One of the workshops I attended at Exponential 2013 was led by Bill Easum of 21st Century Strategies. Bill offered a wide range of insights in his seminar, but I will simply share some of the thoughts I wrote down about mobilizing the church. Here are my notes: Mobilizing the Congregation: - this is not …
Andy Hawthorne at Exponential 2013
Andy Hawthorne of the Message Trust (UK) addressed Exponential 2013 on the biblical move from Attraction to Deployment. He was a fiery speaker with a challenging message. Here are my notes: Matthew 10 We need to crack the balance between the big vision and the little bit poured into the broken Matthew 9:36f - Jesus …
Dave Ferguson at Exponential 2013
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 …
Randy Frazee on From Assimilating to Creating Community
Randy Frazee has written and spoken about community within the life of the church for years. His book, The Connecting Church, shaped my own thinking about life in the church in meaningful ways. Now serving at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas, where Max Lucado was previously the Senior Pastor, Randy continues to have …
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