Be sure to mark your calendars now for the Sentralized 2012 gathering in Kansas City this September 27th-29th. We will once again be hosting some of the best missional thinkers and practitioners in the world. Come spend time with and learn from Alan and Deb Hirsch, Michael Frost, Neil Cole, Hugh Halter, Dan Kimball, Darryl [...]
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ReThink Church as Mission with Hugh Halter
Posted: 28th December 2011 by Brad Brisco in Missional, TrainingJoin us for a one day seminar surrounding the topic of church and mission with Hugh Halter. Hugh was a speaker at the recent Sentralized Conference here in Kansas City. He is the national director of Missio, a ministry team committed to training, developing, and apprenticing Incarnational leaders for the church. Within Missio, Hugh co-directs the MCAP, an [...]
One Day Gathering with Mindy Caliguire
Posted: 28th October 2011 by Brad Brisco in Books, Missional, Spiritual Formation, TrainingJoin us for a one day seminar on the topic of spiritual formation and mission with Mindy Caliguire on Tuesday, December 6th. Mindy was a speaker at the recent Sentralized Conference here in Kansas City. She is the founder of Soul Care, a spiritual formation ministry, and Director of Transformation Ministry for the Willow Creek Association. Her [...]
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, TrainingThere 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 [...]
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 [...]
Kansas City Sentralized Missional Conference
Posted: 1st May 2011 by Brad Brisco in Forge, Training, VideoWhat Does Place Have to Say to “Missional”?
Posted: 26th March 2011 by Brad Brisco in Forge, Michael Frost, Missiology, Missional, Theology, Training, VideoThe following video clip with Michael Frost speaks to the importance of recognizing and participating in the reign of God in our local context. It is a very brief, yet good reminder of the importance of place in the missional conversation. I am very excited that Michael will be joining us here in Kansas City [...]
What is Missional Church?
Posted: 11th March 2011 by Brad Brisco in Church, Ecclesiology, Forge, Missional, TrainingI was reminded recently of the continual need to “reframe” (or perhaps rescue) the use of the word “missional.” As a result I have up-dated a previous post that speaks to the basic tenets that I believe are necessary for a thorough understanding of “missional.” The term “missional” has become a popular buzz word over [...]
Attractional (or Extractional) Church & Cultural Distance
Posted: 21st February 2011 by Brad Brisco in Alan Hirsch, Books, Church, Culture, Gospel, Incarnational, Missional, TrainingWhen I posted the two videos last week from the AND conference I wanted to include a shorter, more concise, Q conference presentation that Alan Hirsch did on the same topic of cultural distance. However, the link to the Q presentation had been eliminated. After contacting the Q site they have reposted the video, titled [...]
Church 3.0 Conference with Neil Cole
Posted: 18th February 2011 by Brad Brisco in Books, Church, Church Planting, Ecclesiology, Missiology, Missional, Training, VideoWe will be hosting Neil Cole for a one day conference in Kansas City on Wednesday, March 23rd from 9:00am to 3:30pm. The conference will take place at Westside Family Church. The cost will be $29, which will include lunch. Neil is an experienced church planter and pastor. He is the founder of the Awakening [...]
Alan Hirsch on Cultural Distance & the American Missionary Problem
Posted: 14th February 2011 by Brad Brisco in Alan Hirsch, Church, Church Planting, Culture, Ecclesiology, Forge, Gospel, Missiology, Missional, Theology, Training, Video, Way of JesusBelow are two very helpful videos presentations by Alan Hirsch from last year’s AND conference at Granger Community Church. The bulk of the first video is spent on the very important topic of cultural distance and the problem it creates for meaningful communication of the gospel. Building upon the cultural distance discussion, he then proceeds [...]
mQuest Missional Training in Dallas
Posted: 27th September 2010 by Brad Brisco in Missional, Training, VideoComments Off
The next mQuest training event is coming up in Dallas on October 19th with Alan Hirsch. We will be meeting from 9:00am to 4:00pm at the Abilene Christian University Education Center in Irving. If you are not familiar with mQuest it involves a cohort based learning format where participants will join a small group of [...]
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 [...]
Announcing mQuest Missional Training
Posted: 18th May 2010 by Brad Brisco in Church Planting, Missional, TrainingComments Off
I am very excited to share about a new training opportunity from Shapevine that will be kicking off this summer called mQuest. The Missional Quest series is a cohort based learning journey that will give participants the opportunity to join a small group of like-minded sojourners with training from Alan Hirsch, Dan Kimball, Neil Cole, [...]
The Importance of Understanding the Post-Christendom Shift
Posted: 7th April 2010 by Brad Brisco in Books, Culture, Forge, Michael Frost, Missional, Training, VideoI attended a half day conference yesterday that dealt with trends that were impacting the American church. It didn’t take long for me to become frustrated with the “list” of trends seeing that it did not include what I believe to be the most crucial “trend” to understand – that being the shift towards a [...]