Drew Thurman is the co-planter of Renaissance, a family of microchurches around the Greater Boston area. He also serves as the Hub Director for Forge Boston, an organization that helps churches and individuals engage in incarnational and missional living, and is the co-founder of the forthcoming Common Good Co, a coffee and coworking space giving back to the community.

Drew lives in Waltham, MA with his wife Breanna and daughters Annie and Dottie.

SESSIONS

PRE-CONFERENCE: Empowering the Church for Missional Movement – Hosted by Forge
Today we find increasing complexities in mobilizing church movement. The past few years have presented challenges that are unprecedented in our lifetime, causing many existing churches to scramble, looking for innovation in ministry and discipleship. As well, planters are challenged in following past models of launching a new community of faith. So how do pastors and pioneers find momentum and movement within such a challenging time? What are the innovations that are taking place, the experiments finding success, that allow churches, new and old, to continue participating in the mission of God? What are the practical steps leaders can take to adapt their current paradigms to meet our new and future reality? 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 140

Workshop Session 4: Re-Missioning: The Coming Shift from Invitation to Incarnation
For decades, church success has been defined by growth; growth in attendees and growth in giving. While not unimportant, these metrics of success have placed the church with a reliance on attracting the general public to a Sunday event, a method which is now losing its power. It is time to return to the basic principles of discipleship and sentness, taught by Jesus to his disciples. This workshop will empower your faith community to become mobilized for the Kingdom, giving your church new metrics by which to measure success, namely, participation by your average attendee or member in the Kingdom of God.
Time: Thursday, 8:45am — 9:45am
Location: Language Ministry Center - Room 140
Speakers: Terry Ishee, Drew Thurman, Jon Ritner

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