Those who attended the Dallas consultation

Carol Adcock — General Assembly Council member.

Anne Barstow — Co-chair of the Colombia Mission Network and founder of the Colombia Accompaniment Program. We are sponsored by the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship and work closely with World Mission and the Peacemaking Program. My hopes are that we learn about the great scope and energy of the many different approaches to Presbyterian mission work, and that we gain some clarity about how volunteer groups like the Accompaniment Program and national World Missions can work closely together.

Vernon Broyles — Volunteer representative for public witness for the Office of the General Assembly, PC(USA). A member of the Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley, he served both the former Presbyterian Church in the U.S. and the PC(USA) in the areas of social justice and corporate witness for many years.

Marilyn Borst — Director of Global Ministry at Peachtree Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, which includes partnerships in 27 different countries. My hope for the consultation is that our denominational offices would truly live into their language of partnership with the local church here in the USA, and work with us NOT just as a source of revenue, but as the epicenter of mission, as seen in the church of Antioch long ago.

Tae Su Cheong — Senior pastor at the Korean American Presbyterian Church in Sumter, South Carolina, located near Shaw Air Force Base. I am currently a member of the New Harmony Presbytery and have served on the PC(USA) GAC for six years.

Nancy Cavalcante — Serves as the associate in the National Volunteers Office. This office works with mission initiators and agencies to help connect individuals and groups to mission service opportunities in the U.S. My hope is that we can work together in partnership to further God’s mission in the world as we listen and learn together not just during this consultation, but also beyond our time together.

Carol Clarke — Beginning her sixth year as associate pastor for mission at Wayne Presbyterian Church in a western suburb of Philadelphia, Pa., she serves on the Cabinet of the Association of Presbyterian Mission Pastors and formerly worked in Mission Personnel in Louisville.

Patricia Cuyatti — Peru – Global Partner. An ordained Lutheran minister, Patricia is currently a doctoral student in systematic theology at the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago. She was the first president of the Joining Hands Network of Peru, has served as the president of the Lutheran Evangelical Church of Peru, and worked as a theological educator.

John W. Daniel — Pastor of Crestwood Presbyterian Church, Midlothian, Virginia, for 28 years, a congregation that is committed to mission both locally and internationally. My hope is that we can serve to focus the mission work of the PC(USA) into a deeper passion of taking Christ as savior to the world in a way that is faithful and effective.

Barbara Campbell Davis — Executive presbyter-stated clerk of the Presbytery of New Hope. My hopes for the Consultation are that we come away with a new way of doing partnerships between mission personnel, general assembly and presbyteries. I hope that we will be clear about each partner’s roles and responsibilities.

David Dawson — Executive presbyter of Shenango Presbytery (western Pennsylvania), which is engaged in the Sudan Mission Network. I am a board member of Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship and a member of the founding board of World Mission Initiative at Pittsburgh Seminary. My hope is that this consultation may be a defining moment as significant for Presbyterian World Mission as were the Lake Mohonk (1956) and Montreat (1962) consultations for our predecessor denominations.

Donald Dawson — Director of the New Wilmington Mission Conference and World Mission Initiative at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary since 2000. Both are Presbyterian-related mission organizations focused on mobilizing the church for mission. My hope for this World Mission Consultation is that there will be an openness to the Spirit, which will allow us to discern new ways to participate in God’s work in the world and develop some core values which will guide us. Even more, I pray it will start the PC(USA) growing together into the “same mind which was in Christ Jesus,” which is one of humility and service fully aligned with the Spirit of God.

Enock De Assis — Bel Air Presbyterian Church Mission Pastor

Lionel Derenoncourt — Associate for International Hunger Concerns, and coordinator for Joining Hands Against Hunger.

Paul Detterman — served on the GAC staff in the Office of Theology and Worship and is currently executive director of Presbyterians for Renewal. My hope is for grace and joy and renewal of gospel hope that will help us transform “Presbyterian mission” into a new vision for Presbyterian Christians united in God’s mission.

