Mosala Balatseng (Grace Generation Church) delivered the plenary session at the Western Cape Hub Celebration evening, hosted at Jubilee Community Church, Cape Town, South Africa. Date: 10 October 2019.

Mosala spoke on the theme of stewardship, investigating the origins of the word and concept to give context to our modern day understanding. He notes the crucial link between stewardship and humility, humility as a foundation of unity and Jesus' example of perfect stewardship.

Conference sessions from the North American Eastern Hub Conference, 19-21 September 2019. Hosted at One Harbor Church, Eastern North Carolina.

Donnie Griggs (One Harbor Church) opens the conference with an exhortation to seek the welfare of our cities. Firstly, to accept that our faithfulness to Christ mean that we are living in exile, surrounded by a culture that does not celebrate or support the Word. Donnie then works through Jeremiah 29, noting that God sent his people into exile. While there, God asks that we give ourselves to our communities, putting down roots and committing to them. That we seek the welfare of its people, through good works and especially through prayer.

Conference sessions from the North American Eastern Hub Conference, 19-21 September 2019. Hosted at One Harbor Church, Eastern North Carolina.

Bryan Hart (One Harbor Church) speaks to the challenge of pastoring people through politicized issues and gives us four strategies to overcome them. He mentions the unhelpful marriage of conservative politics and religion, the difference between political issues and political philosophy, what the Bible says about politics and the risks to the church. He then talks through four practical strategies for helping our people deal with these issues.

Conference sessions from the North American Eastern Hub Conference, 19-21 September 2019. Hosted at One Harbor Church, Eastern North Carolina.

Brian Recker (One Harbor) delivers a punchy session looking at the poignant issue of singleness, celibacy and LGBTQ people in our churches. He suggests three practical steps for churches, including:

- that we aim to unite, rather than waste time hand-wringing over the use of specific terms and language.

- the need for a posture of repentance by churches when engaging with gay members of the community

- the need for churches to honor and empower the single, celibate lifestyle in our church communities.

Conference sessions from the North American Eastern Hub Conference, 19-21 September 2019. Hosted at One Harbor Church, Eastern North Carolina.

Corey Sanders (The Movement Church). As exiles, it often seems we want to embrace the world in all the ways we shouldn’t, while avoiding engaging the world in all the ways we should. We are gospel people, mission people, which means we must remain engaged with the mission field around us. Yet, engaging in a different way, an older way, as those with a word from the future, from the only culture where we really belong. A Gospel Culture. Understanding that a church in exile should not be a church in retreat! (Luke 10:29-37)

Conference sessions from the North American Eastern Hub Conference, 19-21 September 2019. Hosted at One Harbor Church, Eastern North Carolina.

Donnie Griggs asks the question, 'What sort of leaders do we need when living in exile?'. He contrasts our inclination to appoint leaders because of sentiment or need with Paul's instruction to the Philippians; working through a range of characteristics and frailties to be cognizant of when appointing leaders in these challenging times.

Conference sessions from the North American Eastern Hub Conference, 19-21 September 2019. Hosted at One Harbor Church, Eastern North Carolina.

Donnie Griggs and Travis Evans, two pastors from One Harbor give us some background to One Harbor's work in the area of addiction and substance abuse. They share about their own journey as a church, what they have learned and a couple of practical steps churches can take to acknowledge the problem and serve their communities.

Conference sessions from the North American Eastern Hub Conference, 19-21 September 2019. Hosted at One Harbor Church, Eastern North Carolina.

Emily and Kimberley (One Harbor Church) discuss adoption and fostering. Both of their families have welcomed children of different ages into their homes for a number of years. They discuss the heart behind it and Biblical perspectives. They close with practical steps toward becoming a foster parent, and what we can all do to support families that are fostering/adopting in your community.

Session recordings from the Advance Global Conference, hosted in Cape Town, South Africa from 29 - 31 May, 2019.

Corey and Robin Sanders planted into Homestead, Florida a couple of years ago. Corey speaks to his peers, the Zennials, and charges them to hold high three things: Good relationships, Character and Risk for the sake of the Gospel.

Session recordings from the Advance Global Conference, hosted in Cape Town, South Africa from 29 - 31 May, 2019.

Donnie and Jill Griggs lead One Harbour Church, a thriving church based in a small town in North Carolina, USA. Donnie reminds us that one of Advance's distinctive values is genuine relationship. He speaks of his own experience in leadership, and how the next generation must fight for these crucial connections. What will it take? Donnie walks through the real challenges, the personal postures, practices and patterns we must establish to succeed in building robust, authentic relationships as a movement.