2023 CANADIAN REGIONAL CONFERENCE
Educating for Contemporary Mission
March 31 (Friday), 2023
In-Person
Tyndale University (Toronto, ON Venue)
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM (EDT)
Pacific Life Bible College (Surrey, BC Venue)
8:30 AM – 3:30 PM (PDT)
Plenary Speakers
Dr. Janet Clark
Dean Emerita, Tyndale University
“Educating for Mission: Paradigms, Practices, Pitfalls, and Potentialities”
Dr. Wafik Wahba
Professor of Global Christianity, Tyndale University
“Effective Theological Education for Contemporary Global Mission”
Paper Presentations: Toronto Venue (Tyndale University)
- Mission-Focused Discipleship: Bible College Instructors and Students Exploring Ministry Together (Carl Loewen)
- Humility as Key to Relational Connection across Space and Time (Glenn Martin)
- The Bible School Movement of the 1880s-1940s with Implications for the Current Karios Moment in the Global Diaspora Mission Epicentre of Canada (Chris Carr)
- Estrangement, Resettlement, & Community: A Qualitative Study of Post-2019 HK Young Adults Diaspora at a Chinese Canadian Church (Christie Chan)
- Canadian Trends in Mission: Reflections on “Missional Collaborations 2021: A Report from North America” (Allison Kach-Yawnghwe)
- Trinitarian Indigeneity: A Missiological Learning Ecosystem (Kimberley Morrison)
- Competency-Based Theological Education for Intercultural Missions and Pastoral Training: A Cooperative Model between Academy, Assembly, and Agency (Mark Naylor, Ken Jolley, Andrés Rincón) (to be presented by Ken Jolley)
- iTeaching: Educating Like Christ in a Digital Age (James T. Robertson and Narry F. Santos)
- Creating a Pathway for a Successful Redemptive Entrepreneurial Journey with Augmented Learning: A Case of Dynamic Adult Learning through Technology and Design-Thinking (Philip Yan)
Paper Presentations: Surrey Centre (Pacific Life Bible College)
- ESL Instruction in a Theological Setting: Both an Educational and Missional Tool (Sherah Bodie)
- Mission from the Margins: A Non-Traditional Approach to Resourcing Missions from the Inside Out (Jamie Munday & Kendra DeMicco-Lovins) (to be presented by Jamie Munday)
- Acknowledging, Developing, & Fostering Christian Communities through Story (Mackenzie Griffin)
- The Influence of Canadian Multiculturalism on Ethnic Diversity in Evangelical Churches in Vancouver, British Columbia (Sherman Lau)
- Competency-Based Theological Education for Intercultural Missions and Pastoral Training: A Cooperative Model between Academy, Assembly, and Agency (Mark Naylor, Ken Jolley, Andrés Rincón) (to be presented by Mark Naylor)
- The Local Church as Mission Academy (Phil Wagler)
Regional Vice President
Narry F. Santos, PhD
Assistant Professor of Practical Theology and Intercultural Leadership
Tyndale University
nsantos@tyndale.ca
The purpose of the Canada region of the Evangelical Missiological Society is to provide a forum once a year for Canadian missiologists and practitioners to engage each other around relevant topics in missions. This is motivated by a felt need for “dialogue, fellowship, and cooperation among evangelicals devoted to researching, publishing and instructing in areas related to the mission of the Church.