Hunter Farrell — Director, Presbyterian World Mission. Before coming to this position, served for 10 years as a mission co-worker in Peru, coordinator of Presbyterian mission work in East/West Africa, and prior to this spent four years as a mission co-worker in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. With his wife, Ruth, he helps parent their three children. I believe that now is the moment for us to listen deeply to God’s Spirit and to each other and to dream together of participating in God’s mission in effective and faithful ways.

Ann Ferguson — Coordinator, Presbyterian Women Program.

Judia Forman — Presbyterian Women Synod of the Sun Representative to the Churchwide Coordinating Team and chairperson of the Presbyterian Women Churchwide Coordinating Team Mission Relations Committee. My hope is to foster growth by having an expanded understanding of worldwide mission while maintaining a close relationship between the mission work of Presbyterian Women and our denomination’s mission outreach.

Susan Fricks – Congo Mission Network’s 2008 Convener, was the National Coordinator for the Congo Choir Tour 2006, and have served on the CMN for four years. I also serve on the Peacemaking Steering Team and Ministries of Mission Committee in New Hope Presbytery. My hopes for this Consultation are to learn how others do mission, to reflect on our efforts, and to discern God’s will for the Missions of our denomination. I am eager to explore just, mutual, and sustainable ways to be faithful members of the body of Christ in the world.

Paul Friesen — Missional engagement has included living in Muslim villages located in South Thailand, raising and educating three children in Asia, finding a fit that works for both my wife and me, working alongside indigenous Christian leaders in Borneo and much much more. My hope is that God’s Spirit will break down barriers to honest open discussion and that his empowering presence will aid us as we seek for ways forward in mission.

Sherron George – serves World Mission as regional liaison and consultant in Theological Education in the nine countries in South America. Ordained pastor, Mission Presbytery. My hopes for the Consultation are that all of us as Presbyterians serving in local-global mission and outside the U.S. can truly listen to one another, learn from one another, break down barriers that separate us, and come together as authentic partners with one another in God’s mission.

Joan Gray — Moderator of the 217th General Assembly is a pastor from Atlanta, Georgia. She graduated from Presbyterian College, Clinton, S.C., and from Columbia Seminary in Decatur, Ga. Along with her service as moderator, Joan is currently on the staff of First Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, as parish associate.

Tim Hart-Anderson — Senior Pastor, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis. Member of the Planning Committee.

Jo Ella Holman — served in World Mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) since 1997. Present position is in the Office of Education, Training and Events for international mission personnel. Jo Ella is a minister member of the Presbytery of New Hope.

Mike McCormick Huentelman — Director of Urban Ministries at University Presbyterian Church in Seattle, Washington. He oversees the Seattle Young Adult Volunteer program, and UPC’s ministry partnerships throughout the greater Seattle metro area. Mike is looking forward to meeting other people from Presbyterian ministries and learning about innovative strategies being used all over the country in local mission, and he is eager to share his experiences in the Seattle Young Adult Volunteer Program.

Rhashell Hunter — Program Director, Racial Ethnic & Women’s Ministries/Presbyterian Women.

Francie Irwin — GAC member.

Cliff Kirkpatrick — Stated Clerk of the General Assembly and former Director of the Worldwide Ministries Division. He also currently serves as President of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches. My greatest hope is that this conference will unleash a new sense of enthusiasm for the mission of the whole church worldwide and a new and enhanced sense of partnership in that endeavor among the various actors in the PC(USA) and between the PC(USA) and our partner churches and ecumenical bodies around the world.

Karla Ann Koll — Mission co-worker who has served in Central America for more than 15 years. Currently she is on mission interpretation assignment from her appointment as professor of mission, history and religions at the Latin American Biblical University (UBL – Costa Rica) and the Evangelical Center for Pastoral Studies in Central America (CEDEPCA – Guatemala). My hope is this consultation will point toward the development of a long-term strategy for World Mission focused on actively seeking God’s justice in the world. I believe that World Mission needs to articulate a vision that allows us to engage with partners around the world with clarity while we develop forms of mission engagement that will foster connectionalism and promote the unity of Christ’s church.

