Missions Blog for Churches

Tomorrow at 7 pm, at the Orlando Marriott, is the start of the Going Global Conference, entitled, “Mobilizing for Missions.” Plenary speakers include R.C. Sproul, Elliott Greene, Carl Ellis, and others. The conference is sponsored by the Going Global Network, which is aimed at equipping leaders in the African American church. It is a free conference, but registration is requested. Visit www.goingglobalconf.com for more information and to register.

We are getting very excited about the upcoming “Preparing for a Career in Medicine and Missions” Conference. As details fall into place, it is apparent what an exciting time this will be for students that come and for the providers they will be able to work with.

We have two wonderful clinic opportunities set up where students will be able to see doctors, dentists, nurse practitioners and other medical professionals at work to care for needs in our own backyard. Students will have the opportunity to work at Good Samaritan Clinic in downtown Atlanta or Good News Clinics in Gainesville, Georgia. Both are leading clinics for the underserved population and will provide exceptional experience in seeing day to day clinic function and the Gospel in action.

We also have some wonderful speakers lined up!

Drs. Ted and Sharon Kuhn will be joining us for the entire weekend and will be speaking and available to talk with students during free time and meals. They will also be working as providers during our clinic experience – so students will have the opportunity to work alongside them.

Drs. Ted & Sharon Kuhn

Dr. Walter “Ted” Kuhn is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Medical College of Georgia where he is Co-Director of International Medicine in MCG’s Center for Operational Medicine. He sub-specializes in Tropical Medicine and Travel Medicine.

Dr. Sharon Kuhn is an Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia and also specializes in Tropical Medicine and Travel Medicine.

Drs. Ted and Sharon Kuhn serve as Co-Directors of the Medical Department at Mission to the World. They seved as career medical missionaries in South Asia before joining the faculty at MCG and as staff at MTW.

The missing piece is YOU! The early registration deadline and opportunity to receive a $50 discount in overall conference cost is March 31st – so register today! We also have a limited number of needs based scholarships – so if cost is a factor, please be in touch with us as soon as possible!

We in the medical department are happy to answer any questions that you have or help you as you consider your next step in medicine and missions – so please contact us!

We look forward to seeing you May 31 – June 3.

For more information, contact:
Hope Williams
MTW Medical Recruiter
678.823.0004, ext. 2551

by Bill Yarbrough

Reading Jerram Barrs’ book The Heart of Evangelism has been like a breath of fresh air for me, for a few reasons. The first is that evangelism has been so much a part of my life since my early days in the Jesus Movement. So I consider tools and perspectives that feed and equip the Church for that task to be gifts. Secondly, the book is rooted deeply in a Reformed and covenantal view of Scripture and the world—something I never had (or at least didn’t understand) in those early years. And thirdly, I love what Barrs writes in the first sentence of his introduction: “This is more than 30 years of reflection on what the New Testament teaches us about evangelism; and it is the fruit of more than 30 years of desiring to practice in some poor way what I have learned from that study.” It’s this kind of personal insight that makes this book sing.

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