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MISSIONS FEST 2010
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Program & Prayer Guide
January 8 – 10
Featured Speakers:
Will Graham,
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, USA
Paul Henderson,
Power to Change, Canada
Jamie McIntosh,
International Justice Mission, Canada
Jackie Pullinger,
St. Stephen’s Society, China
Alex Ribeiro,
International Sports Ministry Coalition, Brazil
General Admission FREE
Broadway Church, The Warehouse 2700 E Broadway, Vancouver
Vancouver Technical School 2600 E Broadway, Vancouver
Italian Cultural Centre 3075 Slocan Street, Vancouver
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Programming
Weekend At A Glance . . . . . . .
Pre-School Program . . . . . . . .
Children’s Program . . . . . . . .
Youth and Youth Seminars & Presenters Bios
Young Adults Rally . . . . . . . .
Film Festival . . . . . . . . . .
Adult Seminars . . . . . . . . .
Adult Seminar Presenters Bios . . . . .
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Welcome from the Director . .
Welcome from the Board Chair .
Welcome from Broadway Church
Plenary Speakers Biographies . .
Music at Missions Fest . . . .
Tribute to Ralph Winter . . . .
More Than Conquerors . . .
The Goal of My Life . . . . .
Hitting the Streets: An Interview .
Justice: A Journey with a Purpose
A Young Preacher's Journey . .
Woman to Woman . . . . .
Desperately Needed
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Finishing Well . . . . . .
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Dwayne K. Buhler . . . .
Tom Wright . . . . . . .
Darin Latham . . . . . .
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Richard Dodding . . . . .
Alex Ribeiro . . . . . .
Paul Henderson . . . . .
Russ & Sandy Rosen
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Jamie McIntosh & Karen Stiller
Decision Magazine . . . .
Joy Loewen. . . . . . .
Craig Greenfield . . . . .
Dwayne K. Buhler . . . .
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Floor Plans - Broadway Gym/Fellowship Hall, Bookstore, The Warehouse, Italian Cultural Centre
Agency Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Short Term Missions Directory 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Career Missions Directory 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Editorial
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Mission Agencies
Management Committees
Sponsoring Churches
Board of Directors .
Board of Reference .
Planning Team . .
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Information
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Financial Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hotels, Food, Restaurants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
General Information Guide (First Aid, Parking, Prayer, Transportation, Books/CD’s, etc.)
Missions Fest 2010 Special Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Recordings of Missions Fest Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Site Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Weekend at a Glance
Friday, January 8
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
11:45 a.m. – 1:15 pm
12:00 Noon
1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
6:15 p.m. – 6:55 p.m
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.
9:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
10:00 p.m.
Prayer Room Open Room 104
School Field Trip
Festival Luncheon: Paul Henderson (Tickets: $35) – The Italian Cultural Centre
Exhibits Open: Broadway Church, The Warehouse, The Italian Cultural Centre
Seminars: Adult – Broadway Church
Prelude of Praise: Cariboo Hill Temple Band (Salvation Army)
Children & Pre-School Programs: Room 106
Club 67 Rally: Capernwray Students, Jamie McIntosh,
(Tickets: $7.00) Room 108
JOLT (Youth Rally): Ben Woodman, Russ Rosen, Jackie Pullinger
(Tickets: $10.00) – Italian Cultural Centre
Plenary Session: Will Graham, Alex Ribeiro Main Auditorium, Broadway
Church
Film: The Grandfathers Premiere Van Tech Auditorium
Exhibits Close
Saturday, January 9
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
9:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
11:00 a.m. –1:30 p.m.
11:00 a.m. – 12:40 p.m.
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
2:45 p.m. – 3:10 p.m.
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
3:15 p.m – 4:25 p.m..
3:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m. – 6:55 p.m.
6:15 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
10:00 p.m.
Exhibits Open: Broadway Church, The Warehouse, The Italian Cultural Centre
Plenary Session: Jackie Pullinger, Main Auditorium, Broadway Church
Praise Him in the Morning (Youth Rally): Restoration Church Band,
Alex Ribeiro, The Italian Cultural Centre
Seminars: Adult – Broadway Church, Van Tech
Film: Uganda Rising Van Tech Auditorium
Youth Leaders Lunch: With Jamie McIntosh Bring Your Own Lunch,
"A Life of Difference" - The Loft, Warehouse
Film: Rwanda: Hope Rises Van Tech Auditorium
Seminars: Youth – Van Tech
Plenary Session: Alex Ribeiro, Main Auditorium, Broadway Church
Film: Missions Dilemma Van Tech Auditorium
Film: The Yali Story Van Tech Auditorium
JOLT (Youth Rally): Restoration Church Band, Will Graham, The Italian Cultural
Centre
Film: Mission Agency Promotional Videos – Van Tech Auditorium
Seminars: Adult – Broadway Church, Van Tech
Film: Marie's Story Van Tech Auditorium
Film: The Original Promise Premiere Van Tech Auditorium
Prelude of Praise: The Barnsons
Plenary Session: Paul Henderson, Main Auditorium, Broadway Church
Club 67 Rally: Film: The Grandfathers (Tickets: $7.00) – Room 108
Young Adults Rally: Jeremy King & Daylight Worship Band, Jamie McIntosh,
"Rising Up: The Struggle Against Injustice in our Day"
(Tickets: $10.00) – The Italian Cultural Centre
Exhibits Close
Missions Fest Program Magazine and
The Missions Fest STANDARD are the official
publications of and owned by Missions
Festival (Missions Fest) Society. ©2010
Missions Fest Program Magazine
is published by Missions Fest.
MISSIONS FEST & Design® and MISSIONS FEST™
are trademarks owned by the Missions Fest
International Association and used under license
by Missions Festival (Missions Fest) Society.
Managing Editor Dwayne K. Buhler
Editor
Sharon Pasivirta
Copy Editor
Barbara Smith
Advertising Sales Sharon Pasivirta
Claudia Merida
Exhibit Sales
Peter Pasivirta
Layout
Teldon Print Media
Printing
Missions Fest gratefully accepts
donations through United Way,
CanadaHelps, cheques, cash or
credit cards.
Sunday, January 10
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m
11:00 a.m.
1:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m. – 2:35 p.m.
2:45 p.m. – 3:55 p.m.
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
3:15 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
Seminars: Broadway Church
Film: Montaña de Luz Van Tech Auditorium
Missions Fest encourages all conference participants to join the regular churchservice with Jackie Pullinger, Main Auditorium, Broadway Church
Exhibits Open: Broadway Church, The Warehouse
Seminars: Broadway Church
Film: The Grandfathers Van Tech Auditorium
Film: As We Forgive Van Tech Auditorium
Prelude of Praise: The Columbia Singers, Main Auditorium, Broadway Church
Plenary Session: Jamie McIntosh, "Bringing Justice to a Broken World:
A Movement in the Making" Main Auditorium, Broadway Church
Exhibits Close
Missions Fest 2010 closes
PLEASE NOTE: Recording any part of Missions Fest in Audio, Video or Photography is not
allowed except with written permission from the Director.
For more information contact:
Missions Fest Vancouver
Office & Mailing Address:
7200 Cariboo Road
Burnaby, BC Canada V3N 4A7
Telephone: 604.524.9944
Fax: 604.524.4690
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.missionsfestvancouver.ca
Luncheon & Youth Tickets
Telephone: 604.583.6086
Email: [email protected]
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General Information
Missions Fest 2010 is being held in four separate buildings including and adjacent to the primary location - Broadway
Church, 2700 East Broadway Vancouver, BC Canada. See site Maps on pages 38 - 39.
Most events will be held in the main church building. Some mission exhibits and food services will be located in
The Warehouse - located just south of the main church building and on the church property. Some seminars on
Saturday and Sunday, including the mini Film Festival will be held in the Vancouver Technical School next door to
the church, across Slocan Street to the west of the main church building. Youth events and the Friday Leadership Luncheon
will be held in the Italian Cultural Centre to the south of the church across Grandview Highway at the corner of
Slocan and Grandview.
Plenary Sessions: Location: Main Auditorium, Broadway Church.
Adult Seminars: Location: Seminar rooms in Broadway Church and in Van Tech. See pages 48-53 for topics & rooms.
Youth and Young Adult Events: Location: The Italian Cultural Centre - limited to 800 seats. Fri & Sat evening
events require tickets. Advance Tickets for guaranteed seating are available by calling 604-583-6086 or
email: [email protected]. Youth/Young Adults Tickets $10 ($7 for Sponsoring Churches before
Jan 5, 2010) Remaining tickets ($10), if any, will be sold in the Lobby of The Italian Cultural Centre until 7:15 p.m. daily. All
sales final. No refunds. Club 67 (Grades 6 & 7) Rallies: Location – Room #108 Broadway Church. Tickets $7.00 ($5
for Sponsoring Churches before Jan 5, 2010). Remaining tickets ($7), if any, will be sold at the door until 7:15 p.m. daily.
All sales final. No refunds.
Youth Seminars: Location: Van Tech Saturday at 2:00 p.m. See page 42 for topics & rooms.
Children: Location: Room 106. Children’s programs for ages 6-11. See page 40 for details. Registration required.
Pre-School Children: Location: Room 106. Childcare is provided for ages 2 1/2 (if trained) - 5. Registration required.
Parents should label all children’s belongings. See page 40 for details.
Prayer Room: Location: Room 104 is reserved for individual and group prayer.
Information Centres are located near
the main entrances to all facilities and on
each level of the main church building.
Information Central is located at the
entrance to the main auditorium - Level 200.
First Aid: Location: Level 200 Foyer, across
from the elevators, .
Phone: For Jan 8 -10 only, calls will be forwarded to our temporary office in Room 115
Level 100. from our permanent phone number 604.524.9944.
Public Transportation: Missions Fest
2010 Broadway Church is easily accessible by
the #9 Broadway bus and the Skytrain to the
Renfrew Station.
Lost and Found: Located in the Missions
Fest on-site office Room 115.
Parking: Missions Fest will have a limited
number of parking areas available around the
church for exhibitors and the general public on a first come first served basis. Public
parking is available at the corner of Kaslo
and Grandview Hwy for $5 a day. The Italian
Cultural Centre has parking for those attending events there on Friday and Saturday only.
Please respect the "Restaurant Only"
parking restrictions. Buses may park
on Slocan Street after drop-off at the main
church entrance. Shuttle Buses will leave the
Renfrew Skytrain station for the main church
entrance at frequent intervals throughout
the conference - more frequently during peak
times.
Restaurants – On site food services will
be located in The Warehouse just south of
the church. See page 74 for local restaurant
listings.
Water fountains are located on levels 100
and 200 of the main church building.
Hotels: Missions Fest host hotel is the
Fairmont Waterfront 900 Canada Place Way
Vancouver, BC 1.800.441.1414. It is easily
accessible by Skytrain and city bus. See other
hotels on page 74.
Bookstore: The official Missions Fest bookseller, Pilgrim Book & Bible, is in Room 105.
Speakers and agencies books and many other
missions oriented books are available there.
Audio & Video recordings of plenary
speakers only will be available in the foyer of
the main auditorium throughout the weekend. Seminar recordings of other speakers
will be available from the Missions Fest office
(604.524.9944) after the festival.
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For more information, please contact
Frances Doucet at:
SUNDAY LINE AND WORLD MINISTRIES
PO BOX 3366 STN TERMINAL
VANCOUVER BC V6B 3Y3
www.sundayline.com / 604-266-7740 / [email protected]
Join us in the
Prayer
Room
while attending
Missions Fest
Hours: 9:00 am to 10:00 pm
Room 104 Broadway Church
Welcome from the Director
Welcome to Missions Fest 2010! The City of Vancouver is in full-swing with preparations for the
Winter Olympic Games; as we meet, the world comes to us. This provides an opportunity to be salt
and light in our community. But let’s take some time this weekend to remember that we are sent
into the world; we are given a task or a race that we are called to complete.
Do you think that the Apostle Paul could have been a sports fan? While it’s hard to imagine him
sitting in front of a TV with a remote control and a bowl of popcorn, his athletic metaphors reveal
an ability to interpret culture, and to speak to people in language that they understood. His words
to Timothy reminded a young disciple to “fight the good fight, stay the course, and finish the race”
(2 Timothy 4:6-8).
Missions Fest 2010 will be different in many ways except one: we anticipate the continued blessing of God as individuals, churches, and agencies all gather together under the banner of the Great
Commission.
Change can lead to creativity, and one of the new elements at this year’s conference is an opportunity to screen The Grandfathers, a film that tells the story of Jesse Saint, grandson of legendary
mission pilot, Nate Saint. The newly fitted auditorium at Van-Tech High School also provided an
opportunity for local Christian filmmakers to have a voice and a venue, showing their films and
sharing the stories of various works of the Kingdom of God in the world.
We thank Broadway Church, Vancouver Technical School, and the Italian Cultural Centre for
opening their doors. We thank our “Gideon’s Army” of volunteers for their efforts as we tackle the
logistics of holding the conference in new locations. We thank sponsoring churches and individuals that have faithfully supported and encouraged us. We are grateful for the presence of mission
agencies that share the work God is doing through them. We look forward to what God will do
as we consider how we are called, equipped, empowered, and sent out on a journey of obedience.
Dwayne Buhler
Welcome from the Board Chair
It’s a new venue, a new date, with different challenges – but God is here and the purpose is the same
at Missions Fest Vancouver 2010 as any other – encourage, enlighten and empower people to get on
with the task of Finishing the Race, when it comes to the Great Commission. The problem is that it
is not like other races. Yes there is a finish line but we don’t know the distance between the start of
the race and that line. We just know that it is there and someday it will be reached. The challenge is
to keep in the race – not become complacent and lose valuable time as we carry out the directions
of Christ – to do everything we can as individuals – in cooperation with others – to make the Gospel message available to people around the world, as well as at home, so that lives are changed for
eternity through relationship with Christ, and God’s Kingdom grows. This takes daily surrender
on our part to the Lord, prayer, and the help of the Holy Spirit to hear and obey the voice of God.
Missions Fest is only as strong as we make it – those who attend. Are we here just to listen and
enjoy the speakers, or to apply to our lives principles that are given, and press forward to the finish
line, for the glory of God?
So glad you are a part of Missions Fest 2010. Thanks for taking the time to come. Thanks for letting the Lord speak to you. Thanks for making it possible by your offerings and prayer. Together we
will make a difference as we finish the race for His name sake – in our family, our neighbourhood,
our country, throughout the world! God is counting on us!
Tom Wright
Welcome from Broadway Church
On behalf of the staff and leadership of Broadway Church, I want to welcome you. The year 2010 is
shaping up to be an exciting one for this congregation. 2010 marks our 100th anniversary; 2010 is
the year that we join with the rest of our city to host the Winter Olympics; and 2010 is the year that
we are honoured to serve as the hosts of Missions Fest! As a congregation, we are proud to be affi liated with this important gathering. It is our hope
and prayer that men and women, young and old, will look back to this event to a moment in our
auditorium or while seated in one of our classrooms as a moment in time when God spoke directly
to them, as a moment when they were inspired to Kingdom living at a new level. It is for such moments that these buildings were built, and it is for the facilitation of such moments that we offer
these buildings over these next few days. May we work together for a harvest!
Pastor Darin Latham
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Sponsoring Churches
Missions Fest exists on the basis of local church congregations planning and operating it. To become sponsors, churches agree to set aside the weekend so their
people can attend, appoint representatives to help with
planning, make an annual donation and provide volunteers to facilitate the conference. Sponsoring churches
receive pre-conference access to the program guides
and discounts on tickets for youth events and conference recordings. Is your church on 'the team'?
Cariboo Road Christian Fellowship
First Baptist Church (Vancouver)
Burnaby
Vancouver
Cascade Gospel Chapel
First Christian Reformed Church
Vancouver
Vancouver
Cedar Grove Baptist Church
Fort Langley Evangelical Free Church
Surrey
Fort Langley
Cedar Valley Mennonite Church
Garden Village Apostolic Church
Mission
Burnaby
Central Christian Assembly
Gateway Baptist Church
19th Avenue Christian Fellowship
Burnaby
Surrey
Vancouver
Central Pentecostal Assembly
Generations Christian Fellowship
Abbotsford Baptist Church
Chilliwack
Maple Ridge
Abbotsford
Christian Life Assembly
Langley
Glad Tidings Church
Abbotsford Pentecostal Assembly
Abbotsford
Christian Life Assembly Maple Ridge
Campus
Auguston Neighbourhood Church
Abbotsford
Maple Ridge
Bay Community Church
Church on the SouthSide
Comox
Chilliwack
Bethany Baptist Church
Church on the Way
Richmond
Bethel International Church
Vancouver
Blue Mountain Baptist Church
Coquitlam
Bowen Island Community Church
Bowen Island
Bridge Community Church
North Vancouver
Broadmoor Baptist Church
Richmond
Broadway Church
Vancouver
Brookswood Baptist Church
Langley
Burnaby Chinese EV Free Church
Burnaby
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Burnaby
Cloverdale Baptist Church
Surrey
Coast Hills Community Church
Surrey
Coastal Church
Vancouver
Collingwood Baptist Church
Vancouver
Connaught Heights Pentecostal Assembly
New Westminster
Coquitlam Alliance Church
Coquitlam
Coquitlam Christian Centre
Victoria
Glad Tidings Fellowship
Chilliwack
Global Community Church
Vancouver
Grace Community Church
Surrey
Grace Evangelical Bible Church
Abbotsford
Grace Hanin Community Church
Surrey
Grace International Baptist Church
Vancouver
Gracepoint Community Church
Surrey
Grandview Calvary Baptist Church
Vancouver
Granville Chapel
Vancouver
Greendale MB Church
Coquitlam
Chilliwack
Coquitlam Presbyterian Church
Heather Bible Chapel
Coquitlam
Vancouver
Courtenay Fellowship Baptist Church
Hillcrest Chapel
Burnaby North Baptist Church
Courtenay
Bellingham
Burnaby
Culloden MB Church
Hillside Baptist Church
Burnaby Pacific Grace Church
Vancouver
North Vancouver
Burnaby
Dunbar Evangelical Lutheran Church
Hillside Community Church
Calvary Baptist Church
Vancouver
Coquitlam
Coquitlam
Eagle Ridge Bible Fellowship
Hindi Punjabi Fraserview Gospel Chapel
Calvary Baptist Church
Coquitlam
Vancouver
Gibsons
Eden Mennonite Church
Holy Trinity Anglican Church
Calvary Christian Church
Chilliwack
Vancouver
Surrey
Emmanuel Christian Community
Hope Reformed Church
Calvary Worship Centre
Richmond
Vancouver
New Westminster
Evangelical Chinese Bible Church
Hyde Creek Community Church
Canaan Church - Fellowship Deaconry
Association
Burnaby
Port Coquitlam
Faith Fellowship Baptist Church
Immanuel Baptist Church
Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver
Canyon Heights Christian Assembly
Fellowship Baptist Church
Immanuel Fellowship Baptist Church
North Vancouver
White Rock
Abbotsford
Capilano Christian Community Church
First Baptist Church (Nanaimo)
Johnston Heights Evangelical Free Church
North Vancouver
Nanaimo
Surrey
Sponsoring Churches
Journey Christian Fellowship
Northwest Langley Baptist Church
New Westminster
Langley
St. Andrew’s and St. Stephen’s
Presbyterian Church
Joy Fellowship
Oakridge Baptist Church
North Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver
St. Andrews Church (ANIC)
Kehillath Zion Messianic Fellowship
Olivet Baptist Church
Delta
Vancouver
New Westminster
St. David’s Anglican Church
Kelly Creek Community Church
Pacific Community Church
Delta
Powell River
Surrey
St. John’s Shaughnessy Anglican Church
Killarney Park Mennonite Brethren
Church
Pacific Grace MB Chinese Church
Vancouver
Vancouver
St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Vancouver
Parkland Fellowship Baptist
Vancouver
Kingsway Foursquare Church
Surrey
St. Matthew’s Anglican Church
Burnaby
Peace Mennonite Church
Abbotsford
Kwanglim Methodist Church
Richmond
Surrey
Peace Portal Alliance Church
St. Simon’s Church North Vancouver:
Anglican Coalition in Canada
Ladner Baptist Church
Surrey
North Vancouver
Delta
Peoples Full Gospel Church
Sunshine Hills Foursquare Church
Ladner Christian Fellowship
Surrey
Delta
Ladner
Pilgrim Baptist church
Sutherland Church
Lambrick Park Church
Vancouver
North Vancouver
Victoria
Pipeline Church
Victoria
Tenth Avenue Alliance Church
Life Center Community Church
Vancouver
Point Grey Community Church
Lord’s Grace Church
Vancouver
The Redeemed Christian Church of God Grace Chapel
Vancouver
Port Moody Pacific Grace MB Church
New Westminster
Lynn Valley Full Gospel Church
Port Moody
Tri-City Vineyard Christian Fellowship
Richmond Bethel Mennonite Brethren
Church
Port Coquitlam
Richmond
Vancouver
North Vancouver
Maple Ridge Baptist Church
Maple Ridge
Maple Ridge Community Church
Maple Ridge
Maranatha Baptist Church
Abbotsford
Marpole Baptist Church
Vancouver
Mountainview Alliance church
Langley
Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church
Mission
Nelson Avenue Community Church
Burnaby
New Hope Christian Church
Delta
New Life Christian Reformed Church
Abbotsford
New Life Community Church
Burnaby
New West Community Church (NWCC)
formerly Sapperton Baptist Church
Richmond Chinese Alliance Church
Richmond
Richmond Chinese Baptist Church
Richmond
Richmond Pentecostal Church
Richmond
Rose of Sharon Baptist Church
Langley
Ross Road Community Church
Abbotsford
Royal Oak Community Church
Burnaby
Salvation Army (Southmount Citadel)
Vancouver
Salvation Army Cariboo Hill
Burnaby
Salvation Army: Ocean Crest Corps
Campbell River
Sevenoaks Alliance Church
Abbotsford
Shalom House
New Westminster
Maple Ridge
New Westminster Evangelical Free
Church
Sonrise Full Gospel Church
Burnaby
South Delta Baptist church
Nordel Fellowship Baptist Church
Surrey
Delta
Vancouver
Trinity Baptist Church (Vancouver)
University Chapel
Vancouver
Vancouver Chinese Baptist Church
Vancouver
Vancouver Chinese Evangelical Free
Church
Vancouver
Vancouver Chinese Lutheran Church
Burnaby
Vancouver Chinese Mennonite Brethren
Church
Vancouver
Vancouver Eastside Vineyard
Vancouver
Ward Memorial Baptist Church
Vancouver
West Coast Christian Fellowship
Vancouver
West Point Grey Baptist Church
Vancouver
West Vancouver Baptist Church
West Vancouver
Westminster Bible Chapel
Burnaby
Westpointe Christian Centre
Vancouver
Delta
South Langley MB Church
North Shore Alliance Church
Langley
White Rock Baptist Church
North Vancouver
Northside Community Church
South Vancouver Pacific Grace MB
Church
Willingdon Church
Mission
Vancouver
Surrey
Burnaby
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Plenary Speakers
William ( Will) F. Graham
Assistant Director of the Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove and Associate Evangelist of the Billy Graham
Evangelistic Association
William Franklin Graham IV (Will) is the third generation of Grahams to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ
under the banner of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA). Will is the grandson of Billy Graham and
the oldest son of Franklin Graham.
Since beginning his evangelistic ministry with youth-oriented, one-day events in Canada, Will has spoken to more
than 125,000 people in North America and Hong Kong. More than 10,000 have made personal commitments to Christ
during these outreaches. He has spoken to countless more at outreach events in India.
Will’s first crusade-style event – which he calls Celebrations – took place in 2006 in Leduc, Canada. His first Celebration on U.S. soil came later that year in Gastonia, N.C. Since then, he has also held multi-day evangelistic outreaches in Ohio, Kentucky, Texas and Ontario.
“I’m not trying to be the next Billy Graham; I’m just Will Graham,” says the ordained minister. “I have a burden in
my heart to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. If that’s to an arena full of people or one person on the street, I will do
whatever God is calling me to do.”
Will also serves BGEA as assistant director of the Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove in Asheville, N.C. The
Cove offers multi-day seminars on a variety of Christian subjects and features nationally-recognized speakers.
Will graduated from Liberty University in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Religion and in 2001 graduated
from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity degree.
Will and his wife, Kendra, have two daughters, Christine Jane (CJ) and Rachel Austin, and a son, William Franklin Graham
Paul Henderson
Paul Henderson was born on a sleigh in the middle of a snow storm near Kincardine, Ontario.
He is married to Eleanor, his high school sweetheart, and they have three married daughters and seven grandchildren.
Paul began his hockey career in Lucknow, Ontario progressing to Junior “A” with the Hamilton Red Wings. After
winning the Memorial Cup in 1962 he moved to the N.H.L. Paul played 18 years of professional hockey with the Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Atlanta Flames including 5 years in the World Hockey Association. As a
professional, he scored 376 goals and added 384 assists.
History will remember Paul for the first Canada-Russia Hockey series in 1972, when Canada needed a victory in
each of the last 3 games to win the series. Incredibly, Paul scored the winning goal in each of the 3 games. The goal in
the last game was recently declared the greatest sports moment in the last century and Team Canada ‘72 was voted
the Team of the Century.
Paul is a member of several Sports Halls of Fame including Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame.
He has co-authored two books: “The Fans Go Wild” and “Shooting for Glory”.
As a motivational speaker he has addressed many of Canada’s major corporations. Paul and his wife Eleanor speak
at marriage conferences and he speaks widely in the Christian community.
Paul is active in the community, being involved with such organizations as Muskoka Woods Sports Camp and Teen
Ranch near Orangeville.
In January 1997 the Canadian Mint launched a commemorative coin depicting the Winning Goal in the 1972
series. This is the first time a living person has been depicted on a coin, other than a sovereign. Canada Post also introduced a stamp celebrating the moment.
In 1998 Paul received the Ontario Special Achievement Award for his contribution to minor hockey.
In 2002 Paul was awarded the Queen’s Jubilee Award for distinguished community service.
Paul is a Director with LeaderImpact Group where he has been developing men for leadership since 1984. He holds
two Honorary Doctor of Divinity degrees.
Paul is an avid reader, loves golf and tennis.
Jamie McIntosh
Rev. Jamie McIntosh is the Executive Director of International Justice Mission Canada. IJM is an international human rights agency that rescues victims of violence, sexual exploitation, slavery and oppression. Based on referrals of
abuse received from relief and development organizations, IJM conducts professional investigations of the abuses and
mobilizes intervention on behalf of the victims.
As founding director of IJM’s Canadian affiliate, McIntosh meets with government officials, justice professionals,
and business and religious leaders to advance the cause of the oppressed. He leads teams of lawyers and investigators on
international intervention efforts, provides counsel and support to IJM staff overseas, and regularly addresses emerging
justice issues through media appearances and public events.
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Plenary Speakers
McIntosh studied at the University of Western Ontario, Genesis Fellowship in Santa Rosa, California and at
North Central Bible College in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and he is a graduate of Executive Arrow. He has recently
been accepted to read for his Master of Studies in International Human Rights Law at Oxford University.
McIntosh has provided assistance in securing the release of families from bonded slavery and participated in investigative operations leading to the rescue of forced child prostitutes. His responsibilities have taken him to Africa,
to Latin America, and to Southeast Asia.
McIntosh currently serves as a founding member of the Canadian Police Chiefs International Service Agency.
McIntosh has been called upon to give testimony before the House of Commons’ Status of Women committee for
its research into human trafficking in advance of the report “Turning Outrage into Action”. He has conducted
briefings on modern slavery and sex trafficking for Senators and Members of Parliament, and has given addresses
on human rights and student activism on Parliament Hill. For the past several years McIntosh has served as a guest
lecturer for the Ontario Police College’s Investigating Offences Against Children course. Recently, McIntosh has
spoken at Universities, law faculties, and to police organizations. He has written articles on police misconduct,
illegal detention, illegal land seizure and torture. McIntosh and the work of IJM have been featured on television
and other media.
IJM Canada’s office is in London, Ontario.
Jackie Pullinger
At age 22, Jackie Pullinger wanted to become a missionary, but no society would take her on. So she went on her
own. It was 1966 and she gathered up all the money she had and bought a one-way ticket.
