2025 Conference Materials
2025 Conference Plenary Videos
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Jenny Noyes, Executive Director of New Wineskins Missions Network
Carol Rogers Smith, Executive Director of E412 Ministries
Stewart Wicker, President & Mission Director of Society of Anglican Missionaries and Senders (SAMS)
Sharon Steinmiller, Emeritus Executive Director of New Wineskins Missions Network
The Rev. Dr. Chris Royer, Executive Director of Anglican Frontier Missions (AFM)
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The Rev. Dr. Stephen Noll, First Vice Chancellor of Uganda Christian University
The Rev. Cn. Paul Ssembiro, University Chaplain at Uganda Christian University
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The Rev. Gabriel Uchôa from the Anglican Church of Brazil, Diocese of Recife
The Rev. Akua B Ofori-Boateng from the Anglican Church in Ghana, Diocese of Accra
The Rev. Dr. Winfield Bevins, Executive Director of Creo Arts
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The Very Rev. Norman Beale & Beth Beale, pastor to cross-cultural workers with AFM
Wade and Chelsea Weeldreyer, SAMS Missionaries in Rwanda
The Rt. Rev. Grant LeMarquand from SAMS
The Rt. Rev. Jeremiah Maet Paul from Gambella, Ethiopia
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The Rev. Cariño Casas, Executive Director of the Church's Ministry Among Jewish People (CMJ USA)
The Ven. Justice Onyeka Okoronkwo, Anglican Diocese of Jos, Church of Nigeria
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Daniel Booman from Church of the Holy Comforter
The Most Rev. Steve Wood, Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America
Sheryl Curbow Shaw from Role Call
2025 MAP Talks (Mission Awareness Presentation)
MAP Talk Track: An Anglican Introduction to Missions (AIM)
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MAP Talk Description: The AIM course (newwineskins.org/aim) provides six accessible, 45-minute sessions for use in small groups, Sunday school, personal study, or as a one-day intensive event. Anyone can teach this course, but experiencing it through expert teachers and the curriculum developers will provide another level of confidence as you bring this course to your congregation. Join us to experience one or all of the lessons. A certificate will be awarded to those completing all six lessons.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Bev is a former cross-cultural worker in Central Asia and a joint founder of Anglican Frontier Missions. She currently serves as Associate Rector at Church of the Resurrection, Angier, NC and as the Global Mission Advocate for the Diocese of the Carolinas.
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MAP Talk Description: The AIM course (newwineskins.org/aim) provides six accessible, 45-minute sessions for use in small groups, Sunday school, personal study, or as a one-day intensive event. Anyone can teach this course but experiencing it through expert teachers and the curriculum developers will provide another level of confidence as you bring this course to your congregation. Join us to experience one or all of the lessons. A certificate will be awarded to those completing all six lessons.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Matt is a former cross-cultural worker in East Asia. He is currently Deacon at Christ the King Anglican in Boone, the Global Missions Advocate for the Diocese of Christ Our Hope, and an Anglican Frontier Missions board member. Matt and Alison are the proud parents of six children.
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MAP Talk Description: The AIM course (newwineskins.org/aim) provides six accessible, 45-minute sessions for use in small groups, Sunday school, personal study, or as a one-day intensive event. Anyone can teach this course, but experiencing it through expert teachers and the curriculum developers will provide another level of confidence as you bring this course to your congregation. Join us to experience one or all of the lessons. A certificate will be awarded to those completing all six lessons.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Bev is a former cross-cultural worker in Central Asia and a joint founder of Anglican Frontier Missions. She currently serves as Associate Rector at Church of the Resurrection, Angier, NC and as the Global Mission Advocate for the Diocese of the Carolinas.
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MAP Talk Description: The AIM course (newwineskins.org/aim) provides six accessible, 45-minute sessions for use in small groups, Sunday school, personal study, or as a one-day intensive event. Anyone can teach this course but experiencing it through expert teachers and the curriculum developers will provide another level of confidence as you bring this course to your congregation. Join us to experience one or all of the lessons. A certificate will be awarded to those completing all six lessons.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Matt is a former cross-cultural worker in East Asia. He is currently Deacon at Christ the King Anglican in Boone, the Global Missions Advocate for the Diocese of Christ Our Hope, and an Anglican Frontier Missions board member. Matt and Alison are the proud parents of six children.
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MAP Talk Description: The AIM course (newwineskins.org/aim) provides six accessible, 45-minute sessions for use in small groups, Sunday school, personal study, or as a one-day intensive event. Anyone can teach this course but experiencing it through expert teachers and the curriculum developers will provide another level of confidence as you bring this course to your congregation. Join us to experience one or all of the lessons. A certificate will be awarded to those completing all six lessons.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Brad and his wife, Gretchen, spent thirty years as missionaries serving in the United States as well as South and Southeast Asia where they were responsible for training missionaries and national church leaders for effective cross-cultural ministry. Brad currently serves as the Vice President for Academic Affairs at Trinity Anglican Seminary.
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MAP Talk Description: The AIM course (newwineskins.org/aim) provides six accessible, 45-minute sessions for use in small groups, Sunday school, personal study, or as a one-day intensive event. Anyone can teach this course but experiencing it through expert teachers and the curriculum developers will provide another level of confidence as you bring this course to your congregation. Join us to experience one or all of the lessons. A certificate will be awarded to those completing all six lessons.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Gretchen and her husband, Brad, spent thirty years as missionaries serving in the United States as well as South and Southeast Asia where they were responsible for training missionaries and national church leaders for effective cross- cultural ministry. Gretchen currently serves as the Training Coordinator for Anglican Frontier Missions.
