Missio Dei Suburbia

Gospel Coalition Live Webcast

You can watch the 2009 Gospel Coalition National Conference here this Tuesday to Thursday. This year's theme is Entrusted With The Gospel: Living the Vision of 2 Timothy.

Speakers include:

• Tim Keller
• John Piper
• Phil Ryken
• Mark Driscoll
• K. Edward Copeland
• Bryan Chapell
• Ajith Fernando
• Ligon Duncan
• D.A. Carson

Innovation3 Summaries

The good people at Leadership Network hosted a conference earlier this year called Innovation3 - and did something brilliant for all of us who weren't able to make it.

Attached are one-page summaries of the main sessions and breakouts. Tremendous resource.

HT: Tony Stiff

Risk & Failure

Turning Your Biggest Idol into Your Biggest Benefit (Tim Keller)
How to Zig When Others Zag (Stacy Spencer)
Righteous Risk & Repentence (Mark Driscoll)
Try. Fail. Learn. Adjust. (Craig Groeschel)
What is Failure? (Pete Briscoe)
Audio/Notes #1 from Session
Audio/Notes #2 from Session

Shaping the Culture

Monkey and the Fish: An Alternative and Contrarian Way (Dave Gibbons)
Courage to Change (John Jenkins)
Engaging Culture and Deeping Your Church (Matt Chandler)
Audio/Notes #1 from Session
Audio/Notes #2 from Session

The Dangerous Church

Provacative Leaders for a Dangerous Church (Nancy Ortberg)
20/20 Vision (John Bishop)
The Church on the Other side: What Does the Dangerous Church Look Like? (Ed Stetzer)
Catching up with the Rest of the World (Bob Roberts)
Audio/Notes #1 from Session
Audio/Notes #2 from Session

Missional Community

Lovin' Every Minute Of It (Dino Rizzo)
Challenging People to a Missional Lifestyle (Matt Carter)
The Foundations of Missional Community (Reggie McNeal)
What is the Church? (Neil Cole)
Audio/Notes from Session

