Regional Conferences
 
There is a number of regional conferences in different parts of the world which have similar purposes to the IBCM conferences at the regional level. IBCM seeks to stimulate, encourage and support these conferences.
 
Summary of forthcoming international conferences and consultations

Arising mainly the IBCM5 conference, the following conferences are being planned:

Partners in the Harvest (South and East Asia) - Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippines, 28 - 31 May 2013 Contact

IBCM Hispano (Spanish-speaking) – Buenos Aires, 31 July - 3 August 2013 Contact

Pan-African Brethren Conference on Missions – Nairobi, 12 - 16 August 2013  Contact

Caribbean - St Kitts, 9 - 12 June 2014 Contact

Further information is given below, as and when it is available.

A Portuguese-speaking conference was held in Rio de Janeiro on 3 - 7 September - see below for more information

It has been decided not to hold a Brethren in Europe conference in 2013 as, while the global IBCM conference is being held quadrennially at European locations, it is preferable to Europeans to concentrate attendance on the global IBCM conference.

 
Pan-African Brethren Conference on Missions (PABCM)
The third PABCM is to be held in Nairobi, Kenya, on 12 - 16 August 2013 at the Milele Presbyterian Guest Hotel and Conference Centre. Brochure and booking form. For more information contact.
 
 
Pan-African Brethren Conference on MissionThe second PABCM was held on 9 – 14 August 2009 at Kabwe Christian Centre, Zambia, under the title of 'Toward a Life of Integrity'. Read the conference chairman's reflection one year later.
 
 
 
The first PABCM was held in Johannesburg in November 2004, when some 100 representatives of 14 African countries and 4 western countries were present. It is fully reported in Pressing on towards the goal: Pan-African Brethren Conference on Missions, November 2004, Steering Committee of the Pan-African Brethren Conference on Missions, 2005.
PABCM - Johannesburg 2004
Postal address: P O Box 11228, Chingola, Zambia
Tel.: 00260 212 313357
 
The Great Lakes Brethren Conference
Encouraged by the Pan-African Brethren Conference on Mission 2004, representatives of East African countries have met in 2005 in Nairobi, in 2006 in Rwanda, in 2008 at Berea Bible College, Moshi, Tanzania, and in 2010 in Nairobi when about 85 people were present from five East African countries and a few non-African countries..
 
 
Participants at the Great Lakes Conference 2008
 
Partners in the Harvest Conference
The second Partners in the Harvest conference is to be held on 28 - 31 May 2013 at Subic Bay, Luzon, in the Philippines. Announcement letter. Contact Chris Leong (bueagle@gmail.com) and www.pith-ao.org for more information.
 
The first Partners in the Harvest (PITH) conference was held at Petaling Jaya Gospel Hall, nr. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 29 April – 2 May 2009. It was attended by nearly 150 people from some 20 countries other than Malaysia (14 from the Asia-Oceania region) and by over 200 people from Malaysia. 
 
Explanatory note: Conferences encouraged by IBCM were convened for the Asia Pacific region in Malaysia in 2000, and in the Philippines in March 2004. The thread then split into two separate streams: the Partners in the Harvest Conferences; and the Asia Pacific Assemblies Conferences (the latter held in Seoul, South Korea, on 15 - 18 August 2006 and in Taiwan in August 2012, with a further conference being planned for Malaysia in August 2015).
 
Brethren in Europe Conference
It has been decided not to hold a Brethren in Europe conference in 2013 as, while the global IBCM conference is being held quadrennially at European locations, it is preferable to Europeans to concentrate attendance on the global IBCM conference.
 
The very successful, second Brethren in Europe conference (for Brethren leaders from European countries) was held at Modra-Harmonia, near Bratislava, in Slovakia on 1 - 4 July 2009 in co-operation with leaders among the Slovakian Brethren. Brochure with full details. Some 125 participants came from 29 countries. Recordings of the conference sessions and photographs are available at http://mk.berea.sk/2ndBiE09/
 
 
165 representatives of 24 European countries met on 30 June –1 July 2005 in Wiedenest, Germany at the first conference. At the 2005 conference a declaration on church growth and church planting in the Brethren movement in Europe was agreed (press release and Wiedenest declaration).
 
 
IBCM-Hispano Conference
A conference for Spanish-speaking countries is to be held in Buenos Aires (Argentina) on 31 July - 3 August 2013. For full information and promotional video material, see the IBCM-Hispano website (http://www.ibcmhispano.net/inicio/).
 
II EICPLP - Encontro de Irmaos das Comunidades de Paises de Lingua Portuguesa
The second conference of represenatives of Brethren assemblies in Portuguese-speaking conference took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 3 - 7 September under the title of 'Building bridges'. For more information, contact Casmarrinha Duarte (Portugal) or Jabesmar Guimares (Brazil). Poster. It is hoped to be able to post a report of this conference here shortly.
 
The first meeting of representatives of Brethren churches in Portuguese-speaking countries took place in Portugal in 2008. The conference was attended by over 50 representatives from Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Brazil and the USA as well as three observers from the United Kingdom. An audio-visual report from the conference is available at http://tv.rtp.pt/multimedia/index.php?tvprog=1115&idpod=18206&formato=flv&pag=recentes&escolha 
 
 
Caribbean Brethren Regional Conference 2014
The assemblies of the island of St Kitts have announced that they will be holding a conference of Brethren leaders from the Caribbean on 9 - 12 June 2014. More details will be posted here as soon as they are available. Contact.
 
Brethren Assemblies of Paraguay Centennial Conference
FEMIPA (Fundación Evangélica Misionera del Paraguay) held a conference with international speakers on 22 - 31 August 2008, celebrating 100 years since the first establishment of assemblies in Paraguay. Invitation letter and brochure.
 
Bermuda Missions Conference
A conference was convened by the Bermuda Brethren on 18 –23 October 2006.  Many Caribbean countries were represented, and there were also participants for North America, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Zambia.