MissionConnexion Southwest welcomes Nathan, who will be our opening keynote speaker in 2023. Nathan comes to us with 25 years of experience as a lead pastor of a local church in the Phoenix area and many years training, discipling and equipping people for the cross-cultural ministry. He has a fervent passion for Jesus that is hard to rival along with a passion for His Kingdom.
We are incredibly honored to have Al Fadi speak at MissionConnexion Southwest 2023.
Al Fadi originally came to the USA as an international student from Saudi Arabia. One of his original goals as a Muslim international student was to convert Americans to Islam. He was befriended by a Christian family that showed the love of Jesus to him through kindness and hospitality.
Have you ever thought about the spiritual heritage of the area where you currently live? For example, who was the first person to come to your city (or state) and share the Gospel? Or which church was the first one to get started?
While I was at church the missions pastor said something to the effect of, “we all can trace our spiritual lineage to a missionary who was willing to share the Gospel by crossing their own particular culture to a different context.”
While growing up in Ramsey, New Jersey, he attended church, but did not come to follow Christ until he attended a Billy Graham meeting in New York City on March 3, 1955.
