SESSIONS
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
Workshop Session 2: Freelance Church Planting in Both Wealth and Poverty
Hear the testimony of Myron Pierce who came out of jail to meet Ron Dotzler and planted a church while running a business and discipling freelance pastors in the context of a
welfare/crime-ridden culture. Also, you will hear from Greg Wigfield who planted a church while maintaining and building a successful insurance agency (employing 43 people)
while being scorned by former friends because "you're not all in if you keep your business."
Time: Wednesday, 8:45 – 9:45am
Location: Faith Hall - Room 350
Speakers: Myron Pierce and Greg Wigfield
Networking Lunch: Lifting the Load: A Fresh Look at Money and Bivocational/Freelance Pastorates — Hosted by Expoential
Grab your lunch and join us! We want to put bivocational/freelance pastors and planters on a career track instead of settling for a less than satisfactory job. Driving a
school bus so you can pastor a church is a bad option. A job with a career path or a privately-owned business can liberate finances for a planter and both their sending
and receiving churches. The choice between a "temporary job" and a career is crucial for the pastor in a small community or with limited gifts that too often turn the
temporary job into a long-term disappointment. Panel: Ralph Moore, Myron Pierce, Greg Wigfield, and Peyton Jones.
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Location: Faith Hall - Room 350
Workshop Session 4: Easy-Entry Business Startups for Freelance Church Planters
Myron will describe six easy-to-start business opportunities he's used with his disciples as they move into church planting. He'll also provide a handout describing how to get
started with each one.
Time: Thursday, 8:45 – 9:45am
Location: Faith Hall - Room 350