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Pastor Doug Christgau

Global Ambassador

Doug has served as mission pastor in three churches over the past 35 years. During that time, his churches have sent 40 long-term missionaries. Doug has led 100+ short-term mission trips in 40+ countries and has engaged almost half of his congregants in missionary prayer partnerships. The financial support of missions in the churches he has served has doubled or tripled during his tenure. Three of the churches served by Doug have been listed in Tom Telford’s books on outstanding U.S. mission churches. Doug was a workshop leader for Advancing Churches in Missions Commitment. He has been a board member of the National Association of Mission Pastors. He is a board member of MedSend and is the co-founder of the Connecticut and Chicago Mission Consortia, which are both still active. Doug instructs for Perspectives on the World Christian Movement and speaks at mission conferences, most recently in Egypt. Doug was ordained for the Gospel Ministry at Black Rock Congregational Church, Fairfield, CT. That ordination was confirmed at his current church, a member of Converge Worldwide. Doug and his wife, Christine, have 2 children and 11 grandchildren. Doug’s interests outside of outreach are spending time with his bride of 50+ years and taking long rides on his road bicycle in 24 U.S. states.
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1838 Gold Hill Road
Fort Mill, SC. 29708

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(203) 891-8223

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info@medsend.org

Flourishing by Design: Imagining Medical Missions for 2040

Our predecessors faithfully built institutions that have served for generations. Our challenge is different. We have inherited those institutions into a world they could scarcely have imagined. Population growth, urbanization, changing disease patterns, financial pressures, conflict, climate shocks, and technological change are reshaping healthcare across low- and middle-income countries.

Drawing on new data about the Christian health ecosystem, strategic consultations with global and African Christian health leaders, and field experience across Africa and Asia, this session explores what it will take for Christian health ministries to flourish by 2040.

Together we’ll imagine what it will take for Christian health ministries to flourish by 2040, strengthening resilient institutions, cultivating exceptional local leadership, and mobilizing a broader range of Christian expertise from medicine and nursing to governance, education, engineering, finance, data science, and technology.

How can Christian health ministries become indispensable partners in building resilient health systems that reflect the compassion and hope of Christ? The legacy of the next generation of medical missions will be measured not only by the number of missionaries sent, but by the resilience, flourishing, and Christ-centered witness of systems they strengthen.