The Planning Team has worked and prayed hard in the past 3 years, driven by a God given passion for missions. Praise God we had a record-breaking attendance of 3,500 people this year, coming from 34 states in the US and Western Canada plus 90 internationals from China, Asia and Europe. There were over 60 mission organizations, 240 pastors and 95 speakers (missionaries, lay leaders and pastors) who gave 109 workshops and plenary presentations. We had 248 indicated dedications toward global and local missions (221 from Chinese Program, 27 English Program). AFC’s Next Step team provided counseling, assessments, and consultation for them onsite. Further more, a Next Step retreat has been planned in March in San Diego for them. Additionally, 150 business leaders joined the inaugural CMC Entrepreneur Summit that was specially designed for Business as Missions (BAM) purposes. We feel the Lord is strongly mobilizing the West Coast churches for global and local missions through the CMC platform. This could not possibly be done without the diligent work of the local planning team and the sacrificial donations from our supporters!
All praise and glory goes to God for such a transformative experience at CMC that people from all ages and all walks of life went away with a renewed sense of the Great Commission in our time. We were particularly challenged by Pastor David Choi in the closing ceremony that the Gospel is not only the message we take to unbelievers, but also the message that renews our own hearts. We give thanks for the dozens of people who openly confessed and recommitted their faith in Christ in the final night and a new generation willingly answering the call toward missions. As a follow up effort to continue the momentum, we will be sending you 9 self-study articles that were specially developed on the CMC affirmations stated in the CMC handbook.