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Topic
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Speaker
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1. Tentmaking
in a Globalised World
Globalisation has created many new opportunities
for us to make a strategic contribution to
mission. What are those opportunities? What
are the advantages and disadvantages of different
tentmaking strategies? How do we ensure such
approaches. This Specialist Seminar will address
these questions and help participants to learn
how to be an effective tentmaker in this globalised
world.
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Facilitator: Rev Dr Ian Prescott
International Director for Evangelization, OMF
Int’l.
Dr Patrick Fung
General Director, OMF Int’l.
Dr Jennie Fung
OMF Int’l.
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2. Business
and Missions in the Marketplace
Christian business people and professionals
can play a vital role in the marketplace. They
can strategically impact local communities
with the gospel through their professional
services whether it is in business, education,
government, healthcare, arts and culture or
in the family. This Specialist Seminar will
consider some new dynamics in the context of
21st century urban missions.
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Facilitator: Mr Timothy Liu
President, Graduate Christian Fellowship and
founder of Marketplace Christian Network.
Dr Lee Soo Ann
Senior Fellow, Dept of Economics, NUS.
Dr Andrew Goh
Motivational Trainer and Management Consultant.
Editor of Impact magazine.
Rev Dr Tan Soo Inn
Director of Graceworks Pte Ltd.
Associate Pastor of Evangel Christian Church.
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3. Social
Enterprise Development
Christian professionals can make significant
contributions using their experience and expertise
to develop social enterprises which can help
create jobs and address specific socio-economic
and developmental needs. This Specialist Seminar
explores how Social Enterprises can work in
the Asian contexts to further Kingdom goals.
Learn about the models, networking and critical
success factors.
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Facilitator: Mr Timothy Goh
Lawyer, Past President of GCF and leader of GCF’s
Karios ministry, a micro-enterprise ministry
in support of missions.
Mr Yeoh Seng Eng
Vice President (Asia Pacific) Regal Management
Consultants Pte Ltd.
Rev Inban Abraham Caldwell and his wife Rozane
serve mainly among the poor and marginalized
in an Asian country.
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4. HIV/AIDS – Christian
Response in Asia
In many parts of Asia, HIV/AIDS is a serious
health problem. How can Asian Christians respond
with loving concern to this health crisis and
serve communities affected by HIV/AIDS? This
Specialist Seminar will provide an overview
and explore Christian response to the marginalised
in Asia and in Singapore in HIV and related
diseases.
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Facilitator: Dr Paul Ananth Tambyah
Consultant Infectious Disease Physician, NUH.
Dr Annelies Wilder-Smith
Associate Professor, NUS and Lecturer in community
health evangelism at Singapore Bible College.
Dr Ho Lai Peng
Medical Social Worker, Communicable Disease
Centre, Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
Ms Kalene Lua
Manager and Advocacy Consultant at World Vision
Singapore.
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5. Strategic
Church Mission Mobilisation
Every Christian can participate in the Great
Commission and discover the joy of revealing
God’s love across the street or around
the world. How can local churches mobilise
their members for missions and ministries?
This Specialist Seminar shares the strategic
integration approaches needed in the local
church for effective ministry and missions.
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Facilitator:
Mr Lawrence Ko Director, Asian Journeys and Int’l
Facilitator for Global Focus Asia, a ministry
for strategic missions mobilisation in local
churches.
The Very Revd Kuan Kim Seng is Dean and Vicar of St Andrew’s Cathedral
and Director of Missions of the Anglican Diocese of Singapore.
Rev Derrick Lau, Pastor-in-Charge of Methodist Church of Incarnation and Chairman,
Global Focus Asia.
Mr McDaniel Phillips, Consultant and Int’l Facilitator for Global Focus
Asia.
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6. Leadership
Development in Asian Missions
Effective and spiritual leadership is a great
need both in the world and in the church. How
can we raise up Asian indigenous spiritual
leaders for the harvest? How can leadership
succession be planned and implemented in Asian
missions? This Specialist Seminar explores
the challenges of developing servant leadership
in our Asian contexts.
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Facilitator: Rev Malcolm Tan
Pastor-In-Charge of Barker Road Methodist Church,
Training Coordinator of the Methodist Missions
Society and Chairman, Asia Evangelistic Fellowship
(Singapore).
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7. Asia
Missiology and Trends
What are the trends, issues and thinking in
Asian missions today? How can Asians be effectively
involved in the development of indigenous church
movements? In this Specialist Seminar, participants
will reflect on contemporary Asian missions
and missiology for today’s Asian church.
We will understand how Singaporeans can be
effective in cross-cultural missions.
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Facilitator:
Dr Warren Beattie
Director for Mission Research with OMF and Faculty
member of the Discipleship Training Centre.
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8. Care
of Singaporean Missionaries
Serving cross-culturally exposes missionaries
to many challenges throughout their respective
journeys. This Specialist Seminar seeks to
address issues and needs that impact Singapore
missionaries in various contexts and how
we can provide better member care. Areas
covered will include screening and selection,
pre-field orientation, transitions, crisis
and contingency, MK education, re-entry and
debriefing.
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Facilitator: Ms Belinda Ng
Asia Member Care and Missionary Kids Education
Consultant, SIM.
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9. Money
and Missions : Stewardship and Partnership
As missions is no longer the “white
man’s burden”, financing missions
is a big challenge with Asian churches partnering
with churches in poorer countries. This Specialist
Seminar explores partnership as a biblical
concept and seeks to uncover valid models and
principles that will avoid the dependency trap
and empower the indigenous churches or missions.
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Facilitator: Mr André De Winne
Pastoral Team Member, Missions at Wesley Methodist
Church. Former Exec Director of the Singapore
Centre for Evangelism and Missions.
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10. Beyond
Short-Term Missions (Missionary Tourism?)
God desires transformation in every arena
of the society in every nation. Whilst many
are called to relocate and pioneer new initiatives,
others are called to be the resource, the back-ups
and the injection of life and care. This Specialist
Seminar will focus on how you can be effective
in your short term endeavours with long term
impact.
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Facilitator: Dr Loren Cunningham
Founder of Youth With A Mission (YWAM), President
of YWAM’s global University of the
Nations.
Mr John Dawson
President of Youth With A Mission (YWAM).
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11. Crisis
and Contigency Planning in Missions
We live in an age marked by natural disasters,
man-made crises and terrorism. How should church
and agency leaders prepare for and respond
to crisis situations involving their personnel?
This Specialist Seminar will cover topics ranging
from Risk assessments to Risk management, Effects
of Crisis, Building The Crisis Management Team
and Immediate Response Checklist.
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Facilitator:
Mr Ken Springsteen
Missionary, New Tribes Mission and Singapore
representative, NTM Asia.
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