With a dream and a sense of adventure, she caught a ship from France which stopped at many ports. She prayed
and asked God at which port she should get off. She eventually disembarked in Hong Kong.
Jackie was concerned that in Kowloon’s Walled City - called the City of Darkness – there were youth who were
not in school. They were so vulnerable to Triad gangs and criminal influence in this cesspool of death and dirt. She
began a Youth Club providing friendship and recreational opportunities.
There were summer camps, remedial classes for those who became motivated to begin to study, and an introduction to Jesus.
Later her students from the girls school she taught in joined in serving those in need.
Soon Jackie and her friends began to take people to live with them in their homes and this has continued until today.
It was the stuff of high adventure as well as encounters with those in indescribable pain without a hope or a future
such as a whole family living on one bed on a roof with nothing to eat.
Then there were children whose fathers were on opium and made their home an opium den.
Jackie saw, through prayer, some of these men weeping in repentance in the streets. They withdrew from drugs in
an instant through the power of the Holy Spirit.
They came to her home and started a new life, as did their children too. Today the mission has more developed
family settings and teams to look for and care for the lost, but the heart is the same as in the beginning. They want
to see the one man in their path today and touch him as Jesus would.
Although in 2009 they have a name, are registered as a charity, and have received all kinds of recognition, this is
really only a sign of more sophisticated times. Theirs was never a plan or intention to become an institution or found
centres but to be an expression of God’s family wherever they are.
Alex Dias Ribeiro
Born in Brazil, Alex Dias Ribeiro lived for seven years in England during the days of his international career in one
of the world’s most competitive sports, as a Formula 1 race car driver. But one of his greatest achievements has been
steering a sports ministry known as Atletas de Cristo (Athletes of Christ) for more than twenty years. This organization has a ministry with more than 5,000 athletes all over the world.
One out of every two people on the face of this earth, an estimated 2.5 billion viewers, watched at least one of the
52 games of the 1994 USA World Soccer Cup, Games were beamed by satellite to 120 nations. No other event, not
even the landing of the first man on the moon, has ever been seen by so many eyes at the same time.
But who won the “greatest show on earth”? Brazil, of course! Any soccer fan could easily answer that question.
But what very few knew was what was going on behind the scenes in the Brazilian locker room.
Alex served the Brazilian team as the unofficial chaplain of the seven Christian players. He showed them how
good Christian principles can be applied in very practical ways in a high performance sport at its moment of
greatest tension.
Alex now lives in Sao Paulo, Brazil with his wife, Barbara. As well as being known as a leader and writer, he is one
of the board members of the International Sports Coalition. Alex believes that the world can be reached for Christ
through the universal language of sports and is working hard to see that happen in this generation.
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Music at Missions Fest 2010
T
he Church of the Lower Mainland has
been blessed with many musicians and
worship leaders. Missions Fest seeks to celebrate the gifts God has given to the church
in these people, and provide an opportunity
for us to gather and worship God in a unique,
inter-denominational setting.
Musicians at Missions Fest serve on a volunteer basis. Those who have CDs or MP3 recordings will have these available after their
session, or at the on-site bookstore throughout the weekend.
Adult Plenary Session Worship Leader
It was at a Missions Conference in Hamilton, Ontario, that I first experienced what I
would describe as “life- transforming worship”. Graham Kendrick, a pioneer in contemporary worship leading, had just led the
song “Shine, Jesus, Shine,” and I thought I
had died and gone to heaven.
It wasn’t heaven - not even close - but it
was incredible. That whole evening became a
“worship moment” for me. One that taught
me an important lesson in my relationship
with God: There are deeper levels of experience that we can know in our relationship
with Him in worship.
I can love and worship God in numerous ways and expressions - some more intimate and meaningful than others. And the
bond of love that exists between us never
changes. But I do long for, cherish and desire the deeper moments in worship where
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He reveals a depth of His being to me that
leaves me in gratitude and “head-shaking”
wonder.
These types of weekends tend to change
lives, and I believe worship plays a key role
in how that happens for people. My greatest
hope would be that the worship ministry we
provide this weekend might serve to create a
“worship moment” for you; an environment
in which you might discover a new dynamic
in your relationship with God.
Phil Spoelstra, Worship Pastor,
Broadway Church
Prelude of Praise:
Three groups come to share their music
and lead in worship as a prelude of praise
for the evening sessions and for the Sunday
afternoon closing rally.
Friday, January 8th – 6:15 p.m.
Cariboo Hill Temple (Salvation Army) Band
This brass band, formerly of the Vancouver
Temple of the Salvation Army, has been actively involved in musical ministry for over
120 years. This band has traveled all over
North America and is involved in the worship
services at Cariboo Hill Temple in Burnaby.
Saturday, January 9th – 6:15 p.m. • The Barnsons
The Barnsons are Lori, Janice and Gerry; a
brother and two sisters from White Rock.
Their family harmonies result in an unmistakable sound. They’ve received various
awards from the BC and Canadian Gospel
Music Associations. Th is is their fi rst time
participating at Missions Fest. (For more information see www.thebarnsons.com)
Sunday, January 10th – 3:15 p.m.
Columbia Singers
Columbia Singers is a 24-member choir from
Columbia Bible College in Abbotsford. The
choir is a practical aspect of their ministry
training, and a part of the college’s commitment to prepare people for a life of discipleship, service, and ministry.
Youth Worship Bands
Ben Woodman joins Russ Rosen to lead worship at the Friday evening youth rally. Ben is
no stranger to Missions Fest and Russ returns
to share his unique blend of interactive worship and thoughtful lyrics.
The Restoration Church Band is led by Sergio Najarro, a young pastor with a passion
to lead people into the presence of God. The
group will lead at the Saturday morning and
afternoon sessions. They bring a distinctly
Latino flavour to Missions Fest.
Young Adults Worship Band
Daylight, a band formerly known as The
Better Way, will lead worship at Saturday’s
Young Adults Rally at the Italian Cultural
Centre. Led by Jeremy King of Maple Ridge,
the group seeks to lead others towards a
deep encounter with God.
A Tribute to
Dr. Ralph Winter 1924-2009
Richard Dodding
Columbia Singers
Phil Spoelstra
Ben Woodman
The Barnsons
Daylight
I learned much of my missiology from Dr.
Ralph Winter. We first met at our second
Missions Fest, in January1985 when he
joined other plenary speakers such as Elisabeth Elliott, Paul Kaufman and George
Cowan. He didn’t seem to be a flamboyant
speaker, but was very thoughtful and full
of ideas I had not yet contemplated. Having
served as a missionary, I remember forming my own unique ideas of how I thought
missions should be accomplished, so to read
Dr. Winter’s innovative commentaries motivated me to look further.
As we began developing Missions Fest I
was always eager to learn more about the
many aspects of mission I
had not yet considered. To
my surprise, I discovered a
thin, little, unimpressivelooking magazine printed
on newsprint without
glossy coloured pages. It
contained eight to twelve
articles dealing with current trends and practice
in mission, and many
thought-provoking ideas
of mission beyond the
norm. I also discovered
that the magazine was free for a donation.
I began subscribing. Over the years, Mission
Frontiers became one of the chief sources of
my mission education. For example, it was
here that that I learned about identifiable,
hidden people groups who had never heard
of Jesus. I discovered that one way to reach
them would be for churches and organizations to work together by adopting them.
As Editor-in-Chief of Mission Frontiers,
Ralph Winter invited many other writers to
submit challenging articles. They contained
an unending stream of themes necessary
to consider for anyone giving leadership in
missions. It was here that I learned about
the Perspectives on the World Christian
Movement, a 16-week course that finally
arrived in Greater Vancouver in 1993, coordinated by Margo Hoffman. She and her
team had invited Ralph Winter along with
Don Richardson and other notables, to provide the lectures.
Since one of the goals of Missions Fest is
provide information about needs around the
world and opportunities to serve, we needed
to find affordable, pertinent information
useful to our churches and leaders. We discovered yet another valuable, resource: the
William Carey Library—another initiative
of Ralph Winter. For many years, the Missions Fest website has provided a direct link
to these books.
Many were the achievements of Dr.
Winter. He was a man ahead of his time.
For instance, while serving as a missionary in Guatemala for ten years, he not only
taught missiology in the local university, he
helped the poor peasants begin their own
industries and businesses so that they could
support both themselves
and their churches. It was
later that he saw his dream
fulfilled to have a campus
where mission specialists
and organizations would
work side by side: the US
Center for World Mission.
His “wartime lifestyle” really caught my attention.
Rumour has it that he
never bought a new suit.
He didn’t talk about it, or
expect others to adopt his
ways, but he encouraged sacrifice for the
sake of the ministry. His was a lifestyle of
sacrifice and frugality, yet far ahead in the
use of technology for the sake of the kingdom of God. It was demonstrated in the
newsprint magazine, Mission Frontiers,
that was affordable for everyone, and now is
carefully stored on the Internet so that all
these past articles can be downloaded free
of charge.
Dr. Winter was a revolutionary for his
time, and gathered like-minded people
around him. He influenced my vision for
Missions Fest and he will continue to influence many in the years to come. We shall
always be thankful to God for this life that
was surrendered to God, living the abundant life to the day he was called Home.
Richard Dodding, founder of Missions Fest
Vancouver, is currently director of Missions
Fest International working with other cities around the world, enabling them to hold
their own Missions Festivals.
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Alex Dias Ribeiro
More than
Conquerors
I
been to many places, experienced many emotions and a lot of problems, but—above all—I had done what I had always dreamed of doing:
drive a car in the fast lane and tell the world that Christ saves. I went
into the boxes, pushed the brakes and left for good. That was the end
of Alex Dias Ribeiro in the Formula 1 circuit and that was also the end
of the CRISTO SALVA logo in the fastest circuits of the world. It felt
like the end of a dream and an ideal, much like the death of a vision.
For many years I felt the bitterness of that moment. I was facing a
new, harsh reality after I had stepped down from my career as a race
driver. I had desired so badly to become a world champion but now I
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came off at top speed on the third curve of the Watkins Glen circuit in the States. I forced the third gear of my Copersucar as much
as I could until the engine started howling and growling at 9,800
rpm and then I pushed in the fourth gear. I took my foot off the clutch
fast and felt the force of the Ford Crossworth 500 horsepower fully on
my back! Then to my astonishment I realized that the steering wheel
had come off complete with the column and everything! And I was
speeding at 150 miles an hour! Instinctively I pushed the steering
wheel back into place and it fit miraculously! I returned slowly to the
boxes knowing that those were my last moments as a race driver. I had
had to swallow my defeat—and it tasted sour.
My first job upon my return from Europe was
as a car salesman in Brasilia.
At the end of that year, 1981, I published
my book “More Than Conquerors”, which
tells of my experiences as a race driver. After that, I bought a farm in Goiás state and
planted 50,000 jojoba trees. I worked myself
to death and lived almost like an Indiana
Jones. I returned to racing in 1984 with the
Brazilian Automakers Championship. At the
end of that year, I had the chance to return to
Europe, but at the last minute my sponsors
gave me up and I was alone one more time. I
was jobless again, and I resorted to the stock
market.
I made big money, but I almost got crazy.
The stock market experience taught me in a
practical way that “where your treasure is,
there is your heart also”, as the Bible says.
Meanwhile I started helping with the Atletas de Cristo in Sao Paulo at a time when Silas and Muller were beginning their race to
fame as great soccer players. In March 1986
I accepted the post of Executive Director of
Atletas de Cristo. After much prayer and
thinking, I decided to do one crazy thing: I
left behind every financial activity and took
over all the aspects of managing the Atletas
de Cristo organization. I needed a lot of faith
in order to take that step - my salary now was
US $25 per month (roughly one third of our
national minimum wage) which was what the
organization could afford to pay me! Initially
I thought of dedicating only three months
of my life to help organize Atletas de Cristo.
When that was done I would look for a part
time job and I would try to keep both jobs.
But that didn’t work. Up until now, many
years later, I find myself working full time
with the Atletas de Cristo organization.
Many years later, I heard the testimony of
a goalkeeper with Atlético Mineiro who said
that the crazy guy racing at 180 miles/hour
had made an impact on his life. Especially the
fact that the driver had JESUS SAVES printed
all over his car, his helmet and even his outfit! When that goalkeeper got married and
went on his honeymoon, he liked the idea so
much that he decided to print JESUS SAVES
on his T-shirt. Everybody noticed, because
he was the main goal keeper with the Brazilian squad in the years 1979 through 1981.
The sports authorities didn’t like the idea and
forced him to drop those words from his outfit. They argued that the legislation did not
allow any publicity on the players’ uniforms.
Another famous soccer player who was an
excellent center-forward in the State of Goiás
had an experience with Jesus too. He changed
his life and kept his job as a soccer player. He
even played for the Brazilian squad.
One day he read about this goalkeeper who
had JESUS SAVES on his outfit and how he
answered to those who told him to drop that
“publicity”. He had said: “They have taken
the name of Christ out of my uniform, but He
lives on in my heart”. These two guys met and
found that they had a lot in common. They
decided to raise the banner of Jesus Christ
high up against all opposition - even in the
midst of the Brazilian soccer world. They
came to be known as João Leite, “God’s goal
keeper”, and Baltazar, “God’s striker.”
Only then did I realize that the time I had
spent as a race driver within the Formula-1
circuit had not been in vain. Though I had to
swallow one bitter experience after another
during my time in the Formula-1 circuit, my
frustrated career contributed somehow to
start off the Atletas de Cristo organization. It
was very much like a grain which dies in the
soil but which rises up as a plant and bears
much fruit. Today we are more than 6,000
athletes competing in all kinds of sports and
as we do so we convey the message of Christ
everywhere we go.
Editor’s Note: Alex is usually calm when
he is not driving his car. But he was feared as a
tornado, the “terror” of the Formula 3 championships, as the British press referred to him
in the 70s. He never became world champion,
nor did he ever set any outstanding new records, nor was he the youngest driver, or the
fastest or the most successful of all Formula
1 racers. Nevertheless, Alex became known
all over the world for the inscription CRISTO
SALVA (JESUS SAVES) which he always printed on his car. His personal testimony and his
Christian commitment always followed along
in his racing career. Today he is the Executive
Director for Atletas de Cristo in Brazil. He is
also the President of the International Sports
Ministry Coalition, an organization that coordinates sports ministries at large and small
events worldwide.
Missions Fest 2011 • January 28 – 30, 2011
What Does the Lord Require of You?
Under the sails again,
at Canada Place
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The Goal
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Paul Henderson
of My Life
T
hey call the winning goal I scored in the last game of the
1972 Canada/Russia hockey series ‘The Goal of the Century.’ I still get a warm feeling when I think about it.
Fear is one of the best motivators, and I was very afraid that I
would be part of the team that lost to the Russians. Canada is not a
big nation, but hockey is our game. Everyone on the team felt a responsibility to win. I had confidence that our team was better than
the Russians, but it never entered my mind that it would be me that
scored that last goal. It certainly gave me a stature that I would not
have had without it. I wish I could have handled things a little better at that point, been more mature. If I had a spiritual dimension
to my life at the time, I know I would have.
Becoming a Star
Back then, I had fulfi lled most of my boyhood dreams, and I knew
I was a very fortunate and blessed individual. Yet there was a restlessness, a discontentment in the centre of my being that I could
not ignore. I was angry, bitter and frustrated, and there were things
about my life that I didn’t know how to handle. Th ings were not
going well with the Maple Leafs, the team I was playing on, and I
was having a lot of conflicts with the owner. Here I was playing in the
NHL, doing something that I had always strived for, but I had become
more bitter and angry than I had ever been in my life.
So I started drinking as a way to soothe the pain. I think if you are
frustrated and angry, you look for a way out. You get with the boys
and you try to ‘make merry,’ but you wake up the next morning and
it’s there again.
Fortunately, a friend encouraged me to examine the claims of Jesus. He told me that I hadn’t taken care of my soul and had never
really looked at what it was on the inside. That made sense to me, so I
started to read the Bible and look into Jesus. Jesus claimed to be God,
and He said He loved me and wanted to give me eternal life. After a
two-year search, I became convinced He loved me and wanted e to
get to know Him.
A Big Decision
However, it was a real struggle for me to become a Christian for a
number of reasons. First, I had always prided myself in being a selfmade man. I was used to being in control of my life. I was also afraid
of what my friends would think. Third, I still looked at Christianity’s
‘dos’ and ‘don’ts’ and thought that it was so narrow. How could I be
a ‘man’s man’ and a Christian, I thought. I was worried that I would
have to give up too much. Finally, I read in the Bible that if I really
loved God I wouldn’t be afraid to tell others about Him. But if I became a Christian I didn’t want to tell anyone about it. That led to a
lot of frustration, because I was not able to step over the line.
One day I just couldn’t fight it any longer. I threw all my fears
aside and I said to God: ‘I am fearful, and I don’t want to tell anyone about this.’ And then I gave my life to the Lord.
Since that day, I have never been the same. God has had a positive impact in every area of my life. Most importantly, He has taken
away my anger and bitterness. My life certainly hasn’t been trouble-free. One of the most challenging times in my life was when my
wife was in the hospital and we thought we were going to lose her.
I was mad at God, but I realized that night that life is a gift from
God, and I decided right then to place everything in my life in His
hands. He had proven Himself to me over the years with His faithfulness, and I knew that I had no choice but to surrender my life
to Him. Now the inner quietness, contentment and peace I experience on a daily basis assures me that His promise to love and care
for me is true and real. And best of all, I look forward to spending
eternity with Him.
Festival Leadership Luncheon
Friday, January 8, 2010 • 11:45 am to 1:15 pm
Special Speaker: Paul Henderson
“The Goal of My Life"
Location: Italian Cultural Centre, 3075 Slocan Street, Vancouver
Menu: Buffet style traditional Italian pastas, salads, roast chicken and vegetables
Cost: $35.00 , Tickets: Call Sally at 604-583-6086 or
email: [email protected] Pay by cheque or credit card.
Co-sponsored by City in Focus, More Than Gold
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Hitting the Streets:
An Interview
with Russ &
Sandy Rosen
Jackie Pullinger last visited Missions Fest Vancouver in 1991. Her ministry touched the lives of many people, including those of Russ and Sandy Rosen. They sat down with Dwayne Buhler to share their story and
the journey which began at a youth rally nearly 20 years ago.
MFV: In 1991 you were part of the worship group at a youth rally for
Missions Fest. At that rally you first met Jackie Pullinger. What was
the impact she had upon your lives?
Russ: It was an interesting time. I remember seeing her team and
you could see that there was something different about them. We
knew a bit of her story because Sandy had read Chasing the Dragon.
But as soon as she came in I could recognize that the ‘things of God’
were on her mind. For her it was a Kingdom moment – her and all
these young people – and not about a conference.
Sandy: After we finished our sound checks we went to prayer with
Jackie and her whole team. We were standing in a circle and I could see
that Jackie was really agitated, not really focused on the prayer time. I
went up to her after and said “Jackie, are you doing OK? Are you feeling
good about this?” And she looked at me with this stare and said, “Why
are you doing this here?” And I went “Wh.. .wh... what do you mean?”
“You’re doing all this entertainment for these Christian kids. They
already know this message. Why are you doing this here?”
I got really nervous, and asked her, “What do you mean – we could
just do this on the streets? You think people would actually listen to
what we have to sing and have to say?” She said, “Of course you can.
People are hungry for it. Just go out and do it!”
The conviction hit me so hard, and soon after we took on a challenge
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to go out to the streets of Canada with a mission called Upstream. We
went town to town across Canada doing our music and expressing the
Gospel in the streets.
MFV: Did you feel that Jackie was giving a prophetic word for you to
step out of your comfort zone?
Sandy: I think it was a practical word.
Russ: It was more like a rebuke.
Sandy: I think that it was her coming from an Asian world that was
so completely broken and so completely hungry for the Gospel. And
there she was preaching to the choir. It made me feel nervous, and it
was like she was saying “Get out of here. Go into the streets!”
MFV: Your book Off the Map speaks about this journey. What happened in the five years when you went across Canada?
Russ: The journey was in partnership with Justyn and Joy Rees,
of Upstream Ministries. We helped lead a team of young musicians,
dancers and actors on a five year pilgrimage of reconciliation from
Vancouver Island to Newfoundland.
Sandy: We lived in a motor home and traveled coast to coast. We
gathered a team and built a mobile theatre with four semi trailers.
Three trailers had bleachers that folded out and a stage was in the other. We held meetings in each town for between a week and four weeks.
Russ: The first piece of equipment we were given was a hot tub. We
looked at it and thought, hmm, a baptismal tank. Before we did anything, we sat on the edge of the hot tub as if there was water in it and
we prayed, “OK Lord, we pray that every place we go that there will be
people who not only become Christians, but that they will be baptized
in the faith by local pastors.”
Russ and Sandy and Rise Up Band at Missions Fest ‘91
There was pouring, sprinkling, dunking and water fights. It seems a mission to speak, even in a place like the City of Vancouver which is
bit sacrilegious, but was so holy and so sacred and so much fun, all at often seen as a spiritually closed place. When you put an artist on the
the same time! (laughing out loud) It was all a party and a chance to stage it’s a different thing.
Russ: Just tell the story — do whatever it takes! We’re excited about the
tell the Gospel.
MFV: Since that time (the five year journey), you’ve been involved opportunity to do the thing that we love to do.
MFV: Where is the Lord working in your lives right now?
in ministries that incorporate music and the arts. It sounds like you’re
Russ: It’s been an interesting journey. You
still hitting the streets as you are leaders of
look back, and in one sense, our ministry has
one of the working groups of More Than
not changed at all. It’s been exactly the same
Gold. How will you be involved in 2010?
– just get out there and do the stuff. But it has
Russ: Hitting the street is the whole point
changed immensely in the way we perceive
of what we want to do. We’re heading up the
ourselves and the people around us. That’s
CAPA initiative, the Creative and Performwhere we’ve really grown; learning how God
ing Arts Working Group of More Than Gold.
sees you and sees others and how desperately
We have close to 30 different Christian artwe are all in need of His grace and His mercy.
ists or groups that are coming from across
Sandy: I think that there is a shift that needs
Canada, the United States, and the world.
to happen in the Church. We need to learn
The idea is to have venues around the city
to speak in a different language than we
with artistic expression that speak of the love
have been. We need to learn to really live efof God and are a strategic communication
fectively in a broken world. We’ve been on
of God’s heart for people. There will be free
a journey to discover how to best communipresentations with everything from an opera
cate with culture and how to ensure we are
singer to a rapper to a poet to contemporary
expressing the Gospel from the place of our
dancers. Even the Watoto Children’s choir is
shared humanity.
a part of it.
Russ: My favourite thing to do is to get out
Sandy: There will be many live perforamong the people and see them drawn into
mances and a play called Hockey Dad, a
the celebration. It seems to me that every huone act drama about a guy who is born at
man was created to worship God and it’s the
the moment that Paul Henderson scored
job of the artist to call it out. Sometimes that
the winning goal. This is a play about
happens in church, sometimes in nature, and
family relationships, as the main characI know it happens in a profound way, when
ter has to reconcile the fact that he made Russ & Sandy Rosen in 2009
we get behind artists who love God and suphis Dad miss “the goal.” It will be playing
port them to tell the wonderful story of redemption in the midst of
at Pacific Theatre throughout the time of the Olympics.
Russ: Lately, part of this journey led us to a contact we had at this culture.
Canada Place. We heard that they had Canada Day events and we
were invited to join the parade. More Than Gold put together a Russ Rosen and Ben Woodman will lead worship at the Friday Youth
truck with speakers and they put us at the very end of the parade. At Rally at MFV-2010 (January 8, 2010 – 7:00 p.m. @ the Italian Cultural
fi rst we thought that this wasn’t good, but by the end of the parade Centre). Jackie Pullinger will be the main speaker.
we had thousands of people gathered around us singing Hallelujah. Russ and Sandy live in Langley and give leadership to various minisSandy: There is a way that the arts can speak things that we [Chris- tries, including the Russ Rosen Band, More Than Gold Creative and
tians] can’t speak. There is something about the arts that offers per- Performing Arts Working Group, and The Dance Barn Studio.
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Justice: A Journey
with a Purpose
Jamie McIntosh & Karen Stiller
One of the definitions that the Canadian
Oxford Dictionary offers for the word mission is "a journey with a purpose." That definition implies a movement and a going out
that any mission no doubt requires — even
if the movement is just out of our own comfort zone — but it also clearly states that this
journey has a reason. It is a journey done on
purpose, with a purpose.
Mission work itself is on a bit of a journey . Early mission movements focussed on
the incredibly important work of proclamation, sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ and
his immeasurable love. Helping to alleviate
the pain of poverty was always part of the
Church's response, and during the past 60
years, we have seen incredible growth, as
many Christian relief groups live out God’s
merciful nature by bringing education,
health care, food, clean water and other vital necessities to the desperately poor. But
in addition to these ministries of proclamation and mercy, God calls those to follow
him to a ministry of justice – and over the
past decade, western Christians have stood
together to answer God’s call to justice for
the poor with deep passion, perseverant
conviction, and in greater numbers than
ever before.
In today's world, there is no shortage of
victims of injustice. Human Trafficking is the
world's third largest criminal enterprise, behind only drugs and weapons. Selling people
is big business. Eighty percent of the victims
of human trafficking, some of whom touch
ground in Canada, are women and girls;
50% are minors. There are an estimated 27
million children, women and men who are
modern-day slaves around the world, more
than double the number of people torn from
Africa during the entire 400 year-long transAtlantic slave trade.
Around the world today, there are nearly
two million children who are being forced to
work in the commercial sex trade. Consider
that Metro Vancouver, the third largest metropolitan area in Canada and host to Vancouver's 2010 Missions Fest, has a population of
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2.1 million, according to the 2006 census.
One child exploited in the sex industry
would be one too many, and there are almost
two million. That is a staggering number of
children — the most vulnerable among us
— used to feed the sexual appetites of pedophiles and predators, including Canadians
who make up a small but growing number
of sex tourists who visit countries like Cambodia each year. Cambodia's own government estimates that there are approximately
30,000 children ensnared in the sex trade of
its small nation.
International Justice Mission is a human
rights agency that secures justice for victims of slavery, sexual exploitation and other
forms of violent oppression. Throughout the
developing world, the poor are routinely victimized by brutal acts of violence. Horrors
like slavery, sexual violence, police brutality, trafficking and illegal property seizure
are part of the normal realities of life for too
many of the world's population who are already struggling to fight their way out of the
trap of extreme poverty.
In the western world, most of us live with
the assumption that if we become a victim of
a crime, we will have a reasonable chance to
become a victor in the court of law. We assume that if we call the police, they will not
only answer, but they will help. Most of the
world has no such assurance. If the poor cannot count on their own justice systems to
protect them, they are victimized once again.
But when the poor can count on justice, they
have hope. When perpetrators of crimes like
selling children in brothels know there is a
punishment on its way when they are caught
— and that it is no longer possible to purchase
the blind eyes of the police — then justice is
on its way. We have a chance to stop these
crimes before they begin.
International Justice Mission exists to protect people from the violent forces of injustice
by securing rescue and restoration for victims and ensuring that the public justice systems in their countries work for the poor. We
believe that it is God's work that we are about.
It is impossible to read the Bible and not
see God as a God of justice. He sees, He
hears and He responds to the suffering of
the oppressed. Our God led the slaves out of
Egypt and into a promised land. Our God
consistently calls His people to be on the
side of the downtrodden and the suffering
and warns of the consequences against those
who use and abuse. The consistent nature of
God is one of holiness, mercy, forgiveness,
love and justice. When Jesus launched the
active phase of his earthly ministry in Luke,
Isaiah 61 was the basis of his inaugural address: “The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is
on me, because the Lord has anointed me to
preach good news to the poor. He has sent
me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release
from darkness for the prisoners."
Jesus connected himself forever with Isaiah and his prophetic call for justice. And by
proclaiming it in the context of worship, Jesus gave it a priority that we cannot ignore.
The call to be on the side of the poor and the
oppressed must shape how, why and who we
are as the Church in the world. Jesus believed
the words of Isaiah, including those in 1:17:
“Learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage
the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.” Jesus’
connection of himself with the words of Isaiah tells us that this is an important indicator
of what Jesus is about, and therefore what we
are to be about. Seeking justice holds a prominent place in the message and mission of the
Messiah. How can it possibly be any less important for us?
