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Finding and Following God's Call

In healthcare there is a need for motivated and passionate leadership. Having a sense of "call" to a specific place and vocation at a specific time can help providers feel a sense of purpose and commitment. However, for those whom this service has a deeper spiritual meaning, there may be a deeper sense of call that transcends these smaller calls and leads us into even greater service....

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Preventive Care Services in Global Medical Missions

Preventive care in medical missions saves lives by stopping illness before it starts through education, screenings, and vaccines.

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Women on Mission (Rebekah Naylor)

This session focuses on the role of women in missions including opportunities, challenges, and preparation for service. Session recorded on November 7 2024 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Session block #2 Speaker name(s): Rebekah Naylor Session webpage: https://www.medicalmissions.com/events/gmhc-2024/sessions/women-on-mission

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What You Need to Know about Spinal Cord Injuries: The Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Impact

A spinal cord injury is so much more than just the inability to walk. This session will discuss the physical, emotional, and spiritual (and sexual!) impact of SCI that every medical practitioner needs to know. Session recorded on November 7 2024 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Session block #2 Speaker name(s): Jenny Smith Session webpage: https://www.medicalmissions.com/events/gmhc-2024/sessions/what-y...

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Mentoring for Future Healthcare Missionaries

In a brilliant editorial by Ralph Winter over 20 years ago, he wrote that of all those “called” into missionary service only 1 of 100 make it! Why? Because of the lack of mobilizers, or mentors. This breakout session will consider the WHY, WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN & HOW of mentoring. What is it? Who and what needs to be mentored? And, how can you find the resources that are availa...

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Chronic Disease Management in Medical Missions: Creating Long-Term Solutions

See how medical missions tackle chronic diseases through education, care, and sustainable solutions for healthier global communities.

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Are You Happy?

Does God want you to be happy? And how important is happiness as we pursue God's mission? We are often faced with the false choice between happiness and suffering, let's figure out a better way. In our work starting a health center in a large refugee community, we have learned so much from our staff that has challenged our "Western" perspectives on happiness. Join us as we dis...

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The Power of Prayer

I'll share what we did as a team to incorporate 10-15 hours of corporate prayer into our weekly schedule while working full time as an NGO and the difference it made on team life, personal and spiritual lives and how it expanded our hearts for the people and region in which we were living. I'll share practical ways to increase prayer times overseas and explain how vital it is for health...

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Navigating Challenges in Missionary Healthcare

Explore how medical missions overcome challenges like resource scarcity and cultural barriers to deliver life-changing care worldwide.

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Taking Part in the Biblical Story of Missions

The Bible contains a narrative, a story, about God's gracious plan in Christ to redeem us from our sin. Believers are brought into that story. This story isn't something we just know and learn about but we are called to take our place in it. Missions is hard-wired to that story. Rather than thinking of our basis for missions as simply a collection of "missions" texts (and ther...

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