2022 MMOF Conference | October 1, 2022
“True to Duty”
Please find the recordings of the 2022 MMOF Conference here.
speakers
Dee Casper | Keynote and Final Charge Speaker | Seminar - “Redeeming Sexual Brokenness.”
Dee Casper is the Director of the CORE Evangelism Training Program (www.coreevangelism.com). Dee lived 30 minutes from 3ABN World Headquarters for 21 years and had never heard of a Seventh-Day Adventist, but by the grace of God, he found the message through 3ABN TV beginning in the fall of 2006. He was baptized in 2010 at the ARISE Cornerstone program, and has been involved in ministry ever since. He has served as a Bible worker, been a Bible teacher in an academy setting, and has taught in different schools of evangelism. He loves investing in young people, and the calling God places on each of them individually.
Akeem James | Seminar - “When the Whole World Becomes Christian”
Akeem James was born on the Caribbean island of Trinidad and lived there for 12 years before coming to the United States in 2001. In 2005, he surrendered his life to Jesus Christ due to a series of prophecy meetings by Amazing Facts and was baptized into the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 2007. Having a great desire to share Jesus, His love, and the three angels messages, he started off a ministry, by the name of Ultimate Cry in 2012. Since then, he attended Washington Adventist University for his Bachelors in Theology, then Andrews University for his Masters in Divinity. He is currently acquiring his Masters in Social Work. All the while he has continued to develop Ultimate Cry, which has given him the opportunity to live out his greatest desire: communicating to others the message of salvation through Jesus Christ alone.
Eli Rojas | Seminar - “Leadership That is True to Duty”
Eli Rojas is the Ministerial and Family Ministries Director for Chesapeake Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. He has had a life-long passion for leadership training. He deeply believes that leadership training is a must for church leaders, and it is a great need for the advancement of the work. It helps communities in three ways: the personal growth of its members, fortifies the families, and takes the community to higher levels of development. He combines his passion for leadership with his passion for Family Ministry. Eli has served the church for more than 30 years in different capacities. He holds a Master's in Divinities and Doctor of Ministry in Church Growth and Evangelism, both from Andrews University. He is also an independent certified coach, teacher, trainer, and speaker with the John Maxwell Team, and Certified Family Coach by the same group.
Jim Howard | Seminar - “Taking Your Witness for Christ to the Next Level”
Jim Howard is the Director of the General Conference Sabbath School and Personal Ministries Department. Prior to his current role, Elder Howard served as a pastor in Ohio and Michigan, as Evangelism Coordinator and Personal Ministries Director for the Michigan Conference, and as Associate Director of Sabbath School and Personal Ministries for the General Conference. Throughout Elder Howard’s ministry of preaching, teaching, training, and developing soul-winning resources, he has helped both leaders and lay people to accept the call of Christ to become actively involved in both personal and public outreach.
Lael Caesar | Seminar - “The Numbers Game”
Whenever Lael Caesar summarizes his life he tells you three things: “my father is my hero; my family is my pride; and the service of God is my joy.”
Born in the Cooperative Republic of Guyana in South America, Caesar has served the Seventh-day Adventist Church in many areas including district pastor, in the East Caribbean Union, and as a college professor. He holds a Ph.D in Hebrew from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and has taught on many college and university campuses. He was voted teacher of the year once at Montemorelos University School of Theology in Mexico, and four times at Andrews University. His byline appears in scores of articles in many languages. His wonderful wife, Dr Lena Caesar, former chair of the Department of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology at Andrews University, is now a professor of the same discipline at Loyola University in Baltimore, Maryland. His son, Lloyd, and daughter, La Vonne, are both graduates of Andrews University.
Lael believes Jesus is coming back quickly and wants to share that splendored event with everybody.
Matthew Piersanti | Seminar - “A Man's Way to Love God”
Matthew is an ordained minister of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and has served the church for eleven years. He currently holds the position of Youth/Young Adult Pastor at the Spencerville Seventh-day Adventist church, previously he served as Youth Pastor at College Heights church on the campus of Burman University (formerly Canadian Union College). After completing high school at Shenandoah Valley Academy in New Market, Virginia, Matthew continued his education at Southern Adventist University, graduating in 2010 with a degree in theology. After five years in ministry, Matthew returned to school, earning a Master of Divinity degree from the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University. In his spare time, Matthew enjoys playing basketball, reading, and spending time with his beautiful wife and three energetic boys.