18277 - Plenary - Thursday , May 31, 7:00 p.m - Kamalini Kumar


Kamalini Kumar

Director of Clinical Development, Mercy Medical Center, Clinton, IA; past President of Nurses Christian Fellowship. Kamalini Kumar is an education instructor and Director of Clinical Development for Mercy Medical Center in Clinton, IA, formerly Samaritan Hospital. She is a national and international speaker on a variety of issues in professional nursing,  and the immediate past president of Nurses Christian Fellowship International. You can read many of Kamalini's articles in the Journal of Christian Nursing.

18278 - Plenary - Friday, June 1, 9:00 am - John Perkins and H Spees


John Perkins

Founder and President, John Perkins Foundation for Reconciliation and Development. John Perkins is considered the father of CCHF. For over 40 years he has been a leader in Christian community development, and a powerful Christian voice for justice and reconciliation. Born the son of a sharecropper in one of the poorest areas of Mississippi, John's mother died of malnutrition when he was a baby. He fled to California at age 17 when his brother was murdered by a town marshal. Although Dr. Perkins vowed never to return, in 1960 after he accepted Christ, he returned to his boyhood home to share the gospel of Christ with those still living in the region. His outspoken support and leadership role in civil rights demonstrations resulted in repeated harassment, imprisonment and beatings. Dr. Perkins helped found CCHF in 1978 with Lance Loberg and H Spees. Today, in his 80s, Dr. Perkins continues to be one of the leading evangelical voices to come out of the the American civil rights movement. He is an internationally known author, speaker and teacher on issues of racial reconciliation and Christian community development.

H Spees

Co-Founder of CCHF; Senior Vice President of Leadership Foundation; Pastor-at-Large, First Presbyterian Church, Fresno, CA. H has served as a missionary and community developer in low-income communities in Mississippi, serving with Rev. John Perkins for eleven years following the civil rights movement; as a health administrator in underserved rural and urban communities in California; as Director of Fresno/Madera Youth for Christ working with at-risk kids in Fresno and the Valley; as president of Fresno’s One by One Leadership Foundation; and as Senior Pastor of Northwest Church. He now serves as Pastor-at-Large with First Presbyterian Church in Fresno, CA. This position allows him to connect with leaders from government, business, non-profit sector and the faith community in cities across the country and world to address issues such as poverty, literacy, gang violence, race relations, and spiritual development. H is married to his high school sweetheart, Terry. They have been involved in community improvement efforts for 35 years, with a special passion for the vulnerable and medically needy in the cities and towns they have served. They have 6 children and 7 grandchildren.

18279 - Plenary - Friday, June 1, 10:30 am - H Spees

H Spees

Co-Founder of CCHF; Senior Vice President of Leadership Foundation; Pastor-at-Large, First Presbyterian Church, Fresno, CA. H has served as a missionary and community developer in low-income communities in Mississippi, serving with Rev. John Perkins for eleven years following the civil rights movement; as a health administrator in underserved rural and urban communities in California; as Director of Fresno/Madera Youth for Christ working with at-risk kids in Fresno and the Valley; as president of Fresno’s One by One Leadership Foundation; and as Senior Pastor of Northwest Church. He now serves as Pastor-at-Large with First Presbyterian Church in Fresno, CA. This position allows him to connect with leaders from government, business, non-profit sector and the faith community in cities across the country and world to address issues such as poverty, literacy, gang violence, race relations, and spiritual development. H is married to his high school sweetheart, Terry. They have been involved in community improvement efforts for 35 years, with a special passion for the vulnerable and medically needy in the cities and towns they have served. They have 6 children and 7 grandchildren.

18280 - Plenary - Saturday, June 2, 1:00 pm - Rick Donlon

Rick Donlon

Co-Founder and Associate Executive Director, Christ Community Health Services, Memphis, TN. After earning his MD at Louisiana State University and completing an Internal Medicine/Pediatrics residency at the University of Tennessee in Memphis, Dr. Donlon and three med school classmates founded Christ Community Health Services (CCHS) in 1995. CCHS operates health centers in six of the most medically underserved neighborhoods in Memphis, as well as a mobile clinic serving the homeless. CCHS provides primary care, obstetrics, dental and pharmacy services, and runs a family medicine residency program. Over 40 providers provided care for 120,000+ patient visits and delivered more than 1000 babies last year. CCHS regularly sends medical teams to do long-term medical service to a number of closed countries. Dr. Donlon is a church planter, a pioneer in Christian healthcare, and a nationally recognized speaker on Christian mission medicine and healthcare for the medically underserved. Rick, his wife, Laurie, and their seven children live, work, church and serve in an inner-city neighborhood in Memphis called Binghampton.

18281 - Bible Study - Friday, June 1, 8:00 am - John Perkins


John Perkins

Founder and President, John Perkins Foundation for Reconciliation and Development. John Perkins is considered the father of CCHF. For over 40 years he has been a leader in Christian community development, and a powerful Christian voice for justice and reconciliation. Born the son of a sharecropper in one of the poorest areas of Mississippi, John's mother died of malnutrition when he was a baby. He fled to California at age 17 when his brother was murdered by a town marshal. Although Dr. Perkins vowed never to return, in 1960 after he accepted Christ, he returned to his boyhood home to share the gospel of Christ with those still living in the region. His outspoken support and leadership role in civil rights demonstrations resulted in repeated harassment, imprisonment and beatings. Dr. Perkins helped found CCHF in 1978 with Lance Loberg and H Spees. Today, in his 80s, Dr. Perkins continues to be one of the leading evangelical voices to come out of the the American civil rights movement. He is an internationally known author, speaker and teacher on issues of racial reconciliation and Christian community development.

18282 - Bible Study - Saturday, June 2, 8:00 am - Nathan Cook