The Fall Missions Conference is scheduled for October 18-21, themed “The Missions World Starts Here” and features the following speakers:
- Dr. Curtis Young, Ph.D., Vice President of Field Ministries, IPM
- Dr. Bill Shade, Source of Light Ministries
- Aaron & Nicole Shipe, Gospel Furthering Fellowship
- Rev. Charlie Frink, Gospel Furthering Fellowship
- Rev. Jerry Traister, Children’s Bible Ministries
The schedule of services for the conference is as follows:
- Sunday, October 18
- 9:30 AM – Combined Sunday School
- Rev. Aaron Shipe, Gospel Furthering Fellowship
- 10:40 AM – Morning Worship
- Dr. Curtis Young, Vice President of Field Ministries for IPM, Inc.
- 12:15 PM – International Banquet
- 7 :00 PM – Evening Service
- Update of CBM Ministries by Rev. Jerry Traister and Dr. Curtis Young, Vice President of Field Ministries for IPM, Inc.
- 9:30 AM – Combined Sunday School
- Monday, October 19
- 7 :00 PM Dr. Bill Shade, Source of Light, International
- Tuesday, October 20
- 7:00 PM Rev. Aaron Shipe, Gospel Furthering Fellowship
- Wednesday, October 21
- 7:00 PM Rev. Charlie Frink, Gospel Furthering Fellowship
Our conference speakers will feature:
Dr. Curtis W. Young, Ph.D.
Dr. Curtis W. Young, Ph.D.
International Partnership Ministries, Inc.
Dr. Young has served as a missionary in Chile, South America for 8 years and in various leadership positions in missionary organizations. He has been serving the Lord with IPM since 1992 and is currently the Vice President of Field Ministries.
Rev. Aaron Shipe
Rev. Aaron Shipe
Gospel Furthering Fellowship
Aaron & Nicole Shipe, and their children, come to us with a burning desire to work in church-planting with the Datooga people in central Tanzania (Africa). Aaron & Nicole knew each other as children. After graduation from the same Bible college, they married, with the intention of heading to the mission field someday. After eight years in the pastorate, their target date for Tanzania is the end of 2010.
Bill & Ruby Shade
Dr. Bill Shade
Source of Light, International
Dr. Bill Shade began serving in faith missionary work in 1956 with Scripture Memory Mountain mission in Southeastern Kentucky. In 1964 he moved to York, Pennsylvania, where he founded and directed the Grace and Truth Evangelistic Association. In 1975 he founded Camp of the Nations in Northeastern Pennsylvania and the Wayside Maternity Home for unwed mothers. In 1975 Dr. Shade, along with Dr. Leonard Smith and Dr. Gerald Stover began developing materials for use in the Bible institute program, World-Wide Bible Institute. WWBI is now a part of the ministry of Source of Light International. In 1996, Dr. Shade and his wife Ruby, joined the ministry of Source of Light where he later directed WWBI. The Shades also taught in India at the Bharat Bible College and ministered in many areas across the India sub-continent. Since 2005, Dr. Shade has served as General Director of the worldwide ministry of Source of Light, International.
Frink Family
Rev. Charlie Frink
Gospel Furthering Fellowship
Charlie and Bo Frink and their family have been serving as church planters in New Zealand since 1989. The first 10 years of their ministry was in the central North Island in the town of Taupo. In 2000 the Frinks began working in New Zealand’s largest and fastest growing city, Auckland. When they return to New Zealand after their furlough, the Frinks will seek to begin a new church planting ministry in the northwest part of the Auckland region. This area is designated for significant population growth over the next 10 years, which makes it a prime target for church planting.
Rev. Jerry Traister
Rev. Jerry Traister
Children’s Bible Ministries
Jerry Traister served as the South Central Pennsylvania Director of CBM at Camp Joy-El and saw the Released Time Bible Program grow from 70 to over 2500 students attending weekly. After 17 years in Pennsylvania he accepted the call to serve as the National Director of CBM and saw the CBM National Office move from Lakeland, Florida, to Gatlinburg, Tennessee and the development of the Tuckaleechee Retreat Center.
