Now Accepting Conference Proposals

We are excited to announce that proposals are now being accepted for ACMI’s 2025 conference!

The theme this year is Thrive: Building Healthy International Student Ministry (ISM) Communities.

This conference is for people around the world who minister to international students and scholars on college campuses and in churches.

Workshop Focus

Workshops will center around thriving in social connections, physical wellbeing, emotional healing, occupational wellness, financial security, environmental thriving, and spiritual growth.  

Some workshops may involve multiple types of wellness. That’s ok, but we ask that you choose a primary focus.

Here are a few workshop examples to inspire you:

  • (SOCIAL) Social Strategies to Overcome Culture Shock

  • (PHYSICAL) Healthy Recipes for Cross-Cultural Dinners

  • (EMOTIONAL) Embracing God-Given Identity while Wrestling with Worldly Labels

  • (OCCUPATIONAL) How to Balance Life & Ministry When Ministry Is Your Life

  • (FINANCIAL) Creative Funding Models

  • (ENVIRONMENTAL) Environments that Foster Relationship Building & Spiritual Conversation

  • (SPIRITUAL) Spiritual Formation & Thriving for International Educators on Secular Campuses

This year’s workshop format has changed to best serve those gathering in person across the world as well as those online.

Workshop Audience

Your workshop can be directed to either individuals (ministry workers & volunteers), teams (departments, groups of people doing ministry together), or leaders (CEO’s, pastors, directors, administrators, and key decision makers).

Workshop Style

We’ll have both live online and pre-recorded workshops. Each will include a discussion and activity guide to spur further engagement in the topic. Total workshop length will be no longer than 50 minutes (up to 25 for the presentation and 20 minutes for group discussion and activity related to the topic).  

You may choose to either present live online (Zoom) or pre-record.

Please prayerfully consider your part in the 2025 conference! May God increase our health and strength together!

The conference workshop team will begin selecting workshops January 8th. Proposals will continue to be accepted until workshop slots are filled.

Questions?

Contact:

Katie Palani | Workshop Shepherd | katie@hismanhattan.org
Amanda Howard | Assistant Workshop Shepherd | amanda@acmi-ism.org
Rachel Sjoquist | Tech Support | rachel@acmi-ism.org