Berean National Convention

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What puts the beat in the heart of your ministry? Check the pulse of Jesus and you will find a heartbeat for people - people who are dying without the life only Jesus can bring.

It this your heart?

Join us for the Berean National Convention 2010 and "Check Your Pulse" for reaching people. We will gather at the Embassy Suites Convention Center in downtown Omaha to celebrate our calling and be inspired toward planting churches, making disciples, and reaching the world.

Registration: An online registration form will be available soon. DO NOT make your room reservations with Embassy Suites. In our agreement with them, all room reservations will be made through the Berean Fellowship. Nebraska does not honor out-of-state tax exemptions. If our main office collects the payments and pays the motel with a Fellowship check, we can save our out-of-state friends the 18% charge in taxes.

Main Speaker: Sam Ingrassia, born in 1953, originates from St. Louis, Missouri. During his engineering studies at University of Missouri - Rolla, Sam received Jesus Christ as his personal Savior, resulting from a witness by a dying fraternity brother. After completion of a Bachelor's of Science in Civil Engineering, he married Vicki Crotser and they began studies at Florida Bible College. Sam graduated with Bachelor's degrees in both Biblical Education and Theology, accompanied by a deep sense of God's calling into vocational Christian service. Following his ordination, he taught at Florida Bible Christian School; later as an Assistant Professor at Florida Bible College in the Bible Exposition and Theology Departments; and also served as Director of Student Ministries.

Sam trained at Dallas Theological Seminary where he completed a Master's Degree in 1983. Following a call into pastoral ministry, Sam served 9 years at Jacksonville Chapel in Lincoln Park, New Jersey. His role as Administrative Staff Pastor included oversight of both pastoral and office staff, adult teaching and preaching ministries, administrative duties, expansion task force chairmanship and full pastoral duties over a geographic portion of the Chapel's congregation. Developing a special heart for adult short term missions, from Jacksonville Chapel, Sam led 10 church teams into Haiti and Mexico from 1986 to 1991.

Since 1993, Sam has served as a Church Planter with e3 Partners Ministry, an international evangelism and church planting ministry headquartered in Plano, Texas. Sam has led Church Planting Teams and Leadership Development Conferences to Russia, Sicily, Romania, Moldova, Venezuela, Paraguay, Colombia, Brazil, Haiti and Guatemala. He currently serves as Strategy Coordinator for e3 Ministry in Romania and Colombia. In terms of executive positions, he has led the Church Planting Division, the Church Mobilization Division, the Staff Training Division in e3 Partners Academy, and currently serves on the President's Cabinet. Due to his length of service and experience, Sam serves in a principal role of staff training and mentoring.

Sam and his wife, Vicki, have been married for 32 years and have three young adult daughters, Christina, Nicole and Stephanie. Vicki is also on associate staff with e3 Partners, serving side by side in the field ministry. She also a leader in the e3 Prayer Ministry.