There is less than four two weeks 2 days until the kick off of the Sentralized conference on September 29th. It will begin with a book release party on Thursday night featuring both Michael Frost’s new book, “The Road to Missional” and Hugh Halter’s “Sacrilege.” You can now take a look at the rest of the conference schedule, as well [...]
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Sentralized Missional Church Conference
Posted: 4th September 2011 by Brad Brisco in Alan Hirsch, Books, Church, Church Planting, Ecclesiology, Forge, Gospel, Hospitality, Incarnational, Justice, Kingdom of God, Michael Frost, Missiology, Missional, Networks, Spiritual Formation, Theology, Training3
Sentralized Missional Conference
Posted: 14th May 2011 by Brad Brisco in Alan Hirsch, Church, Church Planting, Community Transformation, Forge, Gospel, Hospitality, Incarnational, Justice, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Michael Frost, Missiology, Missional, Networks, TrainingComments Off
I am very excited to share some details about a conference scheduled for this September here in Kansas City. I believe the Sentralized Conference is going to play a significant role in the ongoing missional conversation in the United States. There were at least two major reasons for organizing a conference like Sentralized. First, we [...]
Tim Keller & Urban Mission
Posted: 25th October 2010 by Brad Brisco in Church, Church Planting, Community Transformation, Ecclesiology, Hospitality, Incarnational, Justice, Missiology, Missional, Networks, VideoThis is an excellent video of Tim Keller from the Cape Town 2010 Lausanne Congress. Keller contends there are two major ways to reach cities with the gospel; planting/renewing contextual churches and city-wide gospel movements. He does a great job in just 18 minutes to unpack each. You can also download a copy of the [...]
Kansas City Missional Church Conference with Reggie McNeal
Posted: 6th July 2010 by Brad Brisco in Church, Community Transformation, Ecclesiology, Missional, Networks, TrainingComments Off
Mark your calendars for an event coming up this September in Kansas City. We will be hosting a conference titled “Turning the Church Inside/Out” with Reggie McNeal. The conference will be on Tuesday, September 14th from 9:00am to 5:30pm. McNeal will lead three main sessions focused on helping church leaders understand the cultural shifts taking [...]
Missional Church Seminar
Posted: 5th March 2010 by Brad Brisco in Church, Church Planting, Dmin Project, Ecclesiology, Leadership, Missiology, Missional, NetworksComments Off
Over the past year I have had an increasing number of conversations with pastors and church leaders about the church’s inability to “reach” their local communities. Many local churches have come to the realization that they have lost the ability to “attract” people to church programs and events. They sense that something has changed, but [...]
The Forgotten Ways Training Videos
Posted: 12th February 2010 by Brad Brisco in Alan Hirsch, Books, Church, Church Planting, Ecclesiology, Gospel, Incarnational, Leadership, Missiology, Missional, Networks, Spiritual Formation, Training, Video, Way of JesusMost of you that follow this blog are familiar with The Forgotten Ways by Alan Hirsch. It is certainly one of the most significant books in the present missional conversation. If you are not familiar with the book you can read a series of post I did here. I would also highly recommend the more [...]
Verge: Missional Community Conference
Posted: 11th January 2010 by Brad Brisco in Church Planting, Missional, Networks, TrainingOne last reminder for the Verge conference next month in Austin. You will save a couple of bucks if you register today. I am very excited about the networking opportunities, not to mention the lineup of presenters, including Ed Stetzer, Francis Chan, Alan Hirsch, Neil Cole, George Patterson and Hugh Halter, just to name a few. [...]
Audio From KC Missional Church Conference
Posted: 1st December 2009 by Brad Brisco in Church, Community Transformation, Missional, Networks, TrainingHere are the first two audio presentations from the Kansas City Missional Network Gathering. In session one, Eric Swanson, author of The Externally Focused Church, shares the characteristics of EF Churches. These characteristics include: They believe that their communities can’t be healthy without the church. They believe Christians don’t grow until they begin serving. They [...]
Verge: Missional Community Conference
Posted: 22nd November 2009 by Brad Brisco in Blogging, Leadership, Missional, Networks, TrainingIf I had to choose only one conference to attend in 2010 it would be Verge, February 4-6 in Austin. I have the privilege to be a part of the conference social media team, which means I will be blogging/twittering before, during and after the conference. I am very excited about the missional community focus [...]
History of Missional Church – Part III
Posted: 8th November 2009 by Brad Brisco in Church, Lesslie Newbigin, Missiology, Missional, NetworksHistory of Missional Church – Part I History of Missional Church – Part II The Gospel and Our Culture Network As Newbigin’s writings gained a larger circulation and the British programme received greater recognition, a version of the Gospel and Our Culture conversation began to emerge in the United States. A network began to take [...]
Kansas City Missional Network Conference
Posted: 19th October 2009 by Brad Brisco in Missional, Networks, TrainingHere is one last reminder of the conference we will be hosting in Kansas City next month. The conference will begin on Tuesday, November 10 at 1:00pm and conclude on Wednesday, November 11 at 3:30pm. The cost of the conference is $25, which will include lunch on Wednesday. We will have two primary presenters, Eric [...]
KC Regional Missional Network Gathering
Posted: 19th August 2009 by Brad Brisco in Church Planting, Missional, NetworksMark your calendars for an event coming up this November in Kansas City. Along with the North American Mission Board we will be hosting a Regional Missional Network Gathering on November 10-11, 2009. The conference will begin on Tuesday, November 10 at 1:00pm and conclude on Wednesday, November 11 at 3:30pm. We will have two [...]
May Missional Network Gathering
Posted: 28th April 2009 by Brad Brisco in Missional, NetworksTags: missional network
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The next Missional Network gathering will be Thursday, May 14th, from noon to 3:00pm. This month we are continuing our discussion through “The Contempaltive Pastor: Returning to the Art of Spiritual Direction” by Eugene Peterson. Thus far the book has been a wonderful breath of fresh air as Peterson speaks with words of wisdom seldom found [...]
The next missional network gathering will be Thursday, January 22nd from 12 noon to 3:00pm. (There will be free food for lunch!) For at least the first two meetings in 2009 we will be examining ReJesus: A Wild Messiah For A Missional Church, the new book by Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch. In addition to discussing the book [...]
February Missional Network Gathering
Posted: 30th January 2008 by Brad Brisco in Missional, NetworksThe next Missional Network gathering will be Thursday, February 21st. We will be continuing our discussion of Organic Community: Creating a Place Where People Naturally Connect by Joseph Myers. If you were not able to join us last month don’t hesitate to jump in to the discussion since we only got as far as chapter one! Here [...]