It is God's request of us — and God's invitation to us — that we do the Kingdom work
of seeing justice for the poor. It is a Kingdom
opportunity that cannot be ignored.
IJM works around the world to bring rescue, to build justice and to change lives. Our
mission —IJM's journey of purpose — is to
bring rescue, relief and restoration to victims
of violent oppression and to ensure that the
perpetrators of the crimes against them are
held accountable. Both parties experience,
perhaps for the very first time, what justice
really means.
Part of our work is conducting undercover
investigations to rescue victims of slavery and
trafficking, including unmasking the ugly realities of things like child brothels and other
forms of modern-day slavery. In 13 countries throughout the developing world, we do
things like train police, public prosecutors
and other law professionals how to secure
justice for all citizens, not just the powerful
elite. We work to ensure that perpetrators are
held accountable for their crimes in local jus-
in a burnt-out, rotting house that the locals in
the neighbourhood called the Anarchy Building. It was infested with cockroaches, rodents
and disease, and controlled by drug dealers,
pimps and weapons dealers. Jim* IJM Cambodia's Director of Operations, became aware
of the Anarchy Building, which he described
as "a horrible evil place." He went there one
night with a hidden video camera and asked
about young girls. A pimp paraded three in
front of him, including Kunthy. Jim left that
night with what he needed: video proof that
the girls were available for sale inside the
The next step for IJM was to assist investigators to build an air-tight case against the
perpetrators, and prepare Kunthy for her day
in court. When the day came, she was ready.
Today, the pimp who brutalized and victimized Kunthy and the other children is in jail,
serving a 10 year sentence. The owner of the
brothel is serving 15.
And Kunthy? Her life sentence is over, and
her new life of freedom is well underway. She
lived at the after care home for several years,
and attended school where she discovered she
loved computers and English. She volunteers
“Kunthy* (pictured) was rescued from a brutal brothel in Southeast Asia through an IJM operation in collaboration with local authorities. Today, she works as a receptionist at a local
yoga studio.” *In order to protect this person’s identity, a pseudonym has been used.
tice systems. It is an age-old equation: When
someone about to commit a crime fears the
very real consequences of that crime, they
often change their mind, and the vulnerable
have one less thing to fear.
IJM works with local aftercare partners
to ensure that former victims have access
to the vital services they need as they overcome the effects of the abuse they have endured. We want them to have life, and have
it abundantly.
Abundant life is what Kunthy* is beginning to experience. Kunthy was 14 when she
was drugged, violated and forced into a life of
prostitution in Cambodia. She was a prisoner
crumbling walls of that dark place. Jim and
his team built a strong case and presented it
to the Cambodian National Police, who obtained arrest warrants for the perpetrators
and agreed to partner with IJM to free Kunthy and the other children.
The IJM investigative team and the Cambodian police organized a sting operation. The
pimp was asked to come to a nearby hotel with
the three children, where he was immediately
arrested and the girls were freed. After enduring three months of unspeakable abuse at the
Anarchy Building, Kunthy and her friends
were brought to a loving, aftercare home
where she received counselling and care.
at the aftercare home, teaching computers
to other young girls who have lived through
what she survived. Kunthy is working towards her goal of owning her own internet
cafe. She is a young woman with hope and
dignity.
What would God think of this mission? Of
this journey on purpose? The God who heard
crying in Egypt and led his people out expects us to follow his example. The Lord who
cleared the power-hungry and corrupt out
of a temple courtyard, and told stories about
rescue and restoration and the importance of
stopping for the wounded laying on the side
of the road, commands us to do no less.
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A YOUNG PREACHER’S
JOURNEY
A Conversation with
Will Graham
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Since second grade, Will Graham has felt the
call to ministry. The grandson of Billy Graham
and son of Franklin Graham, he surrendered to
God’s call on his life at 15, during a youth camp
at the Billy Graham Training Center. After attending Liberty University, in Lynchburg, Va.,
he enrolled in Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary, in Wake Forest, N.C., during which
time he was called to pastor a church near Raleigh. In 2004, Will started holding one-day
youth events in Canada, and in October he
held a three-day evangelistic event in Gastonia,
N.C. Will, 31, now serves as assistant director of the Billy Graham Training Center near
Asheville. He and his wife, Kendra, have three
children, ages 5, 3 and 1. Recently, Will spoke
with Decision about his ministry and his love
for the Word of God.
Q: How did you come to know Jesus
Christ?
A: I was about 7 years old, and we
were having communion at church.
I thought, “This is good, because I’m
hungry.” When the trays came by, I
said, “Give me some.” But my parents
wouldn’t let me. I saw some other
kids my age taking communion, and I
thought, “What in the world is going
on? I’m getting cheated at church.” I
thought maybe I had misbehaved or
my parents thought I would spill it or
something.
When we got home, Dad took time to
tell me why I couldn’t have it. He said
that if I wanted Jesus to come in my life,
then I needed to ask for forgiveness of
my sins. Dad led me to the Lord in my
bedroom.
Q: Describe your initial call to the
ministry.
A: It was in second grade. The teacher
told us to draw a picture of what we
want to do in life. All the guys were
drawing footballs. Everybody wanted
to be Joe Montana. I drew two pictures,
an open Bible and a pair of headsets,
like those they use in aviation. I wanted
to be a pilot, like my dad, and go
around telling others about Jesus. At
age 15, I told the Lord, “I’ll do whatever You want me to do. If it’s flying
airplanes, telling people about Jesus in
the jungles of Africa, that’s fine. If You
want me doing Crusades, that’s fine. If
You just want me to type on a computer
somewhere, I’m fine with that. Just use
me for ministry.”
Q: How did God lead you to start holding evangelistic Crusades?
Graham Training Center at The Cove. It’s
the discipling arm of BGEA.
A: There was no set day or time when
God said, “Here, it begins today.” My
first large-scale outreach was in Barrie,
Ontario, in 2004. The BGEA Canadian
office was planning one-night youth
events, and they asked me if I would
come. If people are asking you to tell
others about Jesus, you can’t say no.
We had our first Celebration in Leduc,
right outside of Edmonton, Alberta, in
April. That was my first three-day event,
and the Gaston County Celebration in
Gastonia was my second.
Q: How is the culture different today
from when your grandfather preached?
Q: What have you learned from your
grandfather and your father about
ministry?
Q: What does it feel like to see people
coming forward to accept Christ?
A: Granddaddy’s given me wonderful
words of wisdom. He said, “There’s two
things I wish I’d done more each and every day—pray and study.” Almost every
time I see him, he’s reading the Bible. My
dad gives me a lot of practical wisdom,
how to “get it done.”
Q: What do you draw on from your
seminary training in your ministry?
A: Liberty University is where I fell in
love with the Bible. I had a professor
who taught Old Testament so well.
From him, I learned that the Bible isn’t
all separate stories. It’s one story, all
the way from Genesis to Revelation.
People have to learn how to study the
Bible. That should be mandatory for
any Christian. When I went to Southeastern, I just wanted to continue that.
Q: What aspect, theologically, really
grabbed you and influences your
preaching now?
A: Another one of my professors taught
me how to go through a book of the
Bible verse by verse. I still have the notes
from his class, and I still teach from
them.
Discipleship is really my heart, and
evangelism is a by-product of discipleship. When Jesus said to go out into all
the world, evangelize and make disciples, He was talking to 11 men whom
He had personally discipled for three
years. So, after discipling, He said to go
out to evangelize, for the purpose of discipling. That’s what I love about the Billy
A: There’s a lot of things fighting for
people’s attention. When you turn on the
TV, there are not three channels—there
are 300. There’s music, iPods, e-mail.
When it comes to evangelism, you have
to be more direct and pointed in your
time. You’ve got to get in there and tell
people about Jesus, because within a few
minutes their attention span is gone and
they’ve switched channels.
A: It’s humbling. If I’m at my dad’s
Crusade, I’m usually bawling and praying a lot. I fill up with tears even now
as I’m thinking about it. But when I’m
preaching, I seem to hold my emotions
better. Maybe the Lord has given me
some type of emotional strength at that
time. But when my dad is preaching
and I see big bikers or people like that
coming and they’re bawling, I can’t help
but be touched. Seeing the brokenness
of people, seeing them come to Christ
by faith—I get so excited for them. It’s
overwhelming.
“Courtesy of Decision magazine, December
2006, ©2006 Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.”
To act
justly…
January
28 – 30,
2011
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Woman to
Woman,
Sharing
Jesus with
a Muslim
Friend
Joy Loewen
I really feel at home here among these lovely
people, I mused. I knew I did not really belong,
as we were not of the same spirit and faith, yet
I felt at home in the sense that I and they have
lived in the East, now share the same Western homeland and have experienced the same
passages of womanhood. I was comfortable.
Is this how Jesus felt when He left heaven to live
in our world and to identify with us? I thought.
He went to a lot of parties, too. I wonder what
those parties were like for Him. As He identified with another culture, did He remember
who He was and where He came from? Did He
ever feel confused with His identity or feel like
a misfit? I was sure of one thing: Jesus demonstrated that He was at home in a place far different from His home in heaven and among
people who were not like the saints and angels
of His heavenly home. He came and made His
home among us. He moved in.
“My Parents Arranged This Marriage”
As I mused on how Jesus might have felt, my
eyes caught sight of the bride sitting off to one
side on a decorated chair, looking demure
and beautiful but unmistakably sad. Strange
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that the party is in her honor, I thought, but
she does not seem to be receiving much attention. She looked familiar, and I recalled meeting her a few months earlier.
I had been wandering around a low-income housing complex at dusk trying to find
a woman’s apartment and was about to give
up when I decided I should knock on someone’s door and ask if they knew where the
woman lived. An Afghan woman, judging by
her dress, came to the door. In typical Afghan
hospitality the stranger invited me inside.
She motioned for me to sit on the newly purchased red silk and wool carpet.
“Now we feel at home,” the woman told me
as she ran her hand over the intricate pattern
of the carpet. “You know, we cannot feel at
home until we sit on our carpets.” She served
me tea, pistachios and fruit. One by one her
children shyly entered the room and politely
introduced themselves. The eldest daughter,
Sima, was attractive and seemed to be close to
marrying age. And now to my surprise, here
she was months later, sitting on the bridal
chair. Since nobody was paying her much attention, I approached her.
“Remember me?” I asked. She nodded, her
eyes looking downward. “Congratulations!
You look beautiful. Who are you marrying?”
“Someone in Pakistan,” she replied slowly
and sadly.
“Are you happy about it?” I asked, concerned.
“No, but what can I do? My parents arranged this marriage. I have to go live in Pakistan.” My heart went out to her. Fear and apprehension shadowed the bride’s lovely face.
“Will you live with your in-laws or separately,
Sima?” I inquired.
“I have to live with my in-laws,” she answered dejectedly. She obviously dreaded
what was awaiting her, knowing that a new
bride often has to work hard to obey her
mother-in-law’s demands. “Pervez told me
his mother comes first and I would just have
to accept that.” I had no adequate words for
this young woman. I simply gave her a hug
and continued with some small talk until another woman walked up to us.
At Home with Muslims
I noticed a group of Afghan women who
were keeping to themselves. Dressed in extravagantly embroidered, sequined dresses
that looked full and heavy, this group of
women looked uninvolved in the party. An
unmistakable look of sadness haunted their
eyes. Had they lost husbands in the war? Or
perhaps their husbands were still missing?
I could only guess the trauma that followed
them across the ocean, lying unforgotten and
unhealed in their memories. Azizeh, one of
my Afghan friends, had lost her husband at
the hands of the Taliban and for years was
unable to sleep soundly at night due to vivid
memories of his suffering. I wondered if any
of these women had the same struggle.
Slowly I moved closer to them and smiled.
“Hi, my name is Joy. You look beautiful.” I
had learned a smile is the universal language.
When a verbal language cannot be spoken
well, a smile communicates many words.
Staring at me in disbelief, their faces suddenly broke out into smiles. I wondered who
had last told them they were beautiful. Or perhaps no one had ever told them that before.
Women all over the room watched me as
I moved around the room. Their eye communication was a language of its own, which
they all seemed to understand. One woman
I knew, Khurshid, gave me a slight nod and
smile and then came over to say hello. Years
before I had given Khurshid the book I Dared
to Call Him Father, a thrilling true story of
a noble Pakistani Muslim woman who had
found Jesus as Savior. I had lost touch with
Khurshid because she moved to another part
of the city two weeks after receiving the book.
I got the distinct impression that she wanted
to talk with me but something held her back.
She left quickly.
Women whispered to each other. One of
them, deciding to check out the lone Caucasian among them, approached me and asked,
“What do you do?”
“One of the things I do is help Fatima, over
there, with conversational English,” I answered, sweeping my hand toward my English student from Libya who had invited me
to the party.
“Are you Canadian?” she pressed further.
“Yes, Canadian and American,” I replied.
“Actually, maybe you can tell me where my
home is. I was born in Yemen; my early home
was in Somalia; I went to elementary school
in Ethiopia, high school in Kenya and college in the USA. I met my Canadian husband
in college. He brought me to Canada. Then
we moved to Pakistan, not too far from the
Afghanistan border. After ten years there we
moved back to Canada. Where do you think
my home is?”
Surprised, she replied, “I guess Yemen. It is
where you were born. Are you Muslim?”
“No,” I replied. “I am a Christian. Actually,
even though I have lived in many places, I
like to say heaven is my real home.”
She smiled at the strange answer. “What
were you doing in Pakistan?” she asked in curiosity. “Were you with the embassy?”
“No, we were with the church at a mission
hospital,” I answered.
“Oh . . .” Uncertain of what to make of me,
a Christian, at a Muslim party for women,
her voice trailed off.
“I love Muslims. I enjoy being with you,” I
assured her.
Even I was surprised at the strength of my
love and affection for Muslim people, many
of whom have become my good friends. We
speak different languages and have different
customs and religions. Yet I feel at home with
Muslims. But it was not always like that.
This article is an excerpt from Woman to Woman
by Joy Loewen, © 2009 Chosen Books, a division
of Baker Publishing Group. Used by permission.
This book is available at the Missions Fest
bookstore.
Ron Pearce
brings the
latest in
missions
news from
the world’s
“spiritual
hotspots”
- Vietnam, Ethiopia,
China, Israel and more.
Check for seminar times and locations.
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Nay and a newly adopted orphan, Sarah
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Desperately Needed:
More Ou tside rs—A
Biblical Mandate for
Cross-Cultural Missions
Craig Greenfield, Servants to Asia’s Urban Poor
emphases in the past. Yet somehow we must
This article first appeared in the February
avoid the theological equivalent of throwing
2009 issue of Lausanne World Pulse. Used
the baby out with the bathwater. So, I want
with permission from the author.
John Perkins suggests that three types of to briefly survey four important reasons why
people are needed to see real transformation we might have lost some of our confidence in
of an urban neighborhood. First, the “reloca- long-term cross-cultural missions:
tors” are those people who were not born in 1. We have rightly recognized the importance
the neighborhood but move into the area to of language and cultural understanding. We
tie their wellbeing to that of their neighbors. cringe today at the colonial excesses carried
Second, the “returners” were born and raised out under the banner of “king and country,”
in the community and then left for a better life. They are no longer trapped by the
poverty of their neighborhood, yet they
choose to return and live in the community they once tried to escape. Third
are the “remainers.” These are the ones
that could have fled the problems of the
neighborhood but have chosen to stay
and be part of the solution to the problems surrounding them.
Although Dr. Perkins was talking about
inner-city USA, this is a very helpful
framework within which to think about
international missions. Over the last few Craig and Nay Greenfield in a Cambodian slum
years, however, as the church has gained with orphans from their ministry
a deeper appreciation for the contribution the poor can make in reaching their yoking missions with imperialism, crushing
own people and rebuilding their own com- local cultures condescendingly, and sneering
munities as “remainers,” I have observed at local customs and tongues. The correction
the church losing confidence in what we as of this sinful attitude was a long time comWesterners might have to offer as long-term ing. But to lovingly lift up one culture, it is
not necessary to devalue everything that outinternational “relocators” amongst the poor.
The roots of this insecurity are complex. siders have to offer. The answer is to approach
Partly it is a natural reaction against wrong missions with humility and grace, seeking to
learn first and serve rather than overpower.
2. We confuse empowerment with disengagement. The concept of empowering people is
central to good mission work. But it takes
wisdom to discern the difference between
empowerment and disengagement. Just as a
good manager of people will know just how
much to delegate and how much support to
provide, so does a foreign missionary need
to learn how to empower rather than overpower. But not showing up at all is not
empowerment, it is apathy.
3. We have only partially embraced a
theology of “ from every nation to every nation.” It is a beautiful and exciting thing to see African, Asian, and Latino missionaries spreading out across
the globe, and there is much more that
can be done to assist and support them.
But when Jesus told us to go into all the
world and make disciples, he wasn’t letting any nation off the hook as though
their contribution was not worthy or
useful. We must get alongside our brothers and sisters from around the world
and joyfully do our part in the great
commission. My pastor Emmanuel came to
North America eight years ago as a refugee
fleeing war in Burundi. Emmanuel was so
poor when he arrived that he faced homelessness. But God brought him to one of our
church ministries, a transition home which
provides space for refugees to find their feet.
Before long Emmanuel became an integral
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Children in a slum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia where workers
from Servants are living
Craig and Nay’s second home in the slum, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
part of our church. And the rest is history.
Does Emmanuel, as an outsider, have an important role to play in building God’s Kingdom in North America? Yes! In fact, I believe
that while local believers will always be central to God’s Kingdom purposes, every place
on earth desperately needs prophetic outsiders who will bring an alternative perspective.
Every culture and society (including North
American culture) has its major blind spots
that can only be identified and challenged by
outsiders, who, called by God, will come in
humility and courage.
4. We have been seduced by corporate thinking about “return on investment.” A common pitfall is to base our arguments solely on
pragmatic or economic concerns, rather than
theological. In our relentless drive to get more
bang for our buck, we realize we can “get” ten
local evangelists for the price of one Western
missionary. Jonathan Bonk in his challenging
book Missions and Money correctly points
out that Western missionaries have for too
long lived at a level above the local people, so
there is some truth in this critique. For this
reason and others, missionaries sent out to
the megacities of Asia by Servants to Asia’s
Urban Poor live simply in the slums alongside local people. But we must be careful not
to reinterpret God’s call to missions through
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Slum children playing
a simplistic financial lens. This way of prioritizing economics above calling is a uniquely
Western bias and an unbiblical one at that.
Towards a more theological
perspective
I want to suggest, for these reasons and
many more, that the missions pendulum
has swung heavily towards resourcing local
people (remainers), supplemented by shortterm missionaries who focus on transferring
their skills without learning the language
and culture. But in response, we must strive
to find balance by remembering the rich
Biblical tradition of prophetic outsiders,
which includes both relocators and returners. Throughout Biblical and recent history,
God has used outsiders to bring about his
purposes in foreign nations.
Does God call returners?
Moses was a “returner.” Though ethnically
the same as the people he was leading, he was
in every other way a complete outsider. His
name was foreign (it comes from the Egyptian word “mos,” which means child), he
couldn’t speak their language well (Aaron
was his interpreter), he dressed funny, and he
looked different (Ex 2:19). Sounds like a few
missionaries I know! Yet God chose to use
Moses to lead the Hebrews to their promised
place. Other returners in the Bible include
Nehemiah, the high-powered governmentsanctioned returner; Naomi, the low-powered refugee returner; and Ezra, the theologian-returner.
The Moses narrative echoes in the story of
my wife. Nay was born in Cambodia, but at
a tender age, her mother was forced to flee
the Khmer Rouge. Her family went to New
Zealand without her father who was killed by
Pol Pot. When Nay returned later to live in
the slums of Phnom Penh as a member of the
Servants Cambodia team, her language was
rusty and our neighbors thought she must be
Japanese or Korean! But God used Nay to befriend and lead young women out of prostitution into his promised place for them.
Imagine if Chinese-American, KoreanAmerican, or Indo-Canadian returners
answered God’s call in droves to serve God
in the nation of their ancestors. They could
move right into the slums, under the radar of local authorities, and model the kind
of downward mobility Jesus taught. In the
words of Isaiah the Prophet: “They will rebuild the ancient ruins and restore the places
long devastated; they will renew the ruined
cities that have been devastated for generations” (Isaiah 61:4).
Does God call relocators?
Ruth was another outsider, a relocator that God used to accomplish his kingdom purposes in a foreign land. She turned up in Israel so poor that her first year in town she was forced to scavenge
leftovers. The point stressed most frequently in the story is that
Ruth was a foreigner (1:4,22; 2:2,6,10-13,21; 4:5,10). Still, Ruth the
outsider comes to share in the salvation and heritage of Israel.
Other relocators in the Bible include Jonah, the reluctant relocator; Paul, the serial relocator; Daniel, the youthful relocator;
Joseph, the upwardly-mobile relocator; Esther, the beauty-queen
relocator; and many more.
Of the thousands of missionary examples I could give, perhaps
the most well known is a young Englishman named Patrick, who
God used to spread the gospel throughout Ireland. To cut a long
story short, Patrick relocated to Ireland and learned the culture
and language. St Patrick’s methods were incarnational and highly creative as he sought to contextualize the gospel: he described
the Trinity by referring to a shamrock, the three-leafed clover beloved by the local people.
From Moses, a cultural outsider with poor language skills who
led the people of Israel to freedom, to Ruth, an economic refugee
who shared in the heritage and salvation of Israel. From Jonah,
who saw the conversion of an entire city, to St Patrick, who helped
in the conversion of an entire nation. There is no doubt about it;
God uses outsiders.
In fact, Jesus chose to model this way himself, by relocating
from the most exclusive gated community in the universe to
live amongst us, embracing the culture of the time, and walking alongside us in all our messiness. And he prayed that we
would follow his footsteps into the world (John 17:18). Th is
call to imitate Christ in his incarnational approach to mission comes home to me every time I see my pastor, Emmanuel,
whose name means, of course, “God with us.”
It is time for the church to regain our confidence in all three approaches to transformational mission: to encourage and support
the remainers, mobilize the returners, and celebrate the relocators.
STEREOTYPE
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Finishing Well: Using Retirement for Mission Work
Dwayne K. Buhler
Retirement, for those who believed the old
TV commercials, can be a stage of life full of
fulfillment, travel and adventure. Those who
invested in their future would reap great dividends and at age 55 could experience financial
freedom. Many Canadian “baby boomers”
bought into this campaign and are now on the
verge of early retirement.
Evangelical Christians are, of course,
among the boomers. Some 200,000 Evangelicals will retire in Canada between the years of
2000 and 2010, according to Finishers Canada,
a coalition of Canadian ministries.
What this generation, that took the 1960s by
storm with its idealism and revolutionary desire
for change, will do to traditional ideas of retirement will be a sociological phenomenon. They
are the best educated, healthiest, and wealthiest group of mid-lifers to ever break the tape as
they come to the end of their professional lives.
Many are looking for a cause or an opportunity
that grabs their attention and rekindles their
passion to make a difference in the world.
They want to finish well, just as the apostle
Paul said: “I fought the good fight, I have finished
the race, I have kept the faith” (2 Timothy 4:7).
One way that many Evangelical retirees are
considering involves short-term or second career missions.
Mission agencies, aware of the availability
and skills of this group, want to help more of
them consider a mid-life switch to ministry.
“Boomers have a lot to offer, including “spiritual
maturity, invaluable life experiences and technical know-how,” points out Wayne Matthews, a
retired engineer and director of public ministries for OMF International’s Mississauga office.
“The Christian life is about priorities,” said
Ken Godevenos, of Shantymen International.
“Second career missions give an opportunity
to finally get those priorities right and allows
them to finish the race marked out for them.”
Out of the starting blocks
There is a broad spectrum of ministry opportunities open to early retirees. Often possibilities
take shape from contact with missionaries at
local churches, from reading a Christian magazine or a web site, or at events like Missions Fest.
Most mission agencies have a list of qualifications and a defined preparation process for
potential candidates. Agencies usually look for
a deep, personal walk with Christ, a clear sense
of God’s leading toward missions, active involvement in a local congregation, and a clean
bill of health. In some cases biblical education
or technical expertise is a must. Each mission
group provides its candidates with orientation
and preparation, which varies with the nature
of the ministry placement.
The increase of second career missionaries
is a relatively new trend, and so many agencies
have not yet completed the process of making
themselves “finisher friendly.”
Paul Hooper, director of human resources for
Wycliffe Bible Translators, described the journey his organization is undertaking: “We are
in the process of developing a relevant orientation program for early retirement roles. Because
early retirees technical competence and experience in their fields, preparation will focus on the
cultural adjustment they will face.”
Finishers need to be pro-active and investigate the options that are offered to them. In
doing so, they can assure that their personal
gifts and abilities match the needs of the mission organization with which they will serve.
This is one of the key steps towards a positive
and fulfi lling experience.
Overcoming the hurdles
Those called to serve as second career missionaries must prepare to face many challenges.
Overseas postings may require a period of
language acquisition. Some older candidates
do not give adequate importance to this area,
due to perceived time limitations. However,
this illusion is quickly shattered on their first
solo trip to a supermarket or restaurant.
“Be patient!” said Blair Clark, personnel
director for Canadian Baptist Ministries. “Be
willing to invest in learning the language and
understanding the culture so that you can
maximize your contribution. Go as a learner,
not an expert.”
Bill Lewis, executive director of the mission
enabling agency Into All the World, commented: “Keep flexible. Anyone working overseas
needs to expect the unexpected. What takes
20 minutes at home can take a whole day in a
cross-cultural setting.”
Another faith-stretching hurdle for many
second career workers is the aspect of raising
funds for support. Those who have attained
financial independence during their professional lives tend to struggle with this area.
However, the high cost of living overseas often
means that they cannot be self-funded.
Reliance upon others for financial support
can be difficult, but it can also lead to great
faith-lessons in the lives of those who tackle
this challenge. Paul and Glenys Elliot, Canadians serving at Operation Mobilization’s
Atlanta office, commented: “By faith we have
watched God provide financial support for us,
through our friends, family, churches, and total strangers. We have learned to trust God for
all our needs whether they are relational, spiritual, physical or financial.”
Neil Rempel, Canadian director of the Greater Europe Mission, stated: “One of the greatest
challenges facing the finisher is packing up and
leaving the nest. For some it is not just a matter
of down-sizing, but moving into an area where
all the Canadian amenities are not available.”
“The greatest challenge that I see for second
career missionaries,” said Ken Godevenos, “is
getting out of the comfort zone: home, friends,
church, and especially family and grandchildren. It’s often easier to just give money.”
Finally, there are internal issues that older
candidates do not expect to encounter. They
include overcoming personal expectations, a
romanticized view of missionary life and submission to the authority of younger leaders.
Few are prepared to deal with these problems.
The hurdles that early retirees must overcome in overseas ministry are not insurmountable. Those who accept the challenge
to become a second career missionary need to
understand the nature of such difficulties and
be prepared to work through them.
Breaking the tape
Those who have served as second career missionaries tell of their sense of fulfillment and
accomplishment. They report life-changing
and faith-stretching experiences that gave
them a sense of eternal purpose in the prime
years of their lives.
Arnie and Trudi, residents of Winkler, Manitoba, spent two years in the Czech Republic
with Educational Services International (ESI).
“We lived in an area of Central Europe that
was ruled by a Communist government for 40
years. About 80 percent of the people living
in our region were atheists. We were the only
Evangelical Christians teaching in our school
and many of our students never had a meaningful relationship with a follower of Jesus. It
was a thrill to share the love and truth of God
with our students and colleagues.”
Paul and Esther Weeks served as work team
coordinators at the OMS facility in Mexico City.
Weeks, a grain farmer from Alberta, wanted to
serve God while his health was good. “Learning
Spanish was perhaps the greatest challenge,” he
said. “But the struggles were nothing in comparison to the great experiences and friendships
we’ve made in the last two years. I wouldn’t
trade this time in Mexico for nothing!”
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Logos Hope:
Bringing Knowledge, Help and Hope to the Nations!
Logos Hope is the newest vessel of Operation Mobilization’s fleet of ships,
serving as the world’s largest floating Gospel bookstore. It is the home
and workplace for an international crew and staff from all over the
world. Some serve in their professional capacity as deck and engine officers, seamen, carpenters, welders, and electricians, or as doctors, nurses
or cook. Others come to participate in our two-year training program.
