Updated 01/14/09

Schedule for Innovation3

Tuesday (January 27, 2009)

11:00 am – Conference Bookstore Opens

1:00 – 2:45 pm -- Main Session #1: Risk & Failure

Session Emcee: Pete Briscoe (Bent Tree Bible Fellowship)
Winston Churchill once said, “Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.”
As church leaders, how do we fail gracefully? And how do risk and failure actually move us closer
to what God is calling us to do? You’ll hear from leaders who have risked, failed, and lived to tell
it. We’ll hear from Tim Keller, Stacy Spencer, and Mark Driscoll on how they handle risk and how
they view failure as a part of their ministry during our opening session.

Failure in Ministry: Turning Your Biggest Idol into Your Biggest Benefit
Tim Keller (Redeemer Presbyterian Church)
Jacob could not become the true Israel until he limped. Paul says that God's power is
made perfect in weakness. We in ministry know how to preach on this to people who are
going through troubles, but we don't know how important it is to face and grow through
failure in our own work. In this we reflect our culture. At a recent Harvard
commencement, J. K. Rowling extolled the 'Fringe Benefits of Failure,' while the listening
graduates sneered at the idea. Ministry in western culture has never been more risky or
difficult. Many younger leaders show themselves to be extremely risk averse and thin
skinned. Older writers, from John Newton to Jonathan Edwards, knew that one of the
greatest dangers in ministry is mistaking spiritual gifts and ability for spiritual fruit and
character. Virtually always, we make an idol of our ministry, looking to it for our
justification and identity. Until failure comes, we are blind to what we are doing. Thus, the
benefits of failure in ministry.

How to Zig When Others Zag

Stacy Spencer (New Direction Christian Church)
Stacy Spencer writes: Memphis, TN has over 2,000 churches. We have more churches
than we do liquor stores and gas stations put together. When we started this church we
knew that God didn’t need another church. He wanted something radically different than
Memphis was use to. In his book Zag, Mary Neumeier talks about how secular
companies drowned in market place clutter, in order to stand out that need “Radical
Differentiation.” The new rule is: when everybody zigs, zag. Radical differentiation is
about finding a whole new market space you can own and defend. Your ministry brand
is not who you say you it’s who they say you are. When Jesus asked his disciples who
he was he started with who the people said he was then he asked the disciples who they
thought he was. Who do people say you are? Are you zagging in your community?
Standing out from all of the traditional attempts to run people away from God. Or are you
zigging doing what everybody else is doing and complaining about that you are getting
 the same results? In this session I want to share with you how your church can zag with
a radical departure from what everybody else is doing and reach those that haven’t been
reach. Our mission at New Direction Christian Church to reach the unreached and
empower them to know God through life changing experiences from the inside out.

Righteousness, Risk and Repentance

Mark Driscoll (Mars Hill Church)
If we do not understand the gospel of Jesus Christ, we cannot lead the church of Jesus
Christ. Without a proper understanding of Jesus work, which is the source of our
righteousness, Christian leaders are prone to pursue their own righteousness through
success, achievement, and accolades. Failure causes despair. And, success causes
pride, which is simply another kind of failure. The result is that many Christian leaders
feel unholy and unhappy whether they succeed or fail. In this session we will examine
how the gospel provides our righteousness and liberates us to risk, and also repent when
we fail. My hope is that as leaders we can learn to lead out of the gospel in such a way
that gives both God glory and us joy.

3:00 – 4:30 pm -- Leadership Community Innovation Briefings

You’ll be able to choose from 13 Breakout Sessions during this timeslot. Senior pastors and
leaders from churches actively engaged in leading edge ministry innovation areas share what’s
working well today. Choose from:

—EXTERNALLY FOCUSED MINISTRIES

A Collaborative Model with Non-Christians to Reach the City

Ian Vickers – (Christ Community Church)
Christ Community Church employs a dual approach to their externally focused ministries:
A local focus that embraces teachers (through collaboration with public schools and
churches, we can create a new model for how Church and State can function) and an
international focus working with both local and International Government officials (we can
work together to achieve positive impact) Locally, Christ Community has seen growth in
the participation of churches that want to reach out to the city. They have also seen an
increase of high capacity leaders involved in local efforts. Ian will share stories of the
public schools that are now collaborating with efforts in local and global contexts.
Churches Partnering Together for Kingdom Impact in Atlanta
Chip Sweney, (Perimeter Church)
Perimeter Church is mobilizing its people for word and deed holistic ministry with those in
need in the community. The vision for PerimeterChurch since it started over 30 years
ago has been for community transformation. We have learned that if we want to see this
vision accomplished in Atlanta then we must work together with other churches. Unite! is
a movement of over 100 churches that are partnering together in the Areas of
Justice, Poverty, Education, and Family to see Atlanta changed for the kingdom. Chip will
share stories of how this practically is happening, such as churches working together to
battle child sex slavery and exploitation in Atlanta.

