A conference aiming to recharge pastors of Korean immigrant churches will be taking place from April 25 to 27, featuring Tom Mercer, the senior pastor of High Desert Church, as the main speaker throughout the conference.
"We desire to serve pastors with a time of rest and recharging," said the organizers. "We want to invite and serve those pastors who are exhausted or burnt out, losing the passion that they first had when they were called as pastors."
The conference, which will be taking place at High Desert Church, is the ninth annual one hosted by Hanam Presbyterian Church in South Korea. For the past nine years, the church has been hosting this "Happy Pastors Conference' to provide a time of restoration for pastors of Korean immigrant churches in the U.S.
This year in particular, organizers expressed hopes that more Korean American pastors would attend, especially as the main speaker is Tom Mercer, the well-known pastor of High Desert Church, which consists of some 11,000 congregants.
Mercer is also known for the "Oikos Challenge,' a ministry which promotes the idea of gathering with a small group of believers on a regular basis to build each other up in the faith.
Only the first 30 pastors to register will be able to attend, and those who register must pay a $100 deposit that will be returned to them after the conference. Those who are interested can contact Pastor Boo Hwan Kwak at 213-321-4433.
