A list of upcoming missional conferences. (Note that online conferences are being listed at the bottom).
- Exponential. Considered the “mother of all missional conferences.” It offers a Global Conference and two regional conferences:
- Exponential 2026 Global Conference. The Theme, Multiplier: It’s In You! Pre-Conference March 16, Main Conference March 17-19, 2026. https://exponential.org/global-2026/
- Digital Passes from past events: https://exponential.org/digital-access-pass/
March 14, 2026
- Theological Anthropology for Missional Engagement.
- Saturday March 14th 2026. 9:00a – 4:00p (Coffee at 8:30a), Western Seminary, Portland, OR.
- Theological anthropology is central to missiological reflection and practice, since acts of gospel witness, service, and cultural engagement all rest on assumptions about human identity, dignity, and destiny. In a rapidly changing world—marked by shifting views of spirituality, ethnicity, gender, technology, and ecology—the church must embrace a biblically faithful and missionally engaged understanding of the imago Dei. This year’s Evangelical Missiological Society Conference invites reflection on the meaning of being human and on how the doctrine of the imago Dei shapes evangelism, discipleship, community, and global mission. Together we will ask: How do theological anthropology and Christian responses to debates about personhood and identity inform the theory and practice of mission?
- Planned Line-up of Presentations:
- Ten Papers on this year’s Theme
- Four papers on Orality
- In Person (best viewing option!) and Virtual
- Lunch Included
- No extra charge for fellowship
- Planned Line-up of Presentations:
- Click Here to register
April 22-24, 2026
- Summit 2026 — True Charity. Beach Church, Jacksonville Beach, Florida.
- https://www.truecharity.us/summit-2026/
- The Summit is best suited for anyone involved in poverty alleviation efforts through a nonprofit or a church. Most of our attendees are staff members from nonprofits or churches with poverty alleviation programs, but we also welcome charity volunteers, donors and philanthropists, policy leaders, think tank leaders, and anyone else with a general interest in the topic of effective charity. If you’re looking for ways to empower those in need to leave behind poverty for good, this conference is for you!
- Organizations with these types of programs are typically represented at the Summit:
- Homeless shelters
- Food pantries and co-ops
- Church benevolence
- Addiction recovery
- Thrift stores and clothing closets
- Adult education
- Transitional housing
- Foster care prevention and support
- Residential life transformation programs
- Transportation access
- Christmas and Thanksgiving drives.
ONLINE CONFERENCES
Evangelical Missiology Society Conferences
2024 EMS: New Frontiers in Missiology.
USERNAME: ems2024
PASSWORD: frontier
NOTE: This password seems to work for all their past conferences. No guarantees, but feel free to choose from any of them.
Past Conferences
- 2024New Frontiers in Missiology
- 2023Educating for Contemporary Mission
- 2022Reconciliation: God’s Mission through Missions for All
- 2021Communication(s) and Mission
- 2020The Past and Future of Evangelical Mission
- 2019Mission Amid Global Crises
- 2018Mission and Evangelism in a Secularizing World
- 2017Engaging theology, theologians, theological education in (or from) majority world contexts.
- 2016Missions and the Local Church
- 2015Controversies in Mission
Concordia Multi-Ethnic Symposium
Concordia Seminary has hosted a Multiethnic Symposium for many years, starting in 2008. Below is the link that will lead to a page with all 12 listed. Feel free to pick and choose 8 hours from any of the symposium recordings.
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