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Ignite 2012 – Surge
Posted in Uncategorized on January 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
IGNITE 2012When…
Posted in Uncategorized on January 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
IGNITE 2012 When: March 13 through March 15, 2012 What: Church Planting Conference Who: Those who want to be a part of something big. You’ll be at the ground floor and join hands to ignite a new movement of church planting throughout Converge. Those who want best practices from the best. You’ll have access to breakout sessions taught by [...]
Ignite 2012
Posted in Uncategorized on January 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
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Perry Noble to Speak @ Ignite 2010 – March 24-26
Posted in Uncategorized on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Perry Noble is the founding and senior pastor of NewSpring Church with campuses in Anderson, Greenville, Columbia and Florence, South Carolina. At ten years old, the church averages over 10,000 people across all campuses. Perry is a gifted communicator and teacher, convicted about speaking the truth as plainly as possible. God has given him a [...]
Why Young Adults Leave Church
Posted in Uncategorized on August 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
According to research by Ed Stetzer’s group Lifeway, 70% of teenage church-going Protestants have stopped attending church by age 23. Top 10 Reasons: They simply want a break from church (27%); They felt church members are judgmental and/or hypocritical (26%); They moved to college and didn’t find another church (25%); They have work responsibilities that [...]
Minnesota Baptist Conference 2008 Church Plant Snapshot
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Minnesota Baptist Conference on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Church planting in the Minnesota Baptist Conference is a part of ConvergeUSA, the church planting arm of our national movement, Converge Worldwide. Every year, ConvergeUSA asks its different districts across the United States to gather a few simple statistics to provide a snapshot of our church planting movement nationally. After a number of emails to [...]
Stop Skimming
Posted in Uncategorized on April 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just read a great article in Leadership Journal called Skimming by Pete Scazzero here is an excerpt: Like skimming a book, this can produce the impression that everything is covered, but in reality, you aren’t completely there. How do you know you’re skimming? When you go from meeting to meeting without awareness of God. [...]
Barnes on Church Planting in WSJ
Posted in Uncategorized on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Political commentator Fred Barnes writing in the Wall Street Journal: In 2007, my wife Barbara and I left The Falls Church, which we had happily attended from the time we became Christians a quarter-century ago. It’s a 277-year-old church in northern Virginia well-known for its popular preacher, the Rev. John Yates, its adherence to traditional [...]
Assessment Center – March 24-27, 2009 in Orlando, FL
Posted in Uncategorized on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Next week I head to Assesment Center with two couples looking to plant in Central/Northern Minnesota. One of the couples lives in Orlando which is where this one is being held. The Orlando assessment is now completely FULL! Not a single spot available. We always hate to turn people away, but this is good news. [...]
Seth Godin on Tribes
Posted in Uncategorized on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
