Last week I was in sunny Orlando, Fl for the largest gathering of church planters in the nation. Exponential is a gathering of more than 4000 church planters from around the world. I had the opportunity to learn from many church planters and practitioners from around the globe, and see what they were doing in their communities to see the Kingdom of God expanded. The theme for Exponential this year was "sifted", taken from Luke 22. All of the speakers during the main session spoke on this subject. I would have to say my biggest challenge came from Wayne Cordeiro who said "We are not ready for ministry until we have been sifted. Knowledge is not enough".
I also went to the Mosaix Pre-Conference which is put on by the Mosaix multi-ethinic church network. This network exists to catalyze a movement of multi-ethnic churches for the sake of the Gospel. The founder of this organization is Mark DeyMaz. Their website is www.mosaix.info.
On Wednesday night I spent the evening at a New Thing event at the House of Blues. This was an opportunity for planters to get acquainted with the New Thing network. Our speaker for the night was Michael Frost, well known author and speaker. To learn more about New Thing visit www.newthing.org
This was a great week of learning and connecting with other like minded church planters from around the world. I look forward to next year.
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