Coracle 2024
The Coracle Conference is a comprehensive pre-field mission readiness program. Intentionally designed by experienced trainers with decades of service in ministry and the missions field, the Coracle Conference equips missionaries with the skills they need to thrive holistically despite the challenges of their roles.
The featured course of this year’s conference is ReSoul, a powerful learning encounter designed to teach missionaries how to steward their souls by connecting deeply with Jesus in five key dimensions: spiritual, physical, cognitive, emotional, and relational. This soul-focused training is created to help with trauma-proofing while providing protective and preventive remediation to burnout. In addition, Resoul identifies a pathway for increased well-being and offers inclusion into a relational community for follow-up and care.
Coracle also offers two practical electives that delve into mission field training: language acquisition and cultural intelligence. Participants can join any portion of the program that directly relates to their role or would help them thrive in their space.
Main Conference: ReSoul
November 11-16, 2024
Pre-Conference Workshop: Language Learning for Ministry
November 5-9, 2024
Post-Conference Workshop: Cultural Intelligence
November 18-19, 2024
Speaker
Virgil Tanner
As the Senior Director of Leader Vitality at Life Action, Virgil is responsible for overseeing the constituency lane of leaders, including ministry leaders, missionaries, and marketplace leaders. Virgil leads the team at Life Action that focuses on helping mission, marketplace, and ministry leaders thrive holistically, do beautifully integrated work, and become everything God dreamed them to be, believing this to be a primary means for stewarding the reviving life of God through His people into the world.
Virgil holds a B.S. in Biology, an M.A. in Religion and Cross Cultural Studies, and an MEd. in Curriculum and Instruction. He is presently working on an EdD in Christian Leadership.
Speaker
Calvin Tiessen
Calvin is joining Life Action in the role of Director of Training. In this role, he will be part of the team preparing missionaries for fruitful field service, while also helping missionaries to thrive in their places of ministry.
Calvin holds a PhD in Anthropology and Missions. He has served for 25 years with Wycliffe Bible Translators. He also holds an M.S. in Biblical Studies, an M.S. in Linguistics, and a B.S. in Education. He and Gabi have been married for 20 years. They have a 16-year-old daughter, a 12-year-old daughter, and a 10-year-old son. Calvin has lived most of his life on the mission field.
He was born in the Philippines, where his parents served with SEND International, and then served with his wife in Central Asia for 18 years and Albania for 5.