It is vitally important to be aware of the issues impacting global evangelization.
Diaspora: The Movement and Migration of People; Faith in the Workplace; Creation Care; Disability Concerns; Mental Health and Trauma; Media and Technology; Wealth Creation; the Arts.
Sign up to hear when new blogs are posted and new books are available.
Brent is available for speaking engagements on any or all gospel issues! Email today to schedule!
Dr. Brent Burdick went with his family as a missionary to the Philippines in 1991 with One Mission Society. From then until 2011, he helped plant, develop, and lead Filipino churches while training and mentoring Filipino leaders. He served as Field Leader of OMS Philippines, Senior Pastor of Faith Fellowship, President of Faith Bible College, and President of Faith Evangelical Church of the Philippines.
Now based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Brent serves as the Director of the Lausanne Global Classroom, which is an educational initiative of the Lausanne Movement to equip Christians on issues the global church must engage for global evangelization today. He serves as Adjunct Professor of Missions and Global Engagement Coordinator at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Charlotte. He is on the boards of Great Commission Consulting, an organization that provides pre-field evaluations for sending organizations, and of the Bible Coalition, which focuses on Bible literacy and training world-wide.
Brent earned the Doctor of Ministry degree in 2011 from Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky.
He has been married to Kim since 1984. They have four adult children and six grandchildren.
Across the world today, men and women are faithfully stewarding God’s call as leaders and people of influence in organizations, churches, schools, and marketplaces. What would happen if these men and women were to gather together to form God-inspired, catalytic connections within and across regions, generations, shared interests, and ideas? This is the unique calling of the Lausanne Movement: to connect influencers and ideas for global mission.
In his travels around the world, Billy Graham met many leaders who were disconnected from each other. He felt called to bring these leaders together, thus beginning a movement of connections marked by a spirit of humility, friendship, prayer, study, partnership, and hope, which Graham called “the spirit of Lausanne”. It is in this spirit that world congresses, global gatherings, and issue-specific forums and consultations have been convened for nearly 50 years, resulting in numerous connections, initiatives, and resources.
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary combines a rich tradition with cutting-edge educational innovation. Rooted in the gospel and God’s Word, the seminary seeks to develop Christian leaders who are thoughtful, globally aware, spiritually mature and ready for a broad array of ministries.
We are deeply privileged to have a history that includes people of vision in the founding and development of what is now Gordon-Conwell such as A. J. Gordon, Russell Conwell, Harold John Ockenga and Billy Graham. They provide a heritage and paradigm from which we are moving into the future. While being historically orthodox and evangelical, we seek to address the issues of our times with both relevance to the culture and faithfulness to Christ and God’s truthful Word.
Gordon-Conwell is unique with its broad array of students from 85 denominations and 50 different countries. We offer multiple sites and delivery systems to meet the varied needs you might have as a prospective student. These include a classical model of residential education at the South Hamilton, MA campus; an urban context offering classes in five languages in downtown Boston, MA (CUME); and adult educational models in both our Charlotte, NC campus and our offerings in Jacksonville, FL. Along with these campuses we have online offerings to address student needs, despite location and vocational commitments. And our Doctor of Ministry programs, delivered at various locations, are geared to provide strength and renewal for your own ministry and calling.
OMS' story began in 1901, when two telegraph operators, Charles Cowman and Ernest Kilbourne, moved from Chicago to Japan to work alongside Japanese evangelist Juji Nakada. Together, their vision was to share the Good News of Jesus Christ with every person in Japan. They formed The Oriental Missionary Society, now called One Mission Society. More than 120 years later, the one mission continues in 78 countries, in more than 50 languages, and with about 300 full-time missionaries.
OMS was founded on the principle that the most effective way to spread the Gospel is by training a nation’s sons and daughters to multiply believers and churches to reach their own people for Christ and then partner with them to reach the rest of the world. Our current ministry strategy follows the innovative vision of our founders, and includes multiplying disciples, churches, leaders, and missionaries.
Copyright © 2023 Gospel Issues - All Rights Reserved.
Powered by GoDaddy
We use cookies to analyze website traffic and optimize your website experience. By accepting our use of cookies, your data will be aggregated with all other user data.