Greg Surratt is the Lead Pastor of Seacost Church, a multi-site church in North & South Carolina and the founder of the Association of Related Churches (ARC). 2 Timothy 2:1-2, “You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things you have heard me say in the presence [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Exponential: Greg Surratt – Breakout Session 5, “Developing a Farm System for Reproduction”
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Exponential: Dave Ferguson & Alan Hirsch – Breakout Session 4, “Organizing for Reproduction”
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Dave Ferguson is the senior pastor of Community Christian Church & the president of the Exponential Conference. Alan Hirsch is the co-founder of Shapevine & wrote the book, The Forgotten Ways. DOWNLOAD HANDOUTS AT NEWTHING.ORG THREE SIGNIFICANT REPRODUCING ADVANCES – Dave Ferguson Church Planting Church Plants grow 23x faster 10x the number of conversions Multi-Site [...]
Exponential: Jon Ferguson & Dave Dummitt – Breakout Session 3, “Creating the Culture of a Reproducing Church”
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The wireless here has been hit or miss. I’ll keep posting as often as I have a signal. Jon Ferguson is the Director of the New Thing Network. Dave Dummitt is the Pastor of 2|42 Community Church in Brighton, MI. DOWNLOAD THE HANDOUT FOR THIS SESSION AT NEWTHING.ORG A Reproducing Church Begins with Day One [...]
Exponential: Alan Hirsch – Plenary Session 3, “Missional Movement”
Posted in Exponential'08, tagged Alan Hirsch, Exponential Conference on April 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
1. Recovery of the Centrality of Jesus in His Own Movement – Christology lies at the heart of the renewal of the church. – We must radicalize in order to missionalize – We must go back to our root. We must get back to Jesus. – Christology > Missiology > Ecclesiology [...]
Exponential: Randy Pope – Breakout Session 2, “Spiritual Disciplines of Reproducing Churches”
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I finally was able to get access to the wireless here, so I should be live blogging the rest of the day! Feel free to follow along and join in the experience! Randy Pope is the pastor of Perimeter Church in Atlanta, GA. We can reproduce churches without spiritual disciplines, but we reproduce who we [...]
Exponential: Bob Roberts – Breakout Session 1, “Visioning for an Apostolic Movement Glocally”
Posted in Exponential'08, tagged Bob Roberts, Exponential Conference on April 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Converts grow a church, disciples change the world. 5 Core Keys of Christianity that Have Impacted Other World Religions (Acts 17:1-6) 1. The Covenant When Abraham made a covenant with God, He was declared the Father of ‘All Nations’. The grid for God’s operation is not the church, but the society. If we’re going to [...]
Exponential: Andy Stanley – Plenary Session 2, “Apostolic Vision”
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Making Vision Stick * “Vision is a mental picture of what could be, fueled by passion that this should be.” * Vision always begins as a burden. * 5 Things That Help Make Vision Stick 1. State It Simply § Memorable is portable. § If you’re going to have vision that sticks it has to [...]
Exponential: Ed Stetzer – Plenary Session 1
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Trends in Church Planting * Transition to the Local * Evangelistic Effectiveness o Are we being effective in reaching the lost? * Church Planting Systems o Assessment * Resources * Funding o Church planting emphasis is shifting from the initiative of a regional or national agency to the local church. o National Support § More [...]
The Time Has Come
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Church Planting Conference, Exponential Conference on April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The time has come. Early tomorrow morning I fly out for the Exponential Church Planting Conference. I have been looking forward to this conference for months! If there’s wireless, I’ll post notes live – if not, I’ll post them when I can. Either way, feel free to follow along. I know I’m going to learn [...]
Jott is Amazing!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Jott on April 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There is a new free service online called Jott that I have come across in the last few weeks. I’ve begun using it on occasion, but haven’t used it to its full potential. It’s pretty amazing! Here’s the idea: You set-up a free Jott account. You import your contact list from Outlook. Anytime you’re on [...]
