Church Planters
Thursday, September 02, 2010
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Launching Large: Milestones for Planting Missional Churches
Imagine attracting and retaining a large group of people who are disconnected from Christ and the church from day one. This workshop takes the pre-launch church planter through a series of milestones designed to take you from conception to launch and beyond.
 David Putman is co-founder of churchplanters.com and one of the pastors of Mountain Lake Church. Sticky Church: Slamming Your Back Door Shut
Without long-term retention it’s nearly impossible to fulfill the last half of the Great Commission. Ultimately, it doesn’t matter how many people come through our front door if we leave the back door wide open. Join the author of STICKY CHURCH as we discover:
Larry Osborne is author of Sticky Church and Pastor of North Coast Church. Financing the Mission: Proven Strategies for Increasing the Bottom Line
In our uncertain economic times we can’t afford to ignore our finances. Come discover proven financial strategies implemented by churches around the country. Regardless if you are pre-launch or post-launch this important workshop will help you clarify financial operational objectives, create strategies for creating a culture of generosity, create systems that don’t cost, but produces results, and develop a success matrix for your church.
Casey Graham is the founder and president of The Change Group. Creative Coaching for Worship Pastors and Creative Teams
Imagine spending three hours with one of most creative minds in the creative arts world. Join Carlos Whittaker for this pre-conference workshop that focuses on closing the gap from the stage to the crowd. In this workshop Carlos will focus on four principles he uses in coaching worship leaders all over North America: creativity and spirituality, innovation, examination, and disrupting and disturbing.
Carlos Whittaker is an artist, pastor, thinker, experience architect, and Web 2.0 junkie.Three Faces of the Church
Billy Hornsby is a veteran pastor, church planter, and leader. He is also the president of one of the largest church planting networks in North America. Join Billy and benefit from his passion and perspective for the North American Church. This workshop will take into account the complexity of the church and her three very unique faces. Billy will take your understanding and leadership as a church planter/new church pastor to a whole new level of insight and impact.
Billy Hornsby is the president of ARC (Association of Related Churches) Network.Missional Communities
In this pre-conference session Matt Carter takes a look at how they transitioned their community groups into authentic missional communities by answering the question, “How did Jesus build community?” He concluded, he called people (His disciples) unto Himself and to his mission. Over the past two years they have discovered that when you aimed simply for community; you get neither community nor mission. But when you aimed for mission; you get both. Come discover how you can mobilize your new church to be missional through your small group ministry.
Matt Carter is pastor of Austin Stone Community Church in Austin, Texas.Small Town…Big Impact
This workshop focuses on the unique challenges of planting and growing churches in small towns and remote areas. Charles Hill planted his first multi-site church in an Ohio town of 2,800 in 2002. Eight years later he is doing it again in the mecca know as Utah. Discover how to have impact in these unique places with little funds, little leadership, little vision, little encouragement, little help, etc. How to do alot with a little, and starting a church where relevance meets revival is the goal of this workshop.
Charles Hill is founder of Sticks Conference, church planter, and leader of a growing movement to plant churches in rural and remote areas. Back to the Future: Lessons from Post-Christian Cultures
The future is already happening. Alan Hirsch, Larry McCrary, and Caleb Crider bring lessons from Europe and Australia to the North American Church. This session will focus on some of the lessons this team has learned from being engaged globally and how your church can engage with this global movement called the church.
Alan Hirsch is the author of ReJesus and The Shape of Things to Come.Larry McCrary and Caleb Crider are co-founders of Upstream Collective. Larry currently lives in Germany and Caleb was a church planter in Barcelona and is now part of a church planting team in Portland, Oregon.
Leadership Velocity – Pastor Shawn Lovejoy, cofounder to churchplanters.com and pastor of our host church Mountain Lake Church will be bringing a high velocity message on being the kind of leader that can change the world.
Proclamational Velocity- Pastor Steven Furtick pastor of Elevation Church defines velocity. Steven is one of the great, passionate young preachers of the day. Steven will share from his heart and the Word on the importance of preaching the Gospel in a new church.
Missional Velocity – Alan Hirsch is an author and pioneer in the missional movement. Alan challenges us to move outside of what we are familiar with and to engage our culture with missional velocity.
Generational Velocity – Pastor Dave Gibbons from New Song Church has a passion for engaging emerging generations. By incorporating principles of multiplication in every area of his life he is speeding up influence and impact for the Kingdom. Dave has a heart and passion that is igniting the next generation. Every ministry that wants to have lasting kingdom impact must do the same.
