eNews Nov 2011 - AND Speakers

AND 2012 keynote speakers reflect the AND principle:

Gideon (Gi) and Mei Tanbunaan were until 2010 Directors of the Asian Pacific Christian Mission International (APCMI) in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. APCMI was founded in 1971 by one of the American streams of our Movement. Indonesian nationals were brought into the leadership in the early years and the ministry was placed totally in the hands of Dr. and Mrs. Tanbunaan late last century. Gi is a significant Christian statesman leader, in Indonesia and beyond.

Because the focus of APCMI is on evangelism and church planting, under Gi’s leadership it later founded the Missionary Training School (MTS) in order to equip Christian women and men with mission training and skills, with a focus on cross-cultural church planting.

APCMI also provides free health clinics that serve over 11,000 patients annually at no cost to the patient. They have effective prison and radio ministries. Their village technology training program teaches skills to improve the standard of living of village-based church planters and church members.

Sarah Deutscher is the Director of Über. Über is an organisation that is passionate about Christ and His message, seeking to re-articulate life as God planned it, working to see young adults awakened to robust, dangerous and compelling levels of biblical discipleship, equipping them to live counter-cultural lives.

Sarah spends her time speaking and training churches, organisations and ministries in youth culture and contemporary mission and discipleship. Sarah is a respected speaker and has a particular passion for training Gen Y Youth. She is known for her unique insight into the issues impacting youth, mission and churches. She is also on staff at Red Church where she serves as Ministry Director, and is an elected member of the Council of Churches of Christ in Vic/Tas.