Velocity 2010 Church Planting Conference Session 4 Speaker: Dave Gibbons Deconstructing Illusions 7 Shifts in Modern Culture: 1. Moving from Multicultural framework to a third cultural framework 2. Economic Shift July 27, 2048 – The date that India and China will have more per capita income than the western world. Inequalities begin to shape with […]
Velocity 2010 – Pete Wilson
Velocity 2010 Church Planter’s Conference Breakout #2 Speaker: Pete Wilson (Twitter) “Everyone’s Welcome, Nobody’s Perfect, Anything is Possible” Churches Desiring Transformational Community – Studies Show: One thing that separates happy people from unhappy people is the simple idea of being connected in community. The level of satisfaction in churches is determined by the level of […]
Live Blogging PDYM the Conference Session 5
Live Blogging Session 5 Doug Fields: Fellowship 1. Smaller is better when focusing on Fellowship (building relationships) Christ had a group of 12 but invested in 3 Figure out how to make “Large” Feel “Small” 2. Volunteer leaders are better than paid leaders. Paid leaders’ main focus should be to develop other volunteer youth workers, […]
Live Blogging PDYM the Conference Session 4
Live Blogging Session 4 Doug Fields: Worship There is a direct connection between Evangelism and Worship We need to expand our focus of worship to celebrating God Genuine Celebration is attractive and makes a heartfelt connection with unbelievers We have to be careful not to create a “Club” mentality in our environments Be aware of […]
Live Blogging PDYM the Conference Session 3
Live Blogging Session 3 Doug Fields: Evangelism An evangelistic student ministry will have evangelistic adult leaders Evangelistic leaders NEVER stop ringing the evangelistic bell You can either be a “best friend” or you can be a leader No one values what you value as much as you value it. Evangelistic baby steps create momentum There […]