Empower is delighted to announce that it will host
Missions 21:
Empowering International Ministry in the 21st Century
on June 23 in Santa Ana, CA.
You’re invited to Missions 21, a one-day conference focusing on:
- Justice issues
- Gender issues
- Mental Health
- Orphan care/child welfare
Many U.S.-based ministries that work internationally, like Empower International Ministries, employ a non-traditional model for missions. We’re not a traditional sending agency, but rather, we go in order to empower and equip local people. This gathering will bring together a variety of ministries to learn from one another, encourage one another, and explore possible collaboration.
There are many of us working independently on these issues, or running orphan projects or schools. While we may have the support of our local churches, we rarely have a chance to meet each other, network, and share resources and experiences.
The gathering will be held:
Saturday, June 23, 2018
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Trinity United Presbyterian Church
13922 Prospect Road
Santa Ana, CA 92705
RSVP to EIM@fastmail.fm (please indicate your interest as soon as possible. We won’t hold you to it if things change.)
The gathering will include:
Networking activities:
- A directory of participants and a booklet with brief descriptions of the various programs and bios of the individuals attending. (Even if you cannot attend, we can include you in this booklet.)
- Brief presentations in small groups on each program.
- Each program will be offered table space on which to display materials, photographs, etc.
Content activities:
- Empower’s African Program Coordinator, Pastor Frank Tweheyo, will speak on the “African” side of working cross-culturally with U.S.-resident ministries.
- Break-out session presentations on topics of interest, such as cultural issues in our target countries; insights from missiology; working with Muslims; Empower’s materials on attachment disorder, trauma recovery, and biblically-based gender equality; and pragmatic topics such as marketing, tax issues, fundraising, and social media, etc.
Admission is $50 per person and includes lunch, snack breaks, and printed materials. Scholarships are available. Email EIM@fastmail.fm to inquire.
We will send out a questionnaire shortly asking what topics you would be interested in for these sessions. If you know of someone who can speak on issues of interest, or are yourself such a person, please let us know.
If you know other people who might be interested in attending, please forward this announcement to them.
We hope you can join us. We will send hotel recommendations shortly to those who RSVP.