Leaders on Mission
Join us
Thursday morning, January 28, 2027
Cedar Grove Baptist Church - Surrey, BC
A curated gathering for church and missions leaders. Invitation required to attend. Breakfast included!
Exhibitors and partner churches are invited automatically. Not on the list? Request an invitation or nominate someone! Requests and nominations don’t guarantee a seat, but we personally review each request.
Nominate someone to attend
Know a church or missions leader who should be in the room? Nominate them and we’ll reach out with an invitation. We ask that you let them know you’re nominating them so they’re watching for our follow up.
Request an invitation
Are you a church or missions leader who isn't on the list but senses this is for you? Tell us about yourself and your church or organization and we’ll review your request. We'd love to hear from you.
Exhibitor & partner church RSVP
If you’re a registered MFBC exhibitor, or if you’re a leader from one of our partner churches, you’re automatically invited. Watch your email for how to RSVP.
Schedule
Times are subject to change.
9AM
MFBC Welcome Breakfast
Join us for a complimentary breakfast and an opportunity to connect with missions and church leaders from all over BC and beyond.
10AM
Collaborative Sessions
No small talk here. We’re diving straight into deep questions about how to actually affect meaningful, lasting change; how churches and missions can do more together, and following expert facilitators through collaborative processes that will draw out ideas from the centuries of experience that will be represented in the room.
KEY FORUM TOPICS
Shifting Societal Beliefs
— Dr. Danny Foster
“I have no need of you”
When Church and Missions forget each other
— Speaker TBC
Creating Interface:
preparing to effectively collaborate with other organizations
— Speaker TBC
Location
Both the MFBC Welcome Breakfast and the Collaborative Sessions will be hosted at Cedar Grove Baptist Church, 10330 144 St, Surrey, BC.
Speaker Highlight
President, Canada Institute of LinguisticsDr. Danny Foster
Dr. Danny Foster has served with Wycliffe Bible Translators since 2003. He and his wife, Ranette, have two boys, Josiah and Isaac. The Fosters began serving in Tanzania, where they helped implement language development and Bible translation projects for 19 indigenous communities through two language cluster projects.
In 2010 Danny became the director of training and development for SIL International in Uganda and Tanzania, lead a training program that served language projects across the region.
He holds a PhD from the University of Bristol, where he investigated issues around implementing mother-tongue-based multilingual education.
In 2013, the Fosters returned to Canada. Danny now serves as president of the Canada Institute of Linguistics (CanIL). CanIL operates academic programs in partnership with Trinity Western University in Vancouver and Tyndale University in Toronto, focusing on applied linguistics and preparing people to serve in language development and Bible translation efforts for minority language communities all over the world.
