From FaithCare
On the heels of a successful medical mission trip that reached 1,727 patients in Nigeria, FaithCare will unite healthcare professionals, students, missionaries, churches, and community members for its annual conference and banquet in Berks County.
The 2026 Global Missions Conference and Annual FaithCare Banquet will take place Friday, Oct. 9, and Saturday, Oct. 10, at the Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences, West Reading, and Trinity Bible Fellowship Church, Blandon.
The two-day conference will explore how healthcare and faith can work together to serve people in need, locally and around the world.
Medical professionals can earn up to 7.75 continuing education credits. The program will include presentations, faith-based research, discussions, and a special debate.
This year’s theme draws from Jesus’ prayer in John 17:20-21 that believers “may all be one.” By bringing together diverse mission organizations and volunteers, FaithCare hopes to strengthen collaboration and prepare a new generation of faith-based healthcare providers.
Conference details
2026 FaithCare Global Missions Conference
12:15 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 9, through 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10
Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences
1025 Old Wyomissing Road
Reading, PA 19611
Conference attendees may earn up to 7.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ or 7.75 nursing contact hours. FaithCare is also accepting abstracts for possible presentation during the conference.
Annual FaithCare Banquet
The conference will conclude with FaithCare’s largest annual fundraising celebration at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10, at Trinity Bible Fellowship Church, 220 Main St., Blandon, PA 19510.
The evening will feature live music, a silent auction, raffles, and food from area restaurants. Guests will hear how FaithCare is changing lives and learn how they can help bring health, hope, and healing to underserved communities.
Complimentary seats are available at guest tables for those unable to afford a banquet ticket.
Partnership brings care and hope to Nigeria
The conference and banquet follow one of FaithCare’s most successful international outreaches. In June, FaithCare partnered with Reading-area GT Church to provide free medical and spiritual care at FaithCare Hospital in Kuje, Abuja, Nigeria.
During the outreach, volunteers:
- Treated 1,727 patients
- Performed 207 general and gynecologic surgeries
- Provided eye care to 463 patients
- Treated 134 dental patients
- Completed 229 laboratory investigations
- Offered prayer and spiritual counseling to 1,521 people
Among those helped:
- Happiness, a woman who had endured years of pain and bleeding caused by large uterine fibroids. FaithCare provided the surgery she could not otherwise afford.
- A woman who called the team an “answer to her prayers” after surgeons removed a large thyroid goiter that numerous clinics, pharmacies, and traditional healers had been unable to treat.
- Dominick, who had gradually lost his eyesight and independence to cataracts and had his vision restored by FaithCare. For him, restored sight meant renewed freedom, dignity, and hope.
The partnership with GT Church demonstrates the collaborative spirit at the heart of this year’s conference: churches, medical professionals, volunteers, and supporters combining their strengths to transform lives.
FaithCare also serves patients at no charge in its local clinic in Centre Park, Reading.
To learn more about the conference and banquet, submit an abstract, or register, visit faithcare.net/faithcare-annual-banquet.
About FaithCare
Founded in 1994, FaithCare, Inc. unites medical and non-medical volunteers to bring health, hope, and healing to people in need locally and globally. FaithCare provides free care through wellness centers, health fairs, visitations, international missions, education, and counseling.
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