Your Church and the New Wineskins Global Missions Conference: Why Bring a Team? (Jenny Noyes)
The New Wineskins Global Missions Conference is the primary mission-mobilizing event for the Anglican Church in North America. Held every three years, it brings together those engaged in local mission and international mission; it draws missionaries and senders, clergy and laity, intercessors and evangelists, teachers and disciples. Come hear New Wineskins Missionary Network’s Executive Director, Jenny Noyes, share about the impact that next September’s conference can have on your church’s missional zeal. A number of congregations in our Diocese have discovered the power of bringing a team to experience New Wineskins—a conference that changes lives and changes churches. Come hear about the 18 pre-conferences that will go deeper on a variety of mission topics. Learn how everyone from young children to seniors can be challenged and equipped to take the Great Commission seriously.
Jenny Noyes is Executive Director of New Wineskins Missionary Network, an Anglican mission-mobilizing ministry based in Greensboro, NC. They host the triennial New Wineskins Global Missions Conference, which is coming up September 26-29, 2019 at Ridgecrest, NC. Jenny has served on the staff of Alpha USA and as Evangelism Director of the Anglican Communion Network, the precursor to the Anglican Church in North America.
Islam At Our Doorstep (The Rev. Robert Watkin)
Never have believers in America had a better opportunity to share the good news of Jesus Christ with their Muslim neighbors! Our area is home to one of the largest concentrations of Muslims in the U.S. with over 400,000 Muslims, 75 mosques and the two largest mosque complexes in the nation. Yet many of us feel timid around Muslims and are hesitant to meet and talk with them. Come and be encouraged as we consider what God is doing among American Muslims today and how each of us can effectively communicate Christ's love with them.
The Rev. Robert Watkin is the founder and president of the Oasis Life Network, an organization aimed at equipping and mobilizing the church for effective ministry among Muslims. Robert served for 15 years at The Falls Church Anglican, most recently as the Director of Outreach. In the 1990s, he lived in the Republic of Kazakhstan and taught English at Aktau University for five years, helped launch an educational center for the community and planted a multi-ethnic congregation with predominantly Kazakh leadership. He earned his M.Div. from Trinity School for Ministry and is currently completing his doctorate at Gordon-Conwell Seminary.
Transgenderism: Compassion, Clarity & Conversation (The Rev. Samuel Ferguson)
Transgenderism: Compassion, Clarity & Conversation…An increasing number of people in Western culture, especially teens, identify as transgender. Their “inward” experience of masculinity or femininity feels askew to their “outward” biological sex, male or female. With this topic now mainstream, Christians need to think carefully and compassionately about an array of questions, including: What anthropological assumptions underlie popular views and treatments? What does a loving Christian response look like?
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The Rev. Samuel D. Ferguson is currently working on a Ph.D. in the area of biblical anthropology. He also serves as part of the pastoral team at The Falls Church Anglican, Falls Church, VA, where he transitions to the role of rector in the spring of 2019.
North America: The New Mission Field (The Rev. Dr. Winfield Bevins)
North America: The New Mission Field…We live in an increasingly multicultural, secular, and global context, and because some churches in the United States do not understand these shifts, they have either stopped growing or are in decline. These shifts, however, have created tremendous opportunities for mission, as the mission field has now come to us, along with fresh voices from the global church from which we can grow and learn. Dr. Winfield Bevins, Director of Church Planting at Asbury Seminary will be sharing how each one of us can join in God’s mission to reach North America with the gospel of Jesus Christ through personal evangelism, church planting, and revitalizing existing congregations.
The Rev. Dr. Winfield Bevins is an author, artist, and speaker whose passion is to help others connect to the roots of the Christian faith for discipleship and mission. He is the Director of Church Planting at Asbury Theological Seminary. Prior to coming to Asbury, he was a pastor, college professor, and planter of Church of the Outer Banks (Diocese of the Carolinas). He has taught on four different continents, speaking at conferences, churches, and seminaries on a variety of topics. He has a Doctorate of Ministry from Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest, NC. Having grown up in a low-church background, Winfield eventually found his spiritual home in the Anglican tradition, but freely draws wisdom from all church traditions.
