2017 PCA EM FORUM

ATLANTA, GEORGIA
April 25-27, 2017

DATE

START
5:00pm Monday
April 25th 2017
(Tuesday)

END
1:00pm Wednesday
April 27th 2017
(Thursday)
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PARTICIPANTS

| PCA |
Pastors & Elders
Licentiates
Candidates for Ministry
(and others interested in the PCA)

PLACE

Perimeter Church (PCA)
​9500 Medlock Bridge Road
Johns Creek, GA 30097

THEME

Spiritual Vitality in Ministry

COST

$90
includes conference, food, and hotel

$30
conference & food only (local, no hotel)
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| scholarships available for those under financial hardship. Most of the cost of the conference will be covered by sponsors |

SPEAKERS

Paul Hahn, a native of Lakeland FL, is the new Coordinator of Mission to North America (MNA), the Presbyterian Church in America’s (PCA) agency giving leadership and direction to church planting, church renewal, and missional partnerships in the United States and Canada. Paul has planted churches in Austin TX (1994-2003) and Knoxville TN (2003-2015), and has coached numerous church planters as a founding partner in Flourish Coaching. Paul was formerly the RUF Campus Minister at Auburn University (1990-1994). Paul is a graduate of Yale University (BA, 1984) and Reformed Theological Seminary (MDiv, 1990); between college and seminary, Paul spent two years on staff with Cru/Athletes in Action and planted the AIA chapter at the University of Florida. Paul has been married to his amazing wife, Fran, for thirty years! The Hahns live in Athens, GA and have four grown children, and one beautiful new baby granddaughter!

Randy Pope is the founding pastor of Perimeter Church in North Atlanta.  Perimeter is one of the largest and significant churches in the PCA and in America.  Perimeter was recently recognized by Leadership Network as number four in the list of "America's Top 25 Multiplying Churches."  Perimeter has helped plant over forty churches in the greater Atlanta area and is a founding partner of Unite, a group of over 120 churches from different denominations working together to bring Kingdom transformation to the city of Atlanta. 
Randy is a graduate of the University of Alabama and Reformed Theological Seminary. He moved to Atlanta in 1977 to plant Perimeter Church, a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA).
His personal passion and commitment is to make and train disciples of Christ. He has established Life-On-Life Ministries, an organization committed to establishing life-on-life missional discipleship in churches worldwide.
He is the author of several books and study guides including: The Intentional Church, Finding Your Million Dollar Mate, The Answer, Insourcing, The Journey and Life Issues. 
Randy and his wife, Carol, have four married children and thirteen grandchildren.

Min Chung, affectionately known as “Pastor Min”, he is the founding and lead pastor of Covenant Fellowship Church, a church on the campus of the University of Illinois which ministers to over 1,000 worshippers. Along with his pastoral duties, he serves as a board member of “Serving in Mission (SIM)”, KOSTA, and KIMNET. He is also an adjunct professor at Urbana Theological Seminary. He received his MDiv, M.A., and DMin from Biblical Theological Seminary and majored in Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is an ordained PCA teaching elder in the Korean Central Presbytery. He currently lives in Urbana, IL with his wife, Gee and five children.

Dave Veldhorst serves as the Director of Mobilization for Mission to the World, the mission agency of the PCA, since 2016.  A native of Wisconsin, he graduated from Dordt College with degrees in psychology and elementary education and worked as a teacher and youth pastor at 2nd Christian Reformed Church of Highland, Indiana before serving in Japan as a missionary with MTW. After serving for two years in Japan, Dave and his family moved to St. Louis to complete his MDIV degree from Covenant Theological Seminary. Dave is an ordained OPC minister and served with MTW in Bangkok, Thailand as team leader and country coordinator prior to taking his current position at MTW. He currently lives in Wisconsin with his wife Jan and enjoys seeing what God has been doing in and through his five grown young adults. 

SCHEDULE

Tuesday, April 25, 2017
  4:00pm - Arrive and Register
​  5:00pm - Orientation, Information Table (Meet Representatives of the PCA)
  6:00pm - Dinner & Fellowship
  7:30pm - Session 1:  Paul Hahn (MNA),  Panel Discussion: TBA
  9:30pm - Small Groups
11:00pm - Optional Late Night Fellowship

Wednesday, April 26, 2017
  8:00am - Breakfast & Personal Time
  9:30am - Session 2:  Randy Pope (Perimeter Church), Q&A
12:00pm - Lunch in Small Groups / Seminars
  2:00pm - Sports or Rest
  5:30pm - Information Table
  6:00pm - Dinner & Fellowship
  7:30pm - Session 3:  David Veldhorst (MTW), Min Chung (CFC)
  9:30pm - Small Group Prayer // Prayer Time in the Chapel
11:00pm - Optional Late Night Fellowship

Thursday, April 27, 2017
  8:00am - Breakfast & Personal Time
  9:30am - Session 4:  TBA, Panel Discussion, Closing Service
12:00pm - Lunch // End

2017 Sponsors

GOLD LEVEL SPONSORS
PCA Mission to the World (MTW)
PCA Mission to North America (MNA)
Grace Community Presb. Church

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SILVER LEVEL SPONSORS
​Saehan English Ministry
PCA Administrative Committee (AC)
PCA Reformed University Fellowship (RUF)
San Jose New Hope CRC
Personal Donor

BRONZE LEVEL SPONSORS
PCA Discipleship Ministries (CDM)
​Great Commission Publications (GCP)
PCA Retirement Benefits Inc (RBI)
Reformed Theological Seminary - Atlanta