David Fairchild is back?

i don’t know if it was Cawley’s intercessory prayer or the new digs, but it looks like Pastor Fairchild is back at blogging! Starts off swinging with Ways We Add to the...

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Redeeming the City

Resurgence Conference Teacher: Tim Keller, Pastor Redeemer NY Being the Church in our Culture was a great session at the Resurgence conference. Much of what was said I had heard from Keller prior, but what stuck with me was the idea of Redeeming the City. Keller said, “No other religion [except Christianity] has hope for...

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Externally Focused Church Leaders

I don’t recall who said it, but in a presentation at the Resurgence Conference, someone talked about External vs. Internal Church leaders. Who has examples of a group of leaders who are externally focused? At our church, most of the external leadership centers around our mecy ministries (homeless, teen mentoring, pregnancy...

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Oh the places we’ve gone…

May 20, 06 Oh the places we’ve gone…

Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church

It’s been a great season of travel, family and learning. If you read my blog, you know I attended the National New Churches Conference in Orlando in April, the Reform & Resurge Conference in Seattle in May and I just returned from Palm Springs where we stayed at a vacation place my parents have. Earlier this month, we...

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The State of the American Church – Why Church Planting is Critical to the Future of American Christianity

National New Church Conference Teacher: Dave Olson, Director of Church Planting for the Evangelical Covenant Church and Director of The American Church Research Project. Many Christian leaders wonder whether planting new churches is necessary for the future of the American Church. They say: Don’t we have enough churches...

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What is the Next Conference for Church Planters

We've gone to the National New Churches Conference and the Resurgence conference. What's next? What other conferences would you recommend? Here's my vote: The Desiring God 2006 National Conference Theme: Above All Earthly Powers: The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World Date: September 29 to October 1, 2006...

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Leadership Network – Resurgence & Emerging Book Deals

Linda Stanley has a number of posts/notes from her experience at the Resurgence conference. Each post also includes pdf notes she took for each session. Leadership Network also announced a long-term book deal with Zondervan to target emerging church leaders and church planters. The first book is Mark Driscoll’s Confessions...

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Funding Your Church Plant

Session from the National New Church Conference Teacher: Dr. Tom Jones, Regional Director Stadia East This session went over an introduction to raising funds for a church planter. Dr. Jones outlined different finance models such as the Mother church, Associations, Denominations, Network, Self-Support, Lay Launch teams,...

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Imago Dei Community

May 14, 06 Imago Dei Community

Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church Technology, Ekklesia

Imago Dei Community (designed by their community with the Ekklesia Church CMS backend) launched today. This is one of the more ambitious Ekklesia installs to-date with a large site, 1,000+ people in the community and tons of data. Congrats to them on their hard work and the new launch. While you are there, I recommend...

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Reform & Resurge (Resurgence) Conference

May 11, 06 Reform & Resurge (Resurgence) Conference

Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church

The Resurgence conference just ended and what a week it has been. Steve McCoy (aka Reformissionary) has a few posts on the conference. It was good to meet bloggers such as Steve, Kevin Cawley, Pete Williamson and Bruce Chant (All the way from Perth down under!) [Click for larger picture of blogging group. Picture from Steve.]...

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