Crew and staff receive cross-cultural exposure through living in an international community, having opportunities to learn about the needs
around the world and offering new hope to people in the world’s port
cities. All are unpaid, from captain to cook, but joyfully volunteer their
time in service of God and others.
VISION TRIP aboard the LOGOS-HOPE
Missions Fest Vancouver, OM-Canada, and Outreach Canada are
partnering to see if there are churches and individuals that would
be interested to bring the Logos-Hope to Vancouver in the future. In
preparation, various teams are being formed to spend a week aboard
the OM Logos-Hope, observing and participating in the ministry of
the ship in an international port. The first of these trips is scheduled
for March 13-20, 2010. People who participate will be asked to form
the on-ground leadership team. For further information on how you
can be a part of the planning team, or participate on a vision team,
contact Operation Mobilisation (BG #0034) or Outreach Canada
(Booth #BG0039).
A BC Boy on Board
Meet David van Rietschoten from Langley, BC. In 2003 David was at a crossroads in his life. His training as a
baker was finished and he was looking for an answer, wondering if it was time for further training or service overseas. Through different events, coming across the right people at the right time, and much prayer, God led him to
OM Ships International, the ship ministry of Operation Mobilization. This ministry is one of the many efforts in
evangelism that grew out of the heart and vision of George Verwer and other leaders of OM.
David joined the MV Logos II in 2004 as the ship’s baker. While on board he had the opportunity to visit 50+
countries and 3 continents. He visited prisons, hospitals, schools, and churches and could see God working as they
gave out books, cold water, helped rebuild homes, or just took time to listen to people. Also, as it happens to some
on the OM Ships, he met his Brazilian-born wife, Matildes. They were married after they finished their commitment on board and currently are serving as the regional representatives for OM in BC. David and Matildes came
back from the OM Ships in 2007 with a much bigger view of God, an expanded world view, and a new realization
of who they are in Christ.
We’re Having a Ball!
“We are recycled, not retired,” comments David Lewis, resident of Abbotsford B.C.
David and Sue Lewis are not ordinary retirees. They’ve worked aboard Operation Mobilization’s floating bookstores, the Logos II and Doulos, for six years. David was chief medical officer and Sue taught English to crew members. They lived in Kenya for three years. David served at the Kijabe Medical Center while Sue taught at the Rift
Valley Academy.
At age 79, David is not ready to throw in the towel. Each year he and Sue serve overseas for three to five months.
“Frankly, we’re having a ball! We have thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of our work and have not found it exhausting.”
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SPECIAL DELIVERY:
An Unforgettable Day for
Dalit Children
A Joyous Response to
Canadian Generosity
Wide-eyed Dalit* children and their parents
could hardly believe what they were
seeing as they witnessed the dedication
of the new Good Shepherd School in the
village of Sircilla, India. They listened
with awe as the Minister of Education for
the State of Andhra Pradesh addressed a
crowd of 500 villagers and commended
the school leaders for their achievement
and reminded the Dalit parents of the great
opportunity for their children.
The most exciting part of the celebration
for the children was the arrival of the
Canadian DFN team with armfuls of gifts
from Canada. Unknown to the children
these rare gifts had been prepared by
children and adults at Missions Fest in
Vancouver and had arrived just in time for
the Celebration. One teacher said it best
when she commented, “These are the first
gifts the children have ever received and
the children cannot believe that the whole
gift is theirs.” She said, “They will never
forget this day and all the love showered
on them.”
On behalf of all the Dalit children and
their parents I want to thank Vancouver
Missions Fest for their gifts of love to these
forgotten children. I was so touched by the
village mothers who surrounded me and
wanted to shake my hand, and although
they could not speak English, I received
their unmistakable message of gratitude
and thanks.
Sherry Bailey, Executive Director
Dalit Freedom Network – Canada
*Note: The word “Dalit” refers to the “untouchables”
or broken people of the Hindu caste system.
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It will create a unique legacy—a
memorable Olympic experience
for visitors and hosts, while raising
money to help fight
homelessness.
Get involved today at
www.morethangold.ca
Broadway Church Location Map
East Hastings Street
Willingdon Avenue
Boundary Road
Highway #1
RenfrewStreet
SlocanStreet
Nanaimo Street
East 1st Avenue
East Broadway
Gilmore AVenue
Rupert Street
ay
Lougheed Highw
East 9th Avenue
Grandview Highway
Broadway Church
Van Tech
The Warehouse
The Italian Cultural Centre
Skytrain – Renfrew Stn
Broadway Church Level 100
East Broadway
Seminar Room
108
Children
Room 106
Slocan
Street
Seminar
Room
110
Washrooms
Security Prayer
Rm 103 Rm 104
Bookstore &
Exhibits
Room 105
Main Entrance
Main
Entrance
On-site
Office
Rm 115
Mission
Exhibits
Stairs from
Parking
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Broadway Church Level 200 - Main Auditorium
EAST BROADWAY
Main
Entrance
Men‘s
Washrooms
Info/AV
Sales
SLOCAN STREET
Main
Auditorium
Women‘s
Washrooms
Stairs to Balcony
Stairs from Parking
Elevators from
Parking
Seminar
Room
200
First
Aid
Washrooms
Seminar
Room 202
Seminar
Room 203
Broadway Church Level 300 - Balcony
EAST BROADWAY
Seminar Room 304
Balcony Seating
Main Auditorium
Level 200
Balcony
Seating
SLOCAN STREET
Seminar
Room 301
Seminar
Room
300
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Pre-School Program
Room 106 Level 100
Ages 2 1/2 (if trained) – 5
REGISTRATION for each session starts
30 minutes prior to program.
This program provides a variety of activities including a circle time with a story and music, a
craft time and a playtime. Light snacks will be provided during each session.
Schedule:
PARENTS PLEASE NOTE: Registration of each child in each session is necessary. It is also
important that the parents allow their child(ren) to participate to the completion of each
registered session. In cases of emergency, the parents will be contacted immediately.
Friday Evening
Saturday Morning
Saturday Afternoon
Saturday Evening
Sunday Afternoon
SPECIAL NOTE: Please be considerate of the presenters and other children by not interrupting a
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
9:00 - 11:00 am
2:00 - 4:30 p.m.
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
session to take your children out before the session ends. If you are more than 15 minutes late you
Please pick up your child(ren) promptly
after each session.
may be asked to pay $5.00 for every 15 minutes per child.
Children’s Program
Our Program
This program will take children around the world from Indonesia to Zambia. We believe
that this learning will lead to greater understanding of neighbours and classmates, and
increase the possibilities of reaching out to them. We also believe that God is planting
seeds for future mission adventures in the hearts of the children who attend. Generally
we invite ethnic churches to lead these workshops.
Saturday Afternoon
Friday School Field Trip
Broadway Church Main Auditorium
9:00 am
8:30 - 9:00 am
9:00 - 9:15 am
9:15 - 10:15 am
10:00 - Noon
12:00 - 12:45 pm
12:45 - 2:00 pm
Grades 4-7
Registration
Praise and Worship
Children’s Rally
Workshops
Bag Lunch, Visit Mission Exhibits
Children’s Rally - Speaker: Jamie McIntosh
Broadway Church Main Auditorium
Worship led by Dan Peters
2:00 pm Dismissal
Friday Evening
Children’s Workshops
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Registration - begins at 6:30 pm
Room 106
Grades 1-5
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Registration - begins at 8:30 am
Grades 1-6
• Worship led by Bible School students
• Find all the exciting program details on the Missions Fest website
Saturday Evening
Room 106
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Grades 1-5
Parents are encouraged to have their children join the regularly
scheduled children's programs provided by Broadway Church.
Room 106 Sunday Afternoon
Grades 1-6
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2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Room 106
Sunday Morning
Saturday Morning
SPECIAL NOTE: Please be considerate of the presenters and other children by not interrupting a
session to take your children out before the session ends. If you are more than 15 minutes late you
you may be asked to pay $5.00 for every 15 minutes per child.
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Room 106
Grades 1-6
Youth Program
Friday Field Trip for Saturday Italian Cultural Centre
Secondary Students
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
9:00 - 9:30
9:40 - 10:40
10:40 - 10:55
10:55 - 11:55
12:00 - 12:45
12:45 - 2:00
Check-in
Seminars
Rebecca Bailey
Room 108
Alex Henderson
Room 200
Greg Young
Room 202
Break
Seminars
Lunch and visit Mission Exhibits12:45 Rally: Main Auditorium
Guest Speaker: Jamie McIntosh
"Standing Against Injustice"
Friday
Rally
Praise Him
in the Morning
Doors Open 9:30
10:00 a.m.
Worship led by Restoration Church Band
Alex Ribeiro, Brazil
FREE WILL OFFERING
Saturday
Youth Rally
(Grades 6 & 7)
ROOM 108 Broadway Church
6:30 p.m. Doors Open
7:00 p.m. Worship led by Capernwray Bible
Italian Cultural Centre
Doors Open 2:30 p.m.
School Students
3:00 p.m. Worship led by Restoration Church Band
Jamie McIntosh
"Loosening Chains"
Will Graham, USA
Tickets: $7.00 ($5.00 for Sponsoring Churches before Jan. 5)
Any remaining tickets may be purchased at the door
Friday
Italian Cultural
Centre
FREE WILL OFFERING
Saturday
(Grades 6 & 7)
Youth Rally
7:00 p.m. Worship led by
Ben Woodman & Russ Rosen
Jackie Pullinger, Hong Kong
Any remaining tickets may be purchased at the door.
Rally
ROOM 108 Broadway Church
7:00 p.m.
Film: The Grandfathers
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Youth Seminars
Saturday
2:00PM
Two Way Prayer
VanTech Band Room Mika Kostamo
Cedar Grove Baptist Church
Many times prayer has become a one way interaction with God, where we do all the talking. However
God has lots to tell us if we would take the time to
learn to listen to Him. Two way prayer is us talking to
God and us listening to God. Hearing God’s voice is
a key part of our walk with God!
Creating Safe Environments for Your
Friends to Discover Jesus
VanTech Room #1
Darian Kovacs
Billy Graham’s campusfire
Do you want to know how to engage your friends in
discussion about the meaning of life from a Christian
perspective? Come to this interactive and informative workshop which provides the tools and ideas on
how to start groups in your school and community
that would engage your friends in discussion.
Underground Reality in Colombia
Sexual Integrity - For Teens Only
VanTech Room #2
Alethia Stendal
Colombia Para Cristo Society
North American teenagers visit the persecuted
church and the persecutors in Colombia South
America.
VanTech Room #5
Tia MacDougall
Pregnancy Options, South Fraser Centre
This workshop will focus on the effects that media
can have on a young person’s mind and heart, and
provide practical tools to navigate sexuality and
relationships in high school with confidence and
wisdom. Understanding the Biblical view of sexuality
and God’s beautiful design for us, students will be
empowered to make informed, godly choices, and
will be given the tools to walk in purity.
How do I get from “Here” to “There”?
VanTech Room #3
Art Klassen
Arab World Ministries
Ten necessary steps to prepare for global ministry,
with particular reference to the Arab World. Art will
explore academic preparation, church and agency
involvement.
Get on board
VanTech Room #4
David and Matildes van Rietschoten
Operation Mobilization
Get on board for the exciting journey of following the
Master and reaching the nations in this generation.
Have a peek at life on board the OM Ships International
and discover a number of opportunities where you
also can get involved either by land or by sea.
Prayer
Room
Hours: 9:00 am to 10:00 pm
Room 104 Broadway Church
Youth Seminar Presenters
Klassen, Art
Saturday
MacDougall, Tia
2:00 PM • VanTech Room #3
Art, a retired school teacher, along with his wife
Eleanore have served as mobilizers with Arab
World Ministries for the last 13 years. They have
travelled to several Arab countries and are working with university students, preparing them for
ministry.
Kostamo, Mika
Saturday
2:00 PM • VanTech Band Room
Mika has been on staff at Cedar Grove church for
the last seven years, six and a half as the youth
pastor. He feels it was a great privilege and honour to walk with many youth over these years.
Recently his role has changed into Associate and
Young Adults Pastor. His heart and passion is to
see people passionately devoted to God and the
call that God has for them.
Kovacs, Darian
Saturday
While in high school, Darian sparked a national
movement - “canadafire”, to see Christian students become leaders and people of influence
in their schools. He oversees “See You at the
Pole Canada” and has recently partnered with
other youth organizations to provide Canada
with a national youth workers conference. He
is 26 years old, married to Liz, and has a young
boy named Caedmon. His hobbies are painting,
drawing, playing rugby, and visiting the zoo.
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Saturday
As director of Community Education at South
Fraser Pregnancy Options, Tia MacDougall has
spoken to over 30,000 students. Tia is passionate about sharing the message and truth about
Sexual Integrity to young people, In 2001, Tia
created a Sexual Integrity Program that has been
approved by three school districts in the Fraser
Valley for presentation in their schools.
Stendal, Alethia
Saturday
Your
✓ Mark
Calendar
for 2010
Alethia Stendal was born and raised in Colombia,
a country in the middle of an intense Civil War.
Her father was held hostage by Marxist guerrillas for almost five months. The Lord has opened
the doors for the gospel in this country and this
family has begun an outreach to these fighting
factions.
Van Rietschoten, David and
Matildes
Saturday
Youth
Pastors
David (Canada) and Matildes (Brazil) are former
members of OM Ship International. For 3 years
they lived and served on board ministering in
over 50 countries including Africa, Europe, Mediterranean and the Caribbean. Currently living in
Aldergrove, they serve as Regional Representatives for OM Canada in BC.
Rock the
River
with Franklin Graham
August 14, 2010
(For info contact:
[email protected])
COMPASS II:
Calling and Vocation
November 20, 2010
Locations t.b.a.
Saturday
Youth Leaders Lunch
An informal Q & A Lunch with
Jamie McIntosh,
International Justice Mission
“A Life of Difference”
Saturday January 9, 2010 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Bring your own lunch - The Loft - The Warehouse
Young Adults Rally
7:00 p.m. Saturday January 9, 2010 • Doors Open 6:30 p.m.
Italian Cultural Centre
3075 Slocan Street Vancouver, B.C. V5M 3E4
Worship led by Jeremy King & Daylight Worship Band
"Rising Up: The Struggle Against Injustice in our Day"
Jamie McIntosh, International Justice Mission
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Missions Fest Film Festival
Van Tech Auditorium, 2600 East Broadway
Welcome to the very first film festival at Missions Fest Vancouver! As a co-founder of Reel Light (a Metro Vancouver area professional fellowship for Christians who work in media and entertainment), I have been pleased to serve as 2010 Film Festival Director. Together with committee members Greg Meeres, Wesley Lowe and Marnie Wooding, a program of 11 mission-themed film
screening events and 3 film seminars have been created. In most cases, filmmakers are present to represent their film and talk
about their work. We even have the privilege of hosting the Vancouver premiere of two films. We hope you enjoy the sights
and sounds of God’s world and people brought to you in film. Debra Sears
Debra Sears
Content warning: Some films contain scenes showing the effects of violence in war torn countries and other content that may not be suitable for all audiences.
9pm, Friday, January 8, 2010 & 1 pm, Sunday, January 10, 2010
THE GRANDFATHERS
Documentary Profile (USA, 81 minutes) Premiere
Produced by Ethnographic Media
Directed by: Jim Hanon
Representatives of Ethnographic Media are in attendance
http://www.thegrandfathers.com • http://www.egm.tv
Award-winning director Jim Hanon (End of the Spear, Miss HIV) ventures into this remarkable true story
from Jessie Saint’s perspective, exploring the fear and the hope that accompanies a teenage boy stepping
out of his father’s shadow and into his own light with the Waodani Indians of Ecuador.
11:00am, Saturday, January 9, 2010
UGANDA RISING
Documentary (Canada, 82 Minutes)
Directed by Jesse James Miller & Pete McCormack
Narrated by Kevin Spacey
Cinematographer / Production Manager / Associate Producer Tim Hardy in attendance
http://www.ugandarising.com
Through inhumane terror, the Lord’s Resistance Army has abducted over twenty-five thousand children,
often forcing them to commit atrocities, sometimes even against their own families. For children who have
never known peace, the fight for hope never ends.
12:45pm, Saturday, January 9, 2010
RWANDA: HOPE RISES
Directed by Trevor Meier in attendance
http://hoperisesfilm.com
RWANDA: HOPE RISES explores how Rwanda is healing, in the years following the 1994 genocide. It’s a story
of a scarred nation’s restoration. For children who have never known peace, the fight for hope never ends.
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MISSIONS DILEMMA (Episode 5)
Church Curriculum Series (USA, 25 minutes)
Director / Producer Dianne Becker &
Story Editor Marnie Wooding in attendance
Taught by Steve Saint
(http://www.itecusa.org)
‘The missions dilemma we face is whether we do more of the same, more of what we’ve been doing. Or, are
we going to wrestle with some hard realities and figure out how to do it better?’ ~ Steve Saint.
THE YALI STORY
Documentary (USA, 15 minutes)
Producer / Director Dianne Becker in attendance
http://www.diannebecker.com
Some would consider the Yali primitive, but there is an intelligence, a simplicity, a dignity to their lives that is
amazingly rare and beautiful. The Yali Story reveals the transformation of Stone-Age cannibals into scholars
translating the Bible.
Bronze Remi Award at 2004 Worldfest-Houston
Mission Agency Promotional Videos
Increasingly, mission agencies are turning to video to help communicate about their work and the people they serve. Filmmaker and / or agency representatives from: Bulembu, Buntains’ Calcutta Mission,
Santa Clotide Peru Mission, Joybells Orphanage and Lighthouse Harbour Ministries, will be present to
demonstrate how they are using video.
MARIE’S STORY
Documentary Profile (Canada, 47 minutes)
Produced by Coming Home Films Inc.
Distributed by Filmwest Associates
Producer / Director / Writer Beverly Reid & ,
Cinematographer Peter Kellington in attendance
http://www.cominghomefilms.com • http://www.filmwest.com
Set against the natural beauty of Cambodia, “Marie’s Story” profiles the life’s journey of Canada’s Marie Ens
- wife, mother, missionary and tireless advocate of the poor, the sick and the disenfranchised. Marie will be
present for the post-screening talkback.
THE ORIGINAL PROMISE
Documentary (Canada, 62 Minutes) Premiere
A Water Kooler Production
Associate Producer Greg Meeres in attendance
Hosted by Farrah Aviva & Co-Executive Producer Doug Kooy in attendance
http://theoriginalpromise.com
Follow Vancouverites Doug Kooy and Farrah Aviva as they discover the hopes, dreams and fears of ordinary
Israelis – both Jews and Arabs. The Original Promise asks the tough question: with its rapidly changing demographics, can Israel survive both as a Jewish state and a liberal democracy?
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10:00am, Sunday, January 10, 2010
MONTANA DE LUZ
Produced by NoonDay Films
Directed by Mathew Leahy
Cinematography by Elisa Stone
Producers Matthew Leahy, Elisa Stone, Bruce Marchfelder & Jody Thompson in attendance
Music by PETER LAGRAND
http://www.noondayfilms.com
Meet the children of Montaña de Luz orphanages, their lives a living testament to the beauty and innocence of
childhood in the face of adversity beyond their years. Honduras has the highest rate of AIDS in Central America
with many of its victims being children. Meet the children of the Montaña de Luz orphanage, their lives a living
testament to the beauty and innocence of childhood in the face of adversity beyond their years.
2:45pm, Sunday, January 10, 2010
AS WE FORGIVE
Documentary (USA, 53 Minutes)
Produced by Image Bearer Pictures, LLC
Directed by Laura Waters Hinson
Executive Producer Stephen McEveety
Narrated by Mia Farrow
Presented by Elizabeth Johnson of Grace Rwanda Society in attendance
http://www.gracerawanda.org • http://asweforgivemovie.com
Mia Farrow narrates this award-winning documentary from Director Laura Waters Hinson. The film follows two
Rwandan women who struggle with the face-to-face encounter with the men who slaughtered their families
during the 1994 genocide.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Filmmaker Seminars
in the Band Room at Van Tech
11am – noon Filmmakers on the Edge Panel with Moderator Wesley Lowe
See Page 49 for seminar description.
•
12:30pm - 1:30pm Does Your Story Have Legs?
with Moderator Marnie Wooding. See Page 50 for seminar description.
•
3:30pm - 4:30pm Fund it, Make it, Show it: A Distributor & Filmmaker
Tell All with Moderator Greg Meeres. See Page 51 for seminar description.
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Jay Smith and his wife Kay are retired teachers. “We’ve spent the
past eight summers teaching English in a nation closed to traditional
missionary methods. We went expecting to be a blessing to others and
discovered we gained much more than we gave.”
Smith joked as he added, “My time as a second career missionary provides me with deliverance from eternal rounds of lawn bowling and golf.”
Rising to the challenge
The ministry opportunities open to second career people represents
a new force for missions. The opportunities open to early retirees are
extensive and varied. Teaching English as a second Language (ESL)
is a common tool that opens doors for ministry. Many organizations
look for handymen, mechanics, cooks and nurses to help with practical aspects of service. Doctors, teachers, administrators and computer
technicians are in great demand in the developing world or at home
offices of Christian organizations.
Service opportunities are not limited to overseas postings. Shantymen International is one example of an organization that works in all
of Canada; reaching isolated fishing villages in Newfoundland and remote logging camps in British Columbia. The Salvation Army ministers
to the needy of Canada’s inner-cities. Some early retirees involved with
these groups don’t even need to leave their homes or obtain passports.
“God is aware of the demographic bulge of the baby boomers,” said
Harvey Matchullis, former assistant vice-president of global ministries for the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada. “I cannot
help but believe that He has a purpose in mind for this incredible resource of people in global mission.”
“Finish well!” said Paul Elliot of OM-Atlanta. “Do something of
eternal significance in the last half of your life.”
Jay Smith, who at age 52 decided he would not have a “normal”
retirement after his years as a teacher, added: “Go! Just go! Don’t even
finish reading this article. You will never regret it.”
Dwayne Buhler is the Director of Missions Fest Vancouver. Read his weekly postings on missions and other topics at www.lukefiveten.blogspot.com.
Reprinted with permission from Faith Today, March 2004. Read more
articles and order a no-risk trial subscription at www.faithtoday.ca.
CD’s & DVD’s of Missions Fest
Order desk is located in the foyer of the Broadway Church main auditorium
Take Missions Fest home with you!
• listen/watch during your home group or house church meetings
• use during your church’s mission emphasis month
• buy gifts for your friends & family
• build into your home, school or college library
• take home a missed session, listen or watch again & again!
Audio Recordings
All plenary speakers are recorded. All recordings may be ordered
during and after the conference. Due to space limitations, only
orders for recordings of plenary speakers will be available for pickup at the conference. All other orders will be mailed out or picked
up at the MFV office some time after the conference. An order desk
will be set up in the foyer of the main auditorium on Level 200.
Missions Fest office 604-524-9944
• Audio CD’s $6.00 (tax & mailing included)
(Save $1.00 per CD if 6 or more purchased)
Video Recordings
All plenary speaker sesssions and youth rally speakers sessions
are recorded. DVD Recordings$8.00 (tax & mailing included) (Save
$1.00 per DVD if 6 or more purchased)
Video Classics DVD’s may be ordered from the Missions
Fest office year round. Classic DVD Recordings cost $7.00 (tax &
mailing included) (Sponsoring Church price: $5.00) The following
are some of the available speakers:
Os Guinness
Brother Andrew
Vishal Mangalwadi
Mark Buchanan
Bruce Milne
Gracia Burnham
Bruce Olsson
Tony Campolo
Ron Pearce
Jim Cantelon
Steve Saint
Joseph d’Souza
Joanne Shetler
Majed El Shafie
George Verwer
Marie Ens
Mike Yankoski
Ian Green
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Adult Seminars
Friday
1:30PM
143 Million Orphans! What is Your
Response?
Broadway Room 108 Marie Ens
Missions Fest 2009 Plenary Speaker
Although estimates vary, millions of children
worldwide have lost one or both parents.
Everyone can do something to help these children in Jesus’ Name. What will you do?
An Excited Professional
vs. a Pretend English Teacher
Broadway Room 110 Bradley Thiessen
International Messengers
Some see teaching English simply as their
‘ticket’ into a country. How helping others reach
their goals for learning your language and
excitement for your profession gives credibility
to everything you have to say. How to prepare
well and earn a voice in the community by
teaching English.
A D U LT S E M I N A R S
Opportunities in Colombia
Broadway Room 200 (Chapel)
Alethia Stendal
Colombia Para Cristo Society
We are finding some of the greatest opportunities for the Gospel in Colombia. Today hundreds of thousands of Colombians listen to our
Christian broadcasting signals through Galcom
radios, and many are beginning to turn to Him.
Serving and Witnessing to
Neighbours From Across the World
and Across the Street
Broadway Room 202 Bob Kraemer
More than Gold
Find out how you and your church can maximze your impact for Christ during the 2010
Games. This seminar will feature training
opportunities, resources and outreach initiatives.
Friday
3:00PM
The Story Behind the Story:
Athletes of Christ at World Cup
2002
Broadway Room 108 Alex Ribeiro
Alex followed the Brazilian soccer team as the
unofficial chaplain of seven Christian players
during the 1994 World Cup games. He helped
them apply good Christian principles in very
practical ways during moments of greatest
tension in this high performance sport.
Special Note: Level 300 rooms do not
have elevator access.
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Film
✱ Missions Committee  Opportunities again
Business as Mission: New Necessary “on Earth as it is in Heaven” that is personal.
Come be encouraged by stories, and learn
Approach
Broadway Room 110 R Schlitt
OMF International - Canada
Missions are having to rethink “Business as
Mission.” Past practices have brought the worker’s integrity into question. This seminar will
look at the practical issues involved in doing
business as mission with integrity.
Perspectives - The Best Course
Going on Becoming a World
Christian
Wayne Matthews
Perspectives Study Program on the World
Christian Movement is a dynamic 15-week discipleship course taught by the best speakers.
It helps students discover what God is doing
around the world and consider their part in
His purposes.
Put your Professional Skill to Work
for Missions!
Broadway Room 202 David Kempling
Operation Mobilization
Use your professional skill to take the Gospel
to the ends of the world. Whether you are a
captain, a teacher or an electrician, we need
professionals. There are opportunities to serve
for short and long term missions. Come and
find out how you can use your skills to impact
the world for the glory of God.
Islam and Your Muslim Friend
Broadway Room 203 Amal Gendi
To witness to Muslims we must first understand
Islam from their point of view. We Christians
must differentiate between Islam as ideology
and Muslims as people. This seminar is a practical presentation on how to reach out to your
friends who have a Muslim background.
Good News from the Middle East
Broadway Room 300 Linda Haist
Middle East Christian Outreach
Take a journey through the Middle East and discover what God is doing with His Church in the
Muslim nations. Discover evangelical churches
filled with people who can trace their Christian
heritage to the early centuries of the Church;
people God is using in amazing ministries for
His glory.
Towards the Finish Line: The First
Nations Church and its Impact for
the Kingdom
Broadway Room 301 Adrian Jacobs
North America Indigenous Ministries
(NAIM)
The Native Church in North America is sparked
with passion for Christ and His call to bring
hope to a hurting world. First Nations have a
unique approach to the Gospel, and an understanding of God’s forgiveness and restoration
from First Nations believers who are making an
impact today.
Walking Onsite with God
Broadway Room 304 Glenna Heidt
Canadian National Baptist Convention
All Christians are called to ‘walk with God’.
In this seminar we will attempt to help you
understand the term ‘prayerwalking’. It will
involve training, a short prayerwalk and a time
to debrief.
Friday
4:30PM
✱ Why Go? Why Send?
Broadway Room 108 Elsie Eileen Adams
Avant Ministries Canada
Jesus said, “Go!” and Paul asked the question,
“How can they... unless they are sent?” In this
seminar we will look at biblical patterns for
going and sending as we seek to finish the race
of reaching every people group with the good
news of Jesus Christ.
Going Beyond Muslim Awareness
to Reaching Out
Broadway Room 110 Ed Loewen
You are aware of the beliefs and practices of
Muslims and their objections to the Christian
faith. Where do you go from there? Is it possible for a Christian of a different culture and
language group to effectively reach a Muslim?
Come and learn how you can make a difference. You can do it!