Breakout Sessions

Branding Your Church (Dawn Nicole Baldwin)
Branding Your Church (Dawn Nicole Baldwin) (audio/notes)
Church Planting and Multi-Site (Billy Hornsby, Matt Hannon, Bill Heck, Steve Robbins)
Church Planting and Multi-Site (Dave Ferguson, Mark Driscoll, Greg Surratt)
Church Planting and Multi-Site (Dave Ferguson, Mark Driscoll, Greg Surratt) (audio/notes)
Church Planting and Multi-Site (Dave Ferguson, Mark Driscoll, Greg Surratt)
Church Planting Workshop (Rickie Bradshaw, Brian Bloye, Tim Hawks)
Church Planting Workshop (Rickie Bradshaw, Brian Bloye, Tim Hawks) (audio/notes)
Encore Generation Workshop (Bambi Encarnacion, Dave McClamma, Dave McElheran)
Encore Generation Workshop (Bambi Encarnacion, Dave McClamma, Dave McElheran) (audio/notes)
European Church Planting (Ed Stetzer, Matt Wilson, Greg Holder)
European Church Planting (Ed Stetzer, Matt Wilson, Greg Holder) (audio/notes)
Externally Focused Workshop (Laurie Beshore, Chip Sweney, Ian Vickers)
Externally Focused Workshop (Laurie Beshore, Chip Sweney, Ian Vickers) (audio/notes 1)
Externally Focused Workshop (Laurie Beshore, Chip Sweney, Ian Vickers) (audio/notes 2)
Externally Focused Workshop (Laurie Beshore, Chip Sweney, Ian Vickers) (audio/notes 3)
Externally Focused Women's Ministry (Wendy Ferrin, Claudia McGuire, Sibyl Towner)
Generous Churches Workshop (Scott Ridout, Ron Jones, Gunnar Johnson)
Generous Churches Workshop (Scott Ridout, Ron Jones, Gunnar Johnson) (audio/notes)
Global Ministry Workshop (Bob Roberts, Dave Gibbons, Brian Bloye)
Global Ministry Workshop (Bob Roberts, Dave Gibbons, Brian Bloye) (audio/notes)
Mad Church Disease (Anne Jackson)
Mad Church Disease (Anne Jackson) (audio/notes)
Megachurch Attenders: Why They Come and Why Some Stay (Warren Bird, Scott Thumma)
Megachurch Attenders: Why They Come and Why Some Stay (Warren Bird, Scott Thumma) (audio/notes 1)
Megachurch Attenders: Why They Come and Why Some Stay (Warren Bird, Scott Thumma) (audio/notes 2)
Missional Community Transformation (Laurie Beshore, Stacy Spencer)
Missional Renaissance Workshop (Gary Gaddini, Bryan Mills, Brian Tome)
Missional Renaissance Workshop (Gary Gaddini, Bryan Mills, Brian Tome) (audio/notes 1)
Missional Renaissance Workshop (Gary Gaddini, Bryan Mills, Brian Tome) (audio/notes 2)
Missional Community Transformation (audio/notes)
Missional Matters (audio/notes)
Multi-Cultural, Multi-Ethnic Church (Mark DeYmaz, Doug Murrell, Art Lucero)
Multi-Cultural, Multi-Ethnic Church (Mark DeYmaz, Doug Murrell, Art Lucero) (audio/notes)
Multi-site Workshop (Larry Osborne, Dave Ferguson, Mark Driscoll)
Multi-site Workshop (Larry Osborne, Dave Ferguson, Mark Driscoll) (audio/notes 1)
Multi-site Workshop (Larry Osborne, Dave Ferguson, Mark Driscoll) (audio/notes 2)
Multi-site Workshop (Dave Browning, Troy Gramling, Greg Surratt)
Normalizing Absurdity (Will Mancini)
Normalizing Absurdity (Will Mancini) (audio/notes)
Recovery Ministries Workshop (Teresa McBean, Jorge, Acevedo, Matthew Russell)
Recovery Ministries Workshop (Teresa McBean, Jorge, Acevedo, Matthew Russell) (audio/notes)
Success to Significance Workshop (Wayne Smith, Mark Bankford, Russell Rainey, Linda Slaton)
Success to Significance Workshop (Wayne Smith, Mark Bankford, Russell Rainey, Linda Slaton) (audio/notes)
Success to Significance Workshop (Wayne Smith, Mark Bankford, Russell Rainey, Linda Slaton) (audio/notes 2)
Technology/Blogging/Social Networks (audio/notes)
The Church in the City, For the City (Darrin Patrick, Matt Chandler, Matt Carter)
The Church in the City, For the City (Darrin Patrick, Matt Chandler, Matt Carter) (audio/notes)
The Emerging Missional Church (Neil Cole, Reggie McNeal)
Unconventional Innovation (Greg Atkinson)
Unconventional Innovation (Greg Atkinson) (audio/notes)
Women's Leadership Workshop (Missy Hannon, Jennifer Lefforge, Linda Slaton)
Women's Leadership Workshop (Missy Hannon, Jennifer Lefforge, Linda Slaton) (audio/notes)
Worship & Arts Breakout (Chris Seay)
Worship & Arts Breakout (Chris Seay) (audio/notes)

Other Resources

Bloye, Brian -- Engage
Bloye, Brian -- Strategically Targeting an Unchurched Community
Cole, Neil - A Dangerous Question
Johnson, Gunner -- The Three Big Questions that Every Church Has to Answer About Stewardship
Jones, Ron -- What They Don't Teach in Seminary about Raising Money
McClamma, Dave -- Creating Multiple Opportunities for Boomers and Builders to Lead and Serve
Montgomery, Daniel -- Why Being Missional Matters
Spencer, Stacy -- How to Zig When Others Zag
Stetzer, Ed -- Thinking Toward the Future

Advance 09

Christ promises to build His Church, and that no force will prevail against it. Yet, the local church has been heavily battered in battle. Sadly, churches in America are in steady decline, with over 4000 closing their doors and 500,000 members leaving each year, never to return. This is not what the Lord desires.

The Apostle Paul tells us that “through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.” The local church is called to lift up Jesus so that all the world might see Him. The local church is called to make known the gospel and to be the vehicle of redemption for the world.

Led by local churches, Advance09 is a conference committed to the resurgence of the local church for the glory of God. Our aim is to equip attendees with the gospel so that the local church might become all that Jesus calls it to be. At this conference, we hope to ensure that on our watch and in our time we honor Jesus and see the resurgence of the local church. Advance09 is open to anyone: pastors and lay-leaders; church members; and regular attendees. We invite you to join us in this Great Cause.