Gospel Velocity – Let’s face it...it’s possible to plant a church and not plant the gospel. God has called us first and foremost planters of the gospel. When the gospel is planted churches spring up everywhere. In this session you will hear from three key speakers as they address different aspects of the gospel. David Putman – A Gospel for the Kingdom, Matt Carter- A Gospel for the PASTOR , and Darin Patrick – A Gospel for the CHURCH.
Velocity – There are few people who have experienced the spiritual velocity that Pastor Rick Warren has in his ministry. From church planting pioneer to best selling author of The Purpose Driven Life...don’t miss this opportunity to be encouraged and challenged to experience spiritual velocity.
The Big 20: Personal Lessons in Leadership
Brian BloyeAfter 21 years of being a church planter, pastor, entrepreneur, and leader, Brian Bloye will be sharing 20 key lessons he has learned on personal leadership development and developing leadership in those around you.
Expanding and Enhancing Your Church's Culture of Generosity
Rick CampbellGone are the days of the one-dimensional stewardship experience. In the face of today's economic uncertainty, church planters and their leaders face unprecedented, multifaceted stewardship and leadership challenges. Church planters may need to expand, relocate, or acquire property, yet many in the church may struggle with their personal finances. Your regular budget may need targeted attention, while others in your church, who if fully engaged, could leave a legacy that would impact generations to come. Whatever challenge is facing you, ISS and Rick Campbell will coach you in this session to apply the appropriate solution, crafting it to fit who God has created YOU to be!
Marriage, Family and Church Planting
Matt CarterMatt Carter will be comparing and contrasting the views and approaches to marriage, family and ministry of John Wesley, George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards. We will look at their successes and learn from their failures.
Social Networking: Making Twitter, Facebook (and all the rest) Work For You
Mark ClementRegardless of how you may feel about it, the new culture of social-networking (Twitter, Facebook, Blogs, etc...is here to stay. This breakout will show you how to leverage these powerful (and free!) tools to better communicate with, teach, inspire and lead your people. And we'll have a blast doing it!
Untapped Potential: Reaching All Tribes and Tongues via the Local Church
Mark DeYmazGrowing numbers of church planters, pastors and denominational leaders are now recognizing that the multi-ethnic church is not only biblical, but critical to the advance of the gospel in the 21st century. Indeed, research conducted by David Olson and reported in The American Church in Crisis (Zondervan, 2008), suggests the multi-ethnic church will become "the normal and natural face of Christianity" in the 21st century. Yet the passion for both unity and diversity within the local church must be driven not so much by the pursuit of racial reconciliation, but more so by a Biblical mandate and the need for men and women to be reconciled to God through faith in Jesus Christ. This session will clearly articulate the Biblical mandate for the multi-ethnic church and list the seven core commitments required to mix diversity into your local church.
More Money for Ministry
In this breakout, Casey will help you develop a step by step plan to increase revenue in 2010. Did you know there are five cycles of generosity you can tap into each year? Are you leveraging the five simple, key financial systems? Casey will walk through each of these and give you practical ideas to implement them in your church culture to have more money for ministry. Casey GrahamThe Tangible Kingdom: How Missionaries Create Church out of Nothing
Hugh HalterIn this session, Hugh Halter will unpack the story of Adullam which will help you think beyond normal church plant methods, funding options, and kingdom results. The key focus will be on decentralizing incarnational communities and holding the congregation together through non-consumer gatherings.
Make Some Noise! Standing Out in a Noisy Marketplace
Brian JonesHow does your church plant make some noise in the community and get noticed? How do you approach branding and communications of your church plant to ensure that your message is relevant and heard in a busy market place? How do you leverage the internet, social networking, and viral marketing to connect with more people? This session explores the branding, launch and communications strategies that are paramount to a church plant today and focuses on utilizing digital solutions to get noticed and reach more people.
Slow Fade: Reasons Why Faith is Fading Away in the Next Generation
Reggie JoinerMany churches and families have programmed a youth ministry finish line at twelfth grade. They walk their seniors out the door, breathe a sigh of relief, and let them disappear for a few years. There is an assumption they’ll return to church later, as adults with young families.
The problem is, many never come back. Too old for youth group and uncomfortable with labels, college-aged Christians become disconnected from faith. They become less and less involved in church and faith and, eventually, absent altogether—they slowly fade away. Facing critical decisions that affect the rest of their lives, college-aged people need a faith community more than ever.
In this session, Reggie Joiner rethinks one-on-one mentorship as the way to end the slow fade. He offers insights and suggestions that will help anyone get started fighting the fade.