The DNA of a Church in Service

Laurie Beshore, (Mariners Church)
How can an outreach ministry make a significant impact in the inner-city in light of the
vast socio-economic and cultural concerns plaguing these communities? A church is
most effective in helping the poor when its people have a vested interest and relationship
with those they are helping. Mariners Church's Lead Pastor of Outreach, Laurie Beshore
explains the internal make-up of a church in service and how to build a culture of caring.
—MULTI-SITE CHURCHES (2 sessions offered)

Foundations of the Multi-Site Church Revolution

Larry Osborne (Northcoast Church), Dave Ferguson (Community Christian Church),
Mark Driscoll (Mars Hill Church)
A dozen years ago, few knew what a multi-site church was. Today, it’s an integral part of
the conversation about what it means to be the church in our world. Learn the
foundations of being a multi-site church through the stories of these multi-site pioneers
who are helping to define a new way of extending the influence and impact of their
growing ministries through the addition of on-site venues and off-site campuses. Larry
Osborne will focus on video and venues; Dave Ferguson will focus on leader and artist
development; and Mark Driscoll will focus on 'understanding the why'.

Multi-site Quantum Leaps

Dave Browning (Christ the King Community Church), Troy Gramling (Flamingo Road
Church), Greg Surratt (Seacoast Church)
As is the case with any true innovation, the ideas and practices continue to evolve and
improve and extend. The same is true with the multi-site movement. Explore the present
future with these pioneers who are creating new multi-site conversations about
international applications, internet campuses and online leadership development. Dave
Browning will focus on international multi-site campuses; Troy Gramling will focus on
internet campuses; and Greg Surratt will focus on online leadership development.

—ENCORE GENERATION MINISTRIES

Better Together- Breaking the Age Barriers

Bambi Encarnacion (First Evangelical Free Church Fullerton, California)
Churches in North America represent the only places where people of every generation
congregate as often as once a week in the same place. Sadly though, many of them
divide their people into their own age cohorts so that people connect only with those of
similar age. The Encore Ministry at First Evangelical Free Church in Fullerton, California
has found multiple ways to connect people of all ages in the church socially through large
events, and to do ministry together both inside the church and in their surrounding
community. And you know what? People of all ages love to do it, and they all believe that
they do it all better together than they do it in just their own age groupings.

Creating Multiple Opportunities for Boomers and Builders to Lead and Serve
Dave McClamma (First Baptist Church at the Mall)
The age wave that is breaking over the shores of our culture needs to get the attention of
the church. The “new old” represented by the 78 million baby boomers are saying to the
church, “Use me or lose me!” At the same time, those in the builder generation, or what
Tom Brokaw refers to as the Greatest Generation, need to know that they were made to
matter to God, and that they have a legacy to live and leave to those who follow after
them. At First Baptist Church at the Mall we are finding new and innovative ways to
engage all of our Encore Generation people to finish well by serving in the church,
reaching out to the lost, the unwanted, and the unchurched, ministering to the less
fortunate in Central Florida, and mobilizing them to spread the message of the gospel to
the whole world. As our older adults identify the needs in our church and in our
community, we challenge them to be the ones who lead out and do something about it.
We have launched multiple ministries over the past several years that are led by teams of
Encore people.
Increasing Your Reach through Community Partnerships
Dave McElheran (Cedar Mill Bible Church)
The Encore Community at Cedar Mill Bible Church (Beaverton, Oregon) is playing a
significant role in forming partnerships with schools and community organizations in our
city. We have created a mentoring program in partnership with Beaverton High School
that has not only transformed the lives of single parent students, but built healthy bridges
between our church and our community. We have also developed a new strategy that we
call “The Dream Team” which we initially employed to launch a new ministry targeted
specifically to the baby boomers in our church. It is based on the principle of finding key
people in the church (innovators) and meeting with them on a short-term basis to tackle
big needs and launch new strategies. Through the use of simple technology like a digital
camera, and a digital camcorder we created multiple ways to recognize and appreciate
our people, capture individual life stories, and highlight ordinary heroes in our
congregation.

—WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP

Extraordinary Women in Leadership

Our all-woman panel will be moderated by Sherry Surratt, Director of Women’s Initiatives
at Leadership Network and will include:

Missy Hannon from Living Hope in Seattle, Washington as she shares how her pastoral
path began as a volunteer making phone calls and expanded to leading the marketing,
communication and production areas for their many multisites. She'll share her passion
for mentoring other leaders and how overcoming her leadership challenges led her to
where she is now.