David Kpobi — Senior lecturer (Missiology and Church History) at Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon, Ghana. Chair of the Ga Presbytery (Presbyterian Church of Ghana) for five years (2002-2007) and Executive Secretary for interchurch and ecumenical relations (Presbyterian Church of Ghana) for six years. My hope is to affect and be affected by new possibilities for partnership in mission and mission in unity.

Sara Lisherness —Director, Peace and Justice.

Tricia Lloyd-Sidle — Mission co-worker,  regional liaison for Caribbean. Previously served in Uruguay, and has held presbytery and general assembly staff positions in Philadelphia and Louisville respectively. When not traveling, I keep busy as a wife, mother of two grown children, grandmother of an infant, and daughter of elderly parents.

Victor Makari—Coordinator, Middle East, Asia Minor/Jinishian Memorial Program.

The Rev. Kathleen Matsushima — Parish associate at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Arlington Heights, Ill. Kathy is a graduate of the College of Wooster and holds both M.Div. and D. Min. degrees from McCormick Theological Seminary where she has been a staff member, alumni president and trustee. Currently is the moderator of the PC(USA) Israel/Palestine Mission Network. My hope for this consultation is to be open to God’s leading, as the entire church seeks to respond to unprecedented needs for justice, love and mercy around the world. I pray that we may hear God’s voice, feel God’s presence and learn a great deal from one another in this process.

Milton Mejia — Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Colombia and was the General Secretary of the church for eight  years. Presently studying for a master's degree in Theology at McCormick Seminary. My hope is to learn more about the mission of the PC(USA) and how it relates to churches in other countries, and also I would like to share about the importance of churches uniting in witness and solidarity with those in our world who suffer most and to seek justice.

Jim Milley — President of the Association of Presbyterian Mission Pastors and serves as an associate Pastor at La Canada Presbyterian Church in California. Previously, he has served in the Office of International Evangelism at the Presbyterian Center and for five years as a PC(USA) missionary in Ethiopia. My hope is the consultation helps to increase the trust, working relationships, and synergies for partnering in God’s Mission among all groups represented. I hope the consultation helps us to define more clearly the role of each structure, wherever each is positioned, from the center to the periphery.

Dave Moore — Dave is a fifth generation Presbyterian and currently Executive Director of a farmworker ministry in Florida, making mission trips to Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico and Pine Ridge. My hope is to learn from and with those who are “putting their money where their heart is” in this shrinking denomination. Want to carry the fire from Dallas to our Farmworker Ministry, to my Presbytery, and to the World.

Rachel Morris — Served last year in the Philippines as a young adult volunteer and currently works as the young adult intern in the Mission Service Recruitment Office. My hope is to gain an understanding of the different views of mission in the church, and to provide a young adult perspective and voice in the conference.

Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lien (Lien Nguyen or Mary) — first ordained woman pastor to the Presbyterian Church in Vietnam, and serves in leadership for Presbyterian Women, Bible classes, and church training.

Setri Nyomi — General secretary of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) – the first non-European to serve in this position. He is an ordained minister of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana. WARC is the global umbrella body of Presbyterian, Reformed, Congregational, Waldensian and some United and Uniting Churches.

K.T. Ockels — Coordinator, Mission Service Recruitment for Presbyterian World Mission.

James Oudom — Lao consultant for specialized ministry of the PC(USA), National Ministry Division. Also, I work half time for local church as associate pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Cornelia, Georgia.

Enos Das Pradhan — General secretary of the Synod of the Church of North India. This Church is a united and a uniting Church, which was formed on November 29, 1980, bringing together six different denominations after 41 years of dialogue. He is also the chairperson of the Commission of the Polity and National Governance of the National Council of Churches in India. He reaffirms his understanding of the mission as “Mission is the whole church taking the whole Christ to the whole world.”

Greg Roth — Senior pastor of Centerville Presbyterian Church in Fremont, California. Our church has an active outreach in building bridges to the Afghan community which surrounds our church in “little Kabul.” I have served for over 15 years as chair of the board of Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship, and the Iberia Institute for Intercultural Studies in Granada. My hope is for a growing collegial engagement as local congregations become the center of mission initiatives and funding.