MAP Talk Track: Becoming a Missional Parish
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MAP Talk Description: Following a family mission trip to Belize, God inspired Kim with a way to fund mission trips, missionary work, and mission needs around the world. Kim will share how to fund global missions through a Christ-centered thrift store, 100% staffed with volunteers serving God in joy-filled ministry.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Kim is the Founder and current Ministry Advisor for God's Goods Thrift Store, a ministry of The Church of the Cross in Bluffton, SC. Since its inception in July 2010, God's Goods Thrift Store has given 5.5 million dollars to global missions.
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MAP Talk Description: There is a better way to do mission as a church to reach the highest financial and relational results with maximum impact! This new approach has transformed not only St. Michael’s financial impact in mission, but also it’s changed the lives of both its mission partners and the congregation. Come hear how you can implement this new approach in your congregation.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Al has been Rector of St. Michael’s Church in Charleston, South Carolina since 2007. Previously, he served as Rector of All Saints Church in Chevy Chase in the Diocese of Washington, DC. His passion is evangelism and mission.
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MAP Talk Description: Short-term missions can make a lasting impact by connecting hearts, meeting needs, and sharing the love of Christ. However, if done improperly, they can do more harm than good. This MAP talk emphasizes the importance of intentional preparation, cultural understanding, and flexibility. Understanding these areas can help ensure that each mission is a blessing to those who are served and a transformative experience for the missioner.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Kyle is the National Director of Sharing of Ministries Abroad (SOMA). For more than twenty years, he has been teaching about, serving on, or leading cross-cultural short-term missions. Kyle has experienced the good, the bad, and the miraculous on short-term missions.
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MAP Talk Description: The transition to the mission field begins long before departure day. The journey starts with initial interest and continues on to discernment and preparation before leaving for the field. How is each stage critical for the missionary? In what ways can friends, family, churches, and mission agencies support those who go? Join Wade and Chelsea as they dive into these questions.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Chelsea and Wade met in Israel in 2015. After completing seminary together, Wade’s passion for teaching theology and Chelsea’s longstanding interest in serving cross- culturally led them to discern a missions call abroad. They served for three years in Rwanda until their recent transition to the SAMS international office.
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MAP Talk Description: This presentation equips teams with practical evangelism tools and biblical insights for local and overseas outreach. Participants will learn strategies for entry, gospel sharing, discipleship, and church formation emphasizing spiritual, cultural, and logistical preparation. Attendees will learn to build authentic relationships, communicate the Gospel clearly, and navigate cultural nuances globally. Ideal for mission leaders and church members, it provides actionable steps to enhance outreach, faith, and unity.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Jennifer is founder of One 8 Go Global and has 20+ years of experience in 32 countries training others in global gospel outreach. She has an M.Ed. and is pursuing an MSW while fostering transformative missions with faith and mentorship.
MAP Talk Track: Domestic Outreach and Ministry
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MAP Talk Description: What does a healthy, sustainable Deaf Church of the future look like? The unique needs and experiences of this cultural-linguistic community require safe places to heal and grow spiritually while also being part of a larger faith community for service, worship, and fellowship. DeafChurch Together is a unique church-planting model that is effective, sustainable, and replicable. This talk will present practical applications for this community built upon scholarly research and grounded in biblical practices.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Bob has over forty years of experience in DeafWorld as well as two adult Deaf/HH children. In 2020, Bob established DeafChurch Together and is currently planting a Deaf Church in St. Augustine, FL. He is the author of two books on Deaf Ministry.
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MAP Talk Description: Jeff and Cinde will share about their refreshing experiences during their two-year Soul Care Institute (SCI) cohort. They’ll share how SCI guided them in practices to care for their weary souls through transformational teaching balanced with time and space for experiential learning. They will also lead a short soul care practice and offer ideas for refreshment such as a weekend away, a one-day personal adventure, or a one- hour walk for personal care.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Jeff and Cinde are Soul Care Practitioners for the Soul Care Institute. Jeff is an Anglican priest who leads Men’s Wilderness Encounters and offers supply work for clergy needing time away. Cinde is a Spiritual Director. Jeff also chairs the Board of SAMS (Society of Anglican Missionaries and Senders).
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MAP Talk Description: This session will explore what it means to be a domestic missionary and will unpack how the New Anglican Missionary Society (NAMS) can assist ACNA dioceses and other established ministries to support new church development through both evangelism and intentional discipleship. The end goal of the session is a better understanding of domestic church planting.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: David is a life-long Anglican with five years of experience in youth ministry and 35 years serving as a priest including 20 years planting two churches. He is now a full-time coach and cultivator with NAMS based in Indianapolis, IN.
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MAP Talk Description: Men's ministry should be more than fellowship gatherings. Jesus calls us to be disciples and to share his Gospel at home and in the world. We're called to be a missional people! There are opportunities all over the world, but there are many right in our backyards as well. Join us to discuss how to help the men of our churches “go therefore” and serve God's people.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Newman serves the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina as Canon for Men's Ministry and has developed a men’s missional discipleship program. He has spent two years in Uganda and has served on mission teams in Burundi, Czech Republic, Indonesia, and domestically including ARDF Disaster Response Network trips.
