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Efrem Smith serves as Pastor of The Sanctuary Covenant Church and board chair of The Sanctuary Community Development Corporation in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He also hosts the radio program, “A Time for Reconciliation” and is the author of the book, Raising-up Young Heroes. His column, The Urban Take is featured in Youth Worker Journal. Here are …
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During the third plenary session of Exponential 2010, Dave Ferguson of New Thing network interviewed Alan Hirsch (Forge America and Shapevine) and Ed Stetzer (Lifeway Research). Here are two great leaders in the missional church movement who see things through different lenses. While these are simply notes I took while listening, I hope there are …
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Reggie McNeal is the Missional Leadership Specialist for Leadership Network of Dallas, TX. He is the other of several books; his latest is Missional Renaissance: Changing the Scorecard for the Church. Here are my notes from Reggie's plenary session. It was hard to take notes on this session simply because Reggie was uniquely all over …
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Mel McGowan is President and founder of Visioneering Studios (www.visioneeringstudios.com), a national architecture, urban and interior design firm which recently was given the Solomon Award for “Best Church Architect.” Mel is the author of Design Intervention: Revolutionizing Sacred Space and Saving Suburbia: From the Garden to the City. Here are my notes from the workshop …
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Matt Chandler serves as Lead Pastor of The Village Church in Highland Village, TX. Matt is an outstanding communicator of God's word with a strong call toward church planting. On Thanksgiving, Matt suffered a seizure and was found to have a tumor in his brain. You can follow Matt's progress at http://fm.thevillagechurch.net/blog/pastors/, and read an …
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Matthew Erickson 