Bill Simmons — PC(USA) missionary assigned to Africa (1981-2002). Various leadership positions in Presbyterian World Mission since that time.

Dale Stanton-Hoyle — Medical Benevolence Foundation-Validated Mission Support Group. Former Volunteer in Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Ellie Stock — Co-Pastor (with husband Carleton) of Northminster Presbyterian Church (St. Louis). I work with the Joining Hands Peru Partnership as Chairperson of the Environmental Task Force and Coordinator of Friends of La Oroya. It is my hope that the consultation can begin to pull together the gifts and energies of so many facets of mission in a way that they can work together more effectively and synergistically. It is my hope also that we can address mission financial issues in order to provide support and continuity necessary ongoing mission work as well as new mission endeavors.

Scott Sunquist — W. Don McClure Associate Professor of World Mission and Evangelism at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.

Tom Taylor — Deputy executive director for Mission. Formerly a pastor of Glenkirk Presbyterian Church in Glendora, California. He is a member of San Gabriel Presbytery, ordained to the ministry in 1995, is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he also earned a law degree. He received his M.Div. from Yale University Divinity School and is a Ph.D. candidate at Fuller Theological Seminary.

Rick Ufford-Chase — spent 20 years as a mission volunteer, diaconal worker, and eventually a mission co-worker for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Currently, the executive director of the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship, and involved in the Colombia Accompaniment Project. I am excited to be with such a diverse group of followers of Jesus who are all working in creative ways to shape what the next generation of Presbyterian mission will look like.

Linda Bryant Valentine — Executive Director, General Assembly Council. A lifelong Presbyterian most recently from Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago. Served as fund manager and general counsel for the non-profit organization, Opportunity International, and for 18 years was senior vice president at Motorola.

Scott Weimer — Senior pastor of North Avenue Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Ga. Received his Master of Divinity degree from Trinity Divinity School and a Master of Theology with specialization in History of Doctrine from Princeton Theological Seminary. Received his Doctorate of Ministry from Columbia Theological Seminary in 1991. My hope for the consultation is that the PC(USA) finds a renewed passion for the importance of Global Mission that grows out of a renewed passion within our congregations to know Christ and make him known.

Rob Weingartner — Following twenty years of pastoral ministry in Indiana and Ohio, I was called in 2002 to become executive director of The Outreach Foundation, a PC(USA) validated mission support group. I served from 1993-1996 as an elected member of the General Assembly Council and Worldwide Ministries Division committee and as a commissioner to the 214th General Assembly. In the new reality of networks and multiple centers of mission influence, I hope that the consultation can help us to discern the unique contribution that our denominational mission offices have to make and to explore how Presbyterians can work together and with others in ways that build up the church for God’s mission in the world.

Doug Welch — currently serving as the Africa Area Coordinator for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). With a rich history in missions, Doug and his wife, Ruth Lantz Welch, served as Mission Co-Workers in Malawi and the Democratic Republic of Congo for 17 years working in community and agricultural development. My hope is that during this short time together that God will speak to us and through us in a way that galvanizes us for God’s mission and provides insight and direction for PC(USA) mission involvement in the world.

Jim Wilson — Advisory Committee on the Constitution.

Bill Young — former engineer, pastor, missionary, WMD staff member; husband of one, father of three, and grandfather of eight. Since April of 2005 I have been the executive director of Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship. My hope is that we will come out of this consultation convinced that we can all work together in more effective ways for the good of the Kingdom, and that we will have a sense of how that can be done.

Jake Young — Witherspoon Society.

Maria Zack — Faculty member and university administrator at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego. I am an elder and a life-long Presbyterian who has served on the board of Medical Benevolence Foundation for 11 years. Currently I am the president of the MBF Board. My hope is that this gathering accomplishes three things: building and strengthening relationships between the various individuals and groups represented; discerning and articulating of a basic framework for how Presbyterians are called to be involved in world mission in the 21st century; and formulating some practical steps that will help to align our practices and actions within that framework. These steps must come with a timeline and an accountability mechanism.