Join us for 2016 ICOM Pre-con!
We are so excited to be offering seven pre-con events this year at ICOM in Lexington, KY! Be sure to head to conference early to join in the excitement! Pre-con events will begin on Wednesday, November 16 and continue on Thursday, November 17.
Check out the variety of pre-con events we will be offering below:
For Missionaries Only (FMO)
Wed 5 – 9 pm & Thurs 8 am – 12 pm
This Pre-Con is a time for missionaries to minister to other missionaries. We pray that this will be a time of personal and spiritual healing and growth for each one. Sponsored by ICOM. NO registration cost. Led by Margaret and Paul Pennington.
Free Wednesday night hotel stay! (Reimbursement after forms submitted to ICOM)
Free Wednesday night dinner (sponsored by Kairos) & Thursday morning continental breakfast!
Community Health Evangelism (CHE)
Wed 9 am – 4 pm & Thurs 9 am – 3 pm
This seminar includes small-group interaction, problem solving, and self-discovery, while increasing understanding of the CHE process. Sponsored by FAME. $30 registration fee. Led by Bill Warren, Terry Dalrymple & Bryan Benz.
Standards of Excellence In Short-Term Missions (SOE)
Wed 6 pm – 9 pm & Thurs 9 am – 5 pm
The Standards Introductory Workshop is an 8-10 hour seminar designed to help adoptive members understand how they can incorporate and achieve competence in all Seven Standards. It also provides a review of how to form and manage a Peer Review process, should a member organization desire to pursue full accreditation. The workshops are taught by experienced SOE trainers (usually two). They are interactive, use case studies and small group discussions. MISTM-grid theory and the supporting principles behind the standards are reviewed.
Muvement Seminar
4 Chair Seminar
Thurs 10 am – 3 pm
This Pre-Con builds upon the material from the 4 Chair Discipling book by Dann Spader, shared during ICOM’s Reset 2 Tour, calling American Churches to disciple the way Jesus discipled. This is the first step in step in the Muvement Series. Dann Spader will begin this session and then Randy Nash will teach the bulk of this seminar, having been trained and certified to do so.We will look at how Jesus built a movement of multiplying disciples.
Sponsored by Reset. $55 registration fee.
Metamorphosis
Thurs 9 am – 5 pm
(You must have previously completed the 4 Chair Seminar to attend) This will be from 9 am to 5 pm on Thursday. As we have travelled the nation proclaiming that we should disciple as Jesus discipled, many attenders liked the idea, but wanted to quickly move to the “how to” conversation. This is that “how to”. Kevin Boll has been working with congregations for many years about how to structure your church organization to make disciples who make disciples. This seminar builds on top of the 4 Chair principles. You will need to have attended the 4 Chair seminar before you attend this seminar.
$55 Registration fee.
Mobilizing Your Church for International Student Outreach
Thurs 9 am – 3:30 pm
Come learn about how we can reach foreign college students for Jesus Christ and challenge them to serve His Kingdom. Sponsored by Crossroads International. $10 registration fee. Led by Greg Swinney.
Disciple Making Movements
Wed 8 am – 5 pm & Thurs 8 am – 5 pm
This Pre-Con will equip you to make reproducing disciples among the unreached peoples of the world (international focus). Led by Eric Derry. $35 registration fee (Limited to 36 people).
Mission Trainers
Thurs 9 am – 3 pm
This Forum is a gathering of those who train workers for field service, whether as professors, counselors, or mobilizers. $25 registration fee (payable upon arrival). Email Doug Priest, Executive Director of CMF, for more information and registration. DougPriest@cmfi.org