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MAP Talk Description: Brian will share how ARDF supported and empowered local ANCA churches to respond to Hurricane Helene through both immediate response and long-term recovery efforts in the Black Mountain area that are on-going. He will also detail the resources ARDF can provide to the local church to prepare a domestic disaster response team.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: As a career fundraiser and member of the media, Brian answered God's call to lead ARDF's domestic disaster response network in June 2024. He and his wife, Amy, live in Tallahassee, FL where Amy directs children’s ministry at St. Peter’s Anglican Cathedral.
MAP Talk Track: Evangelism
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MAP Talk Description: Antisemitism is a Gospel issue. Antisemitic incidents skyrocketed after the pandemic and reached new heights in the midst of the Israel-Hamas War. Christians must see Jesus in the faces of the Jewish brethren amongst us. When we confront antisemitism and speak comfort to our Jewish neighbors, the Holy Spirit begins healing generational wounds caused by historic Christian antisemitism and prepares Jewish hearts to hear the good news that Jesus is the Messiah of Israel.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Cariño is the Executive Director of the Church’s Ministry Among Jewish People (CMJ-USA). She is passionate to stir up the American church to build bridges with our Jewish neighbors, speak out against antisemitism, and proclaim Yeshua the Messiah to all nations. She has served with CMJ in Israel and the U.S. since 2014.
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MAP Talk Description: Explore how cross-cultural calls form through spiritual formation, relationships in the faith community, cultural experiences, and ministry internships. Learn how your passions, gifts, education, and experiences can be used by God for His glory among the nations beginning near your home and extending globally. You may be discerning your own call, or you may desire to walk alongside others who are discerning a call. Come and discover your next steps!
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Stewart is the President and Mission Director of the Society of Anglican Missionaries and Senders (SAMS) and is passionate about encouraging others to discern their next step in sharing the love of Jesus Christ across cultures by sending, praying, giving, or going. Before joining the U.S. staff, Stewart and his wife, Laura, served as missionaries in Honduras. They have served with SAMS since 1986.
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MAP Talk Description: With 732 million people, Europe boasts many “without hope and without God in the world” (Ephesians 2:12). The Anglican Network in Europe proclaims Christ faithfully to the nations of Europe. The need is huge. The harvest field requires workers. There are opportunities to partner with historic orthodox, biblical, confessional Anglican churches through the Network in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, and Dutch. "Come over to (Macedonia) and help us!" (Acts 16:9)
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Married to Naomi with four grown children, Philip is the Rector of the Anchor Anglican Church Fowey in Cornwall, a small seaside harbor town in the far southwest of England. He is Canon to the Ordinary to Bishop Andy Lines for the Anglican Convocation Europe.
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MAP Talk Description: In 1 Peter 3:15, Peter tells us that all Christians should be ready to give an answer when asked for a reason for the hope that is in us. Apologetics is not about winning arguments nor ignoring the Spirit’s role in evangelism but about gently removing barriers to faith so that others may know the wonder and hope of God’s love for us in Christ. This talk will help discern the questions and objections of the culture and reveal insights Peter gives for responding meaningfully to satisfy both the mind and the heart.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Logan is an adjunct speaker with Apologetics Canada and is preparing to serve with his wife and newborn son in Santiago, Chile. Over the past ten years, he has given numerous talks at colleges and churches on tough questions about the Christian faith. He holds a PhD in political theory.
MAP Talk Track: Global Partnerships
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MAP Talk Description: Missions begins with seeing our neighbors and being willing to engage them in relationship. As we get to know our neighbor, we understand the power of the gospel in new and powerful ways. In this MAP talk, Keith will share what he has learned as he has built friendships with his "neighbors" in Southeast Asia. How might you see the "neighbors" who are in your neighborhood or among the nations to build spiritual friendships that will change you and serve to advance the Kingdom?
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: In his role as canon, Keith has built strong missional partnerships with Archbishop Stephen Tan Myint Oo, Primate of the Church of the Province of Myanmar and those in his Province. In addition, he has served on the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees for New Wineskins Missions Network. His heart is to see the gospel go forth to the unreached tribes, peoples, and nations.
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MAP Talk Description: Is it possible to build sister church partnerships on different continents that last through the years? We think so! Come hear about the ups, downs, joys, and disappointments that we have experienced while building church partnerships.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Ben and Cherie moved to Gahini, Rwanda in March 2023. They serve alongside the Diocese of Gahini building church partnerships between the churches there and in the ACNA. The main focus of their ministry is Christian school development, discipleship, and pastoral training. They have been married for 17 years and have seven children.
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Listen to this MAP Talk here! You can also watch a pre-recorded version of this talk here!
MAP Talk Description: How can we ensure that hope for the nations prospers throughout the Anglican Church? This session will show why investing in local, ministry-oriented theological education is key, especially for the world’s poorest dioceses. Discover how equipping church leaders to understand and teach the true gospel is strengthening dioceses, transforming communities, growing hope, and shaping the future of the global church.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Tim is CEO of Anglican Aid based in Sydney, Australia. He is passionate about building partnerships to strengthen the church in the poorest nations. Previously, he served in theological education in Chile and as Rector of a church in Sydney. Tim is married with five children and loves cycling and surfing.
