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Glenn Schwartz will speak about the issue of healthy sustainability in the Christian movement. He gives historical insights into how the dependency syndrome in cross-cultural missions develops and, more importantly, how it can be overcome. This presentation will also include several short case studies about mission-established hospitals and how they moved toward local sustainability. His primary emphasis is "two-fold: One is that unhealthy dependency can be avoided from the beginning in cross-cultural ministry. The second is that the dependency syndrome can be overcome where it has become established. He believes that churches and other institutions do not need to suffer long-term consequences from this illness, and there is plenty of evidence to confirm that. Obviously there are places in the world where outside assistance is justified, but in many places local resources are available for those who adjust strategies to identify and mobilize them.

Glenn Schwartz will speak about the issue of healthy sustainability in the Christian movement. He gives historical insights into how the dependency syndrome in cross-cultural missions develops and, more importantly, how it can be overcome. This presentation will also include several short case studies about mission-established hospitals and how they moved toward local sustainability. His primary emphasis is two-fold: One is that unhealthy dependency can be avoided from the beginning in cross-cultural ministry. The second is that the dependency syndrome can be overcome where it has become established. He believes that churches and other institutions do not need to suffer long-term consequences from this illness, andthere is plenty of evidence to confirm that. Obviously there are places in the world where outside assistance is justified, but in many places local resources are available for those who adjust strategies to identify and mobilize them.

Steve Saint unpacks lessons in how to support the indiginous person and how to support the indigenous institution by equipping them with the resources to own the work of their hands.

An assortment of personal stories shared by Steve Saint from his time in Equator and other places around the world. Steve will share insights into how to engage indigenous people groups with resources for developing communities and how best to work with them to instill dignity and ownership.

An assortment of personal stories of missions in Ecuador. Steve Saint shares stories from his time in Ecuador and other places around the world. Steve will share insights into how to engage indigenous people groups with resources for developing communities and how best to work with them to instill dignity and ownership.

This session will introduce people to how CHE is being used in North America in seeing urban underserved neighborhoods become transformed from the inside out using the assets that are found in the neighborhood by

This session will bring people together that have been doing CHE or starting to use CHE as a wholistic community development tool. Therefore most of the presentation will come from the people in the seminar sharing their experiences including their success and failures.

This session will introduce people to how CHE is being used in North America in seeing urban underserved neighborhoods.

What really IS sustainability? Are any health care institutions truly sustainable, in either the developed or the developing world? A refreshing look at an age-old missionary dilemma

Session will discuss the nuts, bolts, and challenges of being a team leader, especially as a mid-level provider.

She was part of a first response medical relief team with North Carolina Baptist Men's Dissaster Relief Organziation arriving only 6 days after the earthquake, the modern worlds worst natural disaster. She worked in two hospitals providing first response disaster medical care. this session will describe the conditions she found in Haiti, her work providing medical care in disaster conditions as well as the issues related to providing disaster medical care in the third world.

April Perry has worked in Haiti for over 10 years, leading short term medical missionaries as wel las founding and chairing a christian non profit which promotes public health initiatives in rural areas and urban slums in haiti. She was part of a first response medical relief team with North Carolina Baptist Men's Dissaster Relief Organziation arriving only 6 days after the earthquake, the modern worlds worst natural disaster. She worked in two hospitals providing first response disaster medical care. this session will describe the conditions she found in Haiti, her work providing medical care in disaster conditions as well as the issues related to providing disaster medical care in the third world.