Lorna Crawford from Church Mobilisation will present ideas on how you can personally be involved in spreading the Gospel to all nations and how to become equipped for service.

All missions work is significant, but is it strategic? Make your Mission Program more strategic and present it in a dynamic, ongoing, developmental way. This elective will be especially beneficial for pastors, church leaders, mission directors, and mission committee members.

In this elective, Neville Stanway will look at the importance of developing an integrated, holistic approach to missions. Issues such as ‘Developing a Mission Vision in Your Church’ and doing ‘Short-term Missions with a Long-term Plan’ will be addressed.

Reverend Doug Earp and his wife Jan from Reach Across will share on the origins of Islam, how it compares to Christianity and the opportunities it gives for showing the love of Christ.

Dr David Foris, a member of Wycliffe Bible Translators will speak about the fundamental principles that guide translation of the Bible and how translation is made available to ethnic groups without God's Word in their heart language.

Marine Reach Ministries will present an informative session about the use of medical stations as part of evangelism and how effective this can be done through ship ministry. There will be testimonies from people who have been aboard M/V Pacific Link.

Jamie Wood from Pioneers NZ will address the challenges posed by sharing the gospel in a postmodern context. Attendees will leave with a greater understanding of their context via a broad-strokes overview of Postmodernism and with some tools with which they can engage thinkers more effectively – whether in their community, church or on their prospective mission teams.

Many of New Zealand’s Christians and churches feel ill-equipped to reach out to the Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists that now reside in our neighbourhoods and fill our workplaces. 

WEC International will present an interactive introductory workshop focusing on principles for sharing the Gospel cross-culturally both locally and globally.

In this elective, Tuja will discuss how to effectively partner with National Workers. As Indo-Burma Programme coordinator for Ethnos Asia Ministries Tuja has a wealth of knowledge on the benefits and the difficulties of partnering with National Workers and establishing effective working relationships in indigenous churches. As a national worker himself, he will give valuable insights into how to enhance these relationships. This elective will be especially beneficial for mission agencies and mission organisational leaders.

Alpha is an opportunity for anyone to explore the Christian faith. People attend Alpha for a wide variety of reasons - some want to investigate whether God exists; others are concerned about what happens after death. Some people have particular questions that they would like to discuss; others want to understand other peoples' beliefs or would like to explore what the purpose of life is.

Eileen Garratt from Holy Trinity Tauranga will give an overview of Alpha. She will give tips on how to effectively run Apha in your own Church and discuss the Alpha programs run by Holy Trinity.

Do you have a concern for those persecuted for their Christian faith? This workshop presented by Murray Dillner from Open Doors NZ will focus on how to help support and pray for secret believers in the Muslim world and encourage you to live out your faith with greater courage and conviction.

Dianne Ross from God Story will explain why storytelling is an effective and proven tool for evangelism and discipleship. She will discuss the term “oral learner” and give examples of Bible storytelling.

Paul Stock and Janeen Mills from International Student Ministries will explain how International students studying in New Zealand represent a strategic opportunity in global mission. Their presentation will explore this idea, giving illustrations of work with International students and discuss the long-term impact in their home country.

Reverend John Rush, the author of "The Man with a Bird on his Head" highlights the thought that Christian pioneers venture into the mystery of the unknown to accomplish cultural change and missionary endeavour. He will speak on the divine appointment, fulfilment and challenge of following an adventure in mission.

Rosemary Dewerse from Interserve will explore the need for contextualisation of the gospel. You will find out what is essential and what is negotiable when taking the gospel to other cultures, and the characteristics required of an effective contextualiser.

How can we effectively structure mission leadership in a church to inspire and mobilise the congregation to be involved in mission? In this elective Pete Cossey and Michaela Vernall from Bethlehem Baptist Church will discuss mission leadership models (e.g. mission committees, church centred mission) for facilitating mission in your church.

They will detail the transition Bethlehem Baptist is going through, outline the new mission leadership structure and the reasons why they are moving in this way. This session will be especially useful for those involved in mission leadership: pastors, mission directors, mission committees; who are wanting to explore how to develop mission further in their church.

In this elective Kevin Honore will discuss issue of partnership between churches, mission organisations and mission projects. Kevin explains that many churches are not sure what the future of missions looks like. They perhaps know what it doesn't look like however Kevin will attempt to paint a picture of what it could look like. Often the leaders of churches are not closely connected to the current mission partners their church may have and they feel little connection to the field.

In this presentation Kevin will talk about the concept of partnership including barriers to effective partnership. He will present some case studies, discuss the role of the Western church in partnership, and the relationship between churches and mission agencies in a partnership environment. This elective will be especially beneficial for church leaders, mission team members and some agency representatives.

Are you considering teaching English as a Second Language? Ray and Paula Campbell will talk about the opportunities that exist, what qualifications are needed and the realities this mission field.

In this elective, Neville Stanway will address some of the key issues related to ‘How to Work with Churches’. There are two aspects required for the fulfillment of the Great Commission that need to be considered. One is related to Church Mobilization and the other to Field Facilitation.

We will look at how organizations work with Churches and offer advice regarding some of the practical steps that are needed to develop effective partnerships with churches. Topics covered include Making the Initial Contact, Understanding the Needs of the Church, and Developing a Church Mobilization Plan. This elective will be especially beneficial for mission agencies and mission organisational leaders.

Matthew from WEC International will speak about the importance of understanding the Arab worldview. He will introduce the essential traits of Arabic culture and give insights needed to evangelise Muslim families.

Nikki Limmer will speak about her research concerning the impact of World Vision Development Programmes on rural Bangladeshi women and the efforts to break the poverty cycle.

Christina Baird from Pioneers suggests that we can all lead a missional life wherever we find ourselves. As New Zealand becomes increasingly secularised and cross-cultural the gap between mission here and mission there decreases and committing to, and having the ability to live a missional life here becomes an important step in preparing to live a missional life in the rest of the world. 

Peter & Elizabeth Anderson are from Mairangi Bay Community Church (MBCC) and the Jian Hua Foundation (NZ) Trust. MBCC is a growing, intentionally multi-cultural church (with a significant Asian flavour). Participants will be encourged to reach the nations that God is sending us in NZ and to encourage those with a heart for the nations to get involved even before they go overseas to serve.

They will highlight factors of effectiveness or otherwise of multi-cultural churches. They will give some facts and figures and share specific stories (of both individuals and churches) highlighting the joys and challenges of building an intentionally multi-cultural ministry in the local church.

Michael Simkin, of International Friendship Ministries - Operation Friendship will present an overview of the significance of reaching out to International Students and demonstrate how this can be done through friendship ministries.

Dr David Foris will show that literacy transforms the lives of indigenous people. He will present an informative talk of his experience in translating the New Testament into the native language of the Sochiapan Chinantec people of Mexico.

Taking workmates, non-church friends or family on a building trip to help the poor is a fantastic non-threatening way to introduce them to God. Diana Judge will explain how and why this method works and detail how house building is transforming the slums of Mexico.