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MAP Talk Description: The apostle Paul encourages Timothy to train up the next generation of leaders so they will be “qualified to teach others” (2 Tim 2:2). There is an urgent need to “train the trainers”—to biblically equip current leaders so they can entrust the gospel to the next generation of reliable and trustworthy leaders. We will consider three vital ingredients including how to communicate this training and the challenge that such training brings. Please join us to explore this urgent gospel task.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Bishop Gary is married to Christine with three adult sons. He is a missionary bishop with teaching and training experience in Africa, Malaysia, Fiji, and South America. He has also served as a parish minister, on the staff of a theological college, and as a diocesan bishop of a missionary diocese in outback Australia.
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MAP Talk Description: Faithful churches are rooted in authentic worship, discipleship, and communion, serve as beacons of hope, and bring colonies of heaven to the earth. This session explores the role of planting churches faithful to the Lord, God's Word, and the Great Commission highlighting practical strategies to fulfill the apostolic mandate to disciple the nations. Church planting will be presented as a powerful catalyst for discipleship and for the expansion of God's Kingdom among all peoples.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Bishop Josep serves as the Servant General of the New Anglican Missionary Society (NAMS). With more than 20 years of experience in global church planting, he leads NAMS in its mission to plant faithful churches and to make disciples worldwide. Bishop Josep is dedicated to advancing God's Kingdom and equipping missionary disciples.
MAP Talk Track: Justice and Mercy
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MAP Talk Description: This MAP talk will present practical examples and biblical principles of working with the poor using examples from the LeMarquand’s working in an inner city mission in Pittsburgh and from their time among the people of Gambella, Ethiopia, an area where the Anglican Church has grown tremendously in recent years in a context of poverty, ethnic division, and displacement.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Bishop Grant is Emeritus Professor of Biblical Studies at Trinity Anglican Seminary and retired bishop for the Horn of Africa. Dr. Wendy is a retired family doctor who has served in Canada, the US, Kenya, and Ethiopia.
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MAP Talk Description: Anglicans all have a heart to care for "the least of these." Churches know that this kind of outreach not only is a witness to the watching world and brings healing but also shapes the hearts of parishioners. But so often, outreach ministry is hard to sustain, challenging to maintain volunteers, and is untidy and complicated. In this workshop, hear from the collected wisdom of both Anglican practitioners on the front lines of this work and the from church leaders and clergy who have learned from both success and failure.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Born and raised in Guatemala, Christine lives in Austin, Texas, spending summers in Guatemala’s city dump serving in ministry to and with staff who are pouring their lives out for the poorest of the poor. Christine’s particular emphasis is working with justice workers and mission/ministry staff within the U.S. and internationally.
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Listen to this MAP Talk here! You can also watch a pre-recorded version of this talk here!
MAP Talk Description: How can we use God’s creation to share the love of Christ? God uses his creation to draw hearts closer to himself. The Church has a timely opportunity to lead the way in stewarding creation and, in doing so, point others to their Creator. As we engage people in his creation and share the specific revelation of Jesus Christ, we can lead them into a relationship with him. Join us to learn what it looks like to reclaim Christ as creator by igniting, captivating, and equipping faithful stewards of creation!
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Mary is an ordained deacon at The River Anglican Church in Blacksburg, VA and a SAMS missionary veterinarian. She is a co-founder of the Anglican International Student Ministry and the Anglican Creation Care Network. She and her husband, Jack, have two adult children. She trains international veterinarian missionaries on their Virginia farm.
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MAP Talk Description: Human traffickers victimize an estimated 27.6 million people worldwide. When faced with this global problem, what can one person possibly do in the face of so much evil? As believers, we all have a critical role to play. What is one thing you could do today to take a stand? This talk will give you simple and actionable steps to empower you to fight human trafficking.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Anthea leads the Anglican Freedom Network and advocates for victims of human trafficking. With decades of women's ministry experience, she writes, speaks, and creates digital content, serving her parish, diocese, and the Province. Her work focuses on freedom, justice, and empowering women through faith and community.
MAP Talk Track: Persecuted Church
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MAP Talk Description: Since April 2023, Sudan has suffered from a brutal civil war. Yet, the Sudanese Christians remain faithful and provide hope in the midst of this chaos. The Gospel is spreading, and many are turning to Christ. This MAP Talk will explore the political dynamics behind these developments and share stories of Sudanese Christians who bear witness to God’s Kingdom even as they suffer at the hands of warring generals bent on total domination at all costs.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Bishop Andudu is Bishop of Sudan’s Diocese of Kadugli. Since 2011, he has been targeted for assassination by Sudan's Islamic government because of his faith. Dr. Michael is the President, and Rev. Jared is Executive Director of Sudan Church Partners, a non-profit partnering with the Diocese of Kadugli for God’s Kingdom in Sudan.
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Listen to this MAP Talk here! You can also watch a pre-recorded version of this MAP Talk here!
MAP Talk Description: Christians around the world are being persecuted and martyred for their faith as never before. Where is persecution most severe? What can you do to help the Persecuted Church? Faith will discuss the many ways in which you can advocate for suffering Christians by encouraging legislation that honors and protects religious freedom (the halls) and by waging spiritual warfare (in the heavenlies)!
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Faith has been fighting for the persecuted church for over 35 years. She has worked on such legislation as the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act, 2000 Trafficking Victims Protection Act, 2002 Sudan Peace Act, and others. She is a member of Church of the Apostles Anglican in Fairfax, Virginia.
