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Chris Hodges of Church of the Highlands in Birmingham, AL, brought some inspiring words about discipleship on the topic of moving from teaching to modeling. Here are my notes below: What do healthy churches do differently? They are life-giving! Youth pastor discipled him - "discipling is mining the gold that is within someone; you need …
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Craig Groeschel of LifeChurch.tv brought a great second session today at Exponential 2013 on the topic of "From Leading to Being Led." Craig brought a great honesty to the session while keeping it focused not on us but God's glory and power. Here are my notes from Craig's session: I started serving the church but …
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Larry Osborne of Northcoast Church kicked off our main sessions today on the topic, "From Leading to Being Led." Larry has authored a number of books, but I have been particularly helped by Sticky Teams. Here are my notes from Larry's session: Three main concerns: - We often confuse discipleship with leadership - We can …
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I blogged through the pre-conference sessions on the multi-ethnic church for Exponential 2013 that I attended over the past few days. You can access all the sessions here: - Session 1: Mark DeYmaz on theology of multi-ethnic ministry - Session 2: Pastor Wilfredo 'Choco' de Jesus on his church in Chicago - Session 3: Rich …
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Francis Chan took us into a heartfelt discussion of discipleship and pastoral ministry in the second main session of the Exponential 2013 conference. My notes are included below: Seeing some of the things I used to say - how bold and direct it was - I realized that I had slipped in some areas A …
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