Evangelical Missiological Society to Meet at CIU

The 2014 Southeast Regional Conference of the The Evangelical Missiological Society will meet Saturday, March 29, 2014 on the campus of Columbia International University. The theme will be “Missions and Diaspora.” The conference is open to professors, students and mission practitioners.  

Session speakers include: 

• CIU alumnus Leiton Chinn, (international student ministry organizer with the Lausanne Movement) will speak on “Reaching the International Student Diaspora in North America.”
• CIU alumnus Ken Katayama (President of Crossover Communications International)
• CIU alumna Jessie Udall who recently defended her thesis, “Preparing Ethiopians for Cross-Cultural Ministry: Maximizing Missionary Training for Great Commission Impact.”

CIU professors making presentations include:

• Dr. Jerry Rankin, the director of the Zwemer Center for Muslim Studies 
• Zwemer Center Assistant Director Trevor Castor, 
• Dr. Mike Naylor, New Testament Professor
• Dr. David Cashin, Professor of Intercultural Studies
• Dr. Ed Smither, Professor of Intercultural Studies

For registration and more information visit http://www.emsweb.org/regions/southeast.