Mission ConneXion Northwest is one of the most important cutting edge God-focused ministries in the whole of the USA. Make sure you get involved.
George Verwer, Founder, Operation Mobilization
2005/2010 Plenary Speaker

I have been so encouraged by the work of Mission ConneXion Northwest. Their commitment to evangelism, discipleship, and raising-up the next generation of Godly leaders is such a blessing. It has been a privilege to have been involved in their Kingdom work since the very beginning, and I look forward to continue working together as we challenge today’s young people to hold high the banner of biblical evangelism – sharing the life-changing message of Jesus Christ throughout the world.  
Luis Palau/International Evangelist
2002/2008 Plenary Speaker

Not often am I surprised at a conference. But Mission ConneXion Northwest absolutely blew me away:  Outstanding cutting-edge music, speakers who were able to connect, an exciting variety of seminars relevant to potential missionaries and how to pray intelligently. You might say, ‘It Rocked!’
Josh McDowell, Author, Apologist
2009 Plenary Speaker

I'm excited about Mission ConneXion Northwest! These guys are passionate about the entire church engaging the entire society with the entire gospel. When the world is won for Christ, it will be because the whole body of Christ gets up on its feet – not just vocational ministers. I encourage everyone to be a part of what they are doing!
Bob Roberts, Pastor and Author of Transformation and Glocalization
2005 Plenary Speaker

Mission ConneXion Northwest is an awesome event that invites people of all denominations to unite together to spread the worship of Jesus to all nations! I loved the spirit of unity, servant-hood, and Kingdom mindedness of Bill MacLeod and his team. The organization was professional, the staff was personal and efficient, and the cooperation across the Body of Christ in the Northwest was very inspiration to see. It was one of the best missions mobilizing events I have been part of.
Floyd McClung, Church-Planter Missions Mobilizer, S. Africa
2007 Plenary Speaker

You're not going to find something of more strategic importance than Mission ConneXion Northwest to basically say to God, 'I'm available to you for this day – speak to my heart however you want to speak to my heart….’
Randy Alcorn, Author, Director of Eternal Perspective Ministries
2006 Plenary Speaker

I watched my dad pull his little mission plane out of the hangar each morning and fly off into the Amazon. Even after he was killed, I kept loving planes and the dream of being a ministry pilot myself someday. How do we plant the dream of sharing God's plan for His world with people who haven't heard? Well, we inform the next generation of God followers that this is a high service. We celebrate this undertaking and we publicize those who have set an example for us to follow in Christ's Commission. And, we connect this new generation with ideas and organizations within which they can carry out this dream. This is exactly what Mission ConneXion Northwest is doing –Informing…Celebrating…[and] Igniting…Northwest Churches in Mission….
Steve Saint, Missionary Pilot and Author
2006 Plenary Speaker

I am amazed with the mobilizing power of Mission ConneXion! The plenary sessions, workshops, literature and displays serve to ignite churches and individuals towards greater understanding of where they 'fit' in God's Global Purposes. Churches in the Northwest should make this event a priority on their church calendars.
Paul Borthwick, Development Associates International
2007 Plenary Speaker

Occasionally and in various parts of the world, God seems to raise-up a movement that revitalizes the church, resulting in a great ingathering of the spiritual harvest. I believe Mission ConneXion Northwest is one of those movements. In the tradition of the well-known Hay Stack Prayer meetings of the early 19th Century, I believe that Mission Connexion Northwest is being used of God to unite and ignite local churches of the Northwest to reach the unreached with the gospel.
David Stevens, Pastor, Central Bible Church
2002 Plenary Speaker

Mission ConneXion Northwest is a unique ministry that lifts-up the vision of the Great Commission and facilitates connections between people and needs and opportunities. This is another great expression of the church working together.
Frank DaMazio, Pastor, City Bible Church, Portland, Ore.
2003 Plenary Speaker

I think everybody who's a believer and is called to be involved in sharing the gospel in our community around the world should go to Mission ConneXion Northwest.
Bas Vanderzalm, President, Medical Teams International

I believe Mission ConneXion Northwest (formerly MissionsFest Northwest) is one of the most significant and impacting events I have ever participated in. The co-operation amongst the churches and mission agencies is outstanding. The speakers and workshops are always top-notch. I strongly encourage pastors and congregations to make attending this conference every year a priority.     
Rev. Phillip S. Nelson, African-American Church Mobilizer for SIM (Serving in Mission)
2005 Plenary Speaker

Mission Connexion Northwest is one of the premier tools being used today for communicating the very Heart of God – that He loves the peoples of this world and wants them to be introduced to His Son Jesus Christ. Mission Connexion Northwest serves and informs the body of Christ with a ‘kingdom minded’ passion that is not only compelling and relevant today, but produces lasting results for eternity.
Bill Drake, Operation Mobilization International Worship Leader
2003/2005 Worship Leader

Christ-centered, creative, dynamic, challenging the intellect, convicting the heart, inspiring action – Mission ConneXion Northwest is all of these. I was invited as a speaker, yet found myself challenged and encouraged by other speakers, attendees, staff, and volunteers alike. God is obviously using Mission ConneXion Northwest to mobilize His people as agents of hope in a deeply troubled world.
Catharine Coon, Missionary to Uganda, “Children of Hope”
2007 Plenary Speaker

