Dave Ferguson is the lead pastor of Community Christian Church, an innovative multi-site missional community that is passionate about "helping people find their way back to God." Community has grown from a few college friends to thousands every weekend meeting at multiple locations in the Chicago area and has been recognized as one of America's most influential churches.

Dave provides visionary leadership for NewThing, a global movement of multiplying churches. He is the president and board chair for Exponential, the largest church planting conference in the world and is on the board of Leadership Network. He is also an adjunct professor at Wheaton Graduate School and an award-winning author of eight books, including Hero Maker: 5 Essential Practices for Leaders to Multiply Leaders.

Dave and his wife, Sue, live in Naperville IL. They have three adult children - Amy, Joshua and Caleb.

SESSIONS

PRE-CONFERENCE: Multiplication – Hosted by Exponential
Accelerating healthy Kingdom multiplication — that's why Exponential exists. Join us for this Pre-Conference as we discuss the "5 Levels of Multiplication," explore the "3 Dimensions of Multiplication, and explain the Shifts necessary to break free from addition-oriented thinking to embrace a sending and releasing culture necessary for multiplication. Full details for this pre-con here.
Day / Time: Monday 1:00pm – 5:00pm and Tuesday 8:00am – 11:30am
Location: Faith Hall - Room 301G

PRE-CONFERENCE: Together: Pursuing the Great Collaboration – Hosted by NewThing Network
We understand the great commission; and we believe in the great commandment; but we have forgotten Jesus' challenge of the great collaboration in John 17 that we are to do the mission "Together!" Jesus offers us a vision of a "Together" church that prioritizes relationships (with God, family, team and network) as the way to be and do God's mission. This includes an in-depth look at the value of participating in a church planting network and how to start a small church planting network. Full details for this pre-con here.
Day / Time: Monday 1:00pm – 5:00pm and Tuesday 8:00am – 11:30am
Location: Faith Hall - Room 301A

MAIN SESSION 1: Together
We understand the great commission (Mathew 28); and we believe in the great commandment (Mark 12); but we have forgotten Jesus' challenge of the great collaboration in John 17. For us to see a movement that will accomplish the mission of Jesus, we must do what Jesus asked us to do: we are to GO ... and LOVE ... but TOGETHER! Right before Jesus left planet Earth, He reminded His closest followers of His vision for how the mission would be accomplished and gave us this third 'great' in John 17:22-23: "...that they may be one as we are one — I in them and you in me — so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me..." This is the Great Collaboration. The first component of the Great Collaboration is doing life together with God. Before God will create community through you, He must first be in community with you. Only a whole and healthy leader who lives in communion with God can lead their family, team and church into greater experiences of community with God and one another.
Time: Tuesday, 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Location: Worship Center - Main Auditorium

Workshop Session 1: Together: The Great Collaboration
The Great Collaboration – Right before Jesus left planet Earth, He reminded His closest followers of His vision for how the mission would be accomplished and gave us this third 'great' in John 17:22-23: "...that they may be one as we are one — I in them and you in me — so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me..." This is the Great Collaboration. Yes, we are to "Go"; yes, we are to "Love"; But the missing piece from the mission is that we are to "Go" ... and "Love" ... but "TOGETHER!" Together with God – The first component of the Great Collaboration is doing life together with God. Before God will create community through you, He must first be in community with you. Only a whole and healthy leader who lives in communion with God can lead their family, team and church into greater experiences of community with God and one another.
Time: Tuesday, 2:30 – 3:30pm
Location: Henry Chapel
Speakers: Dave Ferguson and Janet McMahon

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