Conference features speeches about global faith experiences

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa -- The 99th New Wilmington Missionary Conference at Westminster College will be today through next Saturday. Over 1,000 delegates and staff will participate. All meetings are open to the public.
This year's theme is "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few" (Matthew 9:37). Every year the conference sends a team of young adults abroad for seven weeks. This year eight college students and an adult leader went to Slovenia, and they will share their experiences Friday night.
Other speakers
The featured daily speaker is Moses Pulei, a doctoral candidate at Fuller Theological Seminary. Moses is from the Maasai tribe of Kenya and looks forward to helping African tribal people. He was a sponsored child of World Vision.
Bart Campolo will speak Saturday evening and Sunday morning in Anderson Auditorium. He is president of Mission Year, a national Christian service program which recruits young adults to live and work in inner-city neighborhoods with the help of a local church.
Kang Na, professor of religion at Westminster College, will teach the adult Bible hour every day. Singer-songwriter David Bailey will speak daily to young adults and give a Sunday night concert. David was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor and given six months to live. Eight years, nine albums, 39 states and hundreds of concerts later, David, his songs and his passions are alive and well. David is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Ken Bailey of New Wilmington.
For a schedule of speakers and locations, see www.NWMCmission.org or call (724) 946-7195. The conference began in 1906 as a Presbyterian mission conference for young people.