Morgan Wills, MD, MATS

Not all those in the CCHF movement are called to be medical professionals, but all of us will at some point be called to become patients. How do we do that faithfully? And how might we encourage our current or future patients to do so? Using stories from Scripture, his career serving immigrants and refugees at Siloam Health in Nashville, and his own recent personal experience as a wounded healer, Dr. Wills will invite workshop participants into a vision of what it means to follow Christ in the often confusing world of modern medicine. By situating illness and medicine within a larger story, we will consider how Jesus offers the illness experience as an opportunity to disciple all of us--on both sides of the white coat.

Anna Rowell, Medical Student with Rebecca Li

Often, the journey to medical school is seen as a step-by-step path that must be followed, with any deviation from it being seen as abnormal. However, through our own personal experiences, we have seen how a gap year can have a profound impact on a student’s view of medicine and life in community. In this session, we will share how God used our gap year experiences in Memphis, TN and Clarkston, GA to change and grow us, as well as teach us what the Great Commission looks like in our everyday interactions. This session is open to anyone interested in learning about missional gap year(s), and how students can benefit from these experiences

Benjamin McKinney, MD

Desires for justice, change, impact, external fruit, or missional medicine are great pursuits, but a heart that truly changes the world is one that is rooted in love. First a love for God and then a love for others. Let us return again to the enduring foundation of our first love. Let us find the joy, peace, and holiness that is found in knowing God and his word. It is in an intimate relationship with God that our world will be changed as we run on His power and finish the race well.

Katie Stinar, AFC

In Luke 14:33 (AMP) Jesus says, "So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not [carefully consider the cost and then for My sake] give up all his own possessions." As high income earners, how can medical professionals protect themselves from the spiritual threats posed by their own affluence? And how does one pursue a career in ministry when saddled with student loan debt?

Bill White, MDiv

Bill and Katy White got married 6 weeks before she entered medical school in 1992. They had not prepared well for the intensity and the pressures. This seminar will talk frankly about the challenges of having a “medical marriage” and will create space for Q & A. We’ll tell plenty of stories and share plenty of hard earned insights that hopefully can be adapted to other marriages. www.SmallChurchBigTable.com.

Seth Mattson

Many young Christians in training have a desire to answer Jesus' call to 'serve the least of these'. Residencies and clinics can help facilitate this mission in the future, but what does answering this calling look like right now? Would it be possible for those in training to live missionally, in the midst of their most hectic years? Is it worth it? What do I have to offer to a community as a student? As medical students at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX, we have had the privilege to move into the historical "Sunnyside" neighborhood, which lies at the intersection of the city’s poverty and crime. In this session, we will discuss how we got here, how the Lord is working among our neighbors, and what we are learning through the various challenges and setbacks. Co-Presenter: Yasanka Chalasani

Rick Donlon, MD

Maintaining a vital and fruitful Christian faith is challenging in the best of circumstances. The pressures of professional school, residency training, and busy clinical work make it harder to remain connected to The Vine. Even some of our Christian healthcare organizations struggle to resist the pressure from secular and economic powers. How can we avoid losing our religion?

Sarah & Jacob Abraham, MD, MPH

There is intense pressure from the world to pursue perfection, professionally and spiritually, during our medical training. Thankfully God's grace is sufficient and His power is made perfect in our weakness. Come be encouraged by our Redeemer through stories from two young doctor's journey through medical training - studying medicine, incarnational living, marriage parenthood and foster care, preparation to work among the unreached, and the pursuit of spiritual disciplines.