Finishing the Race by Impacting
Future World Leaders
Bert Kamphuis
International Student Ministry Canada
The brightest and best future leaders of foreign
countries are studying in our cities today. Think
of how you could impact the world through
them for Christ. Bert and his co-workers will
share examples of students who found Christ
here and are affecting their nations because of
friendships with Canadians.
✱ How to Finish the Race
Broadway Room 202 Karla Thiessen
There are pros and cons to Short-term missions.
How to evaluate opportunities. Why we’ve
found teaching English to be one of the most
effective types of short-term ministry. What a
good church/field partnership can look like.
How to gauge what type of long-term impact
a short-term team can have.
Children of the Cambodian Brothels
Broadway Room 203 Brian McConaghy
Ratanak Foundation
Change is happening in one of the world’s
most notorious sex tourism destinations.
Adult Seminars
Through the love of Christ, young lives are
being transformed from a living hell into a real
example of the restorative power of His love,
and helping others still trapped come to know
the one who loves them so much.
Beyond Recovery to Discipleship
- Changing a Community through
Discipleship
Broadway Room 300 Vince Dubois
Wagner Hills Farm Society
Finding the balance of recovery and of a
Christian healing community looking into the
problem of the addiction and then getting to
the root cause. Thes are the beginning steps to
a healing process.
The Old Versus the New: A New
Paradigm to Finish the Task Well
Hospitality 2010 - Are You Game?
Broadway Room 304 Sharon Tidd
More than Gold
This seminar will explore outreach and service
opportunities presented by the 2010 Olympics
and Paralympics. What kind of radical hospitality can the Church provide in Vancouver and
Whistler? How can we extend the love of God
through a cup of water, an open door, a friendly
welcome gift? Come find out!
Friday
9:00PM
Film - The Grandfathers
VanTech Auditorium
Ethnographic Media
Award-winning director Jim Hanon (End of
the Spear, Miss HIV) ventures into this remarkable true story from Jessie Saint’s perspective,
exploring the fear and the hope that accompanies a teenage boy stepping out of his
father's shadow and into his own light with the
Waodani Indians of Ecuador. See page 44 for
more details.
Saturday
11:00AM
Empowering Dalit Women
Broadway Room 108 Sherry Bailey
Dalit Freedom Network Canada
India’s women, even among the high castes,
face extreme discrimination and exploitation.
Dalit women are sometimes described as
“Dalits among Dalits”. Today Dalit women in
India are discovering Jesus and the God who
created them. They are being empowered by
vocational training and teachings that serve to
change their lives forever.
Folk Islam
Broadway Room 110 Art Klassen
Islam is multi-layered, like an onion. The outer
layer is the culture, then the five basic beliefs,
followed by the six pillars. And at the core of
the teaching is Folk Islam. The presentation
will explore the basic teaching of Islam, what
it means to popular Islam and the Christian
response.
Churches on a Justice Journey:
Start, Stay the Course and Finish
Well
Jennifer Ingraham
The Justice Journey takes us to the very heart
of God. The journey requires courage, patience,
persistence and faith. Join us as we examine
how we can passionately mobilize and engage
our faith communities to be active and vibrant
justice advocates by addressing violence and
oppression in our world.
Sharing the Gospel with the Indo
Canadian Community
Broadway Room 202 Pundit Sadanand
Hindi Punjabi Fraserview Gospel Chapel
Understanding the Indo Canadian community’s Sikhs and Hindus from India and Fiji Islands
regarding their view of the Lord Jesus and
the Christian faith. Understanding their culture,
view of God and religious practices. The things
to avoid in presenting the Gospel.
God’s Mandate for Mission
Broadway Room 203 Bruce Milne
An overview (with applications) of the Book
of Acts.
The Mind of A Muslim
Broadway Room 300 Perry Zelman
ReachAcross
Why is it so difficult to lead a Muslim to Christ?
This seminar will discuss their views on Western
culture, the Christian way of life, cultural and
social barriers and how we can provide an
answer.
✱ More Than a Passport
Broadway Room 301 Grace Fox
Missionary preparedness means more than
obtaining a passport, raising funds, getting
shots, and purchasing an airline ticket. It
involves critical preparation of the head and
the heart. Discover key elements necessary to
anyone considering and wishing to maximize a
short-term opportunity.
Prayer that Works to Personally
Further HIS Kingdom
Broadway Room 304 Audrey Mabley
Eternally Yours TV & Radio
The presenter will show from God’s word the
power of prayer that God has given to us. Our
prayers have miracle moving power to help in
the situations missions face and enable the one
praying to mightily be equipped in all areas to
further God’s Kingdom in their God given call.
Film - Uganda Rising
VanTech Auditorium
Through inhumane terror, the Lord’s Resistance
Army has abducted over twenty-five thousand
children, often forcing them to commit atrocities, sometimes even against their own families.
For children who have never known peace,
the fight for hope never ends. See page 44 for
more details.
Filmmakers on the Edge
VanTech Band Room
Wesley Lowe - Moderator
Wesley will lead Christian media professionals
connected with the film festival to be part of a
panel discussion on Christians working in both
faith and secular media. The panel will answer
questions and provide insights based on their
experiences. This is a great opportunity to learn
more about visual media.
Mission Vision and the Senior
Pastor
VanTech Room #1
Don Klaassen
Outreach Canada
A panel of visionary senior pastors will discuss
the questions: How do pastors catch a mission
vision; How is a mission vision applied in the
church; and How does a mission vision affect
the church?
Broadway Room 301 Laurent Trabadello
Samaritan’s Purse Canada
Using both historic and contemporary examples, we will discuss how the ‘old’ missions
worldview of paternalistic compassion no
longer works and how to adapt our thinking
to modern realities. We will cover concrete
ways in which an inclusive, integrated and
sustainable approach to missions can have
lasting effects.
Film
Enabling Others to Finish the Race:
Missionary Kid Education
VanTech Room #2
Karen Mansfield
Tien Shan International School (TSIS)
Teaching MKs can mulitiply the value of a single
teacher many times over by enabling missionary families to stay on the field, particularly in
the least evangelized areas. MK schools need
teachers and people with adminstrative or
business skills as well. Could you give a year to
MK education?
Gold Medal Lifestyle
VanTech Room #3
Joy Fera
South Delta Baptist Church
1976 Olympic Oarswoman & twice World
Rowing Championship Bronze medallist
shares how the 1980 Moscow Olympic Boycott
brought her to faith in Jesus.
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Adult Seminars
Saturday
11:00AM
Mission Resources for Kids
VanTech Room #4
Christy Edwards
Wycliffe Bible Translators/ Canada Institute
of Linguistics (CanIL)
Looking for some great Kids mission resources?
Research is indicating that the missionaries
of tomorrow are as young as four years old
today. Get more equipped and aware for teaching children about building God’s Kingdom
throughout the world and help them prepare
for the future.
Training - A Key to Success on the
Field
VanTech Room #5
Keith Hook and Kent Parks
Canadian Mission to Unreached Peoples
Society
What training do I need and how do I get it?
We will look at 12 different areas of training and
introduce to you a variety of ways and places
to get the training you need. A handout of
resources will be provided.
Saturday
12:30PM
Keep On Running!
Broadway Room 108 Marie Ens
Place of Rescue
I have run the race as a missionary, mostly to
Cambodians, for 49 years. The loving presence
of Jesus has been training me all of this time. It
is my desire to continue until I run into His arms.
Church Planting Movements - The
Key to Reaching the Remaining
Unreached Peoples
Broadway Room 110
Keith Hook and Kent Parks
Canadian Mission to Unreached Peoples
Society
What is a church planting movement? Where
are these movements happening right now
around the world? Who is leading them? And
what difference are they making? What is a
“man of peace”? Why is this person so important, and what other keys are needed for a
church planting movement to happen?
Praying Like Jesus
Sam Owusu
Calvary Worship Centre
Prayer is a core value of every believer. What
is prayer? Some people think of prayer as a
parachute-they’re glad it’s there, but they hope
they never have to use it. In prayer we rely on
God; prayer is our steering wheel, not our spare
tire! Those who don’t pray are trusting in their
own, limited resources. Some people turn to
God only when their fragile foundations are
shaking, and they discover it is God who is
doing the shaking. Do we know how to pray
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Film
as we should? It can be strenuous and frustrating, mentally and physically demanding. The
disciples of Jesus did not ask him to teach them
how to preach or teach, but they recognized
how they needed help with prayer. Although
the need to pray is natural for believers, human
weakness calls for Jesus to teach us to pray.
Reaching for the Finish Line: The
End of Slavery in a Generation
Broadway Room 202 Mark Wollenberg
Human trafficking is a growing reality. There
are more slaves today than in the entirety of
the trans Atlantic slave trade. However, there is
a growing belief that modern day slavery can
be abolished in a generation. This seminar will
explore how we can move towards the goal of
seeing slavery end.
Thinking We See and Walking in
Grave Clothes
Broadway Room 203
Dave Diewert and Team
Streams of Justice
Jesus does the unthinkable and defiles himself
by being in the presence of a decaying corpse,
Lazarus, yet it is Lazarus who is transformed by
the love of Jesus. But Lazarus is still wearing
his grave clothes and the community is told to
help him take them off. A group from Streams
of Justice will engage in a dialogue and drama
to help us think about what it means when we
can not see those on the margins because of
our own grave clothes and how we can learn to
see the resurrection power in the lives of those
on the margins.
Partnering Churches with
Missionaries Through Radio
Broadway Room 300 Allan McGuirl
Galcom International Inc.
Radio is often the best method to reach the
unreached with the Gospel. Find out about
projects around the world where God is moving through radio. Learn how to match your
church’s vision for the lost, to the work that is
going on in specific areas around the world!
The Awakening Dragon: China’s
Potential for Completing the Great
Commission
Broadway Room 301 Don & Myrna Hines
China Outreach Ministries
China’s fast-growing Church has potential to
help Finish the Race in world evangelization.
How is the Chinese Church strategically positioned to impact the world? What challenges
does it face?
Christ & Creation: A New VBS
Approach
Broadway Room 304
Rick Faw and Ruth des Cotes
A Rocha Canada - Christians in
Conservation
Discover the joy of integrating your churches
VBS and neighbourhood outreach with the
contemporary interest in ecology & creation
care. The seminar provides both theology and
a practical approach for engaging and interactive VBS programs that ‘dig into the soil’ of Gods
word and wonderful world.
Does Your Story Have Legs?
VanTech Band Room Marnie Wooding
Christian Info Society
Bring your book or screenplay idea and jump in
the hot seat. Pitch your story concept in three
minutes and get feed back from a professional
story editor in an interactive exploration of
story. Due to time not everyone will be able to
pitch, but everyone will have an opportunity
to participate.
Turning Your Vision Into Action
VanTech Room #1
Tim Whitehead
Galcom International Inc.
You have a vision statement, now what? Learn
how to turn your vision into strategy and your
strategy into action! Also, learn some valuable
tools for evaluating true success.
Reaching the African Zionists
(AmaZioni) with the Gospel
VanTech Room #2
Keith Frew
SIM Canada (Serving In Mission)
Many of the 18 million Zionists in Southern
Africa, a syncretistic movement classified as
an unreached people group, are turning to
the Gospel of grace through the efforts of
Zion Evangelical Ministries of Africa (ZEMA).
Opportunities abound for missionaries to teach
in Zion Bible Schools.
Missionary Airfares - DYK?
VanTech Room #3
John W. Toews
Menno Travel
This seminar will inform the participants of how
Missionary Airfares came to be and how today,
missionaries and humanitarians are able to save
time and money booking their trips.
Reaching a Hostile Audience
VanTech Room #4
Roland Muller
WEC International (Worldwide
Evangelization for Christ International)
How would you share the Gospel with people
who are not interested in your message, or
believe they have a better religion than yours?
What examples can we find in the Bible of
ways to share the Gospel with those who are
not particularly interested? Hands on ideas for
every believer.
Adult Seminars
Saturday
12:30PM Saturday
Teaching and Reaching the Nations
VanTech Room #5
Cindy Fox
Leadership Development International
Teachers in international Christian schools
minister to Missionary Kids, but also have
amazing opportunities to reach upper-class
internationally-mobile families from all over the
world. Hear how God has taken businessmen
and their children to closed countries only to
be confronted by the reality of Christ.
Saturday
12:45PM
Film: Rwanda: Hope Rises
VanTech Auditorium
This film explores how Rwanda is healing, in the
years following the 1994 genocide. It’s a story of
a scarred nation’s restoration. For children who
have never known peace, the fight for hope
never ends. See page 44 for more details.
2:00PM
Film: Missions Dilemma
(Episode 5) VanTech Auditorium
‘The missions dilemma we face is whether we
do more of the same, more of what
we’ve been doing. Or, are we going to wrestle
with some hard realities and figure
out how to do it better.’ ~ Steve Saint. See page
45 for more details.
Saturday
2:45PM
Film: The Yali Story
VanTech Auditorium
Some would consider the Yali primitive, but
there is an intelligence, a simplicity, a dignity
to their lives that is amazingly rare and beautiful. The Yali Story reveals the transformation of
Stone-Age cannibals into scholars translating
the Bible. See page 45 for more details.
Saturday
3:15PM
Film: Mission Agency Promo
Videos
VanTech Auditorium
Increasingly, mission agencies are turning
to video to help communicate information
about their work and the people they serve.
Filmmaker and /or agency representatives from
Bulembu, Buntains’ Calcutta Mission, Santa
Clotide Peru Mission, Joybells Orphanage and
Lighthouse Harbour Ministries will be present
to demonstrate how they are using video.
3:30PM
Untitled
Broadway Room 108
Jackie Pullinger
Enabling the Runner
Broadway Room 110 Marilyn Schlitt
We all have our part to play in the Great
Commission. Some send, some go, some
mobilize others to go. Enabling the Runner
looks at how the senders can hinder or help
the runners in the race to see every person
from every nation hear and have a chance to
respond to the good news
We’ve Got the Power!
Alex Henderson
The Gideons International In Canada
Steroids, energy drinks, protein bars, weights
- they all have varying degrees of power in
influencing one’s outcome as an elite athlete.
But what about a power source that produces
a 100% Return On Investment? Come hear
stories that demonstrate the living power of
God’s Word - the only book in the world whose
author is right there with the reader every time
it’s opened.
Teaching Global Koine (English) in a
Restricted Access Nation
Broadway Room 202 Mark & Jana Kapp
ReachAcross
It has been used as a means of service and as a
means of getting a visa into a closed country for
the purpose of evangelism. This workshop will
discuss how Christian English teachers engage
in ministry, serve the poor and build bridges in
an effort to bring Jesus to the Nations.
Choosing to Fight the ‘Unwinnable’
Fight
Broadway Room 203 Brian McConaghy
Ratanak Foundation
We too often insist that God confine himself to
using us in areas in which we feel comfortable
to serve. It is in choosing to work outside our
comfort zone, outside our skill set, that we are
forced to rely on his power and his limitless
ability to affect change. Only with such reliance,
often while facing overwhelming odds, will we
encounter the power and richness of the living
God of the old and new testaments.
Sport Initiatives During the 2010
Olympics
Broadway Room 301 Dave Klassen
Power 2 Change (Campus Crusade for
Christ)
Come and learn how you can influence and
minister to your community for Christ through
sport during the 2010 winter games.
Sharing Jesus with a Muslim
Woman
Broadway Room 304 Joy Loewen
Ever wondered how to share your faith with
a Muslim woman? God wants to use YOU!
Helpful tips and stories will be shared by Joy
who has been ministering among Muslim
women for thirty years.
Fund it, Make it, Show it: A
Distributor & Filmmaker Tell All
VanTech Band Room
Greg Meeres - Moderator
The Festival will have professionals available
to answer questions and to discuss funding
and distribution in film and television. Come
and learn how to get your project funded and
distributed.
Who Me? Raise Personal Support?
VanTech Room #1
Tom B
This interactive session will include practical
ideas and creative suggestions on how to
raise personal support: fundraising as ministry, identifying potential supporters, the case
for support, developing networks of contacts, finding a fundraising advocate, donor
communication, special events and maintain
supporters over the long haul.
Saturday
Film
Clergy Need not Apply
VanTech Room #2
Kory Sorensen
Dunamis Education Society
The World is drastically changing. The opportunities within the World to reach it are also
changing. Opportunities in business, education and health care particularly allow a
greater number of professionals access into
countries that historically have been difficult
to get into.
Finishing Well - Golf or Ministry?
VanTech Room #3
Wayne Matthews
Are you 50+, considering a “Life-Shift” from
Career into Ministry, either short-term or longtern, either here in Canada or overseas? After
you play a few games of golf you may wish to
explore options.
Reaching Muslim Women for Christ
Partner’s In Missions
Broadway Room 300 Cathy Foster
Empowering concerned Christian women with
the compassion and resources needed for
reaching out to Muslim women.
VanTech Room #4
Bernard Mukwavi
Mercy Touch Mission International
Doing missions in our changing world will
require new strategies. It needs to be relevant
in today’s contemporary world.
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Adult Seminars
Saturday
3:30PM
Over the Hill and Headin’ Out!
VanTech Room #5
Grace Fox
If you’ve retired or are moving in that direction,
then you’re an ideal candidate for missions.
Share from your skills, wisdom, and experience
and set a legacy of fearless faith. Learn how
to overcome common fears that hinder folks
from heading out, and discover specific ways
to get involved.
Saturday
4:30PM
Film: Marie's Story
VanTech Auditorium
The sun rises slowly over a vast watery field
covered in the haze of early morning. Shadowy
figures, their heads swathed in checkered kramas, move along raised dikes carrying baskets
of rice shoots for planting. A lone cyclist rides
slowly across the scene and dismounts. Under
these images, we hear the sounds of the countryside at dawn. This is Cambodia. Set against
the stunning backdrop of the Saskatchewan
prairies and the natural beauty of Cambodia,
"Marie's Story" profiles the life journey of
Canada's Marie Ens - wife, mother, missionary
and tireless advocate of the poor, the sick and
the disenfranchised.
Saturday
5:00PM
Spirit-Empowered Revival
Broadway Room 108 Ron Pearce
Empower Ministries
How is the Holy Spirit’s work today impacting the world of missions? Why did Jesus tell
His people to wait; what did they do while
they were waiting; and what happens today
when God’s people wait for His enduement of
power? As people allow the Holy Spirit to transform them into servants, they are “clothed with
power from on high” (Luke 24:49). Ron will bring
the latest news from persecuted countries
where this powerful move of the Holy Spirit
is changing nations including Israel, Ethiopia,
China and the Muslim Middle East.
The Need of Ministry to Children
Worldwide
Broadway Room 110 Doug Nichols
Action International Ministries
There are 1.5 million children on the streets in
the Philippines and an estimated 143 million
orphans in the world. Children worldwide are
suffering and exploited but are very receptive
to the Gospel and compassionate care. See
how you can do this through the local church
and through career missons.
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Film
Finishing the Race in Papua New
Guinea
Christina Williams
Elevated to Excellence
This seminar will feature a report on what
God is doing in Papua New Guinea. A special
emphasis on what is being done in the area of
the capital city of Port Moresby to reach the
nation, which is still very remote and tribal.
Running the Race in Prayer
VanTech Band Room David Carson
Central Christian Assembly
The Scripture says: ‘Run in such a way as to get
the prize’. Prayer is the foundation for any great
work of God and this seminar will focus on the
prayer initiatives for Vancouver and Canada
in this Olympic season, when we will be the
centre of world interest and prayer from many
nations.
Touch a Life Change a Future!
Child Soldiers: Terrible Tragedy,
Terrific Triumph
Broadway Room 202 Scott Gillespie
The issue of using thousands of children and
youth for military purposes is a growing problem worldwide and something the Church
needs to address. This means being informed
so one can be active, in order to stop this horror and make a difference in the lives of these
deeply traumatized youth.
China and Beyond
Broadway Room 203 Becky Neufeld
Leadership Development International
Having experienced phenomenal growth in
recent years, the Chinese church has the potential to become the greatest missionary force in
history. The Chinese church has accepted the
mandate but is it ready to perform the task?
God’s Plan for the Karen People of
Burma
Broadway Room 300 Rick Chase
Gateway Baptist Church
This seminar will explore the Karen people,
their amazing history and culture as well as
how God is providentially using their suffering
to spread the Gospel around the world.
✱ Seven Benchmarks of an
Effective Short-Term Mission
Broadway Room 301 Ian Stokes
Every year, scores of people head into the
short-term mission field to serve in developing
nations, disaster zones, inner cities and remote
islands. How do churches and sponsors measure the effectiveness of these mission trips?
This seminar explores answers to this question.
Central European Gypsies...Getting
Past the Enchantments and Charms
Broadway Room 304 Bradley Thiessen
Never have so many fallen in love with a people
and culture only later to find themselves in
a quagmire of disillusionment and despair.
How can we find the real needs of this socially
and economically marginalized people group?
Find a balance between charity, sympathy and
teaching responsibility.
VanTech Room #1
Fred Ilyin
New Manna Ministries
Each one of us touches the lives of people
around us. How do we become great in the
Kingdom of God and make an impact on the
lives of people around us; at home and abroad?
You must “Start” in order to “Finish”.
Conversational Witness to Muslims
VanTech Room #2
David Foster
John Chapter 4 and Foster’s popular online
tract, “A Dialog about the One True God”
provide a foundational paradigm for equipping Christians to witness more effectively to
Muslims.
The Mission Field Created by
Abortion
VanTech Room #3
Norma Cody and Musu Taylor-Lewis
Pregnancy Concerns - Coquitlam
An estimated 42 million abortions take place
worldwide by choice and by coercion every
year. There is a continued need to provide help
to vulnerable and impoverished women facing
unplanned or difficult pregnancies and a need
for outreach to women hurting from previous
abortions.
How do Missionaries Tackle the
Issue of Family Abuse in their
Missionfield?
VanTech Room #4
Amira Perera
One-2-One Charis Ministries
The seminar deals with abuse - especially family abuse: its ramifications and solutions in
a culturally sensitive way. A multimedia presentation and discussion will be the format.
Why? The abuse rate (not just family abuse)
is approximately 30% in North America and
50-65% in some parts of the world.
Knowing God’s Will God’s Way
VanTech Room #5
Allan Vincent
Slavic Gospel Association
For most of us knowing God’s will is relatively
easy. It is doing His will that stretches us. The
Book of Acts clearly illustrates that knowing
God’s will is not about being a “Lone Ranger”
but about being immersed in a local congregation that collectively or by consensus affirms
God’s will for our lives.
Adult Seminars
Saturday
5:30PM Sunday
Film - The Original Promise
Premiere
VanTech Auditorium
Follow Vancouverites Doug Kooy and Farrah
Aviva as they discover the hopes, dreams and
fears of ordinary Israelis – both Jews and Arabs.
The Original Promise also asks the tough question: with its rapidly changing demographics,
can Israel survive both as a Jewish state and a
liberal democracy? See pg. 45 for more details.
Sunday
10:00AM
Answering Muslims Objections
Broadway Room 108 Amal Gendi
In this seminar we will focus on answering
Muslim objections to theological questions
such as the Trinity, Jesus as the Son of God and
his crucifixion.
Broadway Room 110 Tom Wright
This seminar will share the exciting ways that
God is working in other countries of the world
and show the opportunities available to each
of us through a partnership of prayer and
giving. It’s purpose is to stir each of us to get
involved.
Film - Montaña de Luz
VanTech Auditorium
Meet the children of the Montaña de Luz
orphanage, their lives a living testament to
the beauty and innocence of childhood
in the face of adversity beyond their years.
Honduras has the highest rate of AIDS in Central
America, with many of its saddest victims
being children. See page. 46 for more details.
SYMBOLS
Film Festival and Filmmaker
Seminars
✱ Church Missions Committee Track:
This series is intended to assist missions committees in setting
goals, dealing with issues, providing vision, recruiting, training
and supporting missionaries and their children.
 Opportunities Again Track:
Designed for the person nearing or in retirement.
This time can be most fulfulling and exciting, paying great
eternal dividends. Leave a legacy of experience and wisdom.
1:00PM Sunday
The Dalits: An Educational
Revolution
2:30PM
International Sports Ministry and
The Opportunities
Dalit students stood with beaming faces as
a crowd of 1,000 people applauded their
accomplishment of completing their Grade 10
education. One graduate is the son of a washer
woman, another has been rescued from child
labour. An educational revolution is happening
amongst Dalit young people today.
Broadway Room 108 Alex Ribeiro
An estimated 2.5 billion viewers watched as
Brazilian athletes celebrated the 2002 World
Cup victory, kneeling in a circle of prayer, and
wearing ‘Jesus Loves You’ t-shirts. Alex will
share how this experience, together with future
sporting events in South Africa, England, and
Brazil, offer the Christian community opportunities for service and witness.
Steps to Tentmaking
Understanding Missions
Broadway Room 108 Sherry Bailey
Dalit Freedom Network Canada
Broadway Room 110 Ari Rocklin
GLOBAL Opportunities
How do I prepare to go overseas to work and
share my faith? Can’t I just find a job online and
fly? Learn the crucial steps involved in preparing well from the example of hundreds of
tentmakers who have done this. ESL teaching,
teaching, health care, engineering, what you
have God can use!
Prayer is a Dialogue
Bernice Sondrup
More than Gold
Prayer is an important foundational block for
our personal life and for ministry. Its possibilities are endless. Its goal is relationship and
it is commanded to be an integral part of our
lives. (1 Thessalonians 5:17) We must rediscover direct contact with God and once again
become open to intuitive, spiritual experiences.
Through prayer we will know how to run the
race that is set before us.
Food Security & Your Church
Broadway Room 202
Markku Kostamo and Paul Neufeld
Conservation
Engage missionally in your churches’ neighbourhood through a community garden!
Community gardens help address food security and poverty by providing fresh produce
for local families and food banks. The seminar
provides a framework for holistic mission and
details how to launch your community garden.
Film - The Grandfathers
VanTech Auditorium
Ethno Graphic Media
Award-winning director Jim Hanon (End of
the Spear, Miss HIV) ventures into this remarkable true story from Jessie Saint’s perspective,
exploring the fear and the hope that accompanies a teenage boy stepping out of his
father's shadow and into his own light with the
Waodani Indians of Ecuador.
Broadway Room 110 Mark Naylor
Northwest Baptist Seminary
What distinguishes “missions” from other ministries? Churches who are significant partners in
the task to “finish the race” have a good grasp
on what should be and what should not be
considered “missions.” A clear understanding
and unified focus provide a solid basis for effective participation.
A New Heart to Finish the Race
Christina Williams
Elevated to Excellence
This seminar will explore God’s true love for
the World (John 3:16) and challenge you to a
genuine heart change towards the people in
your world. We will talk about practical ways
you can begin, right where you are, to truly love
the world and see lives change as a result.
✱ Does Finishing Matter?
Broadway Room 202 Don Klaassen
Outreach Canada
These days we are big on participation awards!
Discover the difference between participating
in the Great Commission/Commandment and
finishing. Are you or your church on the road to
finishing or just on the road? Find out how to
be more than a participant!
Sunday
Going Through The Open Doors
(To Finish The Race)
Film
2:45PM
Film - As We Forgive
VanTech Auditorium
Mia Farrow narrates this award-winning documentary from Director Laura Waters Hinson.
The film follows two Rwandan women who
struggle with the face-to-face encounter
with the men who slaughtered their families
during the 1994 genocide.. See page 46 for
more details.
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Adult Seminar Presenters
Adams, Elsie Eileen
Dubois, Vince
Friday
4:30 PM • Broadway Room108
Elsie Adams was missionary and Bible College teacher in Brazil for over 30 years. She also
worked with Brazilian churches in her ministry to
Romani/Gypsies and now is involved in outreach
to the Romani people in the Vancouver area.
Friday
4:30 PM • Broadway Room 300
Vince is the Outreach worker for Wagner Hills
Farm Society, a Christian Healing Community established 28 years ago in the Aldergrove/Langley community. He has been helping men and
women who suffer from addictions find the help
they need in Jesus Christ.
B, Tom
Saturday
Tom is the International Financial Development
Director for an agency working in North Africa,
the Middle East and the Arabian Peninsula. He
has extensive international experience in the
areas of fund raising, training and organizational
development. Tom has a passion for training and
mentoring people in the area of support raising.
