Third Annual Global Missions Conference
Our Third Annual Global Missions Conference is September 10-12, 2010. It will take place on Friday evening, Saturday afternoon and evening, and both services as well as during the Sunday School and MIT hours on Sunday. As you know, we have recently adopted people groups and embarked on partnerships in three areas – the Reached, Unreached, and Last Frontier areas. This year we have the opportunity to have all of our missions partners at Morningview for our missions conference!
The term Reached refers to an area where over 2% of the population are believers. This term does not mean that the task of reaching people is complete, but it is simply a category that missiologists use to describe a population where the missionary task has surpassed the 2% mark and much of the focus is on discipleship. Our Ecuador seminary partnership falls into this category. Steve and Carol from Ecuador will be with us for our missions conference and you will have the opportunity to hear the latest about what is going on in Ecuador–specifically with the work at the Ecuador Seminary.
Another area of partnership is with the Unreached. While there are many individual unreached people around us, including here in Montgomery, this category refers to a people group or ethnic group where less than 2% of the population are believers. We have adopted an unreached people group in Central Asia, and our missions partner for our adopted people group, Ted, will be with us for our conference as well.
Our third missions partnership is with a Last Frontier group. A Last Frontier group is the term used when there is no gospel witness among a particular ethnic or people group and there is no work being done to reach them. Our Last Frontier group is also located in Central Asia, and we are partnering with Jeremy to reach them. Jeremy will also be with us during our missions conference, and we will get to hear more about the future of our partnership with him to reach this people group.
Ken will also be speaking, and I know you will appreciate hearing from him once more. There will be breakout sessions for adults, youth and children in K-6 grades. This will be an exciting opportunity for our children to hear directly from the missionaries for whom they have been praying. Childcare will be offered for those with nursery age children, but you must sign up for this. There will be fellowship dinners on Friday (5:15 pm) and Saturday (5:30 pm). Saturday’s dinner will be from Chick-fil-a and will also include a sampling of foods from the regions where our missionaries are serving.
This is an exciting time in the life of our church and we are blessed to have a senior pastor and staff who have a strong biblical understanding of missions and therefore have a passion for missions as well. Please make our Third Annual Global Missions Conference a priority and set aside September 10-12 to be with us. If you plan to attend either of the dinners or require childcare for the conference, please call the church office at 272-2304 to sign up. I am looking forward to seeing you at the conference.
Jonathan
