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  • Recorded on 20 June 2024 for ICMDA Webinars.

    Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Steve MidgleyWords matter. Every Christian believer knows that. The gospel comes to us as a word and with our words we can either praise or curse (James 3:9). Thinking about the way words are used in our churches, not just in our preaching, but also in our conversations is vital.

    The Bible urges us toward a one-anothering ministry which encourages, exhorts and builds up – speaking the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15) is a crucial part of church life. This webinar will consider how encouraging godly conversational ministry helps us to love one another and builds up the body of Christ.


    Steve MidgleyExecutive Director at BCUK

    Steve Midgley is the Executive Director of Biblical Counselling UK. He was, until 2022, the Senior Minister of Christ Church Cambridge where he continues to have a part-time role. Steve has taught courses in biblical counselling in a number of theological colleges as a visiting lecturer. Steve is a board member of CCEF and of the Biblical Counseling Coalition. He trained as a psychiatrist before being ordained. He is married to Beth, with three adult children and two grandsons.

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  • Recorded on 17 September 2020 for ICMDA Webinars.

    Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Rob WallerDr Rob Waller is a Consultant Psychiatrist based in Scotland with over 20 years experience. He grew up in London, studied medicine at the University of Cambridge and then studied postgraduate psychiatry in Yorkshire. He has been a Consultant Psychiatrist for almost 15 years, including two years spent working overseas in New Zealand. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and holds postgraduate qualifications in Teaching and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. He is an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in the Division of Psychiatry at the University of Edinburgh. He has spoken widely at both church and academic events on mental health and spirituality. He is able to speak on a number of topics including the role of mental health services, the use of medication and therapy and how the brain works.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    To find out more about Rob's work visit https://www.mindandsoulfoundation.org

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  • Recorded on 24 September 2020 for ICMDA Webinars.

    Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Prof John Wyatt

    John Wyatt is Emeritus Professor of Neonatal Paediatrics, University College London, a Senior Researcher at the Faraday Institute, Cambridge and President of the UK Christian Medical Fellowship.

    He has a clinical background as a paediatrician caring for sick and premature infants and also a medical scientist researching into the prevention of brain injury in newborn babies.

    He has always been interested in ethical dilemmas raised by advances in medical technology and has frequently engaged in public and professional consultations and debates from the perspective of the Christian faith.

    His book Matters of Life and Death – human dilemmas in the light of the Christian faith has been translated into more than ten languages. His most recent book is Transforming Friendship. He and his wife Celia are longstanding members of All Souls Church in London.

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    To find out more about Prof Wyatt's work visit https://johnwyatt.com

  • Recorded on 1 October 2020 for ICMDA Webinars.

    Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Trevor StammersDr Trevor Stammers was Editor of The New Bioethics journal. He was formerly Associate Professor of Bioethics and Medical Law at St Mary's University and was a family doctor for 27 years before going into academia. His latest book is
    The Ethics of Global Organ Acquisition.

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

  • Recorded on 8 October 2020 for ICMDA Webinars.

    Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Prof John WhitehallIn recent years, the issue of transgender identity in children has leapt from the periphery of public consciousness to centre stage of a cultural drama played out in the media, courts, schools, hospitals, families, and in the minds and bodies of children. It is a kind of utopian religion with committed believers.

    Join us as we discuss the facts - how common is gender dysphoria, what are associated mental health problems, what is the risk of self-harm and suicide, what is the treatment and what is appropriate medical intervention?

    Professor John Whitehall is the chair of CMDF Australia and Professor of Paediatrics at Western Sydney University. His 50 year career began at Sydney University, continued through developing countries and western Sydney as a general paediatrician, then focussed on neonatology before coming to WSU.

    For 15 years he was Director of Neonatal Intensive Care in Townsville, North Queensland, which included ante-natal diagnosis, resuscitation, management and transportation of premature, dysmorphic and sick neonates, many of whom were Indigenous.

