Traveling through Europe you meet some real hero’s of church planting. Meet Rauno Kokkoloa who started and leads Suhe Church in Helsinki, Finland.
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Ten Reasons to attend Exponential 2011
10. It’s 80 degrees in Orlando.
9. 120 speakers
8. After Hours programming so you don’t have to suffer a night on International Drive.
7. 120 Workshops
6. Francis Chan will be there
5. 15 pre-conference Intensives
4. Eric Bramlett will have to introduce Francis Chan , again.
3. 3,500 church planting leaders will be there
2. ELI will be there in Welcome Center A.
1. If you tweet this link with the tag #elichurchplant or like our Facebook page you could win a discount code to register for the conference for only $89!
Make sure to like our page or use the #elichurchplant tag by this Sunday. Three lucky winners will be announced on Monday on our facebook page!
Who Will Start
By: Craig Whitney
Last week John Burke and I had the opportunity to travel through Scandinavia visiting Stockholm, Helsinki, Tallin and Oslo. In each city we met church planters who were seeing the church raised up out of the culture as people came to faith. Each of them is living out some essential qualities I spoke about in Stockhom:
• The Risk Taking Faith of Abraham – God asked Abraham to go to a land He would show him. We’ve met leaders who have left their country, their jobs, and their family to say yes to leading others to faith not knowing what the result would be.
• The Passion for People of Paul – Church attendance in some of these cities is less than 2%. Growth takes time. Many of the planters we’ve met have given 10 years to see a vibrant church formed. A passion for people who are not following Jesus is absolutely needed to stay motivated.
• The Gifts of Equipping in Ephesians 4 – In these settings, it takes a team and we’ve met some great ones. Even more exciting is seeing how church planters are reproducing themselves in younger leaders, resulting in not only growth but multiplication.
It’s been a privilege to meet and encourage them.
Stockholm 2020 Church Planting
By: Craig Whitney
John and I spent the last two days in Stockholm at their 2nd annual church planting conference. It was a great event and very exciting to meet so many young leaders with a passion for starting new churches in their city. Check out the short interview with Kjell Axel Johanson to here more about the need and the vision for Stockholm.
Events for Church Leaders
John Burke will be traveling in Europe during March and April. If your in or around any of these cities, check out these events coming up on the following dates:
Stockholm 2020
Stockholm , Sweden – March 29-3
Stockholm 2020, is a new network with a vision to plant 50 new churches in the greater Stockholm area before the end of the year 2020.
They are hosting a ground breaking conference on church planting at New Life Church in Stockholm. Both John Burke and Craig Whitney from ELI Church Planting will be speaking.
Details and registration information are available at www.stockholm202.net.
No Perfect People Allowed
Helsinki, Finland – April 1st
Tallin, Estonia – April 2nd
John will be leading one day workshops, sponsored by the WCA in both Helsinki and Finland based on his books, No Perfect People Allowed and Soul Revolution.
Helsinki – Details and registration information are available at http://www.willowcreek.fi/.
Tallin – Details and registration information are available at http://www.gls.ee.
Bjolsen Mission Church
Oslo, Norway – April 3-4
John will be speaking at Bjolsen church on Sunday evening. www.bjolsen.com
Gateway Experience
Join others to experience Gateway’s internet campus at http://www.kolben.no. For more info contact Danny.Danson@live.com
Leading in an Imperfect World
John and Craig will be meeting with church leaders at www.bjolsen.com from 10:00 – 14:00 to talk about leading the church in an imperfect world. Lunch is provided. RSVP to halldis@willowcreek.no.
Building Life-Changing Churches 2-day Conference
London, England – April 5-6
Building Life-Changing Churches is a two day conference featuring John Burke and James Emery White talking about the trends, changes and challenges that face the future of the Church, and the vital role leadership will play.
Details and registration information are available at http://www.willowcreek.org.uk