Jennifer Lefforge from Irving Bible Church, Irving, TX, as she describes her role as
Experience Architect and how she ensures the experience of each person that walks in,
whether first time attender or member. She'll share how she builds an environment where
relationships and spiritual growth can be cultivated and how she works through an
amazing team of volunteers to accomplish this.

Linda Slaton, Fellowship Bible Church, Little Rock, Arkansas as she paints a picture of
what she describes as her ‘dream job’ of coming alongside women as they discover their
voice and calling. Linda will share the process she’s developed that moves women from
discovery and passion to finding their unique niche to impact others.

—RECOVERY MINISTRIES

Taking God's Message of Hope to the Streets

Teresa McBean (NorthStar Community Church)
NorthStar is a "chaortic" ministry model (to borrow a phrase from Leonard Sweet) -
launched by a large, stable, traditional baptist church but planted in a local elementary
school. This ministry is financially self-sustaining and appeals to the "unchurched" or
"church wounded". NSC now includes a non-profit organization that primarily serves the
community through television programming, an educational website, an active prison
ministry and production of curriculum that supports other organizations interested in using
the Christ-centered 12 steps to aid in discipleship and support recovery ministries. NSC
provides a niche environment for those interested in pursuing their recovery and their
faith simultaneously - because both recovery principles and spirituality are
embraced. Almost at the ten year mark, NSC has expanded from one to four celebration
services per week, increased their support group and bible study group presence, have
garnered the trust of local schools, courts, treatment facilities and prisons - enabling them
to reach out within their community and provide a presence in each of these venues that
supports Christ-centered recovery.

“Lord, Send us the People Nobody Else Wants or Sees!”

Jorge Acevedo (Grace United Methodist Church)
Join Jorge Acevedo as he tells how recovery ministry reaches over 700 people each
week at Grace: Recovery and healing is a part of the total DNA of Grace Church. This
minimizes (sadly does not eliminate) the “us” and “them” that many recovery ministries
suffer under. Six nights a week, Grace has some form of recovery. Friday night,
Celebrate Recovery averages 475 adults, youth and children.

God's relentless pursuit: stories from a street called Mercy

Matthew Russell (Mercy Street)
At the end of the 20th century famed social ecologist, Peter Drucker, said that people
would be looking towards two institutions in the 21st century to both make meaning out of
their lives and to help them sustain change. Those institutions? The Church and
Alcoholics Anonymous. One of the innovated movements within the Kingdom within the
last decade has been the return of many recovering addicts to the church. But recovering
addicts bring with them an intensity, curiosity, authenticity and messiness that many times
pushes back against the culture of American Christianity. How does a church reach out
to this population, share within their struggles and be open to change? This session will
explore one churches story as a model for both the emerging church and emerging
theology.

—MISSIONAL RENAISSANCE MINISTRIES

The Shark! Gary Gaddini (Peninsula Covenant Church)

The guts and the glory of turning a 57 year old "attractional model" church towards
missional engagement. Is missional ministry just for start up churches or can God turn
the hearts of an established "program driven" church to engage missionally. Experience
the honest story, the struggles and God engaging process of Peninsula Covenant Church
in Redwood City, Ca. The seminar will focus on the strategy deployed, the roadblocks
faced, the unexpected surprises along the way and the new realities experienced on this
journey towards missional engagement.

My Big Redneck Church Bryan Mills (Meadow Heights Church)

What does it look like for a church in small-town USA to be an unstoppable force of God’s
love that changes the world? How do you get people to move beyond the walls of a
building to become a blessing to their community? Is it possible for the church to network
community leaders from various domains of society and compel them to cooperate for
the common good? This session will feature the story of a multi-site church of more than
800 weekly attenders, meeting in seven worship gatherings on two campuses, each
located in towns of fewer than 4,000 in population. Led by a home-grown staff, Meadow
Heights is committed to impacting small towns in a big way. Join Lead Pastor Bryan Mills
as he explores both the possibilities and the problems that come with redefining the role
of the church in the community.

From Weekend to Worldview

Brian Tome (Crossroads Church)
It is not uncommon for growing churches to clarify the primacy of their activities by
saying, “it’s the weekend, stupid.” The weekend can’t be undervalued. However, it isn’t
the end point. It is the beginning point. The weekend gathering isn’t the field of play but
rather a locker room. Every team has to gather in a locker room to clarify their purpose,
to equip their team mates and to inspire them to sweat and bleed in order to win. The
point is the field of play not the locker room. The point is the world not the weekend
service.

