This year the theme was "In the Shadow of the Cross" and on every level, this is the theme of our church. We believe that the gospel is not only for unbelievers but for believers as well. We need to take multiple looks at the cross to remind us of who we are and whose we are. And the fact that we belong to Jesus makes us missionaries. This year, like in years past, the conference was spread over a period of three days. On Friday April 1st, small groups met with different missionaries in various homes. On Saturday, we had a 3rd annual international dinner where people had the chance to "sample" food from all over the world which was followed by a Prayer and Praise time led by Bill Drake from Operation Mobilization. On Sunday during the Sunday School hour, our missionaries participated in a panel discussion where we asked them questions about their ministries. Then during the Worship Service, we were lead by our missionaries who worked through our theme of "In the Shadow of the Cross." Below are some media from various parts of the conference:
Tom and Ann Austin recently changed fields with MTW from Africa to Global. Tom is now an International Missionary with MTW, and is a part of the MTW Global Training and Development Team, the training arm of MTW. Tom’s primary ministry is to facilitate, train, to coach, to resource, and to empower ministries in MTW theological education and pastoral training. Tom talked to us about what the global church is doing in missions.
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Lois Ooms has worked MTW internationally, with a primary focus in Kenya, Africa where she lived for 15 years. Since 2008, she has lived in the Chicago area and travels extensively to teach about transformational development and evaluate programs—especially those that are looking for ideas on unraveling dependency. This past year she has been to Lesotho, South Africa, Namibia, Angola, Mozambique, Uganda, and Kenya. Lois talked to us about how we are Image Bearers of God.
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Mark Auffarth, our senior pastor, spoke to us about the Power we have through Christ and the Resurrection. "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it." - Mark 8:34-35
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Rick Brawner works as an Reformed University Fellowship campus minister at Clemson University. He seeks to reach out and equip international students/scholars and their families through personal evangelism, Bible study, discipleship, and fellowship in the local PCA church. God has literary bought the mission field and leaders of the World to Clemson as any given year students representing 90 plus countries studying at the University. Rick concluded our time together with some closing comments and prayer.