    In Townsville, he was deeply involved in the establishment of the medical school at James Cook University and, for 20 years, taught modules of Tropical Paediatrics in the Masters programme in the School of Public Health. In recent years, he has also worked as a consultant physician in PNG, Sri Lanka and Madagascar. Currently, he teaches, leads research and has duties in general paediatrics.

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

  • Recorded on 13 June 2024 for ICMDA Webinars.

    Dr Alex Bolek chairs a webinar with Dr Chris JenkinsThe idea of unanswered prayer being a blessing may seem like a contradiction of terms. We feel we are blessed when our requests are answered, when we receive what we ask for and think we need.

    The truth is, however, that there are needs in our lives we don’t know about and a lack of understanding of important truths that God wants to address and the only way to do it is through unanswered prayer. Actually, delayed answer to prayer is more accurate even though at the time it feels like unanswered prayer. Today we will look at one reason why our prayers may be “unanswered.”

    Chris has been a Christian for five decades. Before going into family medicine, he worked with a missionary organization starting adult literacy ministries in Africa and Asia in order to help Christians read the Bible for themselves and to also give them a tool to reach their non-Christian illiterate neighbors by teaching them to read while sharing the gospel with them.

    He now works in medical education in the US as well as parts of the 10-40 window including the Middle East, Central, South and East Asia and elsewhere. He has been learning spiritual resilience throughout his Christian journey and finds that in every stage of life he must lean harder on the Lord, dig deeper into his Word, and pray for the spiritual resources needed to make it through trials with faith, integrity, love, and obedience intact.

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

  • Recorded on 15 October 2020 for ICMDA Webinars.

    Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Prof Andrew Tomkins

    "Corruption, an undeniable reality in the health sector, is arguably the most serious ethical crisis in medicine today... Corruption traps millions of people in poverty, perpetuates the existing inequalities in income and health, drains the available resources undermines people’s access to healthcare, increases the costs of patient care and, by setting up a vicious cycle, contributes to ill health and suffering." - Subrata Chattopadhyay

    This webinar discusses the challenges facing healthcare professionals and what can be done practically to combat injustices in medicine.

    After postgraduate training, Andrew worked in a new medical school in Nigeria, establishing new management regimens and collaborative research on the interaction of infection and nutrition in children. After research training in nutrition at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Andrew worked in the MRC units in Malumfashi, Nigeria and the Gambia. Subsequently his research team established a range of applied research and training projects in resource poor countries, based at the Centre for International Child Health (now the Institute for Global Health) UCL London. Andrew has assisted UNICEF, WHO, the World Bank & national governments in the development of their child health and nutrition programmes. Andrew worked with Tearfund UK and overseas partners to develop church-based programmes for prevention, treatment & care of disease. He is now “retired” but does not know how to do it and is presently supporting programmes in northern Nigeria, Ethiopia, South Sudan & Zambia.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

  • Recorded on 22 October 2020 for ICMDA Webinars.

    Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Katherine WelchThis webinar discusses how medical professionals can use their expertise to help lift people out of slavery and into a thriving life.Katherine Welch, MD, an American physician, has been serving oppressed, trafficked, and exploited people since 2000. Her journey started at a mission hospital on the Thailand-Myanmar border where she first encountered human trafficking through her patients and other colleagues in Thailand. Since then she has worked with the marginalized and oppressed to fight slavery and other injustices in over 20 countries.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

  • Recorded on 29 October 2020 for ICMDA Webinars.

    Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Vineeth Jaison

    Hear how medical professionals respond to the challenges of COVID and how we can adjust our practices using technology accordingly.

    Dr. Vineeth Jaison is currently working as Associate Professor in Neurology at Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, India. He did his undergraduate, post graduate and Neurology training in CMC, Ludhiana. He grew up in a family of missionary doctors and would often visit his maternal uncle Laji Verghese who was Surgeon at Lady Willingdon hospital in Manali, Himachal Pradesh. He spent two years after graduation in a mission hospital at Robertsganj in Uttar Pradesh. Where he took care of Pediatrics and General Medicine while helping his wife Dr. Preethi Paul manage Obs and Gyne. Doing Ultrasounds for Obstetrics was a part of his routine work. He also spent three months managing the eye OPD with over 100 patients a day.

