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One of the workshops I attended at Exponential 2013 was led Mike and Sally Breen of 3DM looking at reasons why the missional movement will fail. A good portion of the seminar was story-telling, but their conclusions were fascinating. Here are my notes from those sessions: 4 stories about ministry background 1) Brixton Hill: - …
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One of the workshops I attended at Exponential 2013 was led by Bill Easum of 21st Century Strategies. Bill offered a wide range of insights in his seminar, but I will simply share some of the thoughts I wrote down about mobilizing the church. Here are my notes: Mobilizing the Congregation: - this is not …
Andy Hawthorne of the Message Trust (UK) addressed Exponential 2013 on the biblical move from Attraction to Deployment. He was a fiery speaker with a challenging message. Here are my notes: Matthew 10 We need to crack the balance between the big vision and the little bit poured into the broken Matthew 9:36f - Jesus …
Dave Ferguson of Community Christian Church and New Thing led a main session at Exponential 2013 on how we can evaluate our movement from assimilation to a disciple making culture. Here are my notes on this session: How do we measure our 'success'? What would it look like if you started counting what you really …
Jen Hatmaker brought a challenging session at Exponential 2013 at this morning's main session. Here are my brief notes: Incarnational living is the best front-door to discipleship Top reasons for people leaving church: - increasing family responsibilities - frenetic schedule "it is shockingly easy to 'do church' and not make disciples" sacrificial service is one …
