73rd Annual World Missions Conference

Reap the Harvest, Pray for Reapers!
Matthew 9:37-38


schedule

CHILDCARE is open during all conference events-except during the Home Meetings, Men’s breakfast, Senior and Saturday Event. To assist the staff in planning, we ask that you please register your child. Registration required by October 6th.

  • Wednesday, October 9

    5:00 PM    Midweek Congregational Dinner | Fellowship Hall

    6:00 PM    Kid's Mission | Children’s Wing

    6:00 PM    Midweek Program - Dr. Irwyn Ince | Sanctuary

                     Yakama and Mexico Teams Report

  • Thursday, October 10

    7:00 AM    Men's Breakfast - Phil D./Lee/Sithole, Speakers | Fellowship Hall

    10:30 AM  It’s a Wonderful Life (for seniors) | Fellowship Hall

    11:00 AM  It’s a Wonderful Life (for seniors) | Sanctuary
                     Performance:     Roger Lowther

    6:00 PM    Kid's Mission | Children’s Wing

    6:00 PM    Conference Service – Dr. Irwyn Ince, Speaker | Sanctuary

    (followed by coffee and dessert)

  • Friday, October 11

    10:00 AM    Women's Program | Tower Tenth Floor

    12 Noon      Congregational Lunch – Panel cross-cultural ministry and church
                       planting   | Fellowship Hall
                       Dr. Irwyn Ince, Dr. Christopher Hatch, Rev Randy Nabors, Rev. Gustavo
                       Formenti, and Rev. Kevin Smith
                       Testimony: Chris Hatch

    5:45 PM      Home Meetings with Dinner

  • Saturday, October 12

    10:30 AM   Family Fun and Speed dating w/ Missionaries|Coolidge Park*

    12 Noon     Potluck Lunch | Coolidge Park, Walker Pavilion*

    Please bring a dish to share - this could be an appetizer, side, main course, or dessert. Feel free to make something homemade or pick up a favorite store-bought item.

    5:45 PM     Home Meetings with Dinner


    * Coolidge Park - Walker Pavilion - 120 River St. Chattanooga, TN 37405

  • Sunday, October 13

    9:00 AM    Worship Service – Dr. Irwyn Ince, Speaker | Sanctuary

                     Testimony: Derek and Catriona Lamont

    10:15 AM  Missionaries Speak in Sunday School Classes | SS Classes
                     List of Missionaries in Sunday School Classes

    11:00 AM  Worship Service – Dr. Irwyn Ince, Speaker | Sanctuary
                     Testimony: Victor and Nosizo Nakah

    11:15 AM  Brunch Celebration for 1st Service | Fellowship Hall

    12 Noon    Brunch Celebration for 2nd Service| Fellowship Hall

  • CHILDCARE

    Childcare is open during all conference events-except during the Home Meetings, Senior, Men’s breakfast and Saturday Event. To assist the staff in planning, we ask that you please register your child.

  • Speaker

    DR. IRWYN INCE

    Dr. Irwyn L. Ince was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY to Mr. Irwyn Ince Sr. and Mrs. Margaret Ince. In 1987 he met the former Ms. Kim Shepard-El. The two were married in 1992 and are the proud parents of four wonderful children and two beautiful, precious granddaughters. Following his graduation from City College of NY in Harlem with a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering, he began his professional career as a systems engineer and project engineering manager in the Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan area.

    Dr. Ince sensed a call to ministry and earned his Masters degree from Reformed Theological Seminary, Washington, DC on a part-time basis while continuing his engineering career.  Following his graduation in 2006 Dr. Ince helped plant City of Hope Presbyterian Church in Columbia, MD.

    In 2016, he received the Doctor of Ministry degree from Covenant Theological Seminary. His dissertation was on Identity Formation in Diverse Churches. He firmly believes that the ministry of reconciliation demonstrated in the local church by the gathering of people from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities, is the natural outworking of a rich covenantal theological commitment.

    As the former Executive Director of the GraceDC Network Institute for Cross-Cultural Mission in Washington, DC. Dr. Ince worked to share his vision to equip churches and ministries with the confidence and competence to welcome others the way Jesus Christ welcomes us. His work at the Institute focused on developing the next generation of Christian leaders for cross-cultural ministry.

    Dr. Ince is a Qualified Administrator for the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI®) and certified in the Cultural Intelligence (CQ) Assessment tool.

    Teaching Elder Irwyn Ince was unanimously elected moderator by the 46th PCA General Assembly – the first African American elected to the position, in 2018.

    In 2021, the Permanent Committee of Mission to North America unanimously elected Teaching Elder Irwyn Ince to be MNA Coordinator. In 2022 he was appointed as Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Theology at RTS.

    Irwyn is the author of Hope Ain't a Hustle: Persevering by Faith in a Wearying World, published in February 2024 and The Beautiful Community: Unity, Diversity, and the Church at Its Best, published in 2020, both published by InterVarsity Press. He has also contributed to the books Heal Us, Emmanuel: A Call for Racial Reconciliation, Representation, and Unity in the Church, All Are Welcome: Toward a Multi-Everything Church, and Reading Hebrews Missiologically: The Missionary Motive, Message, and Methods of Hebrews.

    In addition to his passion for his family and for ministry, Dr. Ince enjoys coffee and Kettlebells. Connect with Irwyn at irwynince.com, on Twitter @Irwyn and IG @pastorirwyn.

  • Introducing our new partners

    Zak Garland - Japan (Short-term Missionary)

    Zak Garland is working with an arts outreach ministry called Community Arts Tokyo to bridge the gap between the 99.5% non-Christian population of Tokyo and the Japanese church. Alongside studying Japanese, he does outreach hosting music jam sessions and works on staff at Grace City Church Tokyo doing technical and administrative work.


  • Neal and Debbie - Central Asia (Missionary)

    With over 25 years of experience in Central Asia, Neal and Debbie lead a new church planting team in partnership with the International Presbyterian Church. Their team is coming along side the local church to see the gospel go forth in the hearts of young leaders, universities students, and small business owners. The couple have 3 adult children.

  • 2024 Edward W. Peirson Award

    Congratulations to Phil and Amina - Serving with MTW in India

    2024 winners of the annual Edward W. Peirson Trust Award by the World Missions Committee. This award is given annually to the missionary couple who has served with distinction on the foreign mission field.

    We congratulate you for the service of excellence and faithfulness to God. 


    Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed. Romans 13:7

  • Why Support World Missions at 1st Pres Church

    World Missions is the foreign missions arm of First Presbyterian Church tasked with making disciples in the world—facilitated through the targeted selection and funding of missionaries, indigenous church planters, short-term teams, and projects that promote the establishment, growth, and maturation of indigenous-led churches and movements in strategic global cities. The Mission of First Presbyterian Church is to carry out our part of the Great Commission. To pledge or give please click here.

  • In Loving Memory of Priscilla George

    For many years, Priscilla George faithfully served our missionary families in the Hattie McCallie Missionary Closet as co-chair.
    Her devotion and creativity made the closet a beautiful place for our guest to “shop”.
    On March 26, 2024, she finished her earthly race and heard the words “Well done good and faithful servant”.
    This year we dedicate the closet to Priscilla George.

  • Missionary Benefits

    Click here to see all the benefits we offer our missionaries.

  • Press release

  • Teams Report

2024 Conference videos