Bailey, Sherry
Saturday
11:00 AM • Broadway Room108
Sunday
Sherry has served in the Philippines and speaks
from 25 years of church and international ministry experience. She currently is the Director of
Dalit Freedom Network Canada a ministry focused on reaching India’s Dalit children.
Carson, David
Saturday
David is pastor of Central Christian Assembly in
Burnaby and has been leading the prayer working group for More Than Gold, the local network
of churches working together to reach those attending the Olympic Games in 2010.
Chase, Rick
A D U LT S E M I N A R P R E S E N T E R S
Saturday
Rick Chase has been pastoring Gateway Baptist
Church for 8 years. He is also a professor at Pacific
Life Bible College and has partnered with NGO’s
to establish several Vitagoat micro enterprises in
India and Thailand. In 2010 he plans to expand
his work into Myanmar and Cambodia.
Cody, Norma & Musu TaylorLewis
Saturday
Norma Cody serves as director of Crisis Pregnancy Centre in Vancouver. She has international experience working with women facing
unplanned pregnancies in North America and
Asia. Musu Taylor-Lewis, is the Director of Development of the Crisis Pregnancy Centre in
Coquitlam.
Diewert, Dave & Team
Saturday
Streams of Justice has as its fundamental concern the realization of human communities
marked by liberating justice and life-giving love.
The good news announced and embodied by
Jesus is an invitation to participate in the liberating movement of God, and Streams of Justice
believes that such participation entails the relentless struggle for social justice, the unwavering affirmation of human dignity, and the joyful
stance of compassionate solidarity.
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Edwards, Christy
Saturday
11:00 AM • VanTech Room #4
Christy is the Children’s Coordinator for Wycliffe
Canada. Her role is to help equip and empower
children’s leaders across Canada to ensure that
they have a tool belt of materials to teach their
kids about missions and Bible translation. She
has been an active member of Wycliffe for over
4 years.
Ens, Marie
Friday
Saturday
Marie and her husband Norman first went to
Cambodia in 1961. After Cambodia fell to the
Khmere Rouge they ministered to Cambodian
refugees in France for 14 yrs. After his death
Marie returned to Cambodia in 1994. The greatest blessing in her ministry, the founding of
Place of Rescue, orphanage and AIDS shelter,
happened since she was invited to retire in 2000.
Faw, Rick & Ruth des Cotes
Saturday
A Rocha Canada’s Education Director, Rick Faw,
combines academic backgrounds in science
and theology with a love for the outdoors. He
desires for people to integrate spiritual life with
the created world. He works alongside schools,
churches, and community groups to coordinate
adult education in a variety of forms including
lectures, classes, conferences, and outdoor excursions. Ruth Des Cotes has worked in children’s
education for over 30 years in elementary teaching, camping, early childhood education, daycamps and now environmental education with A
Rocha. Her desire is that children not only learn
about God with their minds, but also through
experiencing God’s creation firsthand!
Fera, Joy
Saturday
Joy competed in the 1976 Olympic Games. Her
accomplishments include Rowing Coxed Four 7th place, 1977 World Rowing Championships
Eight - Bronze, 1978 World Rowing Championships Eight - Bronze, 1979 World Rowing Championships Eight - Fifth, 1980 Canadian Rowing
Team. She has recently been affiliated with
Power to Change.
Foster, Cathy
Saturday
Cathy and husband David have spent 24 years
in ministry to Muslims. Cathy was instrumental
in founding “Jameelah” a ministry that equips
women to reach women. Jameelah currently
has ten ‘clubs’ meeting monthly throughout
South Africa, bringing Muslim women to Christ
and discipling them.
Foster, David
Saturday
For 24 years David and Cathy Foster have shared
Jesus with Muslims in English speaking Durban
South Africa and also London Ontario. They have
been increasingly involved in training Christians
to reach Muslims more effectively as well as writing training materials, tracts and expanding their
web-based ministry
Fox, Grace
Saturday
11:00 AM • Broadway Room 301
Saturday
Grace Fox is an author, international speaker, and
national co-director of International Messengers
Canada, a ministry that offers creative short-term
and career opportunities in Eastern Europe. One
of her roles with IM is to train and lead shortterm teams overseas.
Fox, Cindy
Saturday
Cindy Fox has taught kindergarten and ESL in
Florida, trained teachers in Colombia and pastors in Spain, worked with missionary kids at
Christian colleges, and been an international
school principal in China. She is now a recruiter
for Leadership Development International and
trains new Missionary Kid school teachers each
summer.
Frew, Keith
Saturday
Born in South Africa, Keith grew up in Zambia
and along with his wife Cindy (also Zambian
born), served for over 40 years with Africa Evangelical Fellowship and SIM, their last three years
reaching out to Zionists through bible school
ministry. Their 2009 mission trip also included
teaching in a Zion Bible School.
Gendi, Amal
Friday
Sunday
10:00 AM • Broadway Room108
Amal is an Egyptian Canadian and is the Executive Director of Arab World Ministries, Canada.
He spent most of his adult life in the business
world, most recently as the Vice President and
Chief Operating officer of CUBE Plastics. He is a
trained veterinarian and has completed a Master
of Theology.
Gillespie, Scott
Saturday
Scott Gillespie has been involved in ministry for
over 25 years - 17 years ministering in aboriginal
communities in southern Manitoba and the last
9 years ministering overseas in camp leadership
development. He is presently the director of Promotion & Recruitment for Action International
Ministries.
Haist, Linda
Friday
Linda Haist is a journalist who has served as
Canadian director of Middle East Christian Out-
reach for the last five years. She has traveled in
the Middle East, meeting with national church
and ministry leaders and chronicling their “God
stories.”
Heidt, Glenna
Friday
Glenna has worked in the ministry of prayer in
Vancouver since 1985 and lives in the area. She
has coordinated prayer nationally for the Canadian Convention of Southern Baptists since 1992.
Glenna has prayer-walked locally, nationally and
internationally.
Henderson, Alex
Saturday 3:30 PM • Broadway Chapel Room 200
Alex Henderson has been involved in the world
of corporate training for the past 15 years. He
has helped create and facilitate unique principle
based training workshops that are very hands on
and interactive. He has worked with companies
throughout North America. He joined the Gideons in 2008.
Hines, Don & Myrna
Saturday
Don and Myrna Hines serve as Recruitment Directors for China Outreach Ministries (COM),
bringing Christ to Chinese scholars on N. American university campuses. Previously they served
in administration, recruitment, and short-term
team leadership for a China-based ministry.
Ilyin, Fred
Saturday
Fred Ilyin was born in Kuldja, China. His parents
were miraculously led out of Communist China
to freedom in Australia. He was raised in California
and studied in Seattle. He now resides in British
Columbia, Canada and is the president of New
Manna Ministries, a ministry that touches the lives
of orphans and street kids in Russia and Africa.
Ingraham, Jennifer
Jacobs , Adrian
Friday
Adrian is a Cayuga from the Six Nations reserve in
southern Ontario. Currently, he is involved in the
development of approaches to mentoring, training and equipping individuals with local pastoral
or ministry responsibilities in the Native church.
He has authored many books targeted toward
helping Native people understand issues affecting Christian life and well-being. He encourages
men toward vulnerability and openness, as he
mentors Native men in the faith.
Kamphuis, Bert
Friday
4:30 PM • Broadway Chapel Room 200
Starting with a summer on Operation Mobilization in 1966, Bert’s life was changed forever. He
Kapp, Mark & Jana
Saturday
Mark and Jana have served in the Middle East
for 10 years as English and German teachers and
as field leaders. Mark has been the director of
a large ESL school in a restricted access nation.
Both use their vocations as opportunities to lead
students, neighbours and others to Christ.
tries. Ed recently started All Nations Sports Clubs
for refugee boys at risk.
Loewen, Joy
Saturday
Joy Loewen was born in Yemen of missionary
parents and grew up in Somalia. Joy and her
husband ministered among Muslims in Pakistan
in the 80s and since then in Canada. Her book
“Woman to Woman, Sharing Jesus with a Muslim
Friend” was recently published by Chosen books.
Lowe, Wesley - Moderator
Friday
David is a Marine Engineer retired from BC Ferries
and now working as Engineering Officer on the
12,250 ton ship Logos Hope which is owned by
OM Ships International. He is married with two
adult children. He sails 6 month of the year with
his wife Betty and a volunteer crew of 350 from
45 nations.
Saturday 11:00 AM • VanTech Band Room
Without prior training in filmmaking, Wesley
sensed God leading him toward this field and
began writing, directing and producing. He has
worked with the NFB, Movie Central, Biography,
CBC and CTV Networks for drama and documentary. He is currently developing a film coproduction fund to capitalize on the industrial and market strengths of China and North America. Wesley
is Chaplain for Chinese Canadian WWII Veterans,
is on the Board of BC Christian News and leads
worship.
Klaassen, Don
Mabley, Audrey
Saturday
Sunday
Don has cross cultural experience including
leading teams in Asia and Europe, tsunami relief in Thailand and evangelism in Peru. In B.C.,
Don helps churches reach their Global Mission
potential with encouragement, coaching and
equipping regardless of which denomination or
agency they connect with.
Saturday
Rev. Audrey Mabely has a passion for prayer and
mobilizing Christ’s disciples to win souls and be
provided for with wholeness and provision to fulfill God’s call. Taking her out of a difficult home
life and from a background where she was widowed at 20, God opened up a ministry for her
that has included church planting, TV and radio
since 1979.
Klassen, Art
Mansfield, Karen
Kempling, David
Saturday
Art, a retired school teacher, along with his wife
Eleanore have served as mobilizers with Arab
World Ministries for the last 13 years. They have
travelled to several Arab countries and are working with university students, preparing them for
ministry.
Klassen, Dave
Saturday
Dave has been on staff with Athletes in Action
for over 20 years, where he has ministered in over
16 countries, run and developed sports camps,
counseled professional, university and national
team athletes and worked as a chaplain with the
Vancouver Grizzlies and currently the BC Lions.
Kraemer, Bob
Friday
Bob is Director of Operations for More Than Gold,
the faith network of the Christian community,
reaching out in service and witness during the
2010 Games.
Loewen, Ed
Friday
Ed Loewen and his wife served in Pakistan during the 1980s and since then have been reaching
out to Muslim international students, immigrants
and refugees in Canada under Arab World Minis-
Saturday
Karen served as elementary principal of Tien Shan
International School, Kazakhstan from 20062008, after teaching there for two years. Having
taught in both Christian and public schools in
Canada and then overseas, Karen has become a
passionate advocate for being part of missionary
kid education.
Matthews, Wayne
Friday
Saturday
Wayne has worked for 30 years as an Engineer in
the fields of production, engineering, management and quality leadership. He then took a “lifeshift” as a Finisher, from career to ministry joining
OMF Canada in 2001 as Director of Mobilization.
He is also Coordinator for Perspectives Canada.
McConaghy, Brian
Friday
Saturday
For 22 years Brian McConaghy was a Police Forensic expert. For 18 of those years he headed
a Christian ministry in Cambodia as a volunteer.
His two worlds collided when he was asked to
investigate an international child sex slavery
case in Cambodia. Brian now works full time for
such children.
Saturday 11:00 AM • Broadway Chapel Room 200
Jennifer serves as Executive Director of Communities Embracing Restorative Action (CERA) Society, and a volunteer with International Justice
Mission (IJM). She is a justice advocate, passionate about mobilizing, educating and equipping
others to pursue God’s heart for justice.
has a variety of training in missions abroad and
at home as well as a heart for people that equip
him to work with internationals. He is the BC Regional Director and New Ministries and Recruitment Director of International Student Ministry
Canada (ISMC.)
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McGuirl, Allan
Saturday
Rev. Allan McGuirl has been serving God as a
Pastor and Missions Agency for over 30 years. He
has travelled litterally all over the world equipping Missionaries with radio equipment to reach
the unreached and mobilizing the church to fufill the great commission. His life verse is Ps 37:5.
Meeres, Greg
Saturday
Greg is a Vancouver-based producer, director,
cinematographer, and humanitarian with a passion for the developing world. As the founder
of Boldfish Entertainment, Greg’s latest projects
have taken him to Mozambique, India, the Philippines and Cambodia. He has also written, produced, directed and filmed numerous projects
across Canada, in Europe, the Dominican Republic and Israel.
Nichols, Doug
Saturday
Doug Nichols has served in missions for nearly
40 years - 20 which were in the Philippines. He
and his wife presently live in Seattle, Washington,
where he is the Founder and International Director Emeritus with Action International Ministries
and facilitates ministries to needy pastors and
children.
Milne , Bruce
Owusu, Sam
Saturday
Bruce Milne was the pastor of First Baptist
Church in downtown Vancouver for 17 years. He
also taught at Regent College, and is the author
of many books.
Sam is the pastor of Calvary Worship Centre, a
multi-ethnic church in New Westminster. He is a
professor of Intercultural Studies at Trinity Western University and participates as a member of
the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada’s Intercultural Symposiums.
Mukwavi, Bernard
Saturday
Bernard has served as a missionary on three continents: Africa, Europe and North America. He brings
a wealth of experience from his involvement in the
dynamics of leadership in various multi-cultural
settings. He holds a Master of Divinity and a Masters in Intercultural Ministries as well as a Doctorate of Ministry. He is currently the local Pastor at
Fleetwood International Church in Surrey, BC.
Muller, Roland
Saturday
is passionate about Christian mission and God’s
work in the world and has tied his professional
experience with A Rocha’s unique form of Christian mission - a story of transformation, restoration and hope. Paul Neufeld has been the farm
manager at A Rocha for 5 seasons. A Rocha’s
Community Shared Agriculture program provides food for over 150 people each week, and
models sustainable farming techniques for visitors and interns from around the world.
Roland Muller is a cross-cultural church-planter
with WEC International. Over the last thirty years
his ministry has taken him into many situations
where he has faced hostile audiences, from
Middle Eastern Muslims to taunting post-modern atheists.
Naylor, Mark
Sunday
Mark works with Northwest Baptist Seminary
and FEBInternational in the training of leaders
for missions. His role includes Bible translation,
coaching churches in missions effectiveness and
overseeing the professional development of the
missionary personnel of FEBInternational.
Neufeld , Becky
Saturday
Becky Neufeld has been involved with work
in China for more than 20 years. Having lived
in China for 13 years, she is now back in North
American telling the China story.
Parks, Kent & Keith Hook
Saturday 11:00 AM • VanTech Room #5 Saturday
Kent Parks, CEO of Mission to Unreached Peoples, was born in Indonesia and brings a lifetime
of experience, including 12 years in Indonesia
and seven years in Malaysia. Keith Hook lived in
Hong Kong, ministered in China, and is the director of training for Mission to Unreached Peoples.
Pearce, Ron
Saturday
Ron Pearce, Executive Director of Empower Ministries, says he has the best job in the world because he gets to hear these reports firsthand on
a regular basis. For two decades, Ron has visited
large urban centres, remote towns and mountain villages, from South America to Asia and the
Middle East, travelling across the globe to bring
back the powerful reports of God at work today.
His message will inspire you and encourage you
to impact your area for Christ.
Perera , Amira
Saturday
Amira is an author, speaker and advocate, who
is passionate about bringing healing to broken
lives. She is a South Asian survivor of abuse now
educating and tackling this injustice. She served
many ministries before hearing God’s call to
share His redemption. Her book is ‘Out of Brokenness’. Her university training specialized in
trauma.
Neufeld, Paul & Markku Kostamo Pullinger, Jackie
Sunday
Markku Kostamo is spearheading the work of A
Rocha: Christians in Conservation in Canada. He
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Saturday
See bios of Missions Fest Plenary Speakers on
pages 10 & 11.
Ribeiro, Alex
Friday
Sunday
See bios of Missions Fest Plenary Speakers on
pages 10 & 11.
Rocklin, Ari
Sunday
International Director of GLOBAL Opportunities
Canada since 1999, Ari desires to see new tentmakers leave for places where Jesus name is not
known. He is trilingual, has lived on three continents and traveled to over 40 countries. As a
former tentmaker he began assisting the development of national tentmaking movements in
Europe, working with traditional mission agencies to launch training and mobilizing efforts. He
has twice pastored churches in transition, one
which then sent him to India as a traditional missionary. Together with his wife Ruth, they served
in China as tentmakers.
Sadanand, Pundit
Saturday
Pundit was a devout Hindu astrologer and priest
in India. He disliked Christians and their faith. To
him it was a foreign religion brought by the British - that India needed religious freedom with
the political one. Pundit's search for the after-life
answers exposed him to the Christian view of sin
and new life.
Schlitt, R.
Friday
R. Schlitt has served in East Asia since 1980. In
recent years he has had a broad involvement in
countries that restrict access to foreigners. Presently he seeks to enable workers to serve with
integrity and effectiveness.
Schlitt, Marilyn
Saturday
Marilyn was born into a missionary family, grew
up in India and has served in the Philippines for
29 years with her husband Richard. She is currently the Director of Member Development of
OMF International. Her husband is the designate
Director of Evangelization starting June 2010.
Sondrup, Bernice
Sunday 1:00 PM • Broadway Chapel Room 200
Bernice and her husband served the Lord for approximately 10 years with the Shuswap Native
Indians. From 1987 to 2001 Bernice served in
the downtown east side, mainly ministering to
prostitutes. When she retired, the Lord lead her
into intercessory prayer, the battle ground that
confronts principalities and powers. She is the
prayer leader at Every Nation Vancouver Church,
prayer coordinator for Impact Nations, and is on
the Prayer Working Group with More than Gold.
Sorensen, Kory
Saturday
Kory Sorensen is the executive Director of the
Dunamis Education Society that builds schools
and places teachers. He holds two bachelor degrees, an MBA and Doctoral work in
International Business. He also has launched several companies that place missional professionals
in paying jobs around the World.
ages development and outreach projects in more
than two dozen countries.
Stendal, Alethia
Saturday
After 25 years of pastoral ministry, Allan has been
the Executive Director of SGA for 12 years. SGA
serves national pastors and churches in the CIS.
Allan travels extensively in the CIS and in Canada
serving churches and sharing what the Lord is
doing to build His Church in those once captive
lands.
Friday
Alethia Stendal was born and raised in Colombia,
a country in the middle of an intense Civil War. Her
father was held hostage by Marxist guerrillas for almost five months. The Lord has opened the doors
for the Gospel in this country and the Stendal family has stepped in and begun an outreach to all the
fighting factions.
Stokes, Ian
Saturday
As Team Project Manager for Samaritan’s Purse
Canada, Ian Stokes oversees Samaritan Purse’s
short-term teams that work in Latin America, Africa and Asia. Ian has served in ministry for 10 years
and has traveled extensively. His passion is to see
well-trained, effectively-led teams make an impact
in the world.
Thiessen, Bradley
Friday
Saturday
Brad, his wife, Karla, and their four sons serve
with International Messengers in Slovakia where
they’ve lived since 1991. Brad runs the “Word Art”
language school, English Camps and a non-profit
organization, “Life Art,” working with the Roma
(Gypsy) community leading job training and discipleship.
Thiessen, Karla
Friday
Karla, her husband, Brad, and their four sons serve
in Slovakia with International Messengers where
they’ve lived since 1991. They work alongside a
local church, teach English, work with Gypsies in
their area, coordinate English Camps, missionary
conferences, and have many overnight guests.
Friday
Sharon Tidd serves as the Olympics Outreach
Coordinator for The Salvation Army and is the
denomination’s representative to the More Than
Gold network. She holds a MDiv from ACTS Seminary, has 22 years of ministry experience, and is
passionate about sharing God’s love through word
and action.
Toews , John W.
Saturday
Bill has worked in the travel business for 44 years
and began his career with Menno Travel in the
Congo. He lived in Kenya for nine years and has
traveled to 13 African countries and many other
worldwide destinations. He considers climbing Mt.
Kilamanjaro one of his greatest accomplishments!
Trabadello, Laurent
Friday
Laurent is currently the Samaritan’s Purse Project
Manager for Latin America and Africa. Laurent has
extensive international relief experience and man-
Whitehead, Tim
Saturday
Tim is the Associate Director of Galcom International. He served with Crossroads Christian
Communications, overseeing Circle Square
Ranches in the areas of finance and missions. He
occasionally co-hosted 100 Huntley Street.
Galcom provides solar powered fixed tuned radios
to missionaries.
…to love
mercy…
January
28 – 30,
2011
Williams, Christina
Sunday
Christina Williams is a gifted teacher and communicator. She is an ordained minister with the
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
and serves with her husband as one of the Pastors of the Waterbrook in Anaheim, California. She
and her husband Grady have been married 34
years. They have two married children, Christopher
Williams and Carina Greer, who is a missionary in
Papua New Guinea.
Wollenberg, Mark
Saturday
Mark Wollenberg has been a pastor for 25 years.
The last 10 years of pastoral leadership was marked
by a journey towards discovering what acting
justly means, both locally and globally. In 2009 he
became the Western Canadian Representative for
IJM Canada. Mark lives in Langley BC.
Wooding , Marnie
Saturday
Marnie is an author of fourteen books with HarperCollins ( Zondervan), Moody Press, Tyndale, Thomas Nelson, and Broadman and Holman. She is an
international story editor in publishing and visual
media. In 2007 Marnie co-founded Crooked Door
Entertainment, a film development company.
Wright, Tom
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people with a desire to help
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Is the Great Architect
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of Freemasonry Lucifer?
Is Freemasonry a barrier to
God in people’s lives and
within the Church?
Are generational curses
involved?
Sunday
Tom has been in full time ministry for over 40 years,
and is presently chair of the Missions Fest Vancouver Board. As a pastor and administrator he has
had a passion for missions. His desire is to inform
others of the great harvest God has prepared and
encourage them to get involved in bringing it in.
God loves Masons but wants
them to be ‘set free’.
Zelman, Perry
Choosing Truth Ministries
www.ctmin.org
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Saturday
Perry is the Canadian Director for ReachAcross
(formerly known as Red Sea Team Canada).
ReachAcross is an organization that has worked in
the Muslim world for close to 60 years.
Our web site provides free
manuals and other resources.
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Tidd, Sharon
Vincent, Allan
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Agencies
BF0010 A Rocha Canada - Christians in
Conservation
BG0082 Alliance for Children Everywhere
PO Box 12250
Tucson AZ 85732 USA
Phone: 1(520)751-0517
Fax:
1(520)319-1247
TollFree: 1-800-815-9095
Email: iwanttohelp@childreneverywhere.
org
Web: www.childreneverywhere.org
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Surrey BC V3S 9R3 CANADA
Phone: (604) 542-9022
Fax:
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Web: www.acecanada.net
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TollFree: 1-888-443-2221
Web: www.actionintl.org
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Web: www.acts.twu.ca
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Phone: (250) 339-1212
Fax:
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Web: www.acts.ca
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65721 Birchtrees Dr.
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Phone: (604) 869-5023
Fax:
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Web: www.aglowofcanada.org
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Phone: (604) 657-5867
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Phone: (604) 886-2220
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IC0125
IC0140
#630. 833 - 4th Ave SW
Calgary AB T2P 3T5 CANADA
Phone: 403.410.2000
Fax:
403.571.2556
TollFree: 800.461.1222
Web: www.ambrose.edu
BB0020 Billy Graham Evangelistic Association of
Canada
20 Hopewell Way NE
Calgary AB T3J 5H5 Canada
Phone: 1(403) 219-2300
Fax:
1(403) 250-6567
TollFree: 1-800-293-3717
BW0104 Anchor Academy
Box 3015
Salmon Arm BC V1E 4R8 Canada
Phone: 1(250)832-2754
Fax:
1(250)832-4379
TollFree: 1-888-91SERVE
Web: www.ark.net
BG0070 Arab World Ministries
PO Box 3398
Cambridge ON N3H 4T3 CANADA
Phone: 1-519-624-6170
Fax:
1-519-624-6576
TollFree: 1-888-624-6170
Email: bruce.cornfi[email protected]
Web: www.awm.org
BW0103 Asian Outreach International Canada
PO Box 42052
Vancouver BC V6P 6S7 CANADA
Phone: 1-604-2721789
Fax:
1-866-6690985
TollFree: 1-888-872-5459
Web: www.asianoutreach.ca
BW0112 AsiaSPAN International
P.O. Box 2789
Vancouver BC V6B 3X2 CANADA
Phone: 1 (604) 824-7795
Fax:
1 (604) 824-7715
TollFree: 1-888-462-7726
Web: www.asiaspan.ca
BG0085 Avant Ministries Canada
Bethany College
Box 160
Hepburn SK S0K 1Z0 Canada
Phone: 1(306) 947-2175
Fax:
1(306) 947-4229
TollFree: 1(866)772-2175
Web: www.bethany.sk.ca
Ambrose University College
2121 Henderson Hwy
Winnipeg MB R2G 1P8 CANADA
Phone: 204-338-7831
Fax:
204-339-3321
Web: www.AvantMinistries.org
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BW0106 Banner of Truth Radio Broadcast
IC0145
Billy Graham’s campusfire
20 Hopewell Way NE
Calgary AB T3J 5H5 Canada
Phone: 403.219.2300
Fax:
403.250.6567
TollFree: 1-800-293-3717
Web: www.campusfire.com
BB0090 Blessing the Children International
Box 248
Barons AB T0L 0G0 Canada
Phone: (403) 625 -2363
Fax:
(403) 625-2744
Web: www.blessingthechildren.org
BG0045 Bridges for Peace
Box 21001 RPO Charleswood
Winnipeg MB R3R 3R2 CANADA
Phone: (204) 489-3697
Fax:
(204) 786-2051
Web: www.bridgesforpeace.com
BG0016 Briercrest College and Seminary
510 College Drive
Caronport SK S0H 0S0 CANADA
Phone: 1-306-756-3200
Fax:
1-306-756-5500
TollFree: 1-800-667-5199
Web: www.briercrest.ca
BG0019 Buntains Calcutta Mission
101-1001 W. Broadway, Suite 161
Vancouver BC V6H 4E4 Canada
TollFree: 1.800.201.9975
Web: www.buntain.ca
Agencies
IC0139
Camp Qwanoes
Box 250
Crofton BC V0R 1R0 CANADA
Phone: (250) 246-3014
Fax:
(250) 246-3227
TollFree: 1-888-092-6637
Web: www.qwanoes.ca
BG0058 Canadian Bible Society, BC District
700 Kingsway
Vancouver BC V5V 3C1 CANADA
Phone: (604) 872-6691
Fax:
(604) 872-0562
TollFree: 1-800-661-7437
Web: www.biblesociety.com
IC0124
Canadian Kindness Society
Box 22004
Vernon BC V1T 9L7 CANADA
Phone: 1-250-545-9339
Fax:
1-250-545-8887
BW0102 Canadian Lifelight Ministries
Box 4904
Steinbach MB R5G 1R5 CANADA
Phone: 1-204-320-9676
TollFree: 1-866-447-9673
Web: www.TheLifeLight.com
BG0071 Canadian Mission to Unreached Peoples
Society
35669 Hawksview
Abbotsford BC V3G 2Y1 CANADA
Phone: (604)855-1963
Web: www.mup.org
BG0047 Capernwray Harbour Bible Centre
Box 1-10
Thetis Island BC V0R 2Y0 CANADA
Phone: (250) 246-9440
Fax:
(250) 246-3201
Web: www.capernwray.ca
BG0044 Capernwray Quebec Bible Center
16710 Route 335
Chertsey QB J0K 3K0 Canada
Phone: 1-450-882-1361
Fax:
1-450-882-1973
TollFree: 1-877-882-1361
Web: www.capernwrayquebec.ca
BG0028 Carey Theological College
5920 Iona Drive
Vancouver BC V6T 1J6 CANADA
Phone: (604) 224-4308
Fax:
(604) 224-5014
Web: www.careytheologicalcollege.ca
BW0109 Carver Christian High School
7650 Sapperton Avenue
Burnaby BC V3N 4E1 CAN
Phone: (604) 523-1580
Fax:
(604) 430-1591
Web: www.carverchristian.org
BG0050 Child Evangelism Fellowship of BC
#202, 17619 96 Ave
Surrey BC V4N 4A9 Canada
Phone: 1(604)581-8242
Fax:
1(604) 582-0491
TollFree: 1-877-581-8242
Web: www.cefbc.com
BG0068 Children’s Camps International
300 -561 Main St.
