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 at Exponential 2013
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 …
John Burke on From Assimilating to Creating Community
The second speaker in our main session this afternoon was John Burke of Gateway Church in Austin, Texas. I have heard John speak a number of times but this time he was addressing the need for having some intentionality about how we lead people along a pathway of growth and mission. Here are my notes: …
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Mike Breen on From Assimilating to Creating Community
Mike Breen of 3DM opened up our main sessions on the topic of moving from assimilating to creating community. Mike has been on the forefront of work with missional communities in the UK and here in the States. I was disappointed that he wasn't given more time, but what follows are the few notes that …
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Francis Chan on Discipleshift
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 …
Matthew Erickson 