Send North America Conference 2012

Carlos Navarro Hispanics won’t be reached in our church buildings. They will be reached where they live, work, shop and socialize. This session deals with planting churches effectively among this people group in North America.

Bryan Galloway Learn how to make initial contact in cross-cultural settings. More specifically, learn how to make objective observations and ask culturally appropriate questions when engaging ethnic minorities within the U.S. Participants will take away practical how-to handles on connecting with the diverse ethno-linguistic populations now residing within the U.S.

Benny Wong, James Dixon, Aslam Masih, Carlos Navarro and Bryan Galloway The North American mission field has been and is currently changing and rapidly becoming more diverse in culture and language. We must have strategies to plant churches to reach the people groups that God is bringing to our communities and cities. This breakout was led by a panel of ethnically diverse pastors in North America and an IMB representative who have experience in planting churches among specific people groups.

The Bible is more about reality than surface morality, and everything in life that matters— family, business, sports, fashion, media, art— relates back to the gospel. In this breakout see how The Story teaches the gospel as central to the believer and as the central need of the unbeliever.

In the closing message of the Send North America Conference, David Platt, pastor of The Church at Brook Hills, Birmingham, Ala., encourages pastors and church planters to focus on making disciples—using the book of Acts as a guide.

Johnny Hunt connected penetrating lostness in North America with the unity of the church during his message in the concluding session of the 2012 Send North America Conference hosted by his First Baptist Church of Woodstock, Ga.

A panel discussion on church planting partnerships includes J.D. Greear, pastor of The Summit Church in Durham, N.C.,Paul Chitwood (left), executive director of the Kentucky Baptist Convention, and NAMB president Kevin Ezell.

J.D. Greear, pastor of The Summit Church in Durham, N.C., shares how the gospel is the source for the church planting vision.

John Bisagno, retired pastor of First Baptist Church of Houston, talks with Kevin Ezell, president of the North American Mission Board.

Dispersing the wisdom of 60 years in the ministry, John Bisagno focused the 2012 Send North America Conference attendees on obtaining the proper balance to ensure a lasting ministry during a Tuesday lunchtime main session.