Leading The Church In A Global Context

Over two days, Canadian and international pastors will discuss the unique challenges facing the church today. Guests will include Julius Rwotlonyo (WATOTO Church), Jonathan Smith (OneChurch.to in Toronto), Joshua Banda (Zambia), Tim Woodcock (Glad Tidings, Burlington), Tracy Dunham (Freedom in Christ Church, Kitchener) and others. They will address how they balance local and global engagement, evangelism and social engagement, diversity, and homogeneity, etc.

Part 1: Balancing our Local and Global Engagement in the Mission of God.

Tuesday May 14, 2024

Hosted By:

Murray Cornelius

Executive director of Mission Global

Nancy Gibson

Director of personnel and mobilization of Mission Global

Jeff Kelly

Associate executive director of Mission Global

Panelists:

Tracy Dunham:

Pastor Tracy Dunham is the lead pastor at Freedom in Christ Church in Kitchener, Ontario, where she has served for the past 15 years.

Tim Woodcock:

Pastor Tim Woodcock is the lead pastor of Glad Tidings Church in Burlington, Ontario, and is passionate about raising up followers of Jesus who have a passion for both the Word and Spirit.

Chad Holland:

Pastor Chad Holland is the lead pastor of King of Kings Community Jerusalem in Israel. He is also the CEO and Overseer of the King of Kings Network that has grown to over 50 locations of various congregations, prayer houses, humanitarian aid centres, counselling centres and training schools.

Julius Rwotlonyo:

Pastor Julius Rwotlonyo is the team leader at Watoto Church Ministries, a vibrant cell-based community church with more than 30,000 people attending services at its 17 campuses in Uganda, Juba, South Sudan and online.

Bishop Zowa:

Dr. Bishop Zowa is the lead pastor at Hope Community within Village of Hope Zimbabwe and oversees the Pentecostal Assemblies of God Zimbabwe’s social concerns

Don Horban:

Pastor Don Horban has pastored at Cedarview Community Church in Newmarket, Ontario for over 35 years. He has cultivated a church with a global view that consistently gives generously to God’s mission in the world.

Harold Gutierrez:

Harold Gutierrez serves as the intercultural and indigenous ministries director for the BC/Yukon District, a position he has held since 2019.

Roman Purshaga:

Roman Purshaga leads the mission initiatives of the Russian Assemblies of God and serves with PATHWAY training, an alternative ministers’ training track to credentials for the Assemblies of God.

Part 2: Balancing our Evangelism and Social Engagement in the Mission of God

Wednesday May 15, 2024

Hosted By:

Murray Cornelius

Jeshuran Beadle

Daniel Lepojarvi

Panelists:

Jonathan Smith:

Pastor Jonathan Smith is the lead pastor at onechurch.to and has over 30 years of pastoral leadership experience, leading churches in Halifax, Montreal, and now in Toronto, Ontario.

Chris Padiath:

Pastor Chris Padiath is the lead pastor at Waterloo Pentecostal Assembly in Waterloo, Ontario, and currently serves on the District Executive of the Western Ontario District.

Patti Miller:

Pastor Patti Miller is the lead pastor at Evangel in Montreal, Quebec, and has been partnering with ministries in Ukraine since 1999.

Julius Rwotlonyo:

Pastor Julius Rwotlonyo is the team leader at Watoto Church Ministries, a vibrant cell-based community church with more than 30,000 people attending services at its 17 campuses in Uganda, Juba, South Sudan and online.

Dixon & Chipo Changara:

Pastor Dixon and Chipo Changara are the lead pastors of Celebration Church in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.

Salem Faraj:

Pastor Salem Faraj is the executive pastor at the Glad Tidings Church in Burlington, Ontario, where he has been on staff since 2012.

Stock image of a Bangladeshi man in a red shirt paddling a traditional canoe on blue water

Samuel Adhikary:

Samuel Adhikary is a leader in the Pentecostal Assemblies of Bangladesh, working with Mission Global and ERDO, planting over 4,000 house churches in Bangladesh.