Launching Large in Big Cities
Shaun KingLaunching in downtown Atlanta with over 700 adults & children in attendance in January of 2009, Shaun will share major mistakes he made as well as strategies, tips, and best practices from Courageous Church that will help you launch large. You will also learn what common suburban strategies do and do not get lost in translation when planting in the city.
Church Staffing 201
Shawn LovejoyGreat churches need great ministry teams in order to have greater impact. In this breakout Shawn Lovejoy will address some of Mountain Lake’s Best Practices when it comes to discovering, attracting, hiring, and leading ministry teams.
Best Practices for Pastor’s Wives Revisited
Tricia Lovejoy Join Tricia Lovejoy the wife of Lead Pastor Shawn Lovejoy as she talks about the Best Practices of Pastor’s wives for finding success in family and ministry. This year’s session is for pastor’s wives only and has tons of insight along the journey. If you've never been to this breaout make sure to visit. If you attended last year then it will be a refresher for you.
Pastor's Wives Round Table Mixer
Tricia Lovejoy Come connect with others pastor's wives and enjoy a lunch of Q&A.
Creating Healthy Systems
Michael LukaszewskiMost of the problems in a church plant are the result of a broken system. Fix the system and you fix the problem. Healthy systems can lead to better decisions, focused ministry, stronger giving, and more impactful services. But in a church plant, where things change so fast, how do you create healthy systems seemingly on the fly? In this session, Michael will talk about building healthy systems that will save time, save money, and allow you to accomplish more.
Church Unique: How Missional Leaders Cast Vision and Create Movement
Will ManciniMinistry leaders today have settled for photocopied vision and over-programmed strategies. What if your next step to effectiveness is NOT the latest resource, a silver-bullet program, or a leadership pep rally? What if the leader’s greatest asset is still imagination, fueled by faith, that translates into a stunningly unique, God-honoring vision? In Church Unique, you will first learn how to navigate out of the “unoriginal sin” that of most of our “vision” work produces today (church conferencing, outdated strategic planning, church growth methodology, etc.) Then, you will gain new insights that equip you to lead with unprecedented clarity, answering questions like, “What can our church do better than 10,000 others?” “What is the best model for communicating vision?” and “How do we deliver vision daily as a leadership team?”
Vision Co-Lab Lunch: Clarifying your Vision and Mission
Will Mancini and Shawn LovejoyJoin Will and Shawn for a special lunch to discover how you can clarify your vision and mission by participating in a Vision Co-Lab hosted by Mountain Lake Church.
Multi-Site Beyond the Norm
Chris MavityIn the last few years Multi-Site and Multi-Venue churches have popped up in communities all over the country. Join Chris Mavity as he unpacks some of the reasons why. You’ll walk away with some valuable insights and hot-tips that will help you to plan, execute and deliver the goods when it comes to breaking through the geographic and demographic barriers every church faces; no matter the age, size or locale.
The Giant Inflatable Blue Monkey
Tony MorganYou know it or not, your church is probably bowing down to the perceived power of the "giant inflatable blue monkey." It's impacting how you define and communicate your discipleship strategy. It's impacting how you promote what's happening at your church. And, it's impeding your ability to help people take their next steps toward Christ. Tony will help you discover a few simple strategies to deflate the giant blue monkeys lurking in your ministry.
Failing Forward: His Power is Made Perfect in our Weakness
Jeff MurphyThis session is not for the faint of heart. In 2007 Jeff closed down the church of his dreams. It was one of the most difficult experiences of his life. Taking over a year off, Jeff set out on an incredible journey of healing and understanding. One year ago he launched MyChurch. Today over 600 people attend every weekend. Jeff’s not the same man he once was. Neither will you be after this incredible session. Attend and discover how his power is made perfect in our weakness. A must for those who need healing and courage.
Sticky Teams: Building a Healthy Leadership Team
Larry OsborneHealthy and unified leadership teams don’t just happen – they have to be created AND maintained. Come discover the keys to getting the right people, in the right place, doing the right things. Join the author of the newly released book, STICKY TEAMS as we explore:
· The structures & traditions that unintentionally sabotage unity
· Guarding the gate – and why it’s so important
· Finding & developing lay leaders
· Why growth is a game changer
· Making room at the top – Why young eagles don’t stay
Letting the Gospel Change the Pastor and the Church
Darrin PatrickMost pastors don’t experience the life change that they are preaching about. In this breakout we will look at how to believe the gospel for ourselves as pastors, live it out in our ministries and preach it in our churches.
