conferences
Oak Hills Christian College hosts or co-hosts the following annual conferences and retreats.
rural impact leadership conference
This one-day training event for ministry leaders & pastors serving rural & small-town churches in a partnership between our Church Ministries team and the Evangelical Covenant Church’s NW Conference leadership, hosted at Alexandria Covenant Church. In previous years, our opening speakers have been our Martin Giese, Glenn Daman, a pastor from Stevenson, WA, & author of “The Forgotten Church”, and Dr. Jeff Clark of Wheaton College’s Rural Church Institute. We have also had Kara Stromberg and Martin Giese lead some of the main sessions in the past. We’ve made the videos from last year’s sessions & workshops available & livestream participation will continue to be an option for future conferences.
https://ruralimpact.church/
Northwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church
Our Church Ministries team has entered into a new ministry partnership with the Northwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church (search for Stories/Webinars), in providing Rural Ministry training to their pastors & lay leaders through online webinars. Martin Giese, Rick Weinert, Mark Hovestol, & Jim Hodgson join their NW Conference team in providing these online & recorded training sessions every other month.
united in christ
Oak Hills co-hosted with CHIEF the first United in Christ conference in 2017, an international conference for people involved in Native & First Nations ministry and those wanting to get involved, along with regional United conferences in 2018. The 2nd United in Christ national conference was held in July 2021 on Oak Hills Christian College’s campus, and the 2024 conference held at the EFC Bemidji. Check our CIM website for more info and the video link.