MU Global Ministries Conference

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making the story known

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01 | SCHEDULE | www.multnomah.edu/gmc

Time Tuesday, 21st Wednesday, 22nd Thursday, 23rd

9:00Plenary 1: Piercing a Cultural "Firewall" in

a Tribal Setting

Dr. Don RichardsonCentral Bible Church

Plenary 2: Close Encounters of a

Cross-Cultural Kind


Plenary 3: How Jesus Prepared His Disciples for Cross-Cultural Ministry


10:30 Break Break Break

11:00Workshops

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12:15 Lunch/Break Lunch/Break Lunch/Break

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2:45 Break Break Break

3:00Prayer

Ryan Talmon & Lisa MoxonPrayer Chapel

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7:30Peace Child DVD

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Plenary summary

Dr. Don RichardsonA-Frame

North Korea DVD

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"For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek." Romans 1:16 ESV

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Welcome to Multnomah University's 72nd annual Global Ministries Confer-ence. We are delighted that you have chosen to join us as we discover how the Gospel is reaching the nearest and farthest corners of the world through both traditional and innovative means.

We have chosen to title this year’s conference “Eternity, making the story known” because we wanted to focus on the ancient story that speaks to our most present needs.

We hope that you will be refreshed in your knowledge, understanding, and love for all that Christ has done in you and for you. Our prayer is that through the various plenary sessions and workshops you will be encouraged and enabled to share God’s story openly wherever He leads you. Whether you have been called to go or to stay, please take this opportunity to interact with the many mission representatives that are with us. Be encouraged by what God is doing around the world and take a moment to encourage those who are partners with the Gospel in uncomfortable, unfamiliar, and even hostile regions.

Global Ministries Conference

Dr. Don Richardson Author of Peace Child

Under World Team, Don Richardson has spent 15 years in missionary service among tribal peoples in Papua, Indonesia. His work amongst the cannibalistic, head-hunting Sawi people led many to Christ as he was able to communicate the Gospel through ‘redemp-tive analogies’ that he discovered in the Sawi’s cultural practices.

Richardson later became a conference speak-er and missionary statesman representing World Team. He has also authored five books including missionary classics Peace Child and Eternity in Their Hearts.

His teaching and writing ministry has spread internationally and continues to this day.

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Tuesday, February 21 | 11:00-12:15

Refugees in Our Backyard | John Michaels | TL113With all the protest and violence that has been happening in the Middle East and around the world, we've seen an in influx of refugees coming to America. Many of these refugees are from closed countries. We can’t go to them but they are coming to us. This workshop will share practical ways we can engage these refugees with the love of Christ in the Portland area.

Storying God's Word: Helping People Really Hear! | Ron Holcomb | B1"Just preach the Word!" Uhhhh, there's more to communication than that! More than 1/2 the world learns best by oral, rather than written, means. Join experienced storyer, Ron Holcomb, for a "how-to" introduction to storying God's Word. Participate in the power and emotions of "living in the Story." Learn how to share the Word in an interactive style. Storying may open new avenues to naturally sharing the Gospel.

Transformational Discipleship | Debbie Skufca | B3A transformed life provides a clear window to the power of the Gospel. Debbie will share from her experience as a missionary in Romania, about how drawing others to Jesus was a natural outcome of ongoing personal transformation.

Embracing a Relational Apologetic | Tony Kriz | L101We will be seeking to reorient our view of religious exchange, moving away from a combat model and into a cooperative model of faith debate. Spiritual communication, even opinionated communication, can actually build friendship as opposed to making enemies.

Short-term Missions with Long-term Impact | David DeVoucalla | TL114Short-term missions have great potential to spread the Gospel – if done well. David DeVoucalla will discuss biblical principles and the lessons learned by Village Schools International (www.villageschools.org) to increase the effectiveness of short-term missions. VSI has sent 117 short-term missionaries over the last seven years to live and serve in small villages in Africa.

No Missionaries Wanted or Needed | Larry Sharp | TL112In Jesus' last command – "Be my witnesses...to the ends of the earth" (Acts 1:8) – He is not asking for missionaries. And today more than half the world lives in countries where no missionary visas are granted. The best way for the gospel to enter is through passionate disciple-making believers to take their skill, profession, trade, business and live out the gospel in everyday life

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– to be witnesses! Opportunities quickly surface to tell the good news. If the world is going to be reached in our generation, it must be done by regular people using their gifts and abilities in the everyday workplace. Come and learn why this is important and how this works.


