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PRE-CONFERENCE: Personal Calling: Made for More – Hosted by Disciples Made
Sunday's coming! Each week, as a church leader, you've got dozens, if not hundreds, of volunteer slots that need to be filled so that the ministry programs of the church will thrive. Fantastic tools like S.H.A.P.E. and Network have helped many churches make the shift to gift-based volunteerism. What a big difference these have made! But, if you're reading this, we bet you've still got a splinter in your mind. You know there is something incomplete about this system of mobilization. Gift-based volunteerism is getting the weekly work done for the church services, but the bigger work of redeeming the world outside of the church walls is not getting done. You know the people in your church can make a difference, but you do not yet know how to empower and release them for that work. We'll provide a framework and practical tools to help you make the shifts necessary. More details for this pre-con here.
Day / Time: Monday 1:00pm — 5:00pm and Tuesday 8:00am — 11:30am
Location: Language Ministry Center - Room 128B

PRE-CONFERENCE: Multiplication – Hosted by Exponential
Accelerating healthy Kingdom multiplication — that's why Exponential exists. This Pre-Conference will discuss the "5 Levels of Multiplication" and explore the "3 Dimensions of Multiplication": Disciplemaking, Mobilization, and Capacity. And we'll have seasoned leaders break down each of those dimensions for practical insights from their experience. We'll explain the Shifts necessary to break free from addition-oriented thinking to embrace a sending and releasing culture necessary for multiplication. More details for this pre-con here.
Day / Time: Monday 1:00pm — 5:00pm and Tuesday 8:00am — 11:30am
Location: Faith Hall - Room 301F

Workshop Session 1: Made for More: Mobilizing God's People, God's Way
Movements cannot be maintained from the pulpit, they must be carried and catalyzed by the people, through the Spirit. If your desire is to do more than host services on Sunday; to do more than have groups during the week... if your vision for the people God has entrusted to you is more than simply finding a role or hole for them to fill... if your desire is to see the church be more than an organization... then you must lead it through six monumental shifts that, through the power of the Holy Spirit, can ignite true movement. You must believe that the Church is indeed Made for More, and direct all of your effort to seeing that more released in and through God's people!
Time: Tuesday, 2:30pm — 3:30pm
Location: Faith Hall - Room 301F
Speakers: Rob Wegner, Brian Phipps

Workshop Session 3: The Starfish and the Spirit: Reimagining Movement and Leadership
Join the authors of the recently released Starfish and The Spirit by reimagining the church as a decentralized network of multiplying disciples, leaders, houses, hubs, and networks that fill a city or region with the fullness of Jesus. To do so requires distributing the weight of leadership throughout the entire body, rather than on the shoulders of a few. Discover the life giving decentralized leadership practices of Macromanagement over Micromanagement, Equipping over Directing, Coaching over Bossing, and more.
Time: Wednesday, 2:30pm — 3:30pm
Location: Kids 2 - Room 208
Speakers: Rob Wegner, Lance Ford

Workshop Session 4: What Did the Mars Hill Podcast Miss?
Christianity Today’s podcast, The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill was a ratings hit, garnering far and wide listenership and reaction. It was not without controversy though. Some listeners felt it went too far, some felt it didn’t go far enough. Some are asking if this form of media was appropriate at all for the church to engage in. Was it helpful or hurtful for the church? Join authors Rob Wegner and Lance Ford as they share insights from their newest work that speaks directly to these issues, alongside Jeff Vanderstelt, an early-years leader with Acts 29 who became pastor to hundreds of former Mars Hill members following its breakdown. Jeff will share his viewpoint and redemptive experiences he has eye-witnessed in the aftermath of Mars Hill Church.
Time: Thursday, 8:45am — 9:45am
Location: Language Ministry Center - Room 128A
Speakers: Jeff Vanderstelt, Rob Wegner, Lance Ford

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