All Discovery Group meetings will take place at High Point Church on Friday, Sept. 29 and Saturday, Sept. 30. - Map - Schedule
FRIDAY EVENING ONLY:
MICAH A--A Woman's Journey from Student to Missionary Nurse
Grace Tazelaar Missions Director for Nurses Christian Fellowship (NCF), and former missionary with the Christian Reformed Church.
This Discovery session will explore issues facing women in missions through the personal journey of a missionary nurse. Grace served as a student missions intern in Honduras, teacher of nursing students, HIV-Aids worker in Uganda, and as a community health nurse in the Mississippi Delta and with NCF.
MICAH 238--History of the Catholic Missionary Movement, an Overview
Delbert Schmeltzer Roman Catholic Monsignor and a historian of the Franciscans and Jesuits in Europe & the USA.
Before there were any Protestant missions, the Roman Catholics were spreading the gospel around the world. This seminar surveys that work for those who may not be familiar with its breadth and amazing impact.
SANCTUARY--Changing Dynamic of the Christian Church
Andrew Walls, Plenary Speaker.
Dr. Walls will respond to questions and lead discussion on issues raised in his plenary session.
MICAH 237--Community Development, an Important Mission Field in the 21st Century
Lilada Gee, Fountain of Life Fellowship in Madison.
The gap between the advantaged and disadvantaged needs to be bridged not just overseas but also in our own communities. Lilada Gee, widely known for her work in empowering women, worked with her brother, Alex Gee, in the founding of the Nehemiah Community Development Corporation. She will discuss with us how this nationally known project came into being, and where it is going.
MICAH 234--Care of Creation and Missions: Why and how caring for God's World should be an integral part of the Church's Mission
Ed Brown, founding director of Care of Creation Inc.
The environmental crisis has had an especially severe impact on the majority world, and thus addressing care of creation issues will be a primary focus for missions in the next several decades. We will discuss why this is the case and how creation-care projects can address the impact of environmental degradation, while at the same time presenting opportunities for discipleship and evangelism.
MICAH B--Globalization and Immigration
John Henry, Youth With A Mission (YWAM), Matt Kaul, University of Minnesota student, and Obed Mendoza, a Mexican pastor serving in Chicago.
This panel will dis- cuss the impact of globalization on missions, especially as they affect the movement of peoples across the earth and in the conflict over immigration in the United States.
MICAH C--Student power in our contemporary world
Patricia Grahmann, staff member of the IFES Eurasia Institute, serving with InterVarsity Link in Kiev, Ukraine.
After the fall of the Soviet Union, students have been in the forefront of change in Eastern Europe. Patricia will discuss the politi- cal, social, interpersonal and spiritual challenges facing students in this region through a discussion of recent events in Romania and the Ukraine.
MICAH 235--Behind the Haystack: Evangelical Missions from 1706 to 1806
Bob Frykenberg, Professor Emeritus of History & South Asian Studies, UW-Madison.
100 years before the Haystack Prayer Meeting, European pietists in Halle, Copenhagen and London created the first Protestant foreign missions, and in so doing provided inspiration for the movement in the United States. Born in South India of missionary parents, Dr. Frykenberg is one of the major scholars of the history of the Christian Church in India.
Mezzanine--Technology in Missions
David Gagnon, UW—Madison Academic Staff Training Program and a leader in technology training for the University of Wisconsin and Wisconsin state government.
Many breakthroughs in missions and discipleship have been facilitated by new developments in technology. From the time of Adam to 2006 AD, the Kingdom of God has been expanded through using tools for kingdom purposes. This session will highlight the emerging technologies on the contemporary scene and project ways in which these technologies might be used in missions work.
Room 153--Missions Yesterday and Today: A Display of Missions Materials From Over the Years
Bob Shuster, Wheaton College, Director, Billy Graham Archives at Wheaton College.