How do You Share the Gospel with Osama? | Bill Smith | TL114 A few years ago, we moved into a local community that wouldn't touch the written Word of God. Come hear how God is opening up this tight community one story at a time.

AKA's for Alohim | Dr. Don Richardson | B1In missions history, many missionaries – proclaiming God via His biblical or even European names – have heard pagans object, "If you want our people to understand whom you are describing, you should use our name for him!" How is a missionary wary of syncretism to know if a name for God offered by pagans truly designates God? For example, is Allah, Islam's name for God, a name Christians working among Muslims may use?

Embracing a Relational Apologetic | Tony Kriz | L101We will be seeking to reorient our view of religious exchange, moving away from a combat model and into a cooperative model of faith debate. Spiritual communication, even opinionated communication, can actually build friendship as opposed to making enemies.

Devoted or Divided? | Norm & Muriel Cook | TL113Can you really do an effective job with mission work while raising well adjusted children? The Cooks will share from their own experience as a missionaries and parents as well as years of working with missionaries on and off the field.

No Missionaries Wanted or Needed | Larry Sharp | TL112In Jesus' last command – "Be my witnesses...to the ends of the earth" (Acts 1:8) – He is not asking for missionaries. And today more than half the world lives in countries where no missionary visas are granted. The best way for the gospel to enter is through passionate disciple-making believers to take their skill, profession, trade, business and live out the gospel in everyday life – to be witnesses! Opportunities quickly surface to tell the good news. If the world is going to be reached in our generation, it must be done by regular people using their gifts and abilities in the everyday workplace. Come and learn why this is important and how this works.

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Peace Child | DVD | L101You are invited to come and witness the story of the Richardson's ministry tothe Sawi people of Irian Jaya. This film was made on location with Don andCarol Richardson and members of the Sawi tribe. It tells the story of theirjourney to a tribe that practiced cannibalism and headhunting, and theirdiscovery of culturally embedded analogies opened doors to understanding of the Gospel. It also raises important questions about risk taking andsyncretism in missions. A short discussion of these issues will follow the DVD.

Wednesday, February 22 | 11:00-12:15

Love in the Margins | Courtney Wilson | B3We have an unreached people group in every community in America – a group that hides out sometimes in fear and shame, sometimes in anger and disappointment. These are families of children with special needs, and statistics show that only 19% of families who have a child with autism area part of a faith community. In this workshop, we will talk about seeing and meeting needs in our communities for this unique group in unique ways.

Bible Storytelling: It's not Just for Kids Anymore! | Dr. Lynne Johnson | TL112Most of the world’s people acquire beliefs and behavior through stories, music, and life experience. Americans who reject statements of absolute truth are often open to engage with a story. In this workshop, Dr. Johnson will talk about why storying is an important tool for communicating the Gospel here in Portland and around the world.

Hope in the Midst of Turmoil | Hank Nagle | B1The turmoil in the Middle East has caused many to experience feelings of frustration and hopelessness. Christians are called to be messengers of hope and reconciliation. This workshop will look briefly at Islamic theology, history and nationalism in light of our calling, as well as sharing how one organization is seeking to be strategically used of God in this context.

Friend of Sinners | Daniel Fender | L101We are habitually impatient when it comes to evangelism. As products of the microwave generation we demand quick results. While we prefer microwaving God is into marinating. Instead of a quick Bible bomb or tract toss we need to follow Jesus, the King of evangelism. How can you become friends with sinners like Jesus (Matt. 11:19) without becoming friends with

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the world (James 4:4)? This will be a time to learn how to ask questions that lead others to the Gospel, how to pray for and serve your relationship networks, and how to cultivate motives that reflect the heart of God.

Pass it On: Sharing God's Story | Gary Strudler | TL114This workshop will look at how we can be creative and practical in sharing the gospel message with children. You'll also learn to tell your God story in ways that children will want to hear.

Kingdom Living in a Broken World | Carol Richardson | TL114This workshop will examine how we can live honestly in a broken world andstill thrive as Kingdom citizens. We will see how obeying the Great Commission is more than changing geography or vocation.


Bible Storytelling: It's not Just for Kids Anymore! | Dr. Lynne Johnson | TL112Most of the world’s people acquire beliefs and behavior through stories, music, and life experience. Americans who reject statements of absolute truth are often open to engage with a story. In this workshop, Dr. Johnson will talk about why storying is an important tool for communicating the Gospel here in Portland and around the world.