Winkler MB R6W 1E8 Canada
Phone: 1 (204) 331-4003
Web: www.
childrenscampsinternational.com
BW0118 China Outreach Ministries
555 Gettysburg Pike, Suite 200
Mechanicsburg PA 17055 USA
Phone: 717 591 3500
Fax:
717-591-0412
TollFree: 1-800-269-7815
Web: www.chinaoutreach.org
BG0024 Choosing Truth Ministries
2067 Stevenson St.
Abbotsford BC V2S 3A3 CANADA
Phone: (604) 853-5469
Web: www.ctmin.org
BB0100 Chosen People Ministries (Canada)
Box 897, Station B
North York ON M2K 2R1 CANADA
Phone: 1(416) 250-0177
Fax:
1(416) 250-9235
TollFree: 1-800-442-5535
Web: www.cpmcanada.ca
BG0015 Christian Info Society
200 - 20316 - 56 Avenue
Langley BC V3A 3Y7 CANADA
Phone: (604) 534-1444
Fax:
(604) 534-2970
TollFree: 1-888-899-3777
Email:
[email protected]
Web: www.canadianchristianity.com
BG0022 Christian Service Brigade Canada
1511 Sprice Avenue
Coquitlam BC V5J 2P5 CANADA
Phone: (604) 936-8397
Fax:
(604) 936-8311
TollFree: 1-800-615-1511
Web: www.csbministries.org
BG0074 Christian Toastmasters
13664 Blackburn Avenue
White Rock BC V4B 2Y8 CANADA
Phone: (604) 538-2517
Web: www.rockchristiantoastmasters.
com
IC0126
Columbia Bible College
2940 Clearbrook Road
Abbotsford BC V2T 2Z8 CANADA
Phone: (604) 853-3358
Fax:
(604) 853-3063
TollFree: 1-800-283-0881
Web: www.columbiabc.edu
BG0084 COMMIT Ministries
P O Box 251
Yucaipa CA 92399 USA
Phone: 1-909-570-9306
TollFree: 1-808-551-8200
Web: www.commitministries.org
BG0059 Creation Science Association of British
Columbia
Box 39577 WRPO
White Rock BC V4B 5L6 CANADA
Phone: (604) 535-0019
Web: www.creationbc.org
BW0113 CrossWorld
1020 Matheson Blvd E#1
Mississauga ON L4W 4J9 CANADA
Phone: 905.238.0904
Web: www.crossworld.org
BG0066 Dalit Freedom Network Canada
#407 - 7337 137th St.
Surrey BC V3W 1A4 CANADA
Phone: 1-604-592-2238
Fax:
1-604-592-2239
Web: www.dalitfreedom.net
BG0061 Discipleship International Ministry Society
604 Columbia Street, Suite 400
New Westminster BC V3M 1A5 CANADA
Phone: (604) 275-0850
Fax:
(604) 275-0854
TollFree: 1-866-383-8938
Web: www.discipleshipint.org
BW0111 Dugit Messianic Outreach Center
PO Box 60099
Jacksonville FL 32236 USA
Phone: (904)638-3628
Fax:
(904)339-9339
Web: www.dugit.org
...to walk
humbly with
your God.
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Agencies
BG0086 Empower Ministries
48 Alliance Blvd., Suite 103,
Barrie ON L4M 5K3 CANADA
Phone: 705-719-1607
Fax:
705-719-2585
TollFree: 1-800-575-1863
Web: www.empowerministries.ca
BG0078 Engineering Ministries International
Canada (eMiC)
4626 Bowness Road NW,
Calgary Alberta T3B 0B3 Canada
Phone: 403-202-3642
Fax:
403-202-3636
Web: www.emicanada.org
BG0073 English Language Institute China
1629 Blue Spruce Dr
Fort Collins CO 80524 USA
Phone: (909) 599-6773
Fax:
(909) 592-9906
TollFree: 1-800-475-3542
Web: www.elic.org
BG0077 Equip Canada
P.O. Box 683
Duncan BC V9L 3Y1 CANADA
Phone: 828-738-3891
Web: www.equipinternational.com
BW0100 ERRC Educational Society (Canada)
6200 McKay Street
Box 141-592
Burnaby BC V5H 4M9 CANADA
Phone: 1-778-322-5411
Fax:
1-604-431-7980
Web: www.errchina.com
BG0025 Fraser Valley Gleaners Society
85 Winson Rd
Abbotsford BC V2S 8E8 CANADA
Phone: (604) 870-9272
Fax:
(604)870-9273
TollFree: 1-866-772-7070
Email: [email protected]=
Web: www.fvgleaners.org
BF0006 Frontiers
Box 99
Edmonton AB T5J 2H7 CANADA
Phone: 1.780.421-9090
Fax:
1.780 421.9292
TollFree: 1.877.421.9090
Web: www.frontiers.ca
BF0003 Galcom International Inc.
115 Nebo Road
Hamilton ON L8W 2E1 CANADA
Phone: (905) 574-4626
Fax:
(905) 574-4633
TollFree: 1-877-242-5266
Web: www.galcom.org
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BW0101 Gather and Give Charitable Foundation
105-418 E Kent Ave, South
Vancouver BC V5X 2X7 Canada
Phone: 1(604) 637-2250
Fax:
(604) 732-8726
Web: www.gatherandgive.org
BG0072 Global Outreach Mission
1871 Whistler Way
Campbell River BC V9W 6R1 CANADA
Phone: (716) 688-5048
Fax:
(716) 688-5048
Web:
BG0043 Greater Europe Mission
100 Ontario Street
Oshawa ON L1G 4Z1 CANADA
Phone: (905) 728-8222
Fax:
(905) 728-8958
TollFree: 1-866-241-3579
Web: www.gemission.org
BG0040 International Student Ministry Canada
902 Renfrew Ave
Kamloops BC V2B 3X5 CANADA
Phone: 1(250) 554-3889
Web: www.ismc.ca
BW0108 John Knox Christian School - Middle
Campus
7650 Sapperton Avenue
Burnaby BC V3N 2G5 CAN
Phone: 604-522-1410
Web:
BG0041 Journey Home Community
#202 -4325 Maywood St.
Burnaby BC V5H 2J6 Canada
Phone: 604.451-7948
BW0120 Joy Fellowship
3036 East Georgia
Vancouver BC V5K 2K7 CANADA
Phone: 604-251-6403
Fax:
(604) 630-1962
Web: http://www.joyfellowship.bc.ca
BG0081 Hope Haven Canada Ministries
18362 94th Ave
Surrey BC V4N 4A6 CANADA
Phone: 1-604-882-1412
Fax:
1-604-323-6135
Web: www.hopehaven.org
BG0027 Joyce Meyer Ministries / Hands of Hope
P.O. Box 7700
Vancouver BC V6B 4E2 Canada
Phone: 1(604)557-9717
Fax:
1(604)557-0828
Web: www.joycemeyer.org
BG0080 Impact Ministries Canada
Box 975 Station Main
Kamloops BC V2C 6H1 CANADA
Phone: 250-434-4350
Fax:
250-554-8994
Web: www.impactministries.ca
IC0127
234 Brooksbank Avenue
North Vancouver BC V7J 2C1 CANADA
Phone: 1-604-980-6799
Fax:
1-604-980-5000
Web: www.keatscamps.com
BF0002 International Christian Embassy Jerusalem
20 Bloor St East, Box 75149
Toronto ON M4W 3T3 Canada
Phone: 1 (416) 324-9133
Fax:
1(416) 524- 9290
TollFree: 1-866-324-9133
Web: www.icejcanada.org
IC0132
BG0083 Leadership Development International
1635 Hwy. 34E Suite B
Newnan GA 30265 USA
Phone: 1-770-683-0808
TollFree: 1-866-436-0379
Web: www.ldichina.com
BF0011 International Justice Mission
100 Fullerton St.
London ON N6A 1K1 CANADA
Phone: (519) 679-5030
Fax:
1-519-663-1165
Web: www.ijm.ca
BG0029 International Messengers
151-32500 South Fraser Way Suite # 512
Abbotsford BC V2T 4W1 Canada
Phone: 604-755-8285
Fax:
604-755-8286
Email: canada@
internationalmessengers.org
Web: www.im-canada.ca
Key-Way-Tin Bible Institute
Site 633 Comp 8 RR1
Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C1 CANADA
Phone: (780) 623-4565
Fax:
(780) 623-1788
Web: www.keywaytinbibleinstitute.org
BG0030 International Christian Ministries (ICM)
#304-19978 72 Av
Langley BC V2Y 1R7 CANADA
Phone: 6046144473
Web: www.icmcanada.org
Keats Camps
IC0134
Light of Messiah Ministries International
PO Box 45001, 5845 Yonge St.
Toronto ON M2M 3V0 Canada
Phone: 1(416)250-8906
Fax:
1-905-508-3071
TollFree: 1-877-250-8906
Web: www.themessianicreport.com
Agencies
BF0008 Lighthouse Harbour Ministries
# 1 - 260 Esplanade East.
North Vancouver BC V7L 1A3 CANADA
Phone: 604-988-5084
Fax:
(604) 988-3175
Web: www.sealight.org
BG0051 Living Truth
200 Sheppard Avenue East
Toronto ON M2N 3A9 Canada
Phone: 416 222 3341
Fax:
416 222 3344
Web: www.livingtruth.ca
BG0060 MBMS International
IC0136
P.O. Box 368
Guelph ON N1H 6K5 CANADA
Phone: (519) 821-3914
Fax:
(519) 823-1650
TollFree: 1.877.351.9344
Web: www.mafc.org
BB0080 More than Gold
2nd Floor, 107 East 3rd Avenue,
Vancouver BC V5T 1C7 Canada
Phone: 604-687-7292
Web: www.morethangold.ca
302-32025 George Ferguson Way
Abbotsford BC V2T 2K7 CANADA
Phone: 1-604-859-6267
Fax:
1-604-859-6422
TollFree: 1-888-866-6267
Web: www.mbmsi.org
BG0056 MSI Canada
McMaster Divinity College
BW0116 NCOL Ministries
1280 Main St W.
Hamilton ON L8S 4K1 CANADA
Phone: 905-525-9140
Fax:
905-577-4782
Web: www.macdiv.ca
BG0023 MEA Worldwide (Maranatha Evangelistic
Association)
2223 5th Ave NW
Calgary AB T2N 0S8 CANADA
Phone: 403-283-2263
Fax:
403-283-4061
TollFree: 1.877.632.7770
Web: www.meaworldwide.org
BW0117 Menno Travel
32112 South Fraser Way
Abbotsford BC V2T 1W4 Canada
Phone: 1-604-853-0751
Fax:
1-604-853-4931
Web: www.mennotvl.com
BG0054 Mennonite Central Committee BC
PO Box 2038
Abbotsford BC V2T 3T8 CANADA
Phone: (604) 850-6639
Fax:
(604) 850-8734
TollFree: 1-888-622-6337
Web: www.mcc.org
IC0144
BG0067 Mission Aviation Fellowship of Canada
(MAF)
Mercy Touch Mission International
8250 - 161 St.
Surrey BC V4N 0M9 Canada
Phone: (604)597-2151
Fax:
(604)597-2195
Web: www.mercytouch.net
5920 Iona Drive, # 501
Vancouver BC V6T 1J6 CANADA
Phone: 604-228-9899
Fax:
(780) 417-4753
Web: www.msicanada.org
505-889 West Pender Street
Vancouver BC V6L 3B2 Canada
Phone: 1-604-806-6265
Fax:
604-806-6269
TollFree: 1-866-688-6265
Web: www.sunergo.net
BG0087 Network of International Christian Schools
(NICS)
3790 Goodman Rd East
Southhaven MS 38672 USA
Phone: 1 (662) 892-4317
Fax:
1 (662) 892-4320
TollFree: 1-800-887-6427 opt 2
Web: www.nics.org
BW0095 New Manna Ministries
Box 1325
Vernon BC V1H 1A2 CANADA
Phone: (250) 549-1703
Fax:
(250) 549-4779
Web: www.newmanna.com
BG0049 North America Indigenous Ministries
(NAIM)
PO Box 39
Delta BC V4K 3N5 CANADA
Phone: (604) 946-1227
Fax:
(604) 946-1465
Web: www.naim.ca
BG0055 OMF International - Canada
10455 Finlayson Drive
Richmond BC V6X 1W8 CANADA
Phone: (604) 278-1208
Fax:
(604) 278-1208
Email: pacifi[email protected]
Web: www.omf.ca
BG0034 Operation Mobilization
84 West St.
Port Colborne ON L3K 4E3 CANADA
Phone: 1-905-835-2546
Fax:
1-905-835-2533
TollFree: 1-877-487-7777
Web: www.omcanada.org
BB0110 Orphan’s Hope
10190 B Suncrest Drive
Leavenworth WA 98826 USA
Phone: 1(952)941-1546
Fax:
1(952)944-2078
TollFree: 1.888.251.2871
Web: www.OrphansHope.org
BG0039 Outreach Canada
7201-72nd Street Unit 2
Delta BC V4G 1M5 CANADA
Phone: 1(604) 952-0050
Fax:
(604) 952-4650
Web: www.outreach.ca
BF0007 Partners International Canada
8500 Torbram Road - Unit 56
Brampton ON L6T 5C6 CANADA
Phone: (905) 458-1202
Fax:
(905) 458-4339
TollFree: 1-800-883-7697
Web: www.partnersinternational.ca
BW0097 Paul’s Little People’s Ministry Association
Box 1042
Coquitlam BC V3J 6Z4 CANADA
Phone: (604) 931-4963
Fax:
(604) 931-4978
Web: www.littlepeopleministry.com
BG0052 Peace River Bible Institute
Box 99
Sexsmith AB T0H 3C0 CANADA
Phone: (780) 568-3962
Fax:
(780) 568-4431
TollFree: 1-800-959-7724
Web: www.prbi.edu
BG0038 Perspectives on the World Christian
Movement
c/o CWMBC P.O. Box 1223 Metrotown
RPO
Burnaby BC V5H 4J8 CANADA
Phone: 1(604)856-3858
Fax:
1(604)952-4650
Web: www.cwmbc.org
BBStore Pilgrim Book & Bible
2714 Kingsway
Vancouver BC V5R 5H5 CANADA
Phone: 1-604-437-3117
Fax:
1-604-439-1422
Tollfree: 1-877-202-2324
Web: www.pilgrimbookandbible.com
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Agencies
IC0143
Pioneer Pacific Camp (IVCF)
Box 5-10
Thetis Island BC VOR 2YO CANADA
Phone: 1-250-246-9613
Fax:
1-250-246-1202
TollFree: 1-800-784-1415
Web: www.pioneerpacific.ca
BG0A75 Place of Rescue
128 Tuscany Hills Circle NW
Calgary AB T3L 2E5 Canada
Phone: 403-973-5470
Web: www.placeofrescue.com
IC0142
PRAIRIE
Box 4000
Three Hills AB T0M 2N0 CANADA
Phone: (403) 443-5511
Fax:
(403) 443-5540
TollFree: 1-800-661-2425
Web: www.prairie.edu
BG0076 Praise 106.5 FM
1843 Front Street
Lynden WA 98264 USA
Phone: (360) 354-5596
Fax:
(360) 354-7517
TollFree: 1-888-298-1065
Web: www.praise1065.com
BG0033 Ramabai Mukti Mission
2211 Pitt River Road
Vancouver BC V3C 1R7 CANADA
Phone: (604) 468-6235
Email: muktican@pacificcoast.net
Web:
BW0115 Ratanak Foundation
521 - 3495 Cambie Street
Vancouver, BC V5Z 4R3 Canada
Phone: 604-325-9300
Web: www.ratanak.org
BW0119 RBC Ministries (Canada)
11325 Firgrove Dr
Windsor ON N8P 1L4 Canada
Phone: 1-519-979-1073
Fax:
1-519-979-1684
Web: www.rbc.org
BG0021 ReachAcross
PO Box 88520 Newton TWN
Surrey BC V3W OX1 CANADA
Phone: (604) 596-7937
Fax:
(604) 596-7926
Web: www.reachacross.net
BG0018 Regent College
5800 University Boulevard
Vancouver BC V6T 2E4 CANADA
Phone: (604) 224-3245
Fax:
(604) 224-3097
TollFree: 1-800-663-8664
Web: www.regent-college.edu
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IC0133
Rocky Mountain College
4039 Brentwood RD NW
Calgary AB T2L 1L1 CANADA
Phone: (403) 284-5100
Fax:
(403) 220-9567
TollFree: 1-877-968-6762
Email: enrolment@
rockymountaincollege.ca
Web: www.rockymountaincollege.ca
BW0094 Russell Stendal - Colombia Para Cristo
Society
12629 - 248th Street
Maple Ridge BC V4R 1K4 CANADA
Phone: (604) 467-9820
Fax:
(604) 466-2090
Web: www.fuerzadepaz.com
BB0030 BB0030
20 Hopewell Way N.E.
Calgary AB T3J 5H5 CANADA
Phone: (403) 250-6565
Fax:
(403) 250-6567
TollFree: 1-800-663-6500
Web: www.samaritanspurse.ca
BG0064 SEND International of Canada
#1 - 22423 Jefferies Road
Komoka ON N0L 1R0 CANADA
Phone: 1-519-657-6775
Fax:
1-519-657-7027
TollFree: 1-888-918-5036
Web: www.send.org
BG0088 SIM Canada (Serving In Mission)
1988 56th St.
Delta BC V4L 2B1 CANADA
Phone: (604) 943-8244
Fax:
(604) 943-8214
TollFree: 1-800-294-6918
Web: www.sim.ca
BG0036 Slavic Gospel Association
55 Fleming Drive Suite 26
Cambridge ON N1T 2A9 CANADA
Phone: (519) 621-3553
Fax:
(519) 621-7571
TollFree: 1-877-742-7729
Web: www.sgacanada.org
BG0032 SOAR International Ministries
135 Granite Point Court
Kenai Alaska 99611 USA
Phone: 1-907-283-1961
Fax:
1-907-283-2861
TollFree: 1-888-388-7627
Email:
[email protected]
Web: www.soarinternational.org
BW0110 Society of Christian Schools in BC
7600 Glover Road
Phone: (604) 888-6366
Fax:
(604) 888-2791
Web: www.scsbc.ca
BG0031 Streams Ministries Canada
8623 Granville St # 228
Vancouver BC V6P 5A2 Canada
Phone: 604.628.0419
Fax:
604.628.6057
TollFree: 1.800.409.3093
Web: www.streamscanada.com
IC0146
Summit Pacific College
Box 1700 Straiton Rd
Abbotsford BC V2S 7E7 CANADA
Phone: (604) 851-7222
Fax:
(604) 853-8951
TollFree: 1-800-976-8388
Email: ddonkers@summitpacific.ca
Web: www.summitpacific.ca
IC0123
Teen Missions in Canada
Box 128 STN A
Windsor ON N9E 6K1 CANADA
Phone: (519) 966-7108
Fax:
(519) 972-3370
Web: www.teenmissions.ca
BW0114 The 700 Club Christian Broadcasting
Associates
680 Progress Ave #2
Scarborough ON M1H 3A5 Canada
Phone: 1-416-439-6411
TollFree: 1-877-439-6410
Web: www.CanadianEdition.ca
BG0017 The Evangelical Alliance Mission
(TEAM) of Canada
2635-32 St. SW
Calgary AB T3E 2R8 CANADA
Phone: 1-800-295-4160
Fax:
(403) 207-6025
Web: www.teamcanada.org
BW0092 The Firs Bible and Missionary Conference
4605 Cable Street
Bellingham WA 98229 USA
Phone: (360) 733-6840
Fax:
(360) 733-6926
TollFree: 1-800-765-3477
Email: rob@thefirs.org
Web: www.thefirs.org
BW0093 The Firs Bible and Missionary Conference
4605 Cable Street
Bellingham WA 98229 USA
Phone: (360) 733-6840
Fax:
(360) 733-6926
TollFree: 1-800-765-3477
Email: rob@thefirs.org
Web: www.thefirs.org
BF0004 The Gideons International In Canada
501 Imperial Road North
Guelph BC N1H 7A2 CANADA
Phone: 1(519) 823-1140
Web: www.gideons.ca
Agencies
BB0070 The Leprosy Mission Canada
100 Mural Street Suite 100
Richmond Hill ON L4B 1J3 CANADA
Phone: 905-886-2885
Fax:
905-886-2887
TollFree: 1-888-537-7679
Web: www.leprosy.ca
BW0122 Tien Shan International School (TSIS)
10A Bassenova Street
Almaty 050060 Kazakhstan
Phone: +7(727)293-2602
Fax:
+7(727)274-5684
Web: www.tienshanschool.org
BG0075 Timberline Ranch
22351 144th Avenue
Maple Ridge BC V4R 2P8 CANADA
Phone: (604) 463-9278
Fax:
(604) 463-4346
Web: www.timberlineranch.com
BG0035 Transport for Christ
6242 Route 105
Lower Brighton NB E7P 1B3 CANADA
Phone: (506) 375-4841
Fax:
(506) 375-6484
Web: www.transportforchristbc.org
BW0121 Trinity Western University
7600 Glover Road
Phone: (604) 513-2019
Fax:
(604) 513-2064
TollFree: 1-888-468-6898
Web: www.twu.ca
BB0060 Union Gospel Mission
616 East Cordova Street
Vancouver BC V6A 1L9 CANADA
Phone: (604) 253-3323
Fax:
(604) 253-3496
Web: www.ugm.bc.ca
BW0107 Vancouver Christian School
3496 Mons Drive
Vancouver BC V5M 3E6 CANADA
Phone: (604) 435-3113
Fax:
(604) 430-1591
Web:
www.vancouverchristianschool.org
IC0141
Vanguard College
12140 - 103 St
Edmonton AB T5G 2J9 CANADA
Phone: (780) 452-0808
Fax:
(780) 452-5803
TollFree: 1-866-222-0808
Web: www.vanguardcollege.com
BB0050 Wagner Hills Farm Society
8061 - 264th Street
Langley BC V1M 3M3 CANADA
Phone: (604) 856-9432
Fax:
(604) 856-9402
Web: www.wagnerhills.com
BG0063 Walk Thru The Bible (Canada)
51 - 34250 Hazelwood Avenue
Abbotsford BC V2S 7L4 CANADA
Phone: (604) 855-9989
Fax:
(604) 855-1600
TollFree: 1-877-566-9822
Web: www.walkthru.org
NorthStar Academy
Canada is your Christian
schooling from home
specialists and we exist to
help those who home
school succeed and
belong to a community.
NorthStar Academy
Canada offers an online
program, a home
schooling program and an
individualized program
that combines home
schooling and online
learning, as well as our
new on-line ESOL Courses.
BW0105 WEC International (Worldwide
Evangelization for Christ International)
37 Aberdeen Ave
Hamilton ON L8P 2N6 CANADA
Phone: 1-905-206-0166
Fax:
1-905-529-0306
Web: www.wec-canada.org
BG0079 West Coast Christian School
15 N. Renfrew
Vancouver BC V5K 3N6 CANADA
Phone: (604) 255-2990
Fax:
(604) 255-2103
Web: www.westcoastchristianschool.ca
1-403-335-9587 or
1-877-335-1171 (toll free)
BG0057 Western Canada Christian Singles
Conference
170-7610 Evans Rd.
Chilliwack BC V2R 2Y1 Canada
Phone: 1(604)824-1945
Fax:
1(604)824-1905
Email:
[email protected]
Web:
www.christiansinglesconference.org
BW0096 World Indigenous Mission
P.O. Box 310627
New Braunfels TX 78131 USA
Phone: 1-830-629-0863
Fax:
1-830-629-0357
Web: www.worldim.com
BB0010 WorldServe Ministries Inc.
1301 Johnston Road
White Rock BC V4B 3Z3 CANADA
Phone: (604) 531-3955
Fax:
(604) 531-9168
TollFree: 1-800-414-7788
Web: www.worldserve.org
BB0040 Wycliffe Bible Translators/ Canada Institute
of Linguistics (CanIL)
7600 Glover Rd
Phone: (604) 513-2129
Fax:
(604) 513-2128
Web: www.canil.ca
www.northstaracademycanada.org
Mission Opportunities
and Career Planning
Are you looking for...
✔
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the right COUNTRY
the right PEOPLE GROUP
and the right MINISTRY
for you in God’s service?
We have the resources to help you!
Go to Room 105.
A missions search station and personnel
will be there to help you.
Mission Opportunities for
Short Term and Career Missions
may be found on pages 68 to 71 and on our WEB Site:
www.missionsfestvancouver.ca under “Mission
Opportunities”
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Short Term Missions Directory 2010
From two weeks to two years
Organization
Program
Cost
Conservation
512-172nd Street
Surrey BC V3S 9R3
TEL: (604) 542-9022
FAX: (604) 542-9022
EMAIL: [email protected]
WEB: www.arocha.org
Caring for God’s creation through
community-based conservation
projects. Student Interns-2 weeks
to 2 years in Environmental
Education, Conservation Research,
Organic Gardening. Live/work
at our Field Study Centre. Teach
children/adults to care for creation/
to join a research project such as
watershed management/habitat
monitoring or to work with the
Community Shared Agricultural
Program.
Interns living on site at the
Centre pay $550/mth Room &
Board. Candidates raise their own
support. Partial funding for specific
research projects may be possible.
Volunteers are also welcome to
join us for on-site programs and
activities.
Must be 18 yrs of age, willing
to participate in all aspects of
community life at the Centre,
have a desire to steward God’s
creation and promote sustainable
living. Contact office for more
information.
Centres in Canada – South Surrey,
BC & Pembina Valley, MB Other
Project Centers in 18 Countries –
check website arocha.org
3015A 21st St. NE
Calgary AB T0M 0G0
TEL: 1 (403) 204-1421
FAX: 1 (403) 204-1501
WEB: www.actionintl.org
Meat cutting and processing.
Individual(s) to train nationals
in meat cutting, sausage making
and/or assist in setting up a meat
processing facility (slaughter to
final product).
$750-$950 CDN/month plus airfare.
Must raise own costs.Contact
ACTION for more details.
Training and experience in meat
cutting and/or processing. Business
experience preferred
Northern India
3015A 21st St. NE
Calgary AB T0M 0G0
TEL: 1 (403) 204-1421
FAX: 1 (403) 204-1501
ESL teacher - 3-12 months or
longer time frame.
$600-$1000 US/month plus airfare
(depending on location). Must raise
own costs. Contact ACTION for
more details.
ESL certificate or similar
background/experience. Contact
ACTION for more information.
Cambodia, Nepal
3015A 21st St. NE
Calgary AB T0M 0G0
TEL: 1 (403) 204-1421
FAX: 1 (403) 204-1501
Summer camp ministry workers
for street kids or street families
Dates: 10 to 12 days in June, July or
August (dates to be determined).
$35 USD/day + airfare. Must raise
own costs.
Age 19+ individuals and teams
up to 8 people. Spiritual maturity
and a love for children in crisis
required. Skills in medical, music,
sports, crafts, drama, etc. are
helpful. Tagalog not essential, but
is a benefit.
Manila, Philippines and
surrounding area
Canada Institute of Linguistics
(Wycliffe training)
7600 Glover Rd
Langley BC V2Y 1Y1
TEL: 604.513.2129
FAX:
WEB: www.canil.ca
Training for short/long term
work in linguistics, literacy, Bible
translation, TESL. Certificate and
degree programs – BA Ling, MA
Linguistics, MA Applied Linguistics
and Exegesis
Scholarships are available. Training
tracks for 1 summer, 6 months,
2 years.
Preferably 2 years of postsecondary education.
Training takes place at Trinity
Western University. Opens doors for
opportunities worldwide.
Christian Missions Resource
Centre
76 Chancton Cres.,
London ON N6E 2Y4
TEL: 519-680-2599
FAX: Call First
WEB: www.cmrc.on.ca
We will design and take your
church or group anywhere. We
train you on how to take exciting,
effective, safe trips that involve
your whole church.
Cost is dependent on where you go
and what the project entails. Open
trips to Latin America each year at
approximately $1,900 per person.
No limits on age, gender or
abilities. Medical or other travel
restrictions might apply in special
circumstances.
Guatemala, Peru, Cuba or other
country that your church is
connected to.
15417 - 110A Av
Surrey BC V3R 0X4
TEL:
FAX:
EMAIL: kory@dunamiseducation.
org
WEB: www.dunamiseducation.org
GoMad Global - "GO MAKE
A DIFFERENCE" Short Term
Educators Trips Send-Ex-Teaching
positions in K-12 Schools as well as
opportunities for teaching English
as a Second Language.
