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Taking Part in the Biblical Story of Missions

The Bible contains a narrative, a story, about God's gracious plan in Christ to redeem us from our sin. Believers are brought into that story. This story isn't something we just know and learn about but we are called to take our place in it. Missions is hard-wired to that story. Rather than thinking of our basis for missions as simply a collection of "missions" texts (and ther...

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The Grand Healing Narrative and Our Unique Niche

Each of our lives is a narrative. God’s word is a meta-narrative, a grand healing narrative. Weaving these narratives together in the context of the people we serve leads to missional living where ever we are called. Given our unique talents, gifts, passions, cultures and professions, how do we discern and sustain our respective niche in the purposeful and wonderful story of God? Sessi...

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Medical Missionary Training: Equipping Healthcare Professionals for Global Impact

Learn how medical missionary training equips healthcare professionals to serve with skill, faith, and compassion in global missions.

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Teaching and encouraging early patient mobility to non-rehab professionals in mission hospitals

Many mission hospitals around the world do not have access to Rehab Professionals. Early patient mobility has been shown to improve patient’s outcomes. Visiting Medical Professionals, Doctors, Therapists, Nurses and other professionals can play an important role in teaching non rehab professional clinicians in mission hospitals when and how to mobilize even some of the sickest or most sev...

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How To Take a Spiritual History

Spirituality is an important component of health, and assessing a patient's spirituality is a cultural competence of healthcare professionals. This session will review secular “best practice” guidelines about spiritual assessment and provide a framework for taking a spiritual history during our interactions with patients. Participants will role-play a variety of spiritual histor...

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Impact of Medical Supplies on Global Healthcare Missions

Discover how medical supplies save lives in global healthcare missions, bringing hope and essential care to underserved communities.

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Transformative Healing: Integrating Plastic Surgery, Gospel, and Long-Term Medical Missions

This lecture delves into the integration of subspecialty skills, particularly cleft palate repair, to provide a platform to advance the gospel among unreached people groups. By intertwining the healing art of plastic surgery with the principles of the Gospel, it highlights a holistic approach to medical missions. The talk also underscores the significance of sustainable, long-term engagement, a...

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Ten things I wish I had known when I became an unlikely missionary doctor, wife and homeschool mama

Are you: - Interested in mission and wondering what it really means for you and your family, and if you have what it takes? - Curious to know how one may start and sustain a ministry in resource-limited settings in a foreign country from scratch with no money, no team, and no knowledge about far too many things? - Looking for practical tools and resources to prepare for mission? Through t...

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Top 10 Papers in Primary Care: Key Studies to Know About

In this session, we will review 10 potentially practice changing articles for primary care in the developed and developing world from 2019-2023 and will present each of these articles in a few minutes, critically appraising the articles and highlighting the positives and negatives of each. We will also discuss issues related to applicability of this research in different settings. Session re...

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Emergency Response Training: Building Preparedness for Medical Missions

Equip yourself with the skills to save lives in medical missions through emergency response training that prepares you for any crisis.

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