Book to Provide Theme of Missions Conference
Posted by Terry White on September 28, 2006
An international conference for those engaged in cross-cultural ministry partnerships will be held at the Billy Graham Center in Wheaton, Illinois, next June, and the conference theme will be built around the recently-published BMH book Breaking Tradition to Accomplish Vision.
The conference, which is subtitled “From Frustration to Joy in Cross-cultural Partnerships” will be held June 11-13, 2007, at the Billy Graham Center on the campus of Wheaton College. It is the 11th annual conference of COSIM, the Coalition on the Support of Indigenous Ministries.
Featured plenary speakers for the conference will include the co-authors of the book, Dr. Paul R. Gupta, president of Hindustan Bible Institute in Chennai, India; and Dr. Sherwood G. Lingenfelter, Provost at Fuller Theological Seminary. Dr. Lingenfelter is also chairman of the board of Grace Brethren International Missions.
The vision is to conduct a conference for practical training, creative dialogue, case study analysis, and strategic thinking to equip and encourage Christian leaders who are engaged in cross-cultural ministry partnerships.
According to organizers, the conference will contribute to the development of a growing, interactive “resource bank” that ministries around the world can explore and engage through the Internet for biblically sound partnership practices.
The Coalition (COSIM) is a fellowship of evangelical organizations with a common interest in the support and strengthening of non-Western ministries. The COSIM resource team includes representation from Wycliffe Bible Translators, Mission ONE, Partners International, GO International, World Christian Ministries, and other leading mission organizations.
The book which provides the resource for the conference, Breaking Tradition to Accomplish Vision, is the insightful story of Hindustan Bible Institute, which was founded to teach pastors and to foster church planting, but which over time had lots its vision. The book, co-authored by Gupta and Lingenfelter, is the fascinating story of the dismantling and rebuilding of HBI to return to its original vision of planting one million churches in one million Indian villages, effectively reaching that nation for Christ.
The book, which retails for $14.99, is available by logging onto www.bmhbooks.com or by calling (toll-free) 1-800-348-2756. The ISBN number is 978-088469-305-5.
For more information on the COSIM conference contact Werner Mischke at Werner@mission1.org or Mary Lederleitner at mary_lederleitner@wycliffe.org or call (630) 986-3909.
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