Buckner is a Social Service Ministry and Missions Agency! That is, we are on mission to serve children at risk, orphans, and families in Texas, the USA, and beyond. What makes it “missions” is that our mission extends to 15 cities in Texas, Washington, Oklahoma, and Tennessee as well as eight countries. Our work is missional and cross-cultural. We serve children and families in Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Ethiopia, Kenya, Russia, Latvia, and Romania. And we have work pending in several other countries. With 143 million orphans in the world today, we are attempting to get to as many as possible by maximizing kingdom resources and leadership to serve these children and families.
The time is right for us to host a Buckner-specific missions conference right here in Dallas for those who already work with us as well as new friends and churches who have thought about connecting with Buckner through missions. While our mission is not to plant churches, evangelism and church planting tends to happen as a result of our presence. In places where church planting has preceded Buckner presence, the call for humanitarian aid and social ministry quickly follows. We thought it was time to host a missions conference and invite individuals, ministries, and churches to join us in creative collaboration for the least of these.
The conference will take place on Saturday, April 12, 2008 at Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas from 9am to 4pm. This event will follow our annual Founder's Banquet and board meeting. You will not want to miss this event, especially if you have wondered how you might plug into missions on the US-Mexico Border, in Texas, and Mexico as well as the states and countries I have listed above. We are already sending over 3,000 short-term mission volunteers on 140 trips this year but we still have room for others to join us. We will be hosting all of our country directors from the countries we serve. The conference would be worth your time even if you only came to meet them.
You can register online and learn information at the following site: www.buckner.org/GoBeDoConference or call us directly for more information at 800-442-4800, Ext. 8061. The Go Be Do website has driving directions as well.
Today, I am extending this invitation to you and those in your circle of influence. Take a minute and sign up today. Tomorrow, I will write about what you can do to help launch this conference.
i am pastor I would like to join with Buckner International to start in India ,orissa . please help our orphans chidlren for God kingodm.
please write to me and encourege me.
Posted by: pastor A P Missal | April 05, 2008 at 12:50 AM
Pastor Missal, you can write me directly at areyes@buckner.org for more information about India.
Posted by: Albert Reyes | April 05, 2008 at 11:20 AM