    Often during that time he would consult his seniors for difficult cases in the clinic or admitted in the ward. He also observed the immense capacity for well trained nurses to manage repetitive yet high skilled tasks.

    During his DM Neurology training he set up a Physician assistant programme for task shifting highly skilled yet repetitive procedures to address the shortage of doctors. He has worked closely with Dr. Jeyaraj Pandian current Vice President of World Stroke Organisation and has developed a keen interest in Public health.

    These laid the foundation for him to see the value in telemedicine now as qualified Neurologist.

    Recently he along with his colleagues initiated and implemented an institutional telemedicine programme with over 70 consultants and 30 specialties, which has been a blessing for patients during COVID.

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

  • Recorded on 5 November 2020 for ICMDA Webinars.

    Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Keir Thelander

    Hear the inspiring story of PAACS - an organisation that trains and disciples African surgeons to glorify God and provide excellent care to those most in need.Keir Thelander attended Indiana University School of Medicine and completed his general surgery residency at Fairview Hospital in Cleveland, OH, in 2004. After working as a General Surgeon in Cleveland, Keir was led to train and disciple African doctors to become surgeons. Keir’s young family of 4 moved to Bongolo Hospital in Gabon. For 8 years Keir served as the Program Director of the Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons (PAACS) surgical residency program as well as the medical director of this 150 bed facility. Recently Dr Thelander has been Team Leader for the over 20 ex-patriots living in Bongolo, while he also worked as the West/Central Africa Director for PAACS. Presently, Keir is the Executive Vice President of PAACS. In this role he oversees their 15 training programs across Africa. Keir’s passions are helping doctors and all people to thrive no matter the circumstances as well as surgical education in cross-cultural contexts.⁠⁠⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

  • Recorded on 12 November 2020 for ICMDA Webinars.

    Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr James Paul

    Contemporary sociologists argue that the way we see the world is socially created within cultures. “Girls wear pink and boys wear blue,” for example, is not a universal law but something created within twentieth-century Western culture through discourse around what it means to be male and female.

    If reality is socially created, then it can be recreated. But is this true of all of reality?
    Can gender, religion, morality, and even our own humanness be shaped and reshaped as we choose?

    Dr James Paul is director of the English branch of L’Abri Fellowship and before that he practised as a doctor in London, specialising in hospice care for the terminally ill. Many of the questions raised in his recent book What on Earth Is Heaven? are ones that people have asked him in these settings. He has been a speaker at Word Alive and European Leadership Forum, and regularly addresses university Christian Unions and the Christian Medical Fellowship students' conference, as well as speaking at L'Abri conferences globally.⁠⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

  • Recorded on 6 June 2024 for ICMDA Webinars.

    Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Prof John Wyatt

    Artificial intelligence is everywhere and is seems as though science fiction fantasies are starting to come true. It’s hard to separate the hype from reality but analysts predict that deploying AI in healthcare could save hundreds of thousands of lives every year and dramatically reduce healthcare costs in developed countries.

    At the same time many countries with less established health infrastructure are starting to see the remarkable potential of bespoke AI systems. What are the ethical, societal and spiritual issues which lie behind these extraordinary developments and how can Christians prepare for the coming wave of AI innovation and disruption?

    John Wyatt is Emeritus Professor of Neonatal Paediatrics, University College London, a Senior Researcher at the Faraday Institute, Cambridge and President of the UK Christian Medical Fellowship.

    He has a clinical background as a paediatrician caring for sick and premature infants and also a medical scientist researching into the prevention of brain injury in newborn babies.

    He has always been interested in ethical dilemmas raised by advances in medical technology and has frequently engaged in public and professional consultations and debates from the perspective of the Christian faith.

    His book Matters of Life and Death – human dilemmas in the light of the Christian faith has been translated into more than ten languages. His most recent book is Transforming Friendship. He and his wife Celia are longstanding members of All Souls Church in London.

    ⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    For more from Prof John visit https://johnwyatt.com

  • Recorded on 3 December 2020 for ICMDA Webinars.

    Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Dave Stevens

    Dr Stevens holds degrees from Asbury College and the University of Louisville School of Medicine and is board certified in family medicine. He earned a master’s degree in bioethics from Trinity International University in 2002 and has served on the boards of Asbury University and World Gospel Mission. He is a fellow of the Biotechnology Policy Council of the Wilberforce Forum and helped found the National Embryo Donation Center. He and his wifeJody have 3 children and 10 grandchildren, all of who are involved in domestic or international healthcare ministry. He is the author of Jesus, MD, Beyond Medicine and co-author of Leadership Proverbs and Servant Leadership. As untold thousands of people who have heard him preach could attest, Dave is a gifted storyteller and a powerful Christian communicator with a passion for evangelism and a deep understanding and respect for the integrity of God’s Word.⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

  • Recorded on 10 December 2020 for ICMDA Webinars.

    Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Richard Winter

    Dr Winter grew up in England and trained in medicine at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, and then in psychiatry in Bristol. (He is a past member of The Royal College of Psychiatrists in the UK.) He was also a counsellor, teacher and leader at the English L’Abri and associate pastor of a church in Hampshire for some years before moving to the US in 1992 to head the counselling program at Covenant Seminary where he is now Professor Emeritus.Dr. Winter’s research interests have been at the interface of psychology, medicine, and theology. He is the author of The Roots of Sorrow: Reflections on Depression and Hope (2001); Still Bored in a Culture of Entertainment:Rediscovering Passion and Wonder (2002); Perfecting Ourselves to Death: The Pursuit of Excellence and the Perils of Perfectionism (2005); and When Life Goes Dark: Finding Hope in the Midst of Depression (2012). He continues practicing therapy privately and with the Global Counseling Network. www.globalcounselingnetwork.com

    ⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

  • Recorded on 17 December 2020 for ICMDA Webinars.

    Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Gene Rudd

    How can Christian healthcare workers best find joy in their vocations? Is your life marked by joy? Why is it that most of our neighbours in the western world (including our healthcare colleagues) report being dissatisfied/unhappy? We will look at the underlying causes and the solution.

    Dr. Gene Rudd served for 25 years as Senior Vice President of the Christian Medical & Dental Associations – Unite States. He continues to serve as volunteer staff and advisor.

    He specialized in obstetrics/gynecology and has experience in teaching, maternal-fetal medicine and rural healthcare. Dr. Rudd garnered several awards including the Gorgas Medal, presented by the U.S. government for the most significant achievement in preventive medicine. He conducted international programs with Samaritan’s Purse/World Medical Mission including the formationof the Christian Medical Mission of Russia and the rehabilitation of the Central Hospital in Kigali, Rwanda during the genocide of 1994. He co-authored Practice by the Book, a book that teaches doctors to practice and live their lives by biblical principles.

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  • Recorded on 30 May 2024 for ICMDA Webinars.

    Dr Alex Bolek chairs a webinar with Dr Andy Bannister

    Muslims are wonderfully easy people with whom to start conversations about faith. But when we try and share our faith with Muslim friends and colleagues, how do we answer the questions or objections they raise about Christianity?

    In this webinar, Dr Andy Bannister will draw on his 25 years experience of conversations with Muslims to help us understand the common questions Muslims ask, why ask them, and how we can share the gospel through them.

    Dr. Andy Bannister is the Director of Solas, an evangelism and training organisation based in Scotland (but covering the whole of the UK). A highly in demand speaker, Andy speaks and teaches throughout the UK, Europe, Canada, the USA, and the wider world. From universities to churches, business forums to TV and radio, he regularly addresses audiences of both Christians and those of all faiths and none on issues relating to faith, culture, politics and society.

    Andy holds a PhD in Islamic studies and has taught extensively at universities across Canada, the USA, the UK and further afield on both Islam and philosophy. He is also an Adjunct Research Fellow at the Arthur Jeffery Centre for the Study of Islam at Melbourne School of Theology and is also Adjunct Faculty at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto.

    ⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    For further resources visit https://www.solas-cpc.org/icmda/

  • Recorded on 7 January 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.

    Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Trevor Stammers

    Dr Trevor Stammers was Editor of The New Bioethics journal. He was formerly Associate Professor of Bioethics and Medical Law at St Mary's University and was a family doctor for 27 years before going into academia. His latest book is The Ethics of Global Organ Acquisition.⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

  • Recorded on 23 May 2024 for ICMDA Webinars.

    Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Yaw Perbi

    Africa is the most Christian continent in the world today. This talk will celebrate this momentous occasion in world history tracing God’s goodness to Africa in scripture and throughout history, clearly demonstrating that Africa and Africans have always been central to God's missional purposes, not an afterthought. We will unveil the teeming potentials as well as teething problems of African mission. This African lead in global Christianity is only going to increase into the foreseeable future, thus these projections call for preparation in order to produce the quantity and quality of African Christians who will be faithful carriers of the authentic gospel to all nations!

    Dr Perbi practised medicine in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire and is an author-publisher, preacher and international speaker. He has authored numerous articles, manuals and about 20 books including the highly-acclaimed Africa to the Rest on which this talk is based. Yaw’s goal is to ‘finish the finishables’ by proclaiming God’s word to ‘all nations’. For four years, he served as pastor of Montreal Chinese Alliance Grace Church, Canada. He also served as president of International Student Ministries Canada for eight years and is the Co-founder for the Pan African International Students (PAIS), which envisions a movement of Christian International Students leaving Africa to other continents as a mission force. Yaw and his wife, Anyele, run Perbi Cubs, an EdTech providing literacy programs to thousands of children. They have seven children.

    To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

  • Recorded on 16 May 2024 for ICMDA Webinars.

    Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Rev Dr Stephen Ko

    In 1 Corinthians 6:19 we are reminded that our 'bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit'. Christ incarnate is deity in flesh, and His spirit is incarnate in us. Living and worshiping incarnationally is consciously embracing what the Creator has designed in His image, from the finest, microscopic details to vital organs within our body, enabling the Holy Spirit to work in us.

    Weaving together insights from faith, science, and medicine, this webinar will reveal the marvellous ways in which our physical and spiritual health can prepare us to become instruments of God's healing in the world.

    Reverend Stephen Ko, MD, MA, MPH, MDiv, serves as Senior Pastor of New York Chinese Alliance Church in NYC. Dr. Ko’s healthcare specialties include pediatrics, preventive medicine and public health. He is currently Adjunct Professor at Alliance Theological Seminary.

    Previously, he served as a Global Health Professor at Boston University and a Medical Officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He has worked extensively in Africa and Southeast Asia on diseases of epidemic potential, helping low and low-middle income countries implement their national public health programs. Writing at the intersection of faith, medicine, and public health is a particular passion.

    His latest book is Faith Embodied, on how to live and worship incarnationally and glorify God with our bodies.To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    For more from Rev Stephen, including his book Faith Embodied, visit https://www.drstephenko.com

  • Recorded on 14 January 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.

    Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Karen Rispin

    Many faith-based health providers intend to follow in the footsteps of Jesus when they reach out to heal. If you look carefully, most of those Jesus healed were people living with chronic disabilities. Yet this population is often neglected by many faith-based health providers.

    The World Health Organization sees disability as one of the fastest growing health problems. People are living longer; diabetes is rampant, and children born with disabilities are more likely to live. Families dealing with disability often feel that this is due to a curse or shameful behaviour. This sparks spiritual anxiety and leads to questions.

    Karen Rispin is Project Manager, Assistive Technology Catalyst Project with IDEAS and BethanyKids. She is passionate about reaching out with true hope by catalyzing links to resources to facilitate wheelchair services and care for those with disabilities at faith based hospitals. A missionary kid who grew up in Kenya, she has led research teams, published on appropriate assistive technology for low resource areas and serves on international committees. Karen’s desire is that those with disabilities receive appropriate provision of AT along with medical, social and spiritual care.To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