What is Urbana?
Urbana is the missions conference for North American students hosted by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA and Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship of Canada. Urbana 09 will be our 22nd conference. The first “Urbana” was held in Toronto in 1946. From 1948 to 2003, the conference was held at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Since 2006, Urbana has been held at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Missouri. Generations of college students have come to Urbana to hear about cutting edge issues in missions and to respond to the call to participate in God’s global mission. During the five days of Urbana participants will experience multicultural worship and drama, dynamic speakers, in-depth Bible study and prayer. They will also be encouraged to explore short-term and vocational opportunities as they interact with representatives from more than 300 mission agencies and educational institutions. Attendance at Urbana is usually around 20,000. Urbana 09 will be held December 27-31, 2009.
When does Urbana start and end?
Urbana 09 will begin Sunday, December 27, 2009 with check-in between 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. The first general session begins at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 27, 2009. Urbana will end after the last general session at 12:30 a.m. on January 1, 2010 (that is, past midnight on December 31).
Where will Urbana 09 be held?
Urbana 09 will be held in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. The plenary sessions will be held at the Edward Jones Dome and The America’s Center. Seminars, small group meetings and Bible studies are held in various downtown hotels around the America’s Center in St. Louis. The address for both The Edward Jones Dome and The America’s Center is 701 Convention Plaza, St. Louis, MO 63101.
Speakers
Ramez Atallah, Ruth Padilla DeBorst, Shane Claiborne, Brenda Salter McNeil, Sunder Krishnan, Patrick Fung, Oscar Muriu, Alec Hill, York Moore, Denise-Margaret Thompson
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