2024 TCF Missions Conference
Conference schedule
Sunday Feb 11, 10 a.m.: kickoff with special speaker Dr. Chris Jenkins, In His Image International
Wednesday Feb 14, 6:30 p.m.: Meet the speaker meeting with Stephen Katz, Chief of Staff, Jews for Jesus
Friday Feb 16, 6:30 p.m.: special meeting with Stephen Katz
and Children's Missions Conference for kindergarten through 6th graders
Saturday Feb 17, 10 a.m.: Evangelism & outreach training workshop and stories with Stephen Katz, with lunch to follow
Sunday Feb 18, 10 a.m.: conference finale with Stephen Katz
Sunday Feb 11, 10 a.m.: kickoff with special speaker Dr. Chris Jenkins, In His Image International
Wednesday Feb 14, 6:30 p.m.: Meet the speaker meeting with Stephen Katz, Chief of Staff, Jews for Jesus
Friday Feb 16, 6:30 p.m.: special meeting with Stephen Katz
and Children's Missions Conference for kindergarten through 6th graders
Saturday Feb 17, 10 a.m.: Evangelism & outreach training workshop and stories with Stephen Katz, with lunch to follow
Sunday Feb 18, 10 a.m.: conference finale with Stephen Katz
Chris Jenkins
Dr. Chris Jenkins, kickoff speaker
Chris Jenkins, MD, received his M.D. degree from the University of Oklahoma and completed his residency requirements at In His Image Family Medicine Residency Training Program in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is now a faculty member of the In His Image residency program and is active in clinical practice. He has a special interest in helping and encouraging patients spiritually who suffer psychologically as well as physically.
Dr. Jenkins is Conference Director for Family Medicine Education International and before the pandemic spent approximately four months each year overseas. He resumed his international ministry in 2023 and worked in Papua New Guinea, Malawi, Mauritania and Kazakhstan. FMEI has held teaching events and outreaches in more than 20 countries, mainly in the 10-40 Window, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, China, Uzbekistan, Cambodia, Russia and others. Groups Dr. Jenkins has worked with include medical schools, residency programs, family medicine departments, ministries of health, national policy makers in family medicine, provincial and national primary care retraining programs, and faith based and secular NGOs involved in post-graduate family medicine education. He sits on CMDA's Medical Education International Advisory Committee and other mission boards as well.
Chris Jenkins, MD, received his M.D. degree from the University of Oklahoma and completed his residency requirements at In His Image Family Medicine Residency Training Program in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is now a faculty member of the In His Image residency program and is active in clinical practice. He has a special interest in helping and encouraging patients spiritually who suffer psychologically as well as physically.
Dr. Jenkins is Conference Director for Family Medicine Education International and before the pandemic spent approximately four months each year overseas. He resumed his international ministry in 2023 and worked in Papua New Guinea, Malawi, Mauritania and Kazakhstan. FMEI has held teaching events and outreaches in more than 20 countries, mainly in the 10-40 Window, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, China, Uzbekistan, Cambodia, Russia and others. Groups Dr. Jenkins has worked with include medical schools, residency programs, family medicine departments, ministries of health, national policy makers in family medicine, provincial and national primary care retraining programs, and faith based and secular NGOs involved in post-graduate family medicine education. He sits on CMDA's Medical Education International Advisory Committee and other mission boards as well.
Stephen Katz
Stephen Katz, keynote speaker
Stephen Katz has been a missionary to the Jewish people for 35 years. He began serving with Jews for Jesus in 1989, first in Los Angeles, then leading their works in San Francisco and Washington DC. He oversaw the ministry’s work in Israel for 12 years before becoming their North American Director. He currently serves as Chief of Staff.
Jews for Jesus is an international mission agency that relentlessly pursues God’s plan for the salvation of the Jewish people. The activities of the organization promote Jewish faith in Jesus, facilitate Jewish community, and offer spiritual care and local services to support Jewish seekers on their spiritual journey. Its 240 staff members serve in 13 countries.
In 2006, Stephen led a team that pioneered evangelistic ministry to Hasidic Jewish communities throughout New York. Hasidic Jews, a subset of ultra-Orthodox Jews, are completely unreached with the gospel. In 2018, he again led a team of nine to bring the gospel to Haredi/Hasidic Jewish communities in Jerusalem and in 2020 he launched a full-time ministry team to these communities in New York.
Katz was raised in a traditional Jewish home in the Chicago area and became a follower of Christ at the age of 18. Before entering ministry, he was a social worker for 10 years. Stephen holds master's degrees from the University of Illinois and Fuller Theological Seminary. In addition, he speaks and reads Hebrew and has been to Israel around 60 times, having lived there at various times.
Stephen has written extensively for Jews for Jesus’ publications, and he has been published in Mishkan, a journal on the Gospel and the Jewish people. He serves on the organization’s Executive Leadership Team.
Laura Katz was raised in a Christian home, received the Lord at a very early age, and as a teenager rededicated her life to following Jesus. She graduated from the University of Illinois in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science in psychology. The Katzes have four married children and eight grandchildren.
Stephen Katz has been a missionary to the Jewish people for 35 years. He began serving with Jews for Jesus in 1989, first in Los Angeles, then leading their works in San Francisco and Washington DC. He oversaw the ministry’s work in Israel for 12 years before becoming their North American Director. He currently serves as Chief of Staff.
Jews for Jesus is an international mission agency that relentlessly pursues God’s plan for the salvation of the Jewish people. The activities of the organization promote Jewish faith in Jesus, facilitate Jewish community, and offer spiritual care and local services to support Jewish seekers on their spiritual journey. Its 240 staff members serve in 13 countries.
In 2006, Stephen led a team that pioneered evangelistic ministry to Hasidic Jewish communities throughout New York. Hasidic Jews, a subset of ultra-Orthodox Jews, are completely unreached with the gospel. In 2018, he again led a team of nine to bring the gospel to Haredi/Hasidic Jewish communities in Jerusalem and in 2020 he launched a full-time ministry team to these communities in New York.
Katz was raised in a traditional Jewish home in the Chicago area and became a follower of Christ at the age of 18. Before entering ministry, he was a social worker for 10 years. Stephen holds master's degrees from the University of Illinois and Fuller Theological Seminary. In addition, he speaks and reads Hebrew and has been to Israel around 60 times, having lived there at various times.
Stephen has written extensively for Jews for Jesus’ publications, and he has been published in Mishkan, a journal on the Gospel and the Jewish people. He serves on the organization’s Executive Leadership Team.
Laura Katz was raised in a Christian home, received the Lord at a very early age, and as a teenager rededicated her life to following Jesus. She graduated from the University of Illinois in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science in psychology. The Katzes have four married children and eight grandchildren.
Laura and Stephen Katz