Seeing Past the Giants in Our Lives | Carol Richardson | TL114As Christians, we often encounter 'giant' hurdles. What can the story of Goliath help us learn about present-day 'giants'? Is it true that "God never gives us more than we can handle"? Perspective is key, but it might be more all-encompassing than you realize! Using 1 Samuel 17 as a primary text, Carol Richardson will present new considerations on an old story, with implications for workers in God's harvest fields.

Twice Cleansed | Terry Cook | B1Terry will be sharing the story of Twice Cleansed, a ministry-businessventure that created a model for church leaders and businessmen to worktogether to represent the love of Christ to those who are oppressed. Twicecleansed is a soap making project in the country of Lebanon, which wasestablished to help young women vulnerable to the sex-trafficking industryestablish a means to support themselves with dignity. Discussion will include"work" – what is it and why we do it? The first job in the garden was to tendit, resulting in accomplishment and dignity. Do you think there were any "Ihate my boss!" sentiments? By simply substituting business (which is just

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cooperative work sometimes in an organized fashion) for work, theministry/mission aspect of business isn't nearly so scary. Perhaps, insteadof looking at business as ministry, we can think of ministry as business.With the different focus we may hear and receive the call more clearly.

Three Stories, One God | Doug Hazen & World Venture Team | TL113Listen and compare the impact of three Gospel workers taking the message to different parts of Africa. One spent her whole career in Senegal and forged life-long, redemptive relationships that are still producing results today. Another spent three years in Congo during the Rwanda genocide and discovered that the biggest story was the one God taught HIM. The third is a young gal that just returned from a year in Cote d’Ivoire and really saw God work through her and in her. In all three cases, the name of Jesus changes lives, others AND theirs.

How Big is the "I" in Evangelism? | Panel | L101Come hear a panel of faculty and students share how our individual personalities can influence both the bridges and hindrances we encounter as we seek to share the Gospel. God has designed each of us uniquely and delights to use that uniqueness for His glory. When “I” understand and experience the reality of the Gospel, “I” am most abandoned and free to share it with others.


Plenary Summary | Dr. Don Richardson | A-frame

Thursday, February 23 | 11:00-12:15

Detours on the Road to Eternity | Ben Bogle | TL114Are you willing to have your path redirected in order to make eternity known? Ben Bogle will share how God redirected his life on multiple occasions throughout his years on the field in Papua, Indonesia (formerly Irian Jaya) so that others might hear the Gospel. Hear of his calling, frustrations and testimony of God’s work in making the Gospel known to those who were ill or dying.

The Gospel Through Fire | Brian Sakultarawattn | B1 In this workshop, Brian will share how an explosion left him with third degree burns on 97% of his body. "Though I survived physically against all odds, the greater miracle was the survival of my spirit as my understanding

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of the Gospel was deepened. I have visible burn scars, multiple amputations and I’m also blind, but through my unique circumstance I’ve been given much opportunity to share the Gospel. I believe that everyone has a unique opportunity to present the Gospel message through the circumstances we find ourselves in.”

The Power of a Blessing | Jim Morud | TL113In the Gospel of Jesus Christ, God is blessing a world that is constantly cursing Him. Your words have power to hurt or to heal. Jim Morud is a writing coach. He will show you how to craft letters for your family and friends that can be used as tools to open their hearts to God's blessings.

Shepherding Young Hearts | David Jones | B3David will discuss the strategic importance of targeting young people with the Gospel before their sensitivity to faith fades due to the harshness of life's realities. God has instilled in people a longing to know Him but typically that season of openness doesn't last. Is it any wonder why Jesus told his disciples, "Unless you change and become like little children you will never enter the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 18:3)? He will talk about practical ways to come alongside young people and point them to Jesus.

Training Christian Leaders in Hostile Regions | Dwight Ekholm | TL112Drawing on almost four decades of ministry experience behind the "Iron Curtain" and among converts from the Middle East, Dr. Dwight Ekholm will discuss principles and share examples of leadership training in allegedly "closed" countries.

Oh God, You Know... | Marshall Snider – BridgeTown Inc. | L101…A story of grace in the midst of chaos. Hear how listening to God say "wash feet here" changed the lives of a family and the lives of hundreds of others. It is a journey of relationship, discipleship and missions.