Go Mad Global-2 Week Trips start
at $3,000 (raise own support) Most
teaching postions have full salaries
plus compensation packages.
These require a minimum 1 year
commitment. Some positions in
some schools may require partial
fundraising as well as project
fundraising.
Valid Teacher certificate. University/
College degree and ESL/TESL
certificates are needed for
placements.
Asia Africa
Engineering Ministries
International Canada (eMiC)
Calgary Alberta T3B 0B3
TEL: 403-202-3642
FAX: 403-202-3636
WEB: www.emicanada.org
Volunteer teams of architects,
engineers, surveyors and building
techs led by eMi staff travel to
developing nations to design
facilities (ie schools, orphanages)
and infrastructure (ie water,
sanitation, power). 10-14 days. 3
trip cycles/year. 3-6 month student
internship/co-op available.
Volunteer pays for own travel,
insurance and eMi trip fee. Client
ministry covers room/board and
in-country transportation.
Volunteers to have background
in construction related design,
engineering, project/construction
management or technical support
(surveying, drafting).
eMi has offices in the USA
(Colorado Springs), Canada,
(Calgary), UK (London), India
(Mussoorie), Uganda (Kampala),
and Costa Rica (San Jose). Full time
staff and internship/co-op positions
available in all locations.
Equip Canada
P.O. Box 683
Duncan BC V9L 3Y1
TEL: 828-738-3891
FAX:
WEB: www.equipinternational.com
Short-term and long-term
missionaries needed
Missionaries would need to be selffunded or raise their own support.
Urgent need for short-term or
long-term missionary staff for
Programs in Liberia: PHC Medical
Coordinator, Nutritionist, and Water
and Sanitation Manager.
Liberia
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Requirements
Locations
Organization
Program
Cost
Requirements
Locations
Frontiers
Box 99
Edmonton AB T5J 2H7
TEL: 1.780.421-9090
FAX: 1.780 421.9292
WEB: www.frontiers.ca
Church Planting, Community
Development, Crisis Relief,
Education, Business Development,
2 Weeks to 2 Years
Raise Personal Support
Canadian Adults Only, Heart for
Muslims, Professionals, Business,
Various Service Helps
10/40 Window
Greater Europe Mission
100 Ontario Street
Oshawa ON L1G 4Z1
TEL: (905) 728-8222
FAX: (905) 728-8958
EMAIL: gemcanada@gemission.
com
WEB: www.gemission.org
EuroTeam (construction) and ShortTerm Encounters (teaching English
and other forms of outreach).
EuroTeam: $1050 USD plus airfare
Short-Term Encounters: $650$1500 USD plus airfare
If you have a heart for the lost,
a passion to see the peoples of
Europe experience Jesus' love, a
willingness to serve, and are open
to new experiences then these
opportunities are for you.
Various locations all across Europe
and North Africa.
Impact Ministries Canada
Box 975 Station Main
Kamloops BC V2C 6H1
TEL: 250-434-4350
FAX: 250-554-8994
EMAIL: canada@impactministries.
ca
WEB: www.impactministries.ca
Short Term Missions Teams
participate in Evangelism,
Construction Projects, Christian
Schools, Home Visitations,
Children’s Ministry, Devotionals and
Team Ministry. “Doctors, dentists
and nurses needed for monthly
medical and dental clinics for the
Mayan people of Guatemala.
Average cost is $800.00CAD for a
10 day mission trip-this does not
include your airfare to and from
Guatemala City.
See the Impact Ministries Website
www.impactministries.ca for
upcoming Short Term missions
opportunities, application forms,
team handbooks and more.
Tactic Guatemala (Canadian Office
Kamloops, BC) “Touching the
hearts of people and….making a
difference.”
International China Concern
698 East 64th Avenue
Vancouver BC V5X 2N2
TEL: (604) 322-3119
FAX:
WEB: www.chinaconcern.org
Short term orphanage teams are
two weeks long starting with an
orientation in Hong Kong. Once
in China you will work in small
groups with specific children who
will range in age and ability level.
Short term service also available (2
weeks to 2 years)
Non returnable registration
fee of CAD$85. Team fee is
CAD$1200(subject to change).
Team fees cover all major costs for
the duration of the team, including
accommodation and air fares from
Hong Kong to China and back.
Longer term applicants would need
to raise their own support.
You do not have to be a
professional - just willing to
become Jesus’s hands and feet. If
you can hug a child, play with a
child, pray with a child or help to
meet their basic needs, then you
likely qualify. Applicants should be
over 18 unless accompanied by
an adult.
Hunan Province, China
International Teachers Institute
99 Mundy St
Coquitlam BC V3K 5L5
TEL: 604-526-5693
FAX: 604-526-5693
EMAIL: info@
internationalteachersinstitute.com
WEB: www.
internationalteachersinstitute.com
Teams of North American teachers
holding seminars and conferences
with teachers abroad. Week 1
Conversational English seminars.
Week 2: Conference on Teaching
Strategies for Moral Development.
Includes airfare, land
transportation, accommodation,
food and some teaching materials,
depending on the country: From:
CDN $2900 to $CDN $3500.
Christian certified teachers of any
subject area: active, non-active,
retired. English as first language
preferred. Will consider noncertified
teachers with TESL or ESL
credentials. Non-teaching spouses
welcome.
Ukraine
Joy Fellowship
3036 East Georgia
Vancouver BC V5K 2K7
TEL: 604-251-6403
FAX: (604) 630-1962
EMAIL:
WEB: http://www.joyfellowship.
bc.ca
Vancouver area church serving with
people who have mental/physical
disabilties, drawing them to
Christ, equipping them to grow as
disciples, and ministering together,
locally and around the world.
Since all but our Pastors are
volunteers, cost varies, depending
on length of program, and nature
of involvement. Please contact us
to find out more.
No training required. From
teenagers to seniors - help at
weekend camps, in Bible studies or
visitation or in longer internships...
Mostly Vancouver - Lower
Mainland, some activities on
Sunshine Coast, or with sister
organizations in other countries.
Leadership Development
International
1635 Hwy. 34E Suite B
Newnan GA 30265
TEL: 866-436-0379
FAX: 1-770-683-0809
WEB: www.ldichina.com
Teach ESL to children, college
students, and business
professionals; lead and facilitate
experiential education programs;
construct and maintain ropes
course facilities, provide childcare
for missionary kids. 2 weeks- 1
year.
Cost varies based on length
of service. Participants set a
personalized budget raise support
with the help of LDi’s Partnership
Development coach.
Must be at least 18 years old,
unless accompanied by a parent or
legal guardian. Individuals, groups,
and families are all welcome. There
are no degree requirements for
short term service.
China
Medair (Emergency Relief and
Rehabilitation)
PO Box 4476
Wheaton IL 60189
TEL: 1-630-871-6868
FAX: 1-630-871-6869
WEB: www.medair.org
Annually, we sustain 2.5 million
of the world’s most vulnerable
with life-saving emergency
relief and rehabilitation – those
suffering from conflicts, crises, and
natural disasters. Minimum 1-year
commitment.
New relief workers pay first
return flight to field. All other
costs covered. Small wage paid.
Experienced relief workers receive
a salary. All costs paid.
Minimum 1 year’s relevant
professional experience (project
management, health, water &
sanitation, construction, finance,
human resources, logistics, etc).
Successful completion of Medair
Relief Orientation Course required.
Afghanistan, Democratic Republic
of Congo, Indonesia, Madagascar,
Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, Asia,
Middle East and Africa. National
Offices in US, UK, France, Germany,
Netherlands, Switzerland (HQ).
Mennonite Central Committee
BC
PO Box 2038
Abbotsford BC V2T 3T8
TEL: (604) 850-6639
FAX: (604) 850-8734
WEB: www.mcc.org
SALT(Serving & Learning Together)
Term Length: 11 months (midAugust to mid-July) Web: mcc.org/
salt Service Opps. include living
and working among communities
(local agencies) such as a day care,
school, hospital, social service
agency or church. Paricipants live
with a national host family.
Amount set every January
(2008/09 amount was $ 4600
Cdn ). Participant also responsible
for expenses related to obtaining
passport, visas, immunizations,
pre-service medical/dental/optical,
as well as clothing and vacation
costs. Educational loan repayment
assistance available.
Age: 18-27 years, Single. US/
Canadian citizen. Commitment
to personal Christian faith/
discipleship. Active church
participant (expectation to
participate in local church). Belief
in nonviolent peacemaking. Job
specific qualifications vary with
each position. Application Deadline:
February
Varying locations throughout Asia,
Africa, Latin America, Eastern
Europe and Middle East
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Organization
Program
Cost
Requirements
Locations
Next Level International
Grovelands House, Lower Ground
Longford Road, Coventry
Warwickshire CV7 9NE
TEL: +44 (0)24 7664 3415 (UK)
(604) 505-1205 (Canada)
FAX: +44 (0)24 7636 5135
[email protected]
WEB: www.nlieurope.com
Outreach Evangelism:Community
Projects,Kids/Youth programs,
Prayer focus.
Outreach Evangelism: £ 330 - 410
per person.
Outreach Evangelism:16+ years
old (Minors with adult supervision)
Outreach Evangelism:
EUROPE- Ukranie Romania Czech
Rep Slovakia Spain
Missions Internship: 3, 10 & 12
months.
Missions Internship: £ 1490 £4680 - 3, 10 & 12 months.
Missions Internship: Age 18 – 24
Missions Internship: ENGLAND
10455 Finlayson Drive
Richmond BC V6X 1W8
TEL: (604) 278-1208
FAX: (604) 278-1208
WEB: www.omf.ca
Creative student, children, and
youth ministries, sports and
music outreach, prayer journeys,
English teaching, leadership
training teams and more. Team
opportunities and individual
placements available for two
weeks to six months throughout
the year.
Vary according to location,
duration and season. Generally
ranging from $2,000 - $4,000.
Must be maturing in a relationship
with Christ and have a humble
desire to glorify God in missions.
Must be FAT (Flexible, Available,
Teachable) Must be at least 18
years of age or be accompanied by
guardian. Finishers welcome.
Throughout East and Southeast
Asia
OMS International - Canada
293 Wellington St. N. Unit 132
Hamilton ON L8L 8E7
TEL: 1-905-522-1605
FAX: 1-905-522-2849
WEB: www.omsinternational.org
Evangelism teams, teachers for
MKs; English outreach; Seminar
teachers (modular classes); sports
and camp ministries; construction
work; medical workers. eXtreme
Walk is a specialixed 1 year
program in church planting.
Varies with location and length of
term; raise your own support.
Love for God, flexible, preferably
one year of college or work
experience.
Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Europe,
Latin America.
Samaritan's Purse Canada
20 Hopewell Way N.E.
Calgary AB T3J 5H5
TEL: (403) 250-6565
FAX: (403) 250-6567
WEB: www.samaritanspurse.ca
Samaritan's Purse is a
nondenominational evangelical
Christian organization providing
spiritual and physical aid to
hurting people around the world.
We help meet the needs of people
who are victims of war, poverty,
natural disasters, disease, and
famine with the purpose of
sharing God's love through His
Son, Jesus Christ.
Depends on the size of the team,
length of stay in the country,
airfare, and what the project
entails.
Anyone seeking to learn more
about the world and change it
for the better. Adults, families,
children, or church, community,
and school groups of 15 to 30
participants. Individual medical
personnel who can work with
teams to offer clinics.
Locations in Mexico, Nicaragua,
Costa Rica, Brazil, El Salvador,
Argentina, Peru, Chile, Vietnam,
Cambodia, Kenya, Malawi, South
Africa, Namibia, Liberia, Jordan,
India. Other countries where
Samaritan's Purse operates
ongoing projects.
The Evangelical Alliance
Mission (TEAM) of Canada
2635-32 St. SW
Calgary AB T3E 2R8
TEL: 1-800-295-4160
FAX: (403) 207-6025
WEB: www.teamcanada.org
TEAMServe offers ministry
opportunities for individuals and
teams for up to one year. They
must be at least 18 years old and
love the Lord. Internships are also
available.
Cost varies based on location and
duration of ministry. A two-month
ministry is usually between $45,000. This includes international
travel, room and board, insurance,
training and an administrative fee.
Individuals must be committed
to serving the Lord as He directs.
Personal support raising required.
Some ministries require experience
to participate (ESL, language,
technical, etc.)
TEAM has over 600 workers in 130
ministry areas on six continents.
Short-term workers can be placed
in any of these locations. Visit our
website, www.teamcanada.org, for
more information about locations
and opportunities.
Torchbearers International Asia
Practicum Programme
Box 1-10 Thetis Island BC
CANADA V0R 2Y0 Tel: 250 2469440 or
TEL: +91 9886021806
FAX:
WEB: www.asiapracticum.ca
Embark on a 3 or 7 month
missions experience and work
alongside established ministries
with long term commitments.
Come and teach English, Values,
Music and Computer classes. Or
put your hands to work through
building and farming projects.
All inclusive programme fees
$3,000 CAD per term. Airfare,
visas, vaccines and personal
expenses are extra.
Training and Bible teaching
provided. All 18+ who love the
Lord, are spiritually mature and
able to live in a cross cultural
community are welcome.
Serving high school students in
the Philippines, college students
in India and communities in
Malaysia, Indonesia and Japan.
Union Gospel Mission
616 E. Cordova Street
Vancouver BC, V6A 1L9
TEL: 604.253.3323
FAX: 604.253.3496
WEB: www.ugm.ca
Volunteers engage with UGM in a
variety of capacities through work
projects, chapel services, food
service, drop-in resource centres,
our Thrift Store, and participation
in staff prayer.
Volunteers are responsible for cost
of transportation. Meals while
working at UGM will be provided.
Maximum group size: 12.
Minimum participant age: 16 (with
1 leader for every 4 youth). Groups
may stay one week max. at one
location. Programs for individual
volunteers are flexible.
Vancouver, New Westminster, and
Mission BC, Canada
Wycliffe Bible Translators
4316 10 St NE
Calgary AB T2E 6K3
TEL: 403.250.5411
FAX:
WEB: www.wycliffe.ca
Discovery trips - short term
internships in language and
literacy work, - teaching,
administrative and technical
support roles.
Raise own support for and during
the necessary time period
Preferably with 2 years of postsecondary education. Age, training
and qualifications dependent on
type of work.
Worldwide opportunities.
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Career Missions Directory 2010
Over two years
Organization
Program
Cost
Requirements
Locations
3015A 21st St. NE
Calgary AB T0M 0G0
TEL: 1 (403) 204-1421
FAX: 1 (403) 204-1501
Office and Financial Managers
$2500-$3500 CDN/month. Must
raise own support. Contact ACTION
for more details.
Must have management and
accounting skills, developed
computer skills, good organizer,
good people skills, willingness to
learn national language, and a love
for nationals, particularly the poor
Philippines, Colombia, Ecuador, UK,
Uganda
3015A 21st St. NE
Calgary AB T0M 0G0
TEL: 1 (403) 204-1421
FAX: 1 (403) 204-1501
Pastoral Leadership Training.
Provide training and mentoring to
developing world national pastors,
missionaries and church leaders
(Short Term opportunities also
available- contact ACTION for more
details)
$2500-$3000/month plus airfare.
Must raise own support. Contact
ACTION for more details.
Active or retired pastors,
missionaries and/or Bible college
professors/teachers
Africa, Asia, Latin America
15417 - 110A Av
Surrey BC V3R 0X4
WEB: www.dunamiseducation.org
Teaching Opportunities. Teaching
in K-12 schools and opportunities
to teach English as a second
language. Classrooms for Africa
(C4A) Opportunities to help build
and develop classrooms in rural
settings.
Salaries are provided in most cases
with competitive compensation
packages that include
transportation to the field and
back. Some positions may require
partial fundraising or project
fundraising.
Valid teaching certificate. Valid
University degree with ESL/TESL
certificate. Minimum of 1 year
contracts required. Classroom
projects require management
abilities and general understanding
of Educational development.
Asia Africa
Engineering Ministries
International Canada (eMiC)
Calgary Alberta T3B 0B3
TEL: 403-202-3642
FAX: 403-202-3636
WEB: www.emicanada.org
Lead teams of volunteer architects,
engineers, planners, surveyors,
building techs to developing
nations to design facilities
(ie schools, orphanages) and
infrastructure (ie water, sanitation,
power). 10-14 day projects. 3 trip
cycles/year.
All staff raise their own financial
support for salary. Project travel
and expenses are covered by funds
raised by eMi Canada.
Background in construction related
design, engineering, project/
construction management or
technical support (surveying,
drafting). Minimum one eMi project
volunteer trip experience for
candidate and spouse. Serve eMi
office, the overseas clients/team.
eMi has offices in the USA
(Colorado Springs), Canada
(Calgary), UK (London), India
(Mussoorie), Costa Rica (San Jose)
and Uganda (Kampala). Full time
staff and 6-12 month terms are
available in all locations.
Equip Canada
P.O. Box 683
Duncan BC V9L 3Y1
TEL: 828-738-3891
WEB: www.equipinternational.com
Short-term and long-term
missionaries needed
Missionaries would need to be selffunded or raise their own support.
Urgent need for short-term or
long-term missionary staff for
Programs in Liberia: PHC Medical
Coordinator, Nutritionist, and Water
and Sanitation Manager.
Liberia
Frontiers
Box 99
Edmonton AB T5J 2H7
TEL: 1.780.421-9090
FAX: 1.780 421.9292
WEB: www.frontiers.ca
Church Planting, Community
Development, Crisis Relief,
Education, Business Development
- Time Length Varies Minimum
2 years
Raise Personal Support
Canadian Adults Only, Heart for
Muslims, Professionals, Business,
Various Service Helps
10/40 Window Unreached People
Groups
International China Concern
698 East 64th Avenue
Vancouver BC V5X 2N2
TEL: (604) 322-3119
WEB: www.chinaconcern.org
Daily general care assistance,
physical therapy, program
development and medical
assessment of children with special
needs. Service opportunities
between two and five years.
Candidates would be required to
raise their own support.
Therapy (OT/PT) Social Work,
Medical Qualifications and
experience with special needs
children highly considered. Previous
exposure and/or a heart to work
with children also valued.
Candidates would be based in
Hunan Province, China. Mandarin
language skills are desirable but
not essential. Long term service
would encompass language
learning opportunities.
Medair (Emergency Relief and
Rehabilitation)
PO Box 4476
Wheaton IL 60189
TEL: 1-630-871-6868
FAX: 1-630-871-6869
WEB: www.medair.org
Annually, we sustain 2.5 million
of the world’s most vulnerable
with life-saving emergency
relief and rehabilitation – those
suffering from conflicts, crises,
natural disasters. Minimum 1-year
commitment.
New relief workers pay first
return flight to field. All other
costs covered. Small wage paid.
Experienced relief workers receive
a salary. All costs paid.
Minimum 1 year’s relevant
professional experience (project
management, health, water &
sanitation, construction, finance,
human resources, logistics, etc).
Successful completion of Medair
Relief Orientation Course required.
Afghanistan, Democratic Republic
of Congo, Indonesia, Madagascar,
Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, Asia,
Middle East and Africa. National
Offices in US, UK, France, Germany,
Netherlands, Switzerland (HQ).
Mennonite Central Committee BC
PO Box 2038
Abbotsford BC V2T 3T8
TEL: (604) 850-6639
FAX: (604) 850-8734
WEB: www.mcc.org
Participants serve agencies in
agriculture, community/economic
development, education, health,
management/office support, peace
and reconciliation. Terms: Canada
- 2 yrs; US & International - 3 yrs.
Dates: Variable-see job description.
MCC covers basic costs for
worker's service term. Support
given reflects varied local living
costs. Support requires service
workers to live a simpler, healthy
lifestyle that close to the living
level of local program partners.
Commitment to personal Christian
faith and nonviolent biblical
peacemaking. Active member
of a Christian church. MCC has
additional lifestyle expectations
that all workers are expected to
commmit to. Check website/office.
Service opportunities are availabe
in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe,
Latin America/Caribbean, Middle
East, Canada/US.
OMS International - Canada
293 Wellington St. N. Unit 132
Hamilton ON L8L 8E7
TEL: 1-905-522-1605
FAX: 1-905-522-2849
WEB: www.omsinternational.org
Evangelism and church planting;
Teachers for MKs; Seminary
teachers; Tentmakers; Micro
Economic Development.
Varies with location, size of family
and length of term.
Love for God, flexible, and willing
to adapt to a new culture. College
degree, Masters or PH.D. for
Seminary teachers. Tentmakers
need professional qualfications.
Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Europe,
Latin America
The Evangelical Alliance Mission
(TEAM) of Canada
2635-32 St. SW
Calgary AB T3E 2R8
TEL: 1-800-295-4160
FAX: (403) 207-6025
WEB: www.teamcanada.org
Long-term service with TEAM is
for anyone who wants to minister
overseas for one year or longer.
Individual budgets are set for
each individual/couple based
on their location, duration and
ministry involvement. This will
include pension and medical/dental
benefits as well.
Individuals must be committed
to serving the Lord as He directs.
A good knowledge of the Bible is
necessary and possibly technical
or educational skills. An in-depth
application/assessment process is
undergone prior to acceptance.
TEAM has over 600 workers in 130
ministry areas on six continents.
Visit the opportunities page of our
website, www.teamcanada.org, for
more information.
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Special Thanks & Acknowledgements
Several hundred people from local churches volunteer each year to
plan and facilitate Missions Fest. We are all grateful for their vision
and willingness to work so that a needy world will be reached in this
generation. Among the many who help, the following is an incomplete list of those with specific responsibilities:
The Planning Team
Audio Visual Production
A/V Coordinator
Lorne Kliewer
Video Production
Pat Morten, Glen Fluevog,
David Fry, Barry Sharpe, Kent Morgan
Radio Operation
Gerry Walchuk
Children
Co-ordinator
School Field Trip
Wendy Henderson
Barb Hunter
Finance
Bookkeeper
Registrar
Teller Captain
Carol McLean
Claudia Merida
Al Vetter
Plenary Sessions
MC
Worship/Music
Stage Manager
Dwayne Buhler, Bruce Robertson
David Jones
Phil Spoelstra
Eddie Lam
Publicity
Cover Design & Layout
Editor
Copy Editor
Peter Pasivirta
Sharon Pasivirta
Barbara Smith
Seminars
Co-ordinator
Office Liaison
Committee
Facilities
Co-ordinator
Decor
Parking
Move-In/Out
Hospitality
Billets
Friday Coffee
Information
Luncheon Tickets
Name Tags
Seminar Hosting
Ushering
Office
Computer Consultants
Office helpers
Web Site
Ann Green
Sharon Pasivirta
Lois Brookes, Ralph Goring, Wendy
Henderson, Albert Lee, Gae McFarlane, Bruce
Mills, Bruce Waine and others
Brad Van Dam
Joyce Chang Dickson
Les Huber
John Dashwood, Al Cazes
Students from Capernwray, Omega
Project(Summit Pacific Bible College), Pacific
Life Bible College
Pat Roman
Marguerite Bruneau
Broadway Mission Team
Sally Broekhuizen
Doreen Derreth
Jane Shimonek
Ollie Draheim, Les Parker
Claudia Merida, Peter Pasivirta
Doreen Derreth, Vina Ng, Johanna Omischl,
Joy Fellowship Volunteers
Claudia Merida
Prayer & Counseling
Co-ordinator
David Hayward
Club 67
Co-ordinator
Capernwray Bible School
Youth & Young Adults
Planning Team
Sergio Najarro, Ben Woodman,
Cheryl Johnson, Mika Kostamo,
Tara Preston, Patrick Elaschuk
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Counseling
Carole Gerber
Secondary School Field Trip Elizabeth Doerksen
Tickets
Sally Broekhuizen
Worship Leaders
Ben Woodman, Russ Rosen,
Restoration Church Band, Daylight
Student Volunteers
from Capernwray Harbour Bible College, Omega
Project (Summit Pacific Bible College), Pacific
Life Bible College, Columbia Bible College
And Also…
Capernwray Harbour Torchbearers for helping in so many ways
including set-up, ushering, counseling, hosting, worship, etc.
Cariboo Road Christian Fellowship for sharing office & storage space
during the year, & for providing rooms for monthly planning meetings.
Computer Service: Mac Solutions: 604.261.8681
Hillcrest Chapel in Bellingham for assisting in all the receipting of US
donations.
Roy’s Copiers for photocopier: 604.437.6485
Most Seminar Presenters: Courtesy of various Mission Agencies.
Broadway Church
Event Manager – Brad Van Dam for his tireless assistance in the use of
excellent facilities and for providing high quality service.
Financial Information
Missions Fest is a non-profit society registered in the Province of B. C.
and a charity registered with CCRA, Charity No. 12927 7083 RR0002.
In order to make this conference available to every member of
the family, no registration fee is required. It is financed three ways:
a donation from sponsoring churches, a fee for display space from
missions, and offerings given during the conference.
Missions Fest operates on a modest budget. Audited accounts are
available on request. Although 3-5 staff people work all year to prepare
for the conference, many volunteers, including professionals, put in
hundreds of hours to plan and facilitate it each year.
You are invited to share in the financial support of Missions Fest
by making a donation to “Missions Fest” (Canadian Funds) or
“Hillcrest”(U.S.Funds). (American friends, please include the name
“Hillcrest” on your check if you wish to receive a receipt.) Kindly use
the special envelopes found at the information centres or available
during the plenary sessions for this purpose. If we have your name &
address, we will provide receipts for donations of $10 and above.
Commercial Participants
Screens & Projectors: Precision Sound: 604 513-9125
Displays for Exhibitors: Showtime Event & Display 1.800.721.0029
Lay-Out for Brochure & Magazine: Peter Pasivirta: 604.261.8681
Printers: Blok Printing: 604.420.1231
Teldon Print Media: 604.273.4500
Promotional DVD: Boldfish Video Production: 604.319.9159
Sound & Lighting: Long & McQuade: 604.464.1011
Trademark Consulting: Accupro: 604.661.9292
Video Production: GFC Communications: 604.945.2922
Web Hosting Service: Filmrobot Systems: 604.688.4757 Ext. 112
Our Hotels:
The Fairmont Waterfront
Missions Fest 2009 Host Hotel 1.800.441.1414
Accent Inns 1-800-663-0298
Vancouver Marriott Downtown Hotel 1 604 684 1128
For more info go to the Missions Fest web site:
www.missionsfestvancouver.ca/accom.cfm
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Directors are nominated for a two year term.
They are selected from sponsoring churches on
the basis of one per church.
Pat Burman, Vice-Chair
Al Cazes
Patrick Elaschuk
Ward Gasque
Cheryl Huber
Nick Kilpatrick, Treasurer
Jamie McDonald
Bruce Mills, Secretary
Joanne Pepper
Kathy Wong
Tom Wright, Chair
Zach Wylie
BOARD OF REFERENCE
Members of the Board of Reference represent a
broad spectrum of our Christian community and
are available for feedback and advice.
Bryan Born Columbia Bible College / Ross Rd. Church,
Abbotsford
Lloyd Bray View Mont Estates Ltd.,
West Vancouver
Bill Chu Chinese Christians in Action, Vancouver
Richard Dodding CEO, Missions Fest International,
Coquitlam
Ed Hird Pastor, St Simon’s Anglican,
North Vancouver
Dolphe Hoffman First Century Church, Burnaby
Jeffrey Lowe Lawyer / Granville Chapel,
Vancouver
Gae McFarlane Calvary Worship Centre,
New Westminster
Vern Middleton Retired College Professor, Surrey
Bruce Milne Retired Minister, Vancouver
Jim Murphy Pastor, Hillcrest Chapel,
Bellingham
Andy Perrett Pastor, Granville Chapel,
Vancouver
Bruce Robertson Salvation Army, Surrey
Ken Shigematsu Pastor, Tenth Avenue Alliance,
Vancouver
George Stoneystreet Retired, former MFV Board
Chair, Burnaby
Betty Tiede Salvation Army, Campbell River
STAFF
Dwayne K. Buhler, Director
Sharon Pasivirta, Office Administrator
Claudia Merida, Registrar, IT Coordinator
Carol McLean, Bookkeeper
Richard Dodding
Consultant, CEO of Missions Fest International
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