Francis Chan, “Transformation Challenge” (#Exponential 2010)

Francis Chan is the teaching pastor of Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, where he has been serving for the past 15 years. Francis spends much of his time speaking to high school and college students and is the author of Crazy Love and Forgotten God. Francis just recently announced that he is leaving Cornerstone Church …

Rick Howerton, “Multi-generational Small Groups” (Exponential 2010)

Rick Howerton has been a small group pastor, church planter, and senior pastor. He is the National Director of Events and Training and Small Group-ologist for Serendipity by LifeWay. Rick is also the co-author of Small Group Life Manual and the author of Destination Community: Small Group Ministry Manual, an all-encompassing guide to creating a …

The Words I Need

Yesterday at Brooklife I spoke from Proverbs on the topic of words in our series "The Life I Need." My main idea was: we need to speak the truth without deceit from our hearts. I pulled together three different verses from Proverbs in order to get at this main idea: Proverbs 12:19 - “Truthful lips …

Darrin Patrick and Matt Carter, “Church for the City” (#Exponential 2010)

Darrin Patrick - lead pastor of The Journey in Saint Louis, MO, and Vice President of the Acts 29 Church Planting Network - and Matt Carter - lead pastor at Austin Stone Community Church, which he planted in 2002 - lead an outstanding workshop session at Exponential 2010 entitled "Church for the City." Apparently, this …