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The Church:
A CRC Leadership Conference

Church Sign: All Nations Church, Lake View Terrace, California

All Nations Church, the largest Korean congregation in the Los Angeles area, hosted a continuing education conference for leaders in the Christian Reformed Church on October 24 and 25, 2003. Entitled "The Church: A CRC Leadership Conference," it explored issues of leadership in the church from biblical and theological foundations to practical ministry issues. Many of the 90 persons who attended were from Korean churches, but others came representing Hispanic, Chinese, Filipino and Anglo churches.

The presenters represented a mixture of pastors, professors and denominational leaders, including host pastor Rev. Jin So Yoo, Rev. Christian Oh of Rochester Hills, MI, Professor Jung Suk Rhee of Fuller Theological Seminary and Professors Mariano Avila, Henry De Moor and Pieter Tuit of Calvin Theological Seminary, Robert DeMoor of The Banner and Faith Alive Publications, Duane Visser of Pastor-Church Relations, and Kathy Smith and Howard Vanderwell of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship.

In addition to great learning and profitable discussion sessions, conferees enjoyed wonderful food and hospitality at the All Nations Church coordinated by Helen Lim, who also directed the conference worship teams. The church is in the process of building new facilities in Lake View Terrace for the 2000 people who attend 5 services in Korean or Spanish on Sunday mornings. It was an exciting place to hold a leadership conference—in the midst of the obvious growth of Christ's church!

“I enjoyed every moment and I liked to see the unity in every area.”
“Topics were very useful and informative for the ministry.”
“I know and feel the CRC better. I got insight on ‘Reformed history’ and things we need to do in this culture.”

Anonymous attendees
The Church: A CRC Leadership Conference (Lake View Terrace, CA)

Main conference session	New church building under construction
Mariano Avila with Hispanic group	Henry DeMoor speaking about church polity
Worship team including Seminarian James Kim (far left) and leader Helen Lim (far right)	Howard Vanderwell speaking with Christian Oh translating in Korean

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