Superintendent Jon Sato (Southern California) offers a welcome and shares a prophetic word about the redundancy of the need for a "justice network" within the Free Methodist Church. Bishop Matt Whitehead follows with an apology and a plea for forgiveness from those who have been hurt by the church.

Amelia Cleveland-Traylor (San Antonio, TX), Fred TenEyck (Silver Spring, MD), and Robert Marshall (Los Angeles, CA) give an honest assessment of where the FMC stands in relation to our stated values. Eric Logan (Rochester, NY) moderates.

Pastor Ben Robinson (El Cerrito, CA) shares his experiences of developing and maintaining multiethnic church.

In our first of two keynote addresses, Rev. Dr. Alexia Salvatierra (Fuller Theological Seminary) challenged us to move through mercy all the way to justice.

Pastors Marianne Peña (Spring, TX), Kristen Ou (Anaheim, CA), Ty'Tyana Leonard (Azusa, CA), and Clare Ferguson Bravo (Pasadena, CA) offer different perspectives on the same scripture passage --Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28.

In our Friday evening keynote, Rev. Dr. Soong-Chan Rah (Fuller Theological Seminary) shared the importance of lament and lifting up women's voices.