Evangelism, Missions, and the Marketplace

Sponsored by ASI Southern Union and Southern Adventist University’s School of Business and Robert H. Pierson Institute of Evangelism and World Missions.

How to Attend

This conference is a virtual conference which means you can attend online from the comfort of your own home or wherever else you may be. Simply tune in to the ASI Southern Union homepage at the times outlined in the schedule below to join in LIVE for the meetings.

This conference will be produced and streamed by Network 7 Media Center.

Speakers & Panelists

Elder Mike Ryan is the keynote speaker for this conference. Prior to his election in October 2003 as a general vice president for the Adventist world church headquarters, Ryan served as a general field secretary for Global Mission. He holds a doctorate degree in education from the University of Missouri and is an ordained minister. For the past 30 years, Ryan has served the church in various positions, including teacher and dean of Far Eastern Academy in Singapore, administrative consultant for Central Philippine Adventist College in the Philippines, education director/Global Mission coordinator for the Far Eastern Division, and Global Mission coordinator at the world church headquarters. He will be addressing the theme for this year’s conference: “Evangelism, Missions, and the Marketplace”.

Pastor Jack Blanco is retired Dean of Southern Adventist University’s School of Religion. He served the church for 45 years as a missionary to Zimbabwe (So. Rhodesia) and Philippines, as a pastor, editor, professor and author, including The Clear Word, a devotional paraphrase of the Bible. He will be sharing a special presentation on missions on Sabbath afternoon.

Panelists for the weekend include Braam Oberholster, Carlos Martin, Michael Cafferky, Doug Jacobs, Steven Grabiner, Andrew Ashley, Greg Wilson, Jack Blanco, Kyle Allen, and Casey Vaughn.

This schedule is subject to change.