God’s Love Compels Us

On April 6-7 2013, the Gospel Coalition put on a missions conference as a pre-cursor to The Gospel Coalition National Conference. The conference was entitled “God’s Love Compels Us.” The website articulates the conference in this way:

Starting April 6, we’ll gather to hear from missionaries, theologians, pastors, and other church leaders on how we can play our part in the Great Commission. Four plenary addresses will expound the compelling love of God from 2 Corinthians 4:1-5:21; another three will directly address select topics of urgent concern to international outreach. Numerous workshops will explore special subjects in missions. We are asking God to bless this event by spreading passion for global missions among those who attend. We dare to pray that many will respond by committing themselves to cross-cultural outreach both at home and around the world.

This conference serves as an invaluable resource to delving into important missional categories and issues that will help us all be better prepared. Not only are the issues important and invaluable, but the speakers are trusted, specialized, and insightful. The following topics are covered:

• A Biblical Theology of Mission: An Evaluation of Chris Wright – Gary Millar
• Christian Witness in a Religiously Pluralistic World – Harold Netland
• The Reformers’ Commitment to the Propagation of the Gospel to All Nations from 1555-1654 – Elias Medeiros
• The Shape of Things to Come in Missions – Zane Pratt
• The World Mission of Christ in the Cross Defines and Empowers the Local Work of the Church – Josiah Bancroft
• What It Means to Truly Consider Missions – Mack Stiles
• Why the World Needs the Gospel – Augustus Nicodemus Lopes
• Mobilized for Missions…A Strategy for Launching College Graduates Around the World– Rupert Leary
• Contextualization and the Gospel Once-for-All Delivered to God’s People – Zane Pratt
• Discipleship and Development: Connecting Sound Doctrine and Sound Economics in Global Missions – Brian Fikkert
• Misconceptions about the Chinese Church – Joann Pittman
• Must One Choose Between Truth and Tolerance? – Don Carson
• Reckless Abandon: Faith that Glorifies God by Advancing His Name – David Sitton
• Church Planting in Gospel-Resistant Places – Dave Furman
• Why Latin America Needs to be “Re-Evangelized” – Miguel Nunez
• My Call to Missions: Missed or Misunderstood? – Noel Piper

These are great resources to come back to over and over again. If you do not look at anything else, then watch David Platt’s plenary address:

Why the Great Commission Is Great – David Platt – TGC13 Missions Conference from The Gospel Coalition on Vimeo.

• The Gospel Coalition