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MAP Talk Description: In 2001, bombs started detonating in the churches on the mountains of Jos Plateau and now continue on the grasslands of Nigeria by those opposed to the gospel. Dr. Okoronkwo will highlight the gospel resistance by Christian minority tribes against this persecution and the price Christians are paying for serving at these fault-lines. The goal of this MAP Talk is to create awareness for informed prayers and strategic partnership in preserving the vital mission fields of Nigeria, the most populous black nation on earth.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Justice serves in the Anglican Diocese of Jos, Nigeria as the Vicar of St. Paul’s church and the Archdeacon of Jos Central. He has been the Director of Missions in the diocese for more than twelve years before his current role as the Director of Research and Training.
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Listen to this MAP Talk here! You can also watch a pre-recorded version of this MAP Talk here!
MAP Talk Description: What’s the most effective way to inspire your congregation to follow Jesus more fervently and advance His Kingdom around the world? Come learn about the Anglican Persecuted Church Network to super-charge your congregation to care more compassionately about our persecuted brothers and sisters in Christ through advocacy and prayer.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Patricia is the co-leader of the Anglican Persecuted Church Network that she and Faith McDonnell launched in September 2019. God broke Patricia’s heart for the persecuted church in 1998, and she has been organizing events to bring prayer and advocacy to suffering Christians ever since.
MAP Talk Track: Prayer and Healing
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MAP Talk Description: In love, God created us in his image as creative beings. We are ALL creative and called to use our creativity in ways that bring healing for the sake of the world. God desires to bring healing into his world through beauty...through art. Come hear stories and see pictures of how art has been a transformative, healing agent in lives around the world through the ministry of United Adoration...and beyond. As time allows, we will do a simple creative exercise.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Nancy was a 30-year missionary in Japan where she helped start JapanCAN - Christians in the Arts Network. Each July, she teaches a course in the UK on using arts in missional contexts, teaches globally on worship and spiritual formation, and serves as Chaplain for United Adoration. Nancy is also the Assisting Priest at All Souls Anglican Church, IN.
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MAP Talk Description: Most of us pray for healing, but how can we pray with New Testament results? How do we pray with expectant faith? With power from on high? Healing prayer is not only for those with gifts of healing, but also for every believer as part of their ministry of evangelism, pastoral care, or encouragement. Come learn effective ways to pray for healing that are grounded and modeled in the Scriptures.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Clancy is the Director of Renew, a ministry of the American Anglican Council. He served as founding Rector of Church of the Holy Spirit in Leesburg, VA for 24 years and co-leads the Healing in Mission Network for New Wineskins. He leads renewal and healing conferences and trainings, and coaches leaders.
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MAP Talk Description: In Ephesians 6, God lets us know where our real battle is—"against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places." When we intercede for missions, we are asked to charge into the thickest parts of this battle because it is there that people, missionaries, and nations need the most prayer support. This talk will explore both offensive and defensive approaches to spiritual warfare in intercessory prayer.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Scott attends The Falls Church Anglican in northern Virginia. Experienced in both the practice and teaching of prayer ministry, Scott serves as a healing and intercessory prayer minister and assists in leading those ministries at TFCA. He has led prayer ministry workshops and missions domestically and abroad.
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MAP Talk Description: How can we be faithful and steadfast in our call to intercede for the world? Explore the biblical mandate for intercession and receive practical guidance on how individuals, prayer teams, and churches can faithfully pray for our brothers and sisters facing persecution, disasters, and war in addition to the approximately 7,000 unreached people groups. Come be equipped to develop your church family as “a house of prayer for all nations" (Isaiah 56:7b).
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Lollie is the co-leader of the Prayer For All Nations Network. She chairs the Mobilizing the Church Task Group of the New Wineskins Anglican Partners that has produced such resources as the Liturgy for Mission and Anglicans In Prayer. She also serves on the board of SAMS and New Wineskins.
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MAP Talk Description: Deliverance ministry is not a fringe activity—it is a vital expression of the Church’s mission to proclaim and embody the freedom found in Christ. In this talk, we’ll explore a biblical and theological vision for deliverance, dispel common misconceptions, and consider the pastoral, practical, and missional dimensions of this work. Drawing from Scripture, Church tradition, and real ministry experience, we’ll reflect on how the Church can minister freedom with authority, discernment, and deep compassion.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Zach is a priest at Church of the Redeemer in Greensboro, NC. He is passionate about the ministry of healing and deliverance. His heart is to help others walk in the freedom and wholeness we have in Christ and live into their identity as beloved sons and daughters.
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MAP Talk Description: How can we believe in a loving God when confronted with the sufferings and wounds of the afflicted? How can we continue to minister where there are needs that can’t be met? We serve in obedience to the Lord with his strength and sustained by his comfort. God calls us into these hard places to teach us how to co-labor with him. If God is calling you to hard places, please join Cathy as she shares from her own experience of co-laboring with Christ.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Cathy (MSW, M.Div.) has been a practicing Clinical Social Worker for the past 31 years. She spent from August 2022 until March 2025 serving in Uganda as a full-time missionary. Her focus was to bring mental health education and treatment to those around her.
