120 Nations, One Calling: Reflections from the ICMDA World Congress
Reverend Bill Reichart and Dr. John Pierce join Dr. Mike Chupp to reflect on the 18th ICMDA World Congress, where more than 1,200 Christian healthcare professionals and students from over 120 nations gathered on Jeju Island, South Korea. Through stories of the people they met and the faith they witnessed, they offer an inspiring glimpse of the global body of Christ and consider how this wider perspective can encourage each of us to serve faithfully wherever God has placed us.
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Meet Our Guest(s):
Bill Reichart, MDiv, serves as CMDA’s Vice President of Campus & Community Ministries. Bill has been on staff with CMDA for the last 13 years, serving in his current role for six years and previously as CMDA Atlanta Area Director. Prior to starting with CMDA, Bill was on staff with CRU ministry for 17 years, followed by serving as an assistant pastor with a church outside of Atlanta. Bill has been married to Lauren for 33 years and they have two grown daughters. Their oldest daughter is married to a fourth-year medical student at Tulane, and they have two daughters of their own.
John G. Pierce Jr., MD, is Chairman of Women’s Health at Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine (LUCOM) and practices Obstetrics and Gynecology at Women’s Health Services of Central Virginia in Lynchburg, VA.
Dr. Pierce completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Carolinas Medical Center, then completed his Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency at the University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville. He was a faculty member at Virginia Commonwealth University for 16 years, serving as the Ob/Gyn Clerkship Director for nine years and Program Director for the Ob/Gyn Residency for three years. He moved to Lynchburg, VA in 2015 to be part of the founding faculty for Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine where he designed the women’s health curriculum, serves as the Clerkship Director, and has been the Chairman of Surgical Services and Women’s Health. He continues to practice general obstetrics and gynecology, serves on the CMDA Board of Trustees, leads the PAACS Ob Gyn Council, and is the current Chair of the CMDA Ob Gyn Section. He has been married to his wife Nicole for 29 years and they have four children ages 16 to 26 years old.
