led on Friday only by Karen Smith, missionary in Thailand
Radical Engagement in Global and National Mission
(A Mission Summit Topic)
Radical discipleship means we are the hands and feet of Christ in the world. Christians and churches grow when they turn themselves inside out and engage the world at their doorsteps and across the globe. Learn from first hand experiences of “radical engagement” with life that challenges us to hands-on discipleship.
Led by Angela Sudermann, Coordinator of Volunteers in Global Mission and Vickie Goff from National Ministries
Saturday’s topics:
Cross-Cultural Equipping of Leaders
Friday’s topic repeated.
Led by Mercy and Rick Barnes, missionaries in Mexico – Baja North
Global Perspective on Immigrant and Refugee Resettlement
(A Mission Summit Topic)
Immigration and refugee issues have become a global concern in recent years, generating a multitude of reactions all over the world, especially in urban and suburban communities in the United States. Explore the existing worldwide immigration and refugee situation. We will look into how society and our churches have responded to these issues. With the influx of Burmese refugees in the last few years, are we prepared to engage in ministry in a diverse mission field? Now that the refugees are here, what is next?
Led by Duane Binkley, missionary in Thailand along with Florence Li and Ken George from National Ministries
Hands-On Discipleship Through Economic Development
(A Mission Summit Topic)
Coffee, jewelry, crafts. . . learn how missionaries are making disciples of Jesus Christ by working with churches and individuals to develop skills and generate income through economic development.
Led by Ed and Miriam Noyes, missionaries in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Kit Ripley, missionary in Thailand
Human Trafficking, Women and Children at Risk
(A Mission Summit Topic)
Day two will look at the risks faced by women and children in Congo and Mexico. ABC missionary Jill will focus on the face of prostitution in Congo, its causes, the difficulty, dangers, and sacrifices being made by those reaching out to the women and girls trapped in that life. ABC missionary Adalia will share about Debora’s House – a ministry in Mexico that offers victims of domestic violence help with crisis intervention, shelter, counseling and education for both victim and abuser. Learn how you can be part of a mission work team to Tijuana!
Led on Saturday by Adalia Schellinger-Gutierrez, missionary in Mexico – Baja North and Jill Lowery, missionary in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Misión y Globalización
Después de casi dos siglos de practicar la misión como intercambio entre pueblos que pertenecían a mundos radicalmente diferentes, sobre todo en términos socio-económicos, los Bautistas Americanos nos encontramos en un contexto nuevo. Las dinámicas de la globalización están encogiendo al mundo e integrándolo cada vez más fuertemente—con efectos buenos y malos. Este taller enfocará las implicaciones de tal proceso para nuestra práctica de misión.
Led by Jose Norat-Rodriguez, Area Director for Iberoamerica and the Caribbean