MAP Talk Track: Reaching the Next Generation
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MAP Talk Description: If there’s a stirring in your spirit to disciple children with a more impactful and dynamic approach to God’s Word, come discover the KIDStory approach, inspired by Jesus, where kids actively participate in God’s redemptive story. Our relational, interactive, and Bible-centered environment helps children understand God, themselves, and how to embrace a personal relationship with Jesus. Join us to bring this transformative method to your ministry!
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: As the Global Director of KIDStory at Kids Around the World, Gary is continually inspired by God to develop relational discipleship environments that make learning about Jesus interactive, experiential, and FUN for kids and those who lead them.
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MAP Talk Description: Younger generations grapple with unprecedented levels of loneliness, anxiety, and depression. Yet, beneath their struggles lies a deep hunger for meaning, purpose, and relationships. This is not a crisis—it’s an extraordinary opportunity. By equipping believers with a simple and sustainable model, we can build a strong, enduring faith- community centered on the Gospel and rooted in Scripture. Explore how to ignite a culture of generational discipleship and discover the vast untapped resource that the church has overlooked.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: As Director of Engage Discipleship, Dave equips churches to engage all generations. With over 35 years of experience, he served in churches near Chicago, in Cheshire, England, and Charleston, SC. He has been published extensively and has trained leaders across America as well as in Canada, England, and Ireland.
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MAP Talk Description: Bolivia has one of the highest rates of child abandonment, neglect, and abuse in South America, leaving thousands vulnerable to poverty, exploitation, and a future without hope or a relationship with Jesus Christ. In this MAP Talk, discover how Niños con Valor (NCV), in partnership with La Trinidad Anglican Church in Bolivia, provides holistic care to help heal and meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of vulnerable children in Bolivia and how you can be part of this incredible story.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Craig serves as the North America Executive Director for Niños con Valor. After a life-changing mission trip to Bolivia, Craig's passion for faith-driven justice, community, and discipleship grew. He, his wife, and young child live in Victoria, BC, Canada.
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MAP Talk Description: This MAP talk will highlight Christian-based education that fosters and promotes Christ-centered leadership development for South Sudan and beyond. Good Shepherd Academy accomplishes this mission by providing sound academics, leading students and teachers to Christ so that they may grow in faith, building biblical character based on Christ’s teachings, and instilling values that reflect Christ's teachings. Their vision is rooted in biblical mission, spiritual formation, peacebuilding, and advocacy for transformation.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: John is an Anglican priest from the Diocese of Bor (Episcopal Church of South Sudan) and the co-author, along with Lilly Sanders Ubbens, of God’s Refugee: The Story of a Lost Boy Pastor. He founded the Good Shepherd Academy in Juba to educate future South Sudanese Christian leaders. He lives in Nairobi with his wife Sarah and their six sons.
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MAP Talk Description: God has given our next generation gifts that uniquely equip them for global missions. Learn about these gifts and discover how to develop culturally-competent, globally- minded leaders through an intentional cross-cultural apprenticeship. Hear about field placement opportunities and their sponsoring cross-cultural workers. Discover supporting roles that offer opportunities to be a part of an apprentice's team. This interactive workshop explores practical frameworks for mentoring the next generation in authentic cross-cultural ministry contexts. Learn more about Role Call at www.newwineskins.org/role-call
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: “You have the Bible in your language?” This question, posed to Sheryl at age 20 in the mountain jungles of the Philippines, changed the course of her life. She has been going to and sending to unreached people groups ever since. Now, let’s send the next generation.
MAP Talk Track: Relief and Development
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MAP Talk Description: This presentation will address the four “pillars” of chronic poverty as defined by NewVines International. Virgil will demonstrate through literature, real world financial examples, and personal anecdotes why many common interventions work in some situations, but not in others, and why poverty in many parts of the 10-40 window remains intractable. Attendees will gain a better appreciation for the complex interactions between Spiritual, Training, Cultural, and Institutional components and will leave with concrete steps they can implement immediately.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: As founder and CEO of NewVines International, Virgil revitalizes organizations through the strategic use of financial and demographic analysis bringing innovative methods and effective results to Christ-centered economic development. Through this ministry, he seeks to combat poverty with transformative solutions and has gained recognition in the industry for his creative approaches to chronic poverty.
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MAP Talk Description: Shame is entrenched in the experience of extreme poverty and isolates, devalues, and distorts identity. Five Talents partners with the Anglican Communion in poverty alleviation, ministering to the core issue of shame by restoring relationships through microenterprise development. This talk explores how entrepreneurship becomes a gateway to renewed relationship with God, self, community, and the world. Join us to discover how true poverty alleviation enables both the body and spirit to flourish.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Liz is the CEO of Five Talents, a ministry empowering women and men to find a sustainable path out of extreme poverty through microenterprise development. She is passionate about mobilizing the church to respond to the harsh realities of poverty in the most practical, impactful ways.
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MAP Talk Description: In developing an international missional relationship, how can you ensure that the partnership is fruitful for everyone involved? Come learn from the staff of the Anglican Relief and Development Fund (ARDF) what works, what might not, and how to build relationships that recognize the strengths of all partners. We’ll discuss practical steps to ensure your global relationships are life-giving for everyone. We’ll also offer ways ARDF can support your partnerships.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Kristen is the Executive Director of ARDF with 17 years of experience in the oversight of both international disaster relief and development in the Global South. Christine is the Deputy Director of ARDF and has a background in cross-cultural ministry. Vanessa is ARDF’s Director of International Projects and has worked in international development in Africa and the Middle East.
