What a way to close the Exponential Conference with Rick Warren. I have always respected Rick but that has grown over the years. There is such a genuine love and authenticity to his faith and the way he communicates, especially with leaders and pastors. His message could best be titled “Life-lessons for Longevity.” Some points he shared: – Never stop [...]

Tim Keller – take 2! How would you like to listen to him in back to back sessions? phew! What a compelling talk on sharing the Gospel of Jesus but not in the condensed, insufficient, leave out the good stuff, methods of the past (i.e. Romans Road, 4 Spiritual Laws, etc.) Tim makes the case that a clear presentation of [...]

It was great listening to Tim Keller in this setting. I greatly respect him and what he does for the kingdom. He shared 16 Factors of Biblical Revival Dynamics. 3 Instruments 1) Recovery of the difference between the Gospel and religion 2) Extraordinary prayer 3) Radical creativity “The default mode of the human heart is the self-salvation project.” – Tim [...]

Alan Hirsch is brilliant ok! Hands down he has a clear prophetic message for the Church. His talk was on 4 areas in which we must recover the ancient ethos, our primal stories 1) Recovery of the Centrality of Jesus in His own movement. Ecclesiology must flow out of Missiology which flows out of our Christology. Jesus as the founder [...]

Information Overload! I was part of the Reproducing Church track sessions and Randy Pope of Perimeter delivered a great message on disciple making and what the Lord showed him. Two points he made were: -The present day church has embraced an ineffective plan for making disciples. -Life-on-Life, laboring with a few, is God’s master plan for making mature and equipped [...]

Great kickoff yesterday to the Exponential Conference. Andy Stanley hit it out of the park — as usual. One comment that stuck with me as he shared on Apostolic Vision and making vision stick was that what is “memorable is portable.” He spent some time unpacking how to make vision portable. If vision is to stick and be reproducible it [...]

Great pre-conference intensive with Dave Ferguson and his team from CCC. They also lead the The NewThing Network. They are teaching on the Seven Moves to Multi-site. Not seven steps — but seven moves. I think they are important principles and not steps, which people mistakingly run with instead of laying the foundational ground work. The Seven Moves are: 1. [...]

Love what LifeChurch.tv is spearheading with the One Prayer initiative. Got to love the technological age that we live in that enables us to bring the body of Christ together in a way that could never have been done before. LifeChurch is one of those unique churches that keeps pushing the boundaries and leveraging technology in a way that I [...]

Off to the Exponential Conference here in Orlando. This is possibly the greatest gathering of church planters and church planting organizations. This is my third year attending and looking forward to hearing from some great leaders and networking with church planters. Each year I have attended God has further clarified my call and I am anticipating some great things this [...]