Join a movement of Christians tackling the world’s biggest problems, with God’s help.
May 18 - 19 | Washington D.C. | FREE for students
Introducing our conference
Our 2024 EACH Conference brings together 100 Christians who are keen to use reason and evidence to advance God’s redemptive purposes, especially in these areas:
💔 Global Poverty and Missions
🐖Animal Welfare
🌏Catastrophic risks (Nuclear War, Pandemics, Climate Change, AI)
🏛️Policy and Politics
What attendees do
Attendees will:
💬 Discuss pressing global problems and tractable solutions, alongside Christian experts.
🎯Create plans for meaningful, impactful careers and donations.
🙌 Share faith and encouragement, “spurring one another on toward love and good deeds” (Hebrews 10:24-25).
Join us to discuss ways to further God’s Kingdom
We’ll talk a lot about effective altruism, the project of using evidence and reason to figure out how to best contribute to helping others, and taking action on that basis.
As followers of Jesus, our event focuses on evidence-based ways to best further God’s redemptive purposes.
Sessions
Some examples from last year:
Talks: Charity founder Joy Bittner shared about careers and projects in effective mental health.
Meetups: Our “Missions Meet-up” paired Christians focused on global missions projects in 1-on-1 meetings.
Discussions: Our “Radical Generosity” discussion examined what it looks like to be generous in the image of Jesus.
Here is a provisional agenda.
Meet a few speakers
And problems they’re tackling
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![Ben thomas]()
Ben Thomas
is tackling missions through his work as director of operations at The Bible Project.
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![Joy Bittner]()
Joy Bittner
is tackling global poverty and global mental health through her work at Vida Plena.
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![Colin Aitken]()
Colin Aitken
is tackling global poverty through his work at the UChicago Development Innovation Lab.
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![Liz Hixson]()
Liz Hixson
is tackling preventable diseases through her work at New Incentives.
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Caleb Watney
is tackling policy and pandemics, via his work at Institute for Progress.
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Bruce Friedrich
is tackling climate, animal cruelty, and pandemics through his work at GFI.
Getting there:
📍 Addison Academic Center
Saturday 5.18.24 - Sunday 5.19.24 | Doors open 8:30AM Saturday
3630 Bishop Walker Cir, Alexandria, VA 22304
On campus of Virginia Theological Seminary
🏛️ Proximity to D.C.
Just 7 miles from the White House
✈️ 15 min from DCA airport
See here for flight and hotel tips, plus a hotel share document to help you save costs.
💸Financial Assistance Available
If you’re a student and a good fit for the conference, we’re happy to provide up to $200 in travel support.
You’re going to love…
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Our Fantastic Community
We are young, global, and radical. We want to change the world in response to God’s love in Christ (1 John 4:19).
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Our Christian-first approach 🚀
We’re Christians-first, but we’re also not afraid to use effective altruism (EA) principles and secular evidence as tools for having greater impact.
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Our best event all year🏆
People love it. One past attendee, Joy, said: “Overall 10/10 conference! I’d love to attend another in the future!”
Sign up by May 14
(Free tickets available for students or those requiring financial assistance, otherwise $199)
FAQs
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Effective altruism (EA) is the idea of using reason and evidence to find the very best ways to do good, and to take action on that basis. It is also a movement that has formed around this idea. CFI / EA for Christians engages as the Christian voice within the broader secular EA movement.
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Q1) When I click “apply now” on my phone, the page goes blank.
Ans) The sign-up form can take up to 10 seconds to load. If that fails, please try it on a different browser.
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Ans) No, we are an ecumenical Christian community comprised of many different Christian denominations and branches.
We are also a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
More about us here.
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We can provide $200 in travel and accommodation support for applicants who are funding constrained and would greatly benefit from attending.
Please specify your need for accommodation support in your application.
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Ans) Within 3 weeks of applying, we will reply with a form to register and receive your ticket.
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We’re keen to have Christians using reason and evidence to tackle pressing problems, and we recognize our list is not comprehensive. We encourage you to come; however, we expect most of the value will be for Christians who are at least interested in or sympathetic to our cause areas.