1,000 people to South Africa in 18 months, Hundreds more to New Orleans and Mumbai
India to rebuild the city and fight sex slavery, respectively. As our people see the world
they step up in their local cities. Paul addressed his letters, “to the church in Rome” or,
“the church in Corinth.” God needs to address “the church in Cincinnati, Los Angeles,
Dallas and Albuquerque.”

We need to get on the same team with our brothers in sisters who are in different cities.
In Cincinnati the church as represented by 45 churches does the exact same series with
intermixed small groups once a year; tutors hundreds of at risk kids in the public school
system; deploys thousands of people in joint work projects and other things which other
unbelievers in the City are noticing. They are seeing that God’s people are good and
most important seeing that He is good. In our time we’ll learn how church leaders should
to do few things very well; establish partnership where prayer, relationships and money
go; do ministry through an army of volunteers.

—GENEROUS CHURCHES

Defining a Culture of Generosity

Scott Ridout (Sun Valley Community Church)
Every church has a unique culture. Culture is the defining set of attitudes, values, beliefs
and behaviors of any group of people. If you are like most leaders, there are parts of the
culture of your church that would like to enhance and maximize, while other parts that
you would like to minimize or eliminate. Yet here’s what we know - the key to culture is
leadership. Leaders create cultures. If we are honest, we know that whether by intention,
mistake or default, our leadership has created the culture of our churches. In this session
you will learn some principles, practices and plans to intentionally create a culture of
generosity in your church.

What They Don’t Teach in Seminary About Raising Money

Ron Jones (Immanuel Bible Church)
Less than 5 percent of seminaries offer any teaching on biblical stewardship, personal
finance or church funding. Fewer than 15 percent of pastors feel equipped to understand,
practice or teach biblical stewardship principles. No wonder most church leaders struggle
to cultivate generosity in their churches. Ron Jones will discuss specific strategies for
cultivating generous followers of Jesus Christ, how to connect with major donors, and the
role of the senior pastor as the CGO, chief generosity officer, of the church.

The Three Big Questions that Every Church Has to Answer About Stewardship
Gunnar Johnson (Gateway Church)
There has never been a better time in history for the church to rise up and take up its
position of leadership in the area of financial teaching. The Bible alone has 2350 verses
on money and possessions. According to the Word of God, He owns everything and that
includes the American economy, government, stock market and even your 401k/403b! As
we serve the God who created everything and owns everything and will be back soon to
account for everything, shouldn’t we teach our churches what He is expecting of our
management? Come hear one of the country’s most generous churches Executive
Stewardship Pastor as he explores the 3 big questions every church has to answer as
they build an effective comprehensive stewardship ministry.

—CHURCH PLANTING MINISTRIES

Starting Churches That Transform Their World

Rickie Bradshaw (Street Talk)
If your church was to cease to exist, would your community ever notice or would they not
even notice that your church was missing in action? Would they want to know what
happened to that church which reduced crime in the community, mentored their children
at the alternative learning center for delinquent students, provided free medical missions,
conducted free sports league for children and youth, or use their facility to host
community events. A church that does such things in at-risk communities is called a
community transformation church. One of the characteristics of a community
transformation church is that they make disciples into agents of transformation. Church
planting leaders of a community transformation movement practice transformational
leadership rather than transactional leadership. These church plants raise up
missionaries to the city verses church members for the ministry. We’ll explore how and
why this works in our community.

Strategically Targeting an Unchurched Community Through Church Planting and

Community Partnerships
Brian Bloye (Westridge Church)
When you start a church in Northwest Atlanta and your community is 93% unchurched,
and yet has more existing church buildings then almost any community in your state, you
have to be strategic about reaching that community with the Gospel. In this session, we
will look at how to lead your church to be Kingdom minded about reaching your own
community through church planting. We look at how West Ridge Church went from being
a church that simply gave money to church planting to being a church that engaged in
church planting. We will also talk about how to effectively bring church plants, existing
churches, and other community organizations to come together to share a common goal
of reaching a community for Jesus Christ.

Beyond Church Planting

Tim Hawks (Hill Country Bible Church)
Thirteen years ago, Hill Country Bible Church set about the task of planting 10 churches
in 20 years in Greater Austin. Today a drastic shift is occurring. In the next 5 years, we
are attempting to plant 25 churches directly and plant another 75 in partnership with other
churches. This seminar will explore some of the changes in vision, faith, resources,
training, and partnerships that brought about this shift in the speed and number of
churches planted. The dream of affecting the lostness of our city has become the focus
of our vision. God is moving us in partnership with other leaders to give every man,
woman, and child in our city repeated opportunities to both see and hear the gospel in a
way that they can respond.