As the President of OM USA, I find Mission ConneXion Northwest to be a very valuable conference, for connecting with people interested in going around the world to share the Gospel. It is a conference that both inspires/informs and motivates people to see what they can do and how they can get involved with cross-cultural missions. I not only have the opportunity to teach at Mission ConneXion Northwest, but I also take the opportunity to sit in on the incredible seminars, worship services and other teaching times provided. One of things that I enjoy the most is walking around the display area, to see all the mission agencies that are there. It is incredibly informing and motivating to see people from the mission field, around the world, there at Mission ConneXion Northwest, sharing their vision, passion and information on how people can get involved with their ministries. I would feel that my year is not complete if I wasn't able to attend Mission ConneXion Northwest.
Rick Hicks, President, OM USA

Mission Connexion Northwest is the local church thinking globally. Once a year MCNW wrestles with many of today’s’ critical issues locally and globally. Instead of ignoring the global situation, they meet in great numbers once a year. They talk of ideas and the tough challenges. For many in the Portland area, Mission Connexion has become a key date on the yearly calendar, as it is for us at Operation Mobilization. Today the Church locally and globally is facing massive changes in world mission. How do we as the church respond to Afghanistan, the extremism in Islam, the post cold war of Eastern Europe and Russia? We face the practical problems in the world such as AIDs, prostitution, dirty water and poverty. For example, today over one million Coptic Christians live on the garbage tips of Cairo and there is little hope for change. Europe has become the spiritually dark continent. We see the overwhelming and the overwhelming needs of India.  Hostility to Christianity is rising and the Muslim world often cannot separate Hollywood immorality, with Western Christianity. For some the peoples and shores of war torn and unreached areas are far off. But today they are a plane ride away. While at the same time the world has come to us. The church must respond now that there has been a huge migration into the West.  Join Bill and his team as they bring the hot topics to the tables of the Northwestern churches. I know Bill personally and he has been a great example to me over the years. I hope the Mission ConneXion not only develops but the local church buy into this vision in far greater numbers. It will stir local believers to walk with passion and a new generation will catch a vision to go. The call to take the gospel to the world lies squarely on the church. Let us join together and respond.
Gary Witherall, Author of “Total Abandon”
2003 Plenary Speaker

God's designed us with certain talents that He wants to put to use and I think Mission ConneXion really gives us a vision of how God can use somebody like me...there's nothing like it!
Georgene Rice, Talk Show Host, KPDQ-FM

You're probably saying, 'you know pastor, I don't have time for another conference, I don't have time to listen to anything else talking to me about missions,’ but what we're trying to do is to get the word out to individuals and to congregations that missions need you...you can be on the mission field...you can be active in missions, and what a great place to come and find out, get your questions answered, talk to somebody, develop some relationships...then come to Mission ConneXion Northwest. I invite you to come to Mission ConneXion Northwest – you’ll be blessed!
T. Allen Bethel, Pastor, Maranatha Church, Portland

Going to a Mission ConneXion weekend I believe opens up so many new possibilities, dreams, and visions.
Ray Cotton, Pastor, New Hope Community Church, Portland

The mandate of Jesus Christ to His disciples and to all of us that believe and love Him is still current, and has not changed for generations:  ‘Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.’ (Matthew 28:19-20) With that mandate, I believe Mission ConneXion Northwest is doing its best to get evangelical churches and believers not only in the northwest but all over the country to make sure they take His mandate to heart. After all, Jesus is not returning until ‘This Gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.’ (Matt. 24:14)  Since coming to know Christ as a result of mission work in the jungles of the Philippines, I marvel in AWE at how God works and uses His people to be an instrument of His grace even to the ends of the earth. With Mission ConneXion Northwest involving churches all over the Northwest, it will be exciting to see men and women and children willing to 'stand in the gap' for the cause of Christ until everyone hears at least once about Jesus Christ. That's why I endorse the work of Mission ConneXion Northwest, because I believe it is another  mission tool in which God uses to equip, build, encourage and challenge God's people all over the Northwest and perhaps all over the USA and Canada, 'to go  and make disciples of all nations' so that even those over 2,000 languages remaining on earth who have never read a portion of His Word in their heart language will one day have a chance, especially as Mission ConneXion Northwest challenges churches and men and women everywhere for His glory!
Nard Pugyao, Isnag People Group, Wycliffe Bible Translators
2002 Plenary Speaker

People across the continent are awakening to the fact that God is on the move. One way for believers to become knowledgeable and prayerful about what God is doing is to be immersed in mission gatherings. Mission Connexion Northwest is one such event. Having taken part as a plenary speaker (for Missions Fest Northwest), I commend the leadership for their commitment in putting together this conference. It is a forum that allows believers to hear the latest news of God at work today, and invites them to consider how they might become involved. I encourage every believer to attend any of these events. Be a part of what God is doing – come and learn!
Ron Pearce, President, Empower Ministries International
2003 Plenary Speaker

There are certain significant developments in global missions today which are shaping the future and direction of missions. These include a greater direct involvement in by local churches, an increasing awareness of how close and easily accessible the harvest fields are to us, i.e. (at our doorsteps), and a more strategic partnership developing between older mission-sending bases and the newer ones.  Mission ConneXion Northwest has become a seedbed, a facilitator and an incubating arena for articulating and actualizing these critical phenomena of missions in the 21st century.
Reuben Ezemadu, International Director, Christian Missionary Foundation, Inc.
2008 Plenary Speaker

“I praise God for Mission ConneXion Northwest and am completely impressed by them. They bring in top speakers from around the nation and minister, not just to the individual, but to the entire family, giving what is missing in most conferences: practical steps of obedience in obeying God’s heart for the nations. \ Make sure you don’t miss the next Mission ConneXion Northwest!”
Bob Sjogren, President, UnveilinGlory
2008 Plenary Speaker