Willing to Go; Called to Stay | Panel | L101Through testimonies and reflection on years of GMC involvement or interest inmissions generally, this panel will discuss some of the challenges related toa healthy perspective on Christian involvement in missions at home or abroad.

The Power of a Blessing | Jim Morud | TL113In the Gospel of Jesus Christ, God is blessing a world that is constantly

"And Jesus came and said to them, 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.'" Matthew 28:18-20 ESV

"For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek." Romans 1:16 ESV

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cursing Him. Your words have power to hurt or to heal. Jim Morud is a writing coach. He will show you how to craft letters for your family and friends that will help to open their hearts to God's blessings.

Pioneer Church Planting | Dr. Don Richardson | B1Missionaries pioneering a new work among tribal peoples require God-given wisdom for potentially precedent-setting situations that can impact subsequent ministry. The following questions will be addressed: 1. How does one learn a tribal language well despite having no dictionary, grammar or bilingual language helper? 2. How can a "rich" missionary minister to needy people without creating an abject dependency syndrome? 3. How does one establish ties with the elders [leaders] of a culture when young single males are so readily available to help? 4. How does one disciple disciples to disciple disciples?

Sharing the Gospel Through Education | David DeVoucalla | TL112Drawing upon the experiences of Village Schools International (www.villageschools.org) over the past seven years, David DeVoucalla will discuss how the Church can respond to the greatest felt need of the rural poor – education for their children – and thereby get missionaries into villages where missionaries have never lived before.


North Korea | DVD | L101Come share in a North Korean feast and explore current realities in a country where few know Christ and those who do face severe persecution.

10 | MISSIONS AGENCIES |

Africa Inland Mission (AIM) www.aimint.org/usAfrica Inland Mission is a non-denominational Christian missionary-sending agency serving primarily in Africa and the islands of the Indian Ocean. AIM was founded in 1895 and currently has more than 850 missionaries. AIM exists to declare the glory of God to the peoples of Africa. Our goal is to plant churches among the unreached and to build a maturing church in Africa through evangelism and leadership training.

Cadence Internationalwww.cadence.orgSince 1954, Cadence International has ministered to active-duty military people and to their dependents with a focus on evangelism and discipleship. Cadence began their ministry with those stationed in countries overseas, and has since broadened its outreach to those located in the US, and now also to the military services in the former Soviet Union, the Philippines, Cambodia, and Thailand.

Central America Mission International (CAM)www.caminternational.orgCAM desires to produce and empower committed followers of Christ by making disciples among Spanish-speakers globally. This is a process of inviting individuals, igniting communities, and impacting nations. Transformation is at the core of all of the activity in which the CAM family is engaged.

Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF)www.cefpdx.orgChild Evangelism Fellowship, also known as CEF, is a Bible-centered, worldwide organization that is dedicated to seeing every child reached with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, discipled, and established in a local church. Child Evangelism Fellowship of Greater Portland serves the Portland metro area (Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas counties) and is committed to helping local churches and individuals evangelize children.

CrossWorldwww.crossworld.orgCrossWorld serves the church by mobilizing teams to make disciples and train leaders, which will result in movements of reproducing churches among the unreached. The love of Jesus has compelled CrossWorld missionaries to follow Him to remote areas since CrossWorld's founding in 1931, and they continue to go to some of the least reached places on earth.

English Language Institute China (ELIC)www.elic.orgEnglish Language Institute China (ELIC) strives to impact the future influencers of Asia by placing teams to teach English on university campuses in China, Mongolia, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

Entrustwww.entrust4.orgEntrust is working in various restricted access countries as well as countries in Africa and Europe to see multiplying leaders for multiplying churches through accessible, locally owned, reproducible training systems.

Greater Europe Mission (GEM)www.GEMission.orgGreater Europe Mission is made up of people following Jesus who reproduce disciplers by living the reality of God's Kingdom in Europe and who are moving forward by prayer. We serve in over 30 European countries, North Africa, and Turkey. Ministries include evangelism, church planting, and training national leadership for the work of the ministry (Eph. 4:11).

InterAct Ministrieswww.interactministries.orgInterAct Ministries is an evangelism, discipleship, church-planting mission whose goal is to see a culturally relevant church transforming every community in what we refer to as the North Pacific Crescent. It’s that area of the globe that includes Russia/Siberia, Alaska and Western Canada, which are our three fields.

