Regional conferences start in California

Regional conferences
start in California

By Tom Hanson

SANTA ANA, California—The first WCG regional conference in 2005 took place in Santa Ana March 4 to 6 for ministers and members from the Southwest region.

John Biswas, director of the Bengali Evangelical Association, was ordained as an elder. [Photo by Robin Connelly]

The theme for this year’s conferences is “Church Forward.” Sessions included Planning the Journey, Funding the Journey, Discussing the Journey, Traveling Together, Bringing the Children, Staying the Course, Stopping to Rest, Alternate Routes and Joy in the Journey.

John Biswas, director of the Bengali Evangelical Association, was ordained as an elder. He oversees 14 congregations in Bangladesh, and plans are under way to plant several more. For more information visit BEA’s web site at www.bengalimission.org.

Two church employees who have reached their 25th anniversary of working for the church were presented with plaques and watches for them and their wives: Tom Hanson, editor of WCG Today and Odyssey, and his wife, Tina; and Phillip Rice, pastor of the Phoenix, Arizona, church, and his wife, Lil.

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