An annual conference staged by the Student Missionary Union and held in the spring. Classes are canceled for the three-day event.

History

The Missions Conference has been going on for most of Biola's History, it started in 1930. This description of the 1953 Conferences appeared in The King's Business:
Some 22,500 people took time to visit a unique missions fonference in the heart of downtown Los Angeles this spring. Missionaries from all over the world were on hand to plug their fields and show off a dazzling display of native curios.
Fifty booths representing faith mission boards highlighted the 24th annual event at the Church of the Open Door. Straw hats from California, sombreros from Mexico, and turbans from India were all part of the decor for the Reap The Harvest Now theme.
The conference is sponsored jointly by the church and Bible Institute of Los Angeles. One of the aims is to help students get in touch with various boards and broaden their mssionary horizons with news direct from the field.
Evidence of the church's missionary emphasis is its full program and annual missionary budget of $113,000. It supports 94 foreign missionaries and eight national missionaries. The church membership is 3500. Pastor is Dr. J. Vernon McGee.
No sooner had the booths been taken down than plans were underway for next year's meeting. The 25th annual assembly is slated to be even more comprehensive and will last ten days instead of the usual week.The King's Business, Vol 44.6, June 1953, pg 10

Themes

• 2009 - OSME: The Fragrance of a New Covenant

Directors

2009

• Danika Dahlin, Kyle Shanebeck

Speakers

2009

• Marilyn Laszlo, Wycliffe Bible Translators
• George Verwer, Operation Mobilisation
• Grant Porter, missionary to Middle East
• Barry H. Corey, president of Biola

2007

• Nard Pugyao, native of Philippines
• Solomon Aryeetey

References