erin74
11th April 2007, 09:21 PM
Gospel growth, as opposed to church growth.
http://www.matthiasmedia.com.au/gg/
It's hard for pastors not to be mesmerized by church growth. Who doesn't want their congregation to grow? Who doesn't want to see numbers and budgets increasing year by year? And who isn't greatly interested when the latest growth model comes along, the latest research, the latest insight that promises us the key to such growth?
But there's growth and there's growth.
Understanding what the New Testament means by growth, and how that growth happens, sets us free. It liberates us from anxiety and self-doubt, and from the slavery of chasing the latest program.
Matthias Media (http://www.matthiasmedia.com/), in association with 9Marks (http://www.9marks.org/), is pleased to present ‘Gospel Growth vs Church Growth’, a conference for pastors, evangelists and ministry trainees.
Phillip Jensen is the keynote speaker. Phillip is a Sydney Anglican minister, currently the dean of the cathedral. He has previously been involved in a church that grew out of university ministry in Sydney. God has used him in ministry in incredible ways. He has a heart for the gospel, and is thorough in his biblical teaching, and in passing that on to others.
Something that Sydney has done well is to create ways of passing on good teaching to those in the pews. To teach them to read the bible for themselves, and to correctly handle the word of truth. Tony Payne, who is also doing a workshop, is involved with Matthias Media, which is a wonderful publishing company with some excellent resources for churches, bible studies, christians, clergy, etc. Their bible studies and training programmes are extremely good, as are their other resources.
When: Tuesday, October 30 through Thursday, November 1, 2007.
Registration begins at 3.30pm on Tuesday. Conference will conclude by noon on Thursday.
Where: Capitol Hill Baptist Church (http://www.capitolhillbaptist.org/), Washington, D.C. Parking is limited.
Cost: $95.00
Special rates apply for students and pastors of small churches. Please contact us (http://www.matthiasmedia.com.au/gg/contact_us.php) for details. Earlybird rate: $80.00 (register by August 31).
Please consider attending this. I cannot recommend the speakers to you more highly.
Also check out the bookshop while you are at it!
http://www.matthiasmedia.com.au/gg/
It's hard for pastors not to be mesmerized by church growth. Who doesn't want their congregation to grow? Who doesn't want to see numbers and budgets increasing year by year? And who isn't greatly interested when the latest growth model comes along, the latest research, the latest insight that promises us the key to such growth?
But there's growth and there's growth.
Understanding what the New Testament means by growth, and how that growth happens, sets us free. It liberates us from anxiety and self-doubt, and from the slavery of chasing the latest program.
Matthias Media (http://www.matthiasmedia.com/), in association with 9Marks (http://www.9marks.org/), is pleased to present ‘Gospel Growth vs Church Growth’, a conference for pastors, evangelists and ministry trainees.
Phillip Jensen is the keynote speaker. Phillip is a Sydney Anglican minister, currently the dean of the cathedral. He has previously been involved in a church that grew out of university ministry in Sydney. God has used him in ministry in incredible ways. He has a heart for the gospel, and is thorough in his biblical teaching, and in passing that on to others.
Something that Sydney has done well is to create ways of passing on good teaching to those in the pews. To teach them to read the bible for themselves, and to correctly handle the word of truth. Tony Payne, who is also doing a workshop, is involved with Matthias Media, which is a wonderful publishing company with some excellent resources for churches, bible studies, christians, clergy, etc. Their bible studies and training programmes are extremely good, as are their other resources.
When: Tuesday, October 30 through Thursday, November 1, 2007.
Registration begins at 3.30pm on Tuesday. Conference will conclude by noon on Thursday.
Where: Capitol Hill Baptist Church (http://www.capitolhillbaptist.org/), Washington, D.C. Parking is limited.
Cost: $95.00
Special rates apply for students and pastors of small churches. Please contact us (http://www.matthiasmedia.com.au/gg/contact_us.php) for details. Earlybird rate: $80.00 (register by August 31).
Please consider attending this. I cannot recommend the speakers to you more highly.
Also check out the bookshop while you are at it!