Detox…for the Overly Religious
David Putman We live in a religious world. Even the unchurched, disconnected, and those who are far from God are greatly influenced by this religious world. Yet Jesus did not come to start a new religion. Jesus came to transcend religion and start a new movement call the way. In this workshop you will discover how your understanding of Jesus and his ways impact the church you plant and the church you lead.
Connecting People Quickly: Moving Disconnected People into Spiritual Growth
John ShepherdHere’s the dirty little secret about preaching that most pastors know by experience, but wouldn’t dare admit publicly: sermons don’t produce lasting change in people’s lives; systems do. This breakout will give you practical insights and proven tools for building systems that connect people into relationships and responsibility...quickly. And the quicker and better the connections, the more likely you are to keep the people you reach.
Simply Strategic Volunteers
Tim StevensFor more than 15 years, Tim Stevens has been a pastor at Granger Community Church practicing what he preaches. And with 48% of their weekend crowd involved in volunteer ministries—there is much we can all learn. Tim will share principles from the book he co-wrote, Simply Strategic Volunteers, including: How to make heroes of your volunteers, inviting volunteers without any announcement or notice in the bulletin, handling conflict with a leader, and training your volunteers without a bunch of extra meetings.
Engaging Women Leaders in your Church
Sherry SurrattA common problem exists in many churches today: how do we find enough talented, passionate leaders? It's time to ask some questions. Does your leadership team reflect the gender demographics of your congregation and community? Are you engaging the talents of women in key leadership positions? Join Sherry Surratt, Women's Initiative Director for Leadership Network, as she shares research from over 200 interviews with church leaders on how to identify and engage the talent that comprises over 50% of your congregation.
A Formula for Leveraging New Media to GROW Your Church
Greg TeffertillerWhat happens when you combine rich media with the effective use of social media, a strategic web presence for lead generation, the science of audience segmentation, targeted messaging, and user-generated feedback? The result is a new media ecosystem that is scalable for the newest church plant to the established megachurch. Through some fundamental principles and the use of the right tools, you will understand that learning how to have a conversation creates better results than marketing who you are.
Get ready for a fast-paced explanation as Greg gives you a breakdown of how to leverage these techniques and translate them into effective communication for your church.
Staffing for Church Planters
William Vanderbloeman & Tony MorganTony and William regularly consult with some of the largest churches in the country about staffing strategies, and have overseen key hires for growing churches, including the recent placement of Revolution Church's (Canton, GA) new Senior Pastor. Tony and William will talk about:trends in staffing, getting the biggest bang for your buck, asking the right questions in an interview staffing strategically and more. Join these guys for great stories, learning, and an interactive conversation with lots of time for Q&A.
Ditching Children's Ministry: Developing a Strategy for Family Ministry
Chad & Autumn WardWe understand that starting a family ministry can be a daunting task. We want to help you answer these questions: What is the vision for my Family Ministry? How do I get the Church and parents on the same page? How do I build this ministry from the ground up? We want to help you see your ministry from 40,000 feet and at ground level
Creativity in a Church Plant
Carlos WhittakerCome join the conversation on how to creatively take your worship environments to the next level with systems and strategies proven in the church planting world.
Everyone’s Welcome, Nobody’s Perfect, Anything is Possible
Pete WilsonEver wondered how to create a community that transforms a city? In this session we’ll talk about how to create the DNA of irresistible, authentic community. The kind of community that will not only transform lives for eternity but will have people flocking to be a part of what God’s doing in your church regardless of their background. Start Like Jesus: Timeless, cross-cultural Biblical principles for starting groups, and churches
John WorcesterPractical, culture-current applications of the basic principles gleaned from how Jesus started his ministry. This track will help church planters when they first hit the field and start winning and equipping their first round of converts. It would also help in equipping members who are starting new
small groups that target the lost. Avoid costly mistakes and wasted time by meditating on what Jesus did and how he did it. Discover the importance of paying attention to the ratio of veteran disciples to pre-disciples in the group. Explore how the seven foundational leadership practices of Jesus apply to evangelism and leadership in a new church. Consider ways to glorify God by developing a church that is full of both grace and truth. Elam and the Seven Churches Tour
David Yeghnazar, Larry McCrary and David PutmanThink Iran is closed to the Gospel? Learn how your church can be a part of one of the greatest mission opportunities of our generation. While most people assume reaching Iran is virtually impossible, Iranians are actually the most open Muslim people to the Gospel in the world - more Iranians have become Christians in the last 20 years than in the previous 1,300 years. Find out how your church can be a part of this great move of God.
In this session you will also discover how you can join Ed Stetzer and David Putman in The Seven Churches Tour sponsored by Upstream Collective. For more information don't miss this special lunch breakout on Iran.
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