The posture of Western church leaders who convened for the Global: Church Forum (GCF) was one of listening and collaboration.
With 60% of today’s 2 billion Christians residing in the global south, representatives from 98 Christian, nonprofit organizations had a chance to hear from speakers from more than 23 countries—and the messages weren’t focused on the “west teaching the rest.”
The hands-on, practical approach of the forum sought to uncover points of collaboration that lead to strategic partnerships that are powerful, scalable and sustainable and address the world's the greatest needs.
This unprecedented look at how ministries conduct themselves in different cultures and economies will be further examined in 2013, when the Global: Church Forum is hosted by Kasr El Dobara Church in Egypt.
GCF partners included Compassion International, Crossway Publishers, The Global Executive Leadership Forum, CreatePossible, re:source global and Christianity Today, which hosted a livestream of forum sessions.
For more information about future GCF events, contact Tommy Lee at tommy@createpossible.com.
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Global: Church Forum 2012, Speakers
Paco Amador: Pastor, New Life Community Church
Ralph Borde: Founder, As Our Own
Bob Doll: Former Chief Investment Officer of Global Equities, BlackRock Advisors
Ajith Fernando: Teaching Director, Youth for Christ Sri Lanka
Tom Lin: Director of Missions, InterVarsity USA
Rev. Joseph Garang Atem Zorial: Bishop of Renk Diocese, Episcopal Church of Sudan
Oscar Muriu: Senior Pastor, Nairobi Chapel
William J. Pollard: Former Chief Executive Officer, ServiceMaster
Michael Ramsden: Director, Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics
Dave Gibbons: Founding Pastor, New Song Church
Sara Groves: Singer, Producer and Author
Bethany Hoang: Director, IJM Institute
Fayez Ishak: Director of Missions, Kasr El Dobara
Skye Jethani: Managing Editor, Leadership Journal
Dr. Julius Wong Loi Sing: Urban Studies Professor, Moody Bible Institute
Harold Smith: President and CEO, Christianity Today—a global media ministry
Tanya Walker: Apologist, RZIM Europe
Menchit Wong: Director of Child Advocacy, Compassion International
Dr. Zhao Xiao: Chinese economist
Global: Church Forum 2012, Attending Organizations
As Our Own
Baker Publishing Group
Bangui Evangelical School of Theology
Billy Graham Evangelical Association
Biola University
Brand/Be Collective
Care of Creation
China Graduate School of Theology
Chosen People Ministries
Christ Church of Oak Brook
Christianity Today—a global media ministry
College Church
Compassion International
Cornerstone Trust
Covenant Theological Seminary
CreatePossible
Cypress Leadership Institute
EFCA
Excellence in Giving
Fairwyn Investments
Far East Broadcasting Corporation
Foreign Missions Foundation
Fuller Theological Seminary
Global Executive Leadership ForumGood World Partnership
Goodcity
Grace Chapel
Grain of Wheat International
Harvest Bible Chapel
Heart for the City
Highland Park Presbyterian Church
Hope Chest
Huston Foundation
International Justice Mission
International Sports Coalition
International Teams
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
JAM International
Kasr El Dobara Church
Leadership Journal
Luis Palau Association
Maclellan Foundation
Mariners Church
Mars Hill Church
Masterworks Foundation
Max De Pree Center for Leadership
Mergon Foundation
Moody Bible Institute
Moody Church
Nairobi Chapel
National Christian Foundation
New Life Community Church
Newsong Church
New York Leadership Center
Open Doors USA
Overseas International
Park Community Church
Partners Worldwide
re:source global
RZIM
Saddleback Community Church
ScholarLeaders International
Sequoia
Sovereign’s Capital
SRG
T4Global
Tandon Institute
The Seed Company
Third Post
Transformed Men
Tyndale Foundation
Urbana 12
Wheaton College
Willow Creek Association
World Relief
World Vision
Wycliffe Bible Translators
Youth for Christ