Missions Conference 2024
During this annual mission conference, the speakers will share their practical experiences and advice on how to evangelize with wisdom. We hope to draw inspiration from the speakers’ abundant experiences in campus ministry to preach the Gospel to the people around us. May God use this conference to make us more zealous for God’s Great Commission and live out His calling in our daily lives.
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Conference Theme: From Believing to Living
Date: October 11 - 13, 2024 (Friday to Sunday)
Rev. Daniel Su is President of China Outreach Ministries (COM) whose mission is to share the love of Christ with Chinese students and scholars at key universities in the US. COM Headquartered is near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It has about 72 staff members working on 55 campuses across the United States.
Rev. Su was born and raised in China in an atheistic environment. He received Jesus as Lord and Savior at a young age through China’s house church. After graduating from college, God led him to study as an international student in the U.S. Since his seminary graduation in1991, he has been in ministry to the Chinese.
Rev. Su resides in Harrisburg with his wife, Beth. They have two adult children.
Workshop Speaker: Meiyun (Phoebe) Hoyle
Meiyun (Phoebe) accepted the Lord when she was fourteen years old through the influence of her Christian mother. Hudson Taylor’s biography, the first spiritual book she read, had a powerful impact on her decision to become a missionary.
Before coming to the US as a student in the late 1980s, Phoebe was in fact unaware of the Great Commission. She began to sense God’s calling in 1995 and made a decision in January 1998 to joined China Outreach Ministries. From 2000 to 2006, she served on COM’s ministry team at GWU, following which she moved with her family to China where they stayed during 2006 to 2013. Since returning to the US in August that year, she has been serving on COM’s ministry team at George Mason and assisting with other campus ministries in the DC area.
Her husband, Stephen Hoyle, shares Phoebe’s heart for international students. They have a daughter, Faith, who is currently a sophomore in college.
Workshop Speaker: Rev. Yongming Tian
Rev. Yongming Tian came to the U.S. in 2008 to pursue his Ph.D. and was baptized the following year at Albuquerque Chinese Christian Church. After completing his doctoral studies, he worked as an engineer in industry for several years. He responded to God's calling to serve as a full-time missionary and joined COM in 2016. He currently serves in two major roles. As the Mountain West Area Director, he oversees the COM staff across the region, leading campus ministries and expanding the ministry's presence. As the team leader at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD), he leads the ministry team in reaching Chinese students and scholars at UMD. He and his wife live in the DMV area with their two daughters.
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