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 …
Repost: The Power of the Starfish
This morning in staff meeting, we finished up our discussion of the book Exponential by Dave and Jon Ferguson. In this final section about movements, they talked about the power of developing greater momentum with others around a shared, compelling and networked vision. At one point, they mention the book, The Starfish and the Spider. …
Leadership Pathway (Exponential 02)
We are reading Dave and Jon Ferguson's book, Exponential, as part of our staff meetings the next couple months here at Eastbrook Church. One of the most helpful and challenging concepts in their book is the very specific leadership pathway that they have developed for Community Christian Church and the New Thing Network. I asked …
Intentional Apprenticing (Exponential 01)
We are reading Dave and Jon Ferguson's book, Exponential, as part of our staff meetings the next couple months here at Eastbrook Church. The Fergusons are huge advocates of what I would call 'intentional apprenticing'. Intentional apprenticing is the process by which we help people grow with God or in their ministry through focused means …
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Summary of #Exponential 2010 Notes
This is a summary page through which you can access all of my note-posts on Exponential 2010. This was an outstanding conference for me, and that's coming from someone who is not a big conference guy. Disclaimer on my notes Will Mancini, “Church Unique” Mark Batterson, “Don’t Take ‘Yes’ for an Answer” Louie Giglio Rick …
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