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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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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 …
Jim Putman of Real Life Church Ministries in Idaho kicked off the first main session of the Exponential 2013 conference this afternoon. I will be blogging throughout the conference. Here are my notes from Jim's message: God uses broken people so that He can get the glory for it. Matthew 16:18 - "who do you …
Mark DeYmaz led another session of the pre-conference here at Exponential 2013. This was a bit more practical than his first session which was more on theological foundations for multi-ethnic church. You can read my notes below [You can read notes from Mark's previous session here.]: 20% diversity is a line from sociologists Emerson and …
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Byron Davis of Epic Life Project led us through the fourth session of the pre-conference on multi-ethnic church at Exponential 2013. It was a very engaging discussion of the generations, the changing shape of America, and the need for pastors to view themselves as community leaders, not just preaching leaders. My notes are here: How …
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