MAP Talk Track: Spanish Mission Talks
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MAP Talk Description: Un gran porcentaje de los cristianos dicen que llegaron a conocer a Cristo durante su niñez. Por lo tanto, es urgente evangelizar y discipular a los niños y jóvenes para que conozcan a Jesús y evangelicen a sus familias y comunidades. Vengan a escuchar acerca de lo que está haciendo Dios en Latino América por medio del ministerio de niños y jóvenes.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Meredith fue una misionera en Fresnillo, México (1997-2025). Apoyó a una congregación local; su enfoque principal fue en el ministerio de niños y jóvenes. Acaba de mudarse a El Paso, TX, y está actualmente en un sabático antes de seguir apoyando a la obra en México en un contexto nuevo.
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MAP Talk Description: Solemos pensar en la misión transcultural en partes del mundo muy lejanas, y localmente pensar en la plantación de iglesias sin pensar tanto en el contexto. Pero, ¿qué sucede si aplicamos los principios de misión transcultural a nuestro contexto local? El resultado es una creatividad e imaginación en la misión entre las culturas que nos acompañan localmente y un anhelo de hacer discípulos de Jesús de formas contextualizadas dónde la Iglesia no suele alcanzar. Lo llamamos Misión Pionera.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Paul es el Director para América Latina de la Sociedad Misionera de la Iglesia (Church Mission Society – CMS) y dirige su obra misionera en la región. Vivió 17 años en Lima, Perú sirviendo como misionero junto con su esposa Sarah. Tienen tres hijas, todas nacidas en Perú.
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MAP Talk Description: Caminemos Juntos ha respondido al llamado de discipular y compartir el amor de Cristo con comunidades latinas, pero su impacto trasciende fronteras al inspirar a otros a abrazar la diversidad cultural como una bendición de Dios. Reflexionaremos sobre cómo podemos prepararnos para recibir, discipular y amar a las naciones dondequiera que estemos, reconociendo que cada cultura refleja un aspecto único del corazón de Dios.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Sebastián es un misionero chileno en proceso de ordenación en la diócesis de San Joaquín. Es director de Caminemos Juntos y pastor laico de Misión Piedra Principa, una iglesia en Wheaton, Illinois. Alister es un misionero chileno y pastor para latinos en la Iglesia de Cristo de Vienna, Virginia.
MAP Talk Track: The Arts in Missions
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MAP Talk Description: The arts can assist our worship by offering a rich, multi-sensory worship experience that engages the whole person through touch, taste, and smell. The arts help us worship and deepen our devotion to God by engaging the senses and speaking to our hearts and our imaginations. Whether it be music, poetry, theatre, painting, dance, or the use of film, the arts can be a powerful aid to prayer and worship.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Winfield is an internationally recognized author, artist, and the founding director of Creo Arts, a non-profit that exists to bring beauty, goodness, and truth to the world through the arts. He is also artist-in-residence at Asbury Theological Seminary and the author of several books. Carol is a professional actress, director, and playwright who develops performing arts for worship and ministry. She tours internationally creating and performing theatre and teaches acting at Asbury University.
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MAP Talk Description: Art speaks to us on a visceral level...deep calling to deep. The Norrises will share how to use creativity and the arts in evangelism and healing. They will also share stories about how the Lord has made their art their first language and touch point with others during 20 years of ministry in the various contexts he has called them.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Sean and Kate are both priests in the ACNA. They have served many years as leaders in various churches and para-church ministries in Pittsburgh, New York, and Charleston. They started Dandelion Ministries to create space for others to experience Jesus’ radical grace in their place of need using the arts.
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MAP Talk Description: The arts are a powerful way for churches to impact their communities with the Gospel. In this MAP Talk, Dave will share insights about how to grow a creative community in your church that utilizes the arts to Celebrate, Teach, Share and Live the Gospel. He'll also share stories from around the world on how churches are using the arts to reach people with the Gospel.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Dave is an artist, priest, and president of United Adoration, a global movement dedicated to seeing the Church be the model of beauty, creativity, and artistry on the earth. He travels extensively, partnering with churches around the world to develop local, Gospel-centered creative communities.
MAP Talk Track: The Missionary Life
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MAP Talk Description: The Rangers are living proof that our Lord can call us to service in missions at any time in our lives. Come hear their experience as God led them from offering hospitality to Ugandan students in America to life on a Ugandan campus. He guided them through a wardrobe door to a new life of grace and learning and to the best jobs they’ve ever had. If service in missions is right for you, it is never too late.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Catherine and Richard serve as missionary faculty at Uganda Christian University. Catherine serves on the administration for UCU's Honors College, and Richard as a lecturer in the UCU School of Business. They are each mentors to several students and host a bible study fellowship at their campus home.
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MAP Talk Description: How do we best prepare our missionaries for long-term service? How do we equip them for the many challenges ahead? Come and hear how Church Missionary Society-Australia (CMS-A) runs a five-month residential training program for new missionaries to address some of these questions.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Peter served as a missionary in Mexico for 12 years working in theological education. As International Director for CMS-A, he is responsible for the selection, training, deployment, and support of CMS-A missionaries around the world.
