Church Technology, Internet Ministry & Church Planting

STORY – Gospel Communication

Posted by on May 11, 2009 in Church, Teaching | 0 comments

Story Poster Image STORY is a first-of-its-kind experience for communicators of the Gospel – the greatest story ever told. It will be held on Wednesday, October 28 at the Paramount Theater in Aurora, Illinois. Speakers include Donald Miller, Nancy Beach, Dave Gibbons, Ed Young, Stacy Spencer, Chris Seay and Mike Foster. A day of workshops will follow on October 29 at nearby Orchard Valley Community Church, featuring illustrators, designers, scholars, authors and communications experts. Register for the conference and enter to win 2 free trips to the Kilns – CS Lewis’ home in Oxford, England – at www.StoryChicago.com.

I will be attending and presenting a workshop, so I look forward to seeing you there!

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Mark Driscoll, Matt Chandler, Darrin Patrick, Jeff Vanderstelt and more in San Diego

Posted by on Apr 27, 2009 in Church, Church Planting, Teaching | 3 comments

Join us to hear a tremendous line-up of speakers at the San Diego Church Bootcamp May 5-6th. This conference is a great opportunity to be encouraged, challenged, edified and learn about being missional as well as gain insight into church planting. Come hear Mark Driscoll, Matt Chandler, Darrin Patrick, Jeff Vanderstelt and more in San Diego…

Register or Lean more about Influence: Multiplying Leaders on Mission for the Gospel.

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Church Planting, Kingdom Business, Catalyst West and A29 Conferences

Posted by on Apr 10, 2009 in Church Planting | 3 comments

10 Insights from a Church Planter by David Fairchild
Learn from the mistakes, lessons and reflection of a church planter 7 years into it.

Business for the kingdom by Tim Chester
How do you grow and run a company as a believer?

Conferences to promote:

San Diego Bootcamp
London Bootcamp

Catalyst West April 22-24, 2009 in Irvine, CA. Speakers include: Andy Stanley, Craig Groeschel, Rick Warren, Guy Kawasaki, Ravi Zacharias, Francis Chan, Brian Houston, Erwin McManus, Perry Noble, Catherine Rohr, Jud Wilhite, and Luis Palau . The first day, April 22, will feature Origins in partnership with
Catalyst Labs. These interactive sessions include talks from people such as Dave Gibbons, Alan Hirsch, Blake Mycoskie (Toms Shoes), Erwin McManus, Eric Bryant, Dan Kimball, Jamie Tworkowski (To Write Love on Her Arms), Margaret Feinberg, Mark Batterson and many others.

Register at: www.catalystwestcoast.com or by phone at 888-334-6569. Mention Rate Code BLG and you can save an extra 10% on the ticket price.

If you would like a FREE Catalyst West ticket I’m giving one out, enter to win by commenting on my blog.

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Multiplying Leaders on Mission for the Gospel : San Diego Bootcamp

Posted by on Apr 4, 2009 in Church Planting | 0 comments

Tuesday, May 05, 2009, 9:00 AM – Wednesday, May 06, 2009, 6:00 PM

Acts 29 Boot Camps are church planting conferences open to the public that focus on the vision of church planting, calling of the planter, mandate to multiply churches and the theological foundation for gospel-centered church planting. The San Diego Boot Camp will be hosted by Kaleo Church in San Diego, CA.

Influence:Multiplying Leaders on Mission for the Gospel

Schedule (subject to minor change)

Tuesday, May 5:
9:00am – registration
10:00am – Welcome | Scott Thomas
10:10am – Worship
10:30am ‚Äì Session 1: ‚ÄúInfluence Through Leadership‚Äù – Mark Driscoll
11:30am –Presentation | Logos
12:00pm – Presentation | Great Commission Ministries
12:15pm – lunch (provided)
1:00pm – Workshops
1. Wives’ Track Part 1 led by Erin Young
2. Art on Life: Engaging Media Redemptively by Mike Brown
3. Leading the Mission by Justin Anderson
4. Calling by Thomas Young
3:00pm ‚Äì Session 2: ‚ÄúInfluence Through Brokeness‚Äù – David Fairchild
4:00pm – Break
4:20pm ‚Äì Session 3: ‚ÄúInfluence Through Mission & Vision‚Äù – Jeff Vanderstelt
5:30pm – End of day 1

Wednesday, May 6:
10:00am – Welcome | Scott Thomas
10:10am – Worship
10:30am – Session 4: ‚ÄúInfluence Through Community‚Äù – Brian Howard
11:30am – Q & A
12:00pm – lunch (provided)
1:00pm – Workshops
1. Wives’ Track Part 2 led by Erin Young
2. Session TBA by Dave Fandy
3. Setting the DNA for a Multi-ethnic Church Plant by Thien Doan
4. Practical Missional Ecclesiology by Drew Goodmanson
3:00pm ‚Äì Session 5: ‚ÄúInfluence Through the Word & Worship‚Äù – Matt Chandler
4:00pm – break
4:20pm ‚ÄìSession 6: ‚ÄúInfluence Through Persevering‚Äù – Darrin Patrick
5:30pm – Worship

Boot Camp Location:
New Life Presbyterian Church
5333 Lake Murray Blvd.
La Mesa, CA 91942

For more information, please visit: www.acts29network.org/event/2009-05-05-san-diego-boot-camp–may-5-6-2009/

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Triperspectival Leadership Diagram

Posted by on Mar 19, 2009 in Leadership, Triperspectivalism | 10 comments

Leon Chingcuangco distilled David & my talks at Vintage 21 down to a chart “Triperspectival Leadership – Fulfilling the Offices of Christ“. In it the offices of Prophet, Priest and King are contrasted to examine Characteristics, Positive Tendencies, Negative Tendencies, Eventual Outworking, Errors of Uni-Perspectival Leadership, Possible Idols and Reductionism. These are from the sessions Triperspectival Leadership & Prophet, Priest & King.

Download: Triperspectival Leadership Diagram (Updated 3/21 – adjusted subtitle and other corrections.)

NOTE: I created a new category for Triperspectivalism if you’d like to click this and find articles that discuss this topic further.

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State of the Church Online : Goals Met

Posted by on Feb 21, 2009 in Church, Church Websites, General Technology | 4 comments

We have hit and now are exceeding our response goals! Thank you to all who promoted & participated in the State of the Church Online surveys. We have over 500 responses to the Social & Community Network survey and over 50 churches who will participate in the web analytics evaluation. Thank you Church Relevance, Godbit, Digital @ Leadership Network (DJ & Cynthia), Collide Magazine, Tall Skinny Kiwi….I can hear the music getting louder to try to make me finish…Church Tech Review, ChurchBIT and anyone else I’m forgetting!

We have begun to analyze the data from the State of the Church Online for Social & Community Networks + Church Websites & Usage. Want to hear the results of these studies? We will put together a report of the findings and two Webinars are scheduled to report on these results. Sign-up:

The Truth about Church Websites and Effective Online Outreach
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 10:00 AM

Beyond the Web 2.0 Noise: How to use the Internet to Disciple & Create Real Community

Wednesday, April 8, 2009 10:00 AM

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