I-TECwww.itecusa.orgI-TEC’s purpose is to help indigenous Christians in developing countries fulfill the great commission within their cultural context. I-TEC’s goal is to train and equip believers in frontier churches, with innovative tools and training so that they can more easily explain God’s radical love and forgiveness.

Latin America Mission (LAM)www.lam.orgLatin America Mission is an international community working to encourage, assist, and participate with the Latin Church in building His Church in the



Latin world and beyond. Our service takes many forms: friendship evangelism to theological education; medical work to youth camps; church planting to children-at-risk work; office management to micro-enterprise development; personal counseling to emergency response. The Mission is interdenominational, biblical, holistic, innovative, empowering, and partnership-oriented.

New Tribes Missionwww.ntm.orgNew Tribes Mission has 3200+ missionaries serving in nearly 30 countries, reaching unreached people groups around the world, translating the scriptures, teaching God’s Word chronologically, and planting indigenous tribal churches, for 60+ years.

One Challenge International (OC)www.ONECHALLENGE.orgOC International is an interdenominational faith mission involved in evangelism, discipleship, leadership training, church growth, missions (including short-term), and sports ministries. Our mission and strategy is to mobilize godly and effective Church leaders to reach all nations by means of research, motivation, and training.

Operation Mobilization (OM)www.omusa.orgOM’s role in the body of Christ is to motivate, and equip people for world evangelization, and to strengthen and help plant churches, especially among the unreached in the Middle East, Europe, South and Central Asia.

Pioneerswww.pioneers.orgPioneers mobilizes teams to glorify God among unreached peoples by initiating church-planting movements in partnership with local churches. Pioneers began sending missionaries in 1979 and today there are 1400 members working in creative access countries worldwide. We are mobilizing workers to Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East.

Shevet Achimwww.shevet.orgShevet Achim is a grace-based ministry that brings children, many from the Middle East, to Israeli hospitals for life-saving heart surgeries.

Students in Mission (SIM)www.simusa.orgSIM is a community of God's people who delight to worship Him and are passionate about the Gospel, seeking to fulfill the mission of Jesus Christ in the world. We do this by planting, strengthening, and partnering with churches around the world in evangelism and church planting, ministering to human need, discipling believers into churches and equipping them to fulfill Christ's Commission.

TEAMwww.teamworld.orgTEAM is an evangelical, non-denominational, international mission whose purpose is to glorify God by helping churches send missionaries to establish reproducing churches among the nations. We seek to accomplish this through community health, community development, leadership training, education, English teaching, various technical and professional services, and local church ministries.

Village Schools Internationalwww.villageschools.orgVillage Schools International (VSI) partners with people from small villages in Africa to help them build high schools for their children who would not otherwise have an opportunity to go to school. VSI sends missionary teachers to these small villages to get so involved in the lives of their students that sharing the Gospel is the natural result of loving them.

Worldwide Evangelization Crusade (WEC)www.wec-usa.orgWEC currently works among nearly 100 unreached people groups. WEC seeks to share Jesus among people groups with little or no access to the gospel and gather them into faith communities of believers. WEC also desires to motivate and empower churches and individuals to go and make disciples of all nations.

WorldVenturewww.worldventure.comWorldVenture is a worldwide Christian organization serving over 1,000 missionaries and transformational ministries that produce significant positive changes in the lives of children, churches and communities. We build



partnerships around the world with people who serve Christ through ministries of evangelism, church development, leadership training, compassion and local mission movements. WorldVenture's Northwest office specifically offers a team of mission and church coaches who help individuals and churches discover God's missional purpose for their lives and ministries.

Wycliffe Bible Translatorswww.wycliffe.org Wycliffe is committed to seeing God’s Word accessible to all people in a language that speaks to their heart. Through Bible translation and literacy, Wycliffe is working to provide Scripture access to the more than 2,200 language communities still without it. We have launched the Last Languages Campaign, which works to increase awareness and mobilize resources for the Bible translation movements worldwide. Wycliffe’s mission is to see a Bible translation program in progress in every language still needing one by 2025.

"All Your works shall give thanks to You, O LORD, and all Your saints shall bless You! They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom and tell of Your power, to make known to the children of man Your mighty deeds, and the glorious splendor of Your kingdom. Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures throughout all generations."

Psalm 145:10-13 ESV

"All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to Himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God." 2 Corinthians 5:18-20 ESV

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