Joint EPGM-GEMN Conference - June 9-11, 2010
A major diocesan mission companionship in Africa, mission's parallel with mutuality in marriage, the challenge of mission in post-earthquake Haiti, the gift of mission networking, possibilities for mission education - these topics represented the wide range of Episcopal mission thinking highlighted at the joint annual conference of the Episcopal Partnership for Global Mission (EPGM) and the Global Episcopal Mission Network held at Virginia Seminary in Alexandria, June 9-11.
And those were just the plenary sessions attended by the 65 mission activists from around the church. Eight colloquia further enriched the practical, motivational and theological offerings of the conference. The gathering marked the 20th anniversary of the networking movement that began with the founding in 1990 of the Episcopal Council for Global Mission, which in 2000 became EPGM. Read the full report from Titus Presler, noted missiologist, on his blog, Titus on Mission.
Photos from the conference may be found here.
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