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Should Muslims who enter the Kingdom through Jesus remain Muslim Insiders? Whether or not they should, they ARE. Tens of thousands of Muslims from diverse corners of the Muslim world are transferring allegiance from Mohammed and the Qur’an to Messiah Jesus and His Kingdom of grace … while remaining part of the Uma of Islam (Muslim Community).Beyond orthodoxy (correct beliefs – we’ll demonstrate just how orthodox they are) these Muslim Insiders are also orthopraxic (correct practice), obeying everything taught by Jesus, their much treasured and divine Savior. They may not ascribe to our Creeds (which they have not read) but they lovingly affirm all the Bible teaches about Jesus, their Lord and Master.This workshop will not train how to “do Insider ministry.” But it will inform how God is doing it. The workshop will not attempt to defend insider movements. But it will declare the mighty works God is doing among many peoples within the house of Ishmael (Islam). Messy? Yes. What Muslim movement to Christ is not? But they’re also miraculous … and just a bit mysterious for Western Christians.

Like all human institutions, healthcare is subject to the Fall and operates under principles at odds with the Kingdom of God. Disciples of Jesus who understand the character of their King and His Kingdom must advocate, through their words and actions, for just and equitable healthcare. Beginning with a foundation of biblical justice and reviewing Church history, this breakout session will challenge disciples to make Jesus look great by loving and serving the poor and marginalized.

Hinduism unlike the Judeo-Christian and Islamic faiths has a radically divergent worldview; the New Age ideology/faith while being an eclectic network, is in its foundation a western, modern adaptation of Hinduism. The presentation is prepared with a view to equip the missionary to get into the shoes of these worldview followers so that they can better communicate the Gospel of Christ in God.

Worldview is the way we view life and our place in it. What is your worldview? The great majority of medical missions in East Asia takes place in Buddhist and Chinese (Confucian) worldviews. We will look at the meaning of these worldviews and the obstacles they present to evangelization. What unique role does medical missions have in this process and in these contexts? This session will feature a veteran medical missionary familiar with Confucianism and the Chinese worldview. I will present the Buddhist challenge.

This session will enable participants to understand the necessity for demonstration and proclamation of the Gospel in their daily lives and in missions.

The United States is a much overlooked field in global missions. 96 million people live in areas designated as medically underserved. All of those are communities where poverty is rampant and resources are low. Not only are those areas of great need, they are areas of tremendous opportunity where the harvest is ripe for the gospel. The Director of Christian Community Health Fellowship will share an overview of the issues impacting this cross-cultural domestic mission field, and will discuss how Christian health professionals are intentionally living out the gospel through healthcare among the poor in the United States.

This workshop will provide an overview of Community Health Evangelism (CHE), a breakthrough mission strategy that seamlessly integrates evangelism and discipleship with disease prevention and community-based development. Through these ministries people become followers of Jesus, churches are planted, and entire communities are lifted out of cycles of poverty and disease. Participants will learn the basics of the strategy, and get practical information about how to start a CHE ministry in a target community.

Health professionals in all settings should take a history from their patient(s). National guidelines in the U.S. recommend a spiritual assessment be included with most or all patients. Yet, surveys show that over 95% of patients say that no health professional has ever inquired of their spiritual or religious beliefs. Furthermore, most health professionals indicate that they never been taught how or why to incorporate a spiritual or religious assessment into their patient history. In this session you'll learn why a spiritual assessment is now considered a part of quality, evidence-based patient care. In addition, you'll be exposed to a number of spiritual history instruments to consider using in your patient care and you'll be exposed to options of how to utilize the information obtained from a spiritual assessment.Finally, you'll be introduced to a small group training tool that you can use at home to facilitate the introduction of these principles to other health professionals.

All healing is a prophecy of the coming of the Kingdom of God.However commercialism and self-aggrandizement can partly or fully blur the prophecy.In the present world context where secular forces are dominant, where profit making is the norm and where pursuit of a career at any cost is the goal of medical education, how can hospitals continue to be witnesses?This presentation is based on 30 years of experience from medical mission work in India.

This session will discuss understanding the value of medical outreach and allied professionals for outreach to closed countries and unreached people groups. We will learn about different steps for engagement in closed countries. We will also look at how to have clarity in one's role in global missions.

Every person has a worldview, a deep sense of what is real and how the world works. What we believe and value and what we do and say are shaped by our worldviews. All cross-cultural ministry brings us into different worldviews in missions. Our approaches to healthcare ministries whether in our home country or another are liberated and limited by (1) our own worldviews (2) our awareness of our worldviews and how they are formed and transformed and (3) our capacity to recognize and work with the worldviews of the people to whom God sends us. By the end of this session, we will have grown in all 3 of those areas. We will leave with resources for continuing growth. This participatory session will include learning from person reflection, discussion of Biblical stories, and the wisdom of other participants.

Although ill defined and legally outlawed, the caste system of India is too deeply rooted to not have continued influence in daily life. The needs of the poor are vast. Homelessness and addiction are just two of the major plagues of the poor of India. However, there is hope. Sewa Ashram is a community that translates to “Serving Community,” and is a place where the love and hope found in Christ is shared with those who would know no hope or love otherwise. A crucial component of this is staff, volunteers, and long-term patients showing love towards one another in the name of Christ by serving and respecting one another. This attitude is displayed for and trickled down to the patients. The patient population is comprised of men who are destitute and have various acute and chronic health problems like tuberculosis, liver disease, traumatic wounds, or paralysis. Medical needs are met as best as possible given the resources available. Moreover, spiritual and emotional needs are addressed. Prayer meetings, one on one discipleship, and life groups are just a few examples of how these needs are met. It is amazing to see God work when a person is told and showed that they are of value and treated as a fellow image bearer of God.