In this Exponential 2012 podcast, Michael Frost talks about romancing you city. Incarnational mission involves more than just church planting. It involves truly loving your city. We can think of planting like marriage. It is a huge commitment, but we must not forget the everyday decisions to woo our neighborhoods. This workshop looks at missional ways to romance your city, to express the steadfast, generous, life-giving presence of the triune God in concrete terms our neighbors will understand and appreciate.

In this Exponential 2012 podcast, Jim Putman discusses the mission of discipleship. Jim Putman is the founding pastor of Real Life Ministries, one of the largest, fastest growing, and unique churches within the USA in the last 10 years. Building on the concept that discipleship is the core mission of the church, Jim will show how everything in a new church can be based upon a commitment to discipleship. In practical ways, Jim will tell the story of how they do it at Real Life Ministries. Alignment is a key concept

which describes how every part of church life needs to focus upon, contribute to, and uphold discipleship. Alignment is making sure that everyone understands what the church is about, where it is going, and how it is getting there. Join Jim to learn how to plant a church and have everything aligned with discipleship.

Are missional and attractional by very nature on-compatable? Listen to Mike Breen, 3DM and Greg Surratt, Seacoast Church debate and discuss the either/or and both/and.

This session will introduce people to the missional vision, theology, and processes of the Future Travelers embodied in On The Verge the seminal book written by Alan Hirsch and Dave Ferguson.

Almost 2 years ago God brought these guys together - Greg Nettle, a successful leader of a megachurch and a church planting network, and Alex Absalom, a leading practitioner and author on Missional Communities and discipleship both in Europe and the US. Together they will be sharing from the journey of RiverTree Church in transitioning into a more intentional disciple-making culture, as well as their insights into church planting in a missional mode. You will hear stories from the frontier, earthed in the realities of day-to-day church life, along with lots of practical tips and insights, as well as plenty of time for Q&A!

The local church is on the verge of a massive, category shifting change. For 1700 years, the primary identity of the local church in the West has been "church as institution." Over the last 50 years, the church growth movement has brought much needed reformation within this expression. Although God continues to transform many lives through these prevailing models, it has not stemmed the decline of Western Christianity. We can't settle for winning a battle via contemporary church and multi-site, while losing the larger war. Simply producing more of the same will not be enough.

Our times require a different expression of the local church - church as apostolic movement, where every person is living a mission-sent life, where every person is a reproducing Christian, and every church a reproducing church.

In this work, Mark Beeson, Tim Stevens, and Rob Wegner will share the story of Granger Community Church as they are making the leap to church as movement. Granger is seeking to keep the best of what church growth has taught us, while simultaneously leveraging megachurch and multi-site as a launch pad for missional movements of their people.

Are missional and attractional by very nature on-compatable? Listen to Mike Breen, 3DM and Greg Surratt, Seacoast Church debate and discuss the either/or and both/and.

Are missional and attractional by very nature on-compatable? Listen to Mike Breen, 3DM and Greg Surratt, Seacoast Church debate and discuss the either/or and both/and.

This session will introduce people to the missional vision, theology, and processes of the Future Travelers embodied in On The Verge the seminal book written by Alan Hirsch and Dave Ferguson.

This session will introduce people to the missional vision, theology, and processes of the Future Travelers embodied in On The Verge the seminal book written by Alan Hirsch and Dave Ferguson.