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Missions Conference Inspires Students to Take the Gospel Worldwide
Nearly 50 mission agencies and organizations and 85 mission
representatives participated in Cedarville University’s annual
Missions Conference January 10–12.
The annual conference brings missionaries and missions
organizations representatives to campus to challenge the student
body to take the Gospel wherever God leads them. For some, that
call is to full-time vocational ministry. For many others, it is a
challenge to reach the lost in their workplace and community here
at home. The conference also exposes students to the many cultures
and people groups that have not heard the Gospel.
The conference featured Kris Stout, Word of Life Bible
Institute’s (WOLBI) Vice President of International and Local
Church Ministries; author and consultant Johnnie Moore; and
Don Callan, founder of Cedarville’s Mission Involvement Services
(now CUGO) and retired Hall of Fame
basketball coach.
Stout kicked off the conference with his
chapel message January 10. A graduate of
WOLBI, Stout, along with his wife, began
the institute’s ministry in France in 1999,
where he served 10 years before returning
to the U.S. to run WOLBI’s International
Division. Stout currently oversees more
than 1,100 missionaries in more than
60 countries.
Moore spoke in chapel on January 11.
Moore is the founder of The KAIROS
Company, a public and media relations
consulting firm. He is passionate about
helping the persecuted church in the
Middle East. Moore has authored several
books, including Defying ISIS: Preserving
Christianity in the Place of Its Birth and in
Your Own Backyard.
Callan concluded the Missions Conference with his chapel
message January 12. Callan retired as the Yellow Jacket Men’s
Basketball Head Coach in 1995, after serving in that capacity for
35 years. At that time, he was the third-winningest active coach in
the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). He is
a charter member of Cedarville’s Athletic Hall of Fame and has also
been inducted in the Ohio Basketball, NAIA, NCCAA, and Taylor
University Halls of Fame. He remains active in sports ministry and
provides analysis for Yellow Jacket video stream broadcasts.
You can view Missions Conference chapel messages at
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Don Callan speaking at Cedarville University’s annual Missions Conference.
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