SALT27 Info

Chi Alpha exists to see university students reconciled to Christ and equipped to transform the university, the marketplace, and the world through their lives.

At SALT 27, you’ll discover what it means to follow Jesus with your whole life—living as a disciple of Jesus in the marketplace, rooted in His Church, and making disciples wherever He calls you.

What to expect

  • Four main teaching/worship sessions

  • Breakouts

  • Time to explore Philadelphia

  • M-Lounge with global workers from all over the world

  • Meal with global workers and Chi Alpha Alumni

Speakers

Shawndra Lucas

Shawndra Lucas is a writer, speaker, and campus missionary. She and her husband, Todd, lead Chicago Chi Alpha, a multicultural, citywide community of student disciple-makers. Shawndra is passionate about using her gifts to build the Kingdom of God, and seeing others released into their callings through discipleship and Spirit empowerment. Shawndra is a spoken word artist, essayist, and author who describes herself as a “high-functioning introvert”. She is a credentialed minister with the Assemblies of God. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in creative writing and a master’s degree in education. Shawndra is a connoisseur of syntax, the 90s, her family history, and pound cake. When she’s not reading, writing, or making disciples, she’s probably trying to keep up with her three boys—Ethan (10), Cameron (7), and Hudson (4).

Erik Cooper

Erik’s career has been anything but linear. From business, to full-time ministry, and back to the business world again, Erik’s journey reflects a calling to bridge both worlds for the sake of the Gospel.

Today, he serves as President of a family of nonprofits that leverage the power of the marketplace for global missions. He leads The Stone Table, a Great Commission organization that mobilizes marketplace believers to make Jesus known at work and around the world, and Community Reinvestment Foundation, a nonprofit real estate company that owns, manages, and develops affordable housing and assisted living while directing its profits to global missions through The Stone Table.

Erik’s passion is moving the needle on the Great Commission. He is the author of Missional Marketplace: Finding Your Everyday Work in God’s Eternal Plan, and writes and speaks about the connection between business and God’s global mission in the world.

Alongside his leadership at CRF and The Stone Table, Erik also chairs the Business as Mission Board for Assemblies of God World Missions and serves on both the AGWM World Missions Board and the Catalyst Trust Board for the National Christian Foundation of Indiana.

Erik has been happily married to his wife Mandy since 1995. They live on the west side of Indianapolis and have three grown children, Emma, Anna, and Austin.

Location

Sheraton Downtown Philadelphia

201 N. 17TH ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA

Hotel self-parking is available at a rate of $53 daily (paid by credit card in the parking area), with no in-out privileges.

The Gateway Parking Garage offers a rate of $12 after 5pm Friday and $12 each for Saturday and Sunday. It is a 1-minute walk from the hotel - 1540 Vine St, Philadelphia, PA 19102.

These prices are not set by Chi Alpha and are subject to change.

 

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