Conference

2012 COSIM Conference: Cross-Cultural Partnership in the Context of Deep Change
Register here for the 2012 COSIM conference

17th Annual COSIM Conference, May 7–9, 2012

Location: Mission Community Church

Gilbert, Arizona (near Phoenix)

4450 East Elliot Road, Gilbert, AZ 85234

Phone: 480-545-4024

Purpose: Learning with others /networking with others about cross-cultural partnership—to bless the peoples of the world

Theme: Cross-Cultural Partnership In the Context of Deep Change. The conference continues in the theme of the RESET conference—the 2011 North American Mission Leaders Conference—sponsored by The Mission Exchange and CrossGlobal Link.

Cost: 

  • $149/person if registering by March 31, 2012. $169/person after March 31. Does not include lodging. 
  • COSIM members receive a $20 discount. 
  • Includes two suppers, two lunches, snacks and COSIM conference registration. 
  • For more on cost, travel and lodging, click here.

The conference is for: Mission agency leaders, mission pastors, missionaries, lay leaders involved in cross-cultural ministry or partnerships, staff members of partnership mission agencies, funding and foundation leaders—anyone and everyone involved in cross-cultural partnership or the support of indigenous ministries.

Rationale: The Cape Town Commitment that came out of The Lausanne Movement’s meeting in 2010 includes this statement: “Partnership in mission is not only about efficiency. It is the strategic and practical outworking of our shared submission to Jesus Christ as Lord.” (You may read more about how COSIM connects to the Cape Town Commitment’s statement about partnership here.)

As COSIM gathers for its 17th annual meeting, we will together explore the strategic and practical outworking of our shared submission to Christ—in the unprecedented “deep change” environment in which we live. The need is greater than ever for the global church to collaborate wisely and fruitfully across East and West, North and South—through a spirit of mutual servanthood. COSIM exists to help make this a reality.

“that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you,
that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.” 
(John 17:21 ESV)

Please join us May 7–9 in Phoenix! 

Register for the 2012 COSIM Conference

Interactive sessions will include…

PLENARY SESSIONS

  • Cross-Cultural Partnership and Deep Change: Are We At a Tipping Point? (Jane Overstreet, Development Associates International)

  • Struggle and Glory—One Agency’s Journey in Cross-Cultural Partnership and Deep Change (Bob Savage, Partners International)
  • Partnerships, Worldview and Community Transformation—The Truth-Centered Dance to Disciple all Nations (Scott Allen, Disciple Nations Alliance)

  • Local Community and Cross-Cultural Partnership—Honoring Indigenous Values for Community Transformation (Karl Mueller, Mission Community Church and Theresa Malila, Somebody Cares Malawi)

  • Cross-Cultural Partnership in the Middle Eastern Context—How North American Churches, Agencies, and Indigenous Ministries are Being Fruitful Together (J. Knox, Antioch Network)

  • Big Shame or Big Honor? Exploring the Dynamics of Honor and Shame in Cross-Cultural Partnerships (Werner Mischke, Mission ONE)

WORKSHOPS

  • Partnerships in Community Health and Development—Bringing Communities out of Poverty and People to Faith in Christ (Terry Dalrymple, Global CHE Network)

  • Why We Don’t Think Alike—East and West Cultural Concepts Compared (Jay Temple, Director of “Hope for Muslims” for Advancing Native Missions)

  • Orality-Based Teaching and Cross-Cultural Partnerships—Merging Indigenous Story and Style for a Bigger Harvest (Phil Thornton, Global Impact Missions)

  • Who Turned the Ocean Liner? Principles, Practices, Partnerships for our Agency’s Reset (Joel Hogan, Christian Reformed World Missions)

  • Basics of Cross-Cultural Partnership: Godly Character, Cultural Intelligence, Organizational Competence (Bob Hastings, Mission ONE)

  • Challenges and Opportunities to Reach Unengaged Peoples through Cross-Cultural Partnership (Mike Latsko, Frontiers)

  • How Short Term Teams Can Foster Partnership & Community Transformation (Karl Mueller, Mission Community Church and Theresa Malila, Somebody Cares Malawi)

  • Elephant, Horse, Ant, and Bird: Cultures that Clash in Decision-Making (Mary Crickmore, Christian Reformed World Relief Committee)

  • Reasons to Say YES—or NO—in Funding a Cross-Cultural Partnership (Mary Crickmore, Christian Reformed World Relief Committee)

     

     

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