Includes audio interviews with some of the leaders of the missions movement in the 20th century, such as J. Christie Wilson and David Adeney. This room will be open for browsing from Friday afternoon through Saturday afternoon.
SATURDAY MORNING ONLY:
MICAH 238--God’s Heart for the Muslim World
Panel: Ed Brown, founding director of Care of Creation Inc. and recently Director for Shelter for Life in Pakistan, heading up Shelter's response to the Pakistan earthquake, and Carl and Barbara Sherbeck former missionaries in the United Arab Emirates with The Evangelical Alliance Mission.
This panel will share their experiences in different parts of the Muslim world and respond to the question, "What is God's heart for the Muslim World?”
SANCTUARY--View from the Majority World
Lamin Sanneh, Plenary Speaker.
This seminar will allow participants in the conference to pursue questions with Dr. Sanneh.
MICAH A--Catholics and the Missions Today
Victor F. M. Mosele, SX, Roman Catholic Missionary. Originally from Italy, Father Mosele served with the Xaverian Missionaries for 45 years, most recently in Sierre Leone, West Africa.
Victor will discuss the essentially missionary nature of the Roman Catholic Church, the organization of the Church in its missionary work around the world, the problem presented in some parts of the world by relativism and secularization, and the challenge of evangelization as the call of the professional "Missioners."
MICAH 237--Christ and Caesar: Missions and Politics
Vern Visick, Director, New College Madison.
From the beginning, for good and for ill, the missionary movement has been conditioned by politics. The Roman Empire established the initial conditions for the spread of the Christian faith while at the same time providing it with some of its most deadly challenges, and this "mixed" situation has been true since that time. This session explores the relationship between the spread of the Christian faith and politics, between Christ and "Caesar, the Beloved Enemy" (Max Warren).
MICAH B--Getting Involved in Missions (as a student or professional)
Panel: Sharon Hale, Psychotherapist, Hillary Lum, James Bigham, and Libby (Smith) Hooper, UW-Madison Medical Students, and Ryan Day, 2100 Productions.
Members of this panel have participated in short-term mission work in Nigera, Kenya, and Central Asia in such varied roles as medical clinical work, teaching English, orphanage work, and work with street children in an African city setting, and will discuss how students and others can get involved in this type of missions work.
MICAH 235--Report on the 2005 “World Christian Gathering on Indigenous People”
Eric Seaberg, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and a Swedish /Sami / American.
This world gathering was held in 2005 in Kiruna, Sweden and was hosted by the indigenous Sami Nation. Eric's presentation will include a power point presentation with slides and DVDs, and will highlight the spiritual renewal that is occurring among "indigenous nations" throughout the world.
MICAH 234--Translating the Scriptures
Mary Lou Daniel, Emeritus Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, UW-Madison, and consultant to Wycliffe Bible Translators.
The Christian Church has been a multilingual phenomenon since the day of Pentecost, and continues to be so down to the present time. This discovery group will survey some of the high points of Scriptural translation over the centuries, examine a few of the technological "breakthroughs" that have facilitated translation in modern times, and consider the main contemporary challenges to translation work.
MICAH C--"Hip-Hope" and Missions
Roberto Rivera, an accomplished hip hop artist, and Greg Doby, a professional music producer.
How the hip-hop genre is being used as a tool to inspire listeners to make responsible personal decisions and to develop a concern for the larger community. As they reorient hip-hop back toward its original roots and relate it to the Word of God, hip-hop can become a witness to the Kingdom of God and its possibilities here on earth. In this way, hip-hop can become a part of the mission of the church in the 21st century.
Room 153--Missions Yesterday and Today: A Display of Missions Materials From Over the Years
Bob Shuster, Wheaton College, Director, Billy Graham Archives at Wheaton College.
Includes audio interviews with some of the leaders of the missions movement in the 20th century, such as J. Christie Wilson and David Adeney. This room will be open for browsing from Friday afternoon through Saturday afternoon.
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