Beginning of Equipper Conference

After Intervarsity student missions convention, Urbana 1996., under the vision that Japanese Christians would be encouraged and equipped for the work of the Lord’s before their return to Japan, several missions organizations worked together to host the first equipper conference in Seattle, WA.

History of Equipper Conference

 ThemeSpeakerPlaceDirector
ec97Returning to our home land with ChristYuichiro Nakanocamp berachah, WASetsu Kuroda
ec98Home for the HarvestArthur Holland, Koichi HiranoSame as aboveSetsu Kuroda
ec99Ambassadors for ChristMitsuo Fukuzawa, Jack & Keiko MarshallSame as aboveYumi Kawai
Urbana Convention 2000 (www.urbana.org)
ec01Looking to JesusHidenori Takahashi, Yuichiro Nakano, Jack & Keiko Marshall, Eiko TakamisawaForest Home, CAMaki Goto
ec02Our Christ, our confidenceKazuhiko Uchida, Yasuo Atsumi, Jack & Keiko Marshall, Tetsuo KagiwadaSame as aboveYuko Shimobe
Urbana Convention 2003 (www.urbana.org)
ec04You are God’s MasterpieceAkira Sato, Toshinori Sugimoto, Susumu Morinaga, Makoto OkuraCalvary Chapel Conference Center, CADan Morisaku
ec05love incarnated: this is the way you liveKatsuhiko Seino, Takeshi Yozawa, Nobuyuki SakakibaraSame as aboveDan Morisaku
Urbana Convention 2006 (www.urbana.org)
ec07one m.o.re～ministry of reconciliation～It’s entrusted to youRieko Ando, Hiroaki Yonai, Tetsuo Kagiwada, Eiko TakamisawaCalvary Chapel Conference Center, CAChihiro Nakamura
ec08peace x piece becoming peacemakersMikio Yokoyama, Hiroko Yamashita, Nobuyuki UchimuraSame as aboveChihiro Nakamura
Urbana Convention 2009 (www.urbana.org)
ec10Reflect His Holiness ~God Lives Within You~Kenichi Nakagawa, Eiji Osato, Manabu NishikoriCalvary Chapel Conference Center, CAYoshiki Saeki
ec11"Here I Am" -The Kingdom of God is Within Us-Saku Kuroda, Masashi Sugita, Shigenori OshimaCalvary Chapel Conference Center, CAYoshiki Saeki
Urbana Convention 2012 (www.urbana.org)
ec13Blossom where you're sownHaruhiko Hirayu, Takashi Iida, ADCalvary Chapel Conference Center, CAN/A
ec14"Here I Am" -The Kingdom of God is Within Us-Shigeru Suzuki, Aogu Tateyama, Akiya ShimomuraCalvary Chapel Conference Center, CAInochi Kakitani
Urbana Convention 2015 (www.urbana.org)
ec16Rise&Go -In the Victorious Name of Jesus-Tsuyoshi Uchikoshi, Kazuhiko Yamazaki-Ransom, Go&Mariam KanedaCalvary Chapel Conference Center, CAMarian Mine
EC17Freedom~Living the Freedom in ChristShinji Seki, Naoto Kamano, Yuichiro Inatomi, Megumi AwanoMurrieta Hot Springs Christian Conference CenterMarian Mine
Urbana Convention 2018 (www.urbana.org)
EC19Trust...~In Every Situation~Makoto Okura, Paul YokotaCalvary Chapel Conference Center, CAKristine Reddington
EC20“Listen…~So you may live~”Kuni Onishi, Saku Kuroda, Satoru Nakanishi, Sho Ichikawa, Manabu NishikoriOnlineKristine Reddington
EC21YouthKingdom Identity Sho Ichikawa, Hisashi IshitobiPali Retreat CenterManami Seki
EC22 The Unshakable 〜Our Firm Foundation〜Mao Shimizu, Sho Ichikawa, Sunao Shimada, Mari FukusakuPalomar Christian Conference CenterDaisuke Tsuchida