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MAP Talk Description: Are you discerning a call to missions and ministry? How might your gifts, your passions, and your burden for the brokenness of the world shape this call? Who gets to discern a call with you? Join us to discuss these questions as we seek to follow the Lord in obedience and in answer to his call.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Alex was called to Christ at Oxford, England in 2000 and has served in campus ministry and youth ministry in Exeter, Oxford, and Pittsburgh. He now serves the Anglican Church as Vice President for Advancement at Trinity Anglican Seminary.
MAP Talk Track: Unreached People Groups
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MAP Talk Description: The Stieng peoples of Vietnam and Cambodia are separated by only 20 kilometers but due to both cultural separation and a government which is hostile to the gospel, the Stieng of Cambodia (only around 10,000 in three provinces) remain unreached. The cultural barriers, language issues, and the needs of the Cambodian Stieng will be discussed as well as possible strategies needed for reaching this segment of the Stieng people for the gospel.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Joni has served as a missionary in Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Cambodia, and now resides with her husband, Gary, in the U.S. She continues to do strategic coordination work among the Stieng of Eastern Cambodia. In addition to aiding children in Vietnam and Cambodia through educational scholarships, she continues to work with local church planters in the Stieng area of Cambodia to share the gospel message.
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MAP Talk Description: Discover how business can be a catalyst for accomplishing God’s purposes in the world. Business as Mission (BAM) “is practicing corporate shalom by ensuring that relations, profits, products, and ethics correspond with God’s intention for humanity” (Chewing, Business Through the Eyes of Faith). This talk will examine the different aspects of BAM and how God has used businesses, business owners, and managers to share the Good News.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Andrea is Professor Emerita at Trinity Western University in Canada. She is active within the global academic and business community by researching, writing, and assisting organizations that have a focus on business as mission. She is also a member of the Diocesan Council for the Anglican Diocese of Canada.
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MAP Talk Description: It is difficult to overestimate the role of miracles and power encounters when the Gospel takes root among an unreached people group. Learn how healing prayer can be an essential part of any cross-cultural ministry. Explore resources that can better equip you in inner-healing and deliverance. Come and allow God to impart in you a passion (and maybe even a gift) for healing to enrich your work of bringing His glory to the nations.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Frank and his wife, Anne, have been sharing the Gospel in North Africa for 25 years. He currently serves as Rector of St. George’s Anglican Church in Tunis where he pastors a congregation made up entirely of Muslim background followers of Jesus.
MAP Talk Track: Welcoming the Nations
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MAP Talk Description: Most people will not be called to full-time missionary service in another country but can be involved in global missions at home by befriending international students. Hear stories about Anglicans and Anglican churches participating in international student ministry and receive relevant resources along with practical recommendations to begin reaching out to the world at your doorstep.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Leiton and Lisa have been mobilizing the Church for international student ministry (ISM) for nearly 50 years through various national, regional, and global networks. Leiton is a co-leader of the Anglican International Student Ministry Network for New Wineskins, and Lisa is the former National Director of International Student Ministry for Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship.
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MAP Talk Description: The global displacement crisis has created an opportunity for North American Christians to meet people from all around the world in their neighborhoods. Hear stories of how relationships have formed in the Behrens family’s partnership with Church of the Ascension in Pittsburgh, PA, serving people from Eritrea, Afghanistan, Venezuela, South Sudan, Syria, and other nations. How can you show Christ’s love to the nations in your neighborhood?
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Daniel and Rebekah share a passion for building relationships with people from other cultures and for being a tangible sign of God’s personal care to those who are far from home. Through a life-changing season of ministry, God confirmed their calling to long-term, cross-cultural ministry in the United States and opened a door for them to join SAMS-USA. Daniel now serves as a Missionary in Residence at Church of the Ascension focusing on refugees and other recent immigrants.
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MAP Talk Description: Thousands of refugees under the age of 18 pour into Europe each year without their families. They experience culture shock, language barriers, and many other difficulties when they arrive. Many also come with a history of trauma and experience pressure from multiple sources. This talk will introduce the multi-layered problems of trauma and complex trauma in refugee teens and young adults while proposing a solution for alleviating trauma through love and counseling.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: David and Patricia are serving with SAMS as church planters in Berlin, Germany where Patricia is also a Christian Counselor. They have three adult sons including a foster son from Afghanistan who came to them as a 16-year-old refugee. They acquired many other “sons” in their work with refugee teens.
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MAP Talk Description: In this talk we will answer three questions: Why should we reach Muslims for Christ? What is Islam? How should we reach them? You will leave equipped to share Christ with Muslims.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Matt’s background includes 15 years in the Middle East and four decades sharing Christ with Muslims. He founded the International Muslim Outreach in 2013 to equip Christians to share Christ with Muslims confidently and humbly. Matt and his wife, Mave, live in Tampa, Florida with three of their seven children.
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MAP Talk Description: In a time of unprecedented global migration, the world has come to our doorstep. In this talk, Jared will cast a compelling vision for how local churches can engage the global diaspora in their own neighborhoods with intentionality, compassion, and strategic mission. Whether you’re just planting or reimagining your parish’s role in a changing world, this MAP Talk will equip you to see the harvest around you—and send laborers into it.
MAP Talk Speaker Bio: Jared and his wife Abbi lived in six years ministering as church planters in Frankfurt, Germany. Jared is a priest serving in the Diocese of Christ our Hope and the Executive Director of Sudan Church Partners (previously Pax Dei for Nuba), which works to come alongside of the Sudanese Anglican Church in raising up Christ-formed leaders in the midst of a horrific and ever-evolving civil war.