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2011 National New Church Conference

Don’t miss Exponential 2011! Make sure to check out our booth at Welcome Center A, Booth A11!

* 100+ National Speakers
* 15 Pre-Conference Intensives
* 100+ Workshops
* After Hours Programming
* 3,500 Church Planting Leaders
* 50+ Leading Sponsors & Service Providers
* Sunny Orlando
* April 26 – 29, 2011

For more information and to register: www.ExponentialConference.com

Growing your church by engaging “imperfect people”

Origins is a community of followers of Jesus who are passionate about seeing people know God and experience life as He intended.

Origins recently held a special conference call with ELI’s own John Burke. Below is the audio from that conference.

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Audio can also be download by clicking the link below:

Growing your church by engaging “imperfect people” – Download

Exponential 2011

Exponential 2011

We can’t verify Exponential’s claim to be the largest gathering of church planters on the planet. If you want to learn more about church planting and meet other people who are church planting, we can say you won’t be disappointed. We’ll be there. Register today and you will be too!
Last Chance for Lowest Rate of $129!

* Over 3,500 National Church Planting Leaders

* Over 90 National Speakers including Francis Chan, Alan Hirsch and Matt Chandler

* 15 Pre-Conference Intensives

* Over 100 workshops designed to equip and train leaders

* Tracks in Pre-launch, Post-launch, Personal Leadership, Missional, Spouses, Small Town Planting / Bi-vocational, Multi-ethnic, Social Justice, Multi-site, Technology / Web, and Nuts & Bolts

* New After Hours Programming

* 50+ Leading Sponsors & Service Providers

* Sunny Orlando, Florida

Use Discount Code expovip for $129 rate. Don’t throw away 50bucks! Visit exponential.org/2011 to register today. Rates rise after December 3.

A Church for People who Don’t Like Church

I’m spending a couple days at Vault, a church planting lab hosted by Verve in Las Vegas.  If you don’t know who Vince Antonucci is, check out his blog.  He’s been a partner with ELI in starting churches and we’re excited to be a part of starting Verve  - a church for people who don’t like church.  Which raises a couple of questions. Is that possible? What does it look like?  The answer is yes it’s possible and what it looks like is a place where Paul, Mary and Amanda found faith in Jesus and are experiencing a whole new life.  Each of them shared their stories – how they had given up on church, hated Christians and never imagined they could or would change their minds.   And, how they were loved into community and ultimately faith at Verve.  How can you see that happen with your friends? Here are my takeaways from today

  • Start with a broken heart.
  • Don’t take yourself to seriously.
  • Love unconditionally.