Paul Borthwick was 19 years old, attending his first Urbana Student Missions Conference, when he realized that God spoke with an accent. Listening to the Bible exposition of London pastor John R.W. Stott, Borthwick heard the gospel message explained for the first time from other than an American cultural perspective. Getting a global perspective on how God is at work in the world, and responding to God’s global invitation, is what InterVarsity’s Urbana Student Missions Conference is all about. The next Urbana conference begins one year from today at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis.
Because Paul is a missions consultant who travels the globe and also teaches at Gordon College in Massachusetts, he can offer a global sneak peak. He did that recently with InterVarsity employees here in Madsion, before meeting with the rest of InterVarsity’s Urbana leadership team to help plan the Urbana 12 conference.