Source: Journey To Orthodoxy
June 21, 2021
On the weekend of July 11-13, the 3rd Annual Arizona Missions Development Conference took place. Calling together clergy and laity from multiple states, multiple parish, and multiple jurisdictions, the Conference is put on to strengthen and confirm those in existing satellite missions, and to inspire those preparing to plant and establish new satellite missions.
Fr. John A. Peck, rector of All Saints of North America Orthodox Church in Youngtown, AZ, hosts the conference annually to gather and inspire those in distant satellite missions and interested others as they continue to labor, grow, and thrive in difficult circumstances.
The keynote speaker was Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen), abbot of St. Demetrius Orthodox Monastery and rector of St. Herman Orthodox Church in Stafford, VA, and retired primate of the Orthodox Church in America, who spoke on the Missionary Vision for Churches in America.
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