January 2018 BRANCHES

BRANCHES
SOUTHWOOD
CONFERENCE KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Dr. Daniel Doriani is Professor of Theology
Dr. Dan Doriani, Covenant Theological Seminary
and Vice President of Strategic Academic
Projects at Covenant Theological Seminary. Before that he was Senior Pastor of Central Presbyterian Church, a large
congregation in the business and university district of St. Louis. He previously served as Dean of the Faculty, Vice
President of Academics, and Professor of New Testament at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis. Doriani
earned graduate degrees from Westminster Theological Seminary and from Yale University, where he was also a
research fellow. Doriani is a council member and regular blogger for The Gospel Coalition. He has written fourteen
books of biblical exposition, hermeneutics, and gender and family issues and has contributed to eight others. A
frequent conference speaker, he and his wife Deborah, a musician, have three daughters, Abigail, Sarah, and Beth.
ATTENDING GLOBAL MISSION PARTNERS:
Derek and Laura serve on Mission to the World’s churchplanting
team in Cusco, Peru. Of the 1.2 million people
Derek and Laura Dougherty, MTW Peru
living in the area surrounding Cusco, only four percent are Christians. In 2015 a church (Fuente De Gracia)
was planted with a small core group of new believers. Derek serves in a variety of capacities--providing
leadership alongside the pastor, discipling Peruvian men, as well as training and equipping Peruvians to be
leaders in the church. In addition to church planting, the MTW Cusco team is involved in medical ministry
via a local clinic that is run by missionary doctors, a ministry to college students at local universities, and an
orphan care ministry. Laura supports the MTW team in Cusco through leading and teaching in a homeschool
co-op, as well as providing oversight to the children’s ministry of the church plant.
“Bundibugyo” literally means “the end of the road.”
Justin and Alanna Huston, Serge Ireland
And it was there in Uganda that Justin, on R&R from a
tumultuous situation in South Sudan, met Alanna, who was serving as a teacher for missionary kids there in
Uganda. The Hustons were married in September 2017 and are now looking forward to a life of ministry
together.
By the fall of 2018 the couple hopes to move to Dublin, Ireland, to work with Serge’s Metro Team. They
look forward to using their gifts and talents to mentor missionary apprentices, help run the summer internship
program, and work with church revitalization efforts. Until then Justin is working for the Serge Renewal Team
providing theological support while continuing his education through the Doctor of Ministry program at Reformed Theological Seminary. The
couple is actively raising support while preparing for their future ministry in Ireland.
Reaching Indians Ministries
Dr. Saji Lukos, Reaching Indians Ministries International (RIMI)
International’s (RIMI)
mission is to reach the unreached people groups in South Asia and around the world with the gospel of
Jesus Christ, especially the poor and marginalized including Dalits, rural women, and slum children. The
three key program areas are: (1) Evangelism and Church Planting, (2) Leadership Development, and
(3) Compassion Ministries. These programs are primarily delivered through Mission India, a non-profit
organization based in Nagpur, India, that was also established by Rev. Dr. Saji Lukos. Mission India
operates Mission India Theological Seminary (MITS) and oversees a network of over 1,500 indigenous
missionaries and 30 Bible schools, and cares for over 1,000 children.
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