—SUCCESS TO SIGNIFICANCE MINISTRIES

Wayne Smith, Leadership Network
Mark Bankord/Gordy Smith, Heartland Community Church
Russell Rainey, Fellowship Bible Church
Linda Slaton, Fellowship Bible Church
“Unleashing and Releasing the Latent Talent in our Congregations”
This seminar will explore the unique phenomenon of a generation ready to make an
impact for the Kingdom and two unique models of how this generation is being
unleashed in Rockford, IL at Heartland Community Church and released in Little Rock,
 AR at Fellowship Bible Church. Leadership models and new ministry models will be
discussed by Mark Bankord, Gordy Smith, Russell Rainey, Linda Slaton and Wayne
Smith.

—BRANDING YOUR CHURCH

Developing Brand Authenticity :: Survival Training for Mavericks in Ministry
Dawn Nicole Baldwin (Aspire One)
You’re a visionary. Entrepreneurism courses through your veins. “Innovation” is your
middle name. But perhaps a few questions have been gnawing at you… “Are we really
who we say we are? If so, how do we live that out consistently?” In this fast paced,
interactive session we’ll roll up our sleeves and take a field guide approach to discussing
the core concepts of: Knowing who you are [and more importantly, who you’re not]; The
keys to aligning your church with your mission, both internally & externally; Why it’s
important to choose new initiatives wisely; Symptoms of identity distress; First Aid &
emergency procedures. Come prepared to be stretched, inspired and equipped to take
action.

--How Vision Creates a Culture of Risk

Normalizing Absurdity
Will Mancini (Auxano)
Einstein said, "if at first the idea is not absurd, there is no hope for it." Leaders
often settle for small dreams and "all-too-possible" thinking. Consequently,
churches today are filled with the expected- nothing radical, nothing extravagant,
nothing God-sized. Join Will Mancini, author of Church Unique and Building
Leaders, as he explores how leaders can "normalize absurdity" by cultivating a
risk-worthy vision and creating risk-taking followers. Has not God promised that
he will do far beyond what we can ask or think?

--Mad Church Disease

Anne Jackson (MadChurchDisease.com)
Join Anne Jackson for a lively, informative, and potentially life-saving discussion
for anyone in ministry—vocational or volunteer—who would like to understand,
prevent, or treat the epidemic of burnout in our churches. Ann will provide
research and insight she has learned from leaders from across the United States,
providing statistics, stories, and hope for healing.

--Unconventional Innovation
Greg Atkinson (Bent Tree Bible Fellowship)
Innovation is the act of introducing something new. Since we serve a Living God,
all we have to do is look and listen and we can join Him in what He's doing
around us and around the world. In this session, Greg Atkinson will share
thoughts, ideas, insights, stories and Biblical examples of innovation in an effort
to stretch, challenge and even shape your view of innovation. Greg has been
traveling the country meeting with Church leaders and gathering stories of
missional living. Come ready to hear stories of unconventional innovation and
participate by sharing what God is doing in your part of the country.

3:00 – 4:30 “Author Side Conversation” – The Leader’s Journey

Join Mike Bonem, author of Leading from the Second Chair and Jim Herrington Trish Taylor,
Robert Creech, authors of The Leader's Journey: Answering the Call to Personal and
Congregational Transformation in a conversation about the transformational challenges
associated with leading in today’s church and culture.
4:30 – 6:00 pm -- Meet & Greet
Learn and connect with senior pastors and ministry leaders in each of the Innovation Briefing
ministry areas. Speakers from the Innovation Briefing sessions, Leadership Network Leadership
Community group directors, and current and past Leadership Community group participants will
be available to connect with in smaller gatherings. You’ll be able to meet and network with
ministry leaders engaged in the ministry innovations that you are most interested in.

4:30 – 6:00 pm -- Author Book Signings

Join our authors under “the door” in The Crossing for a chance to ask your questions and get
your book signed. (Books available for purchase at the conference bookstore) Participating
authors:
• Warren Bird
• Mike Bonem
• Eric Bramlett
• Sam Chand
• Neil Cole
• Robert Creech
• Mark DeYmaz
• Jon Ferguson
• Dave Gibbons
• Hugh Halter
• Jim Herrington
• Anne Jackson
• Robert Lewis
• Will Mancini
• Reggie McNeal
• Rex Miller
• Nancy Ortberg
• Bob Roberts
• Matt Smay
• Geoff Surratt
• Trisha Taylor
• Scott Thumma
• Brian Tome

6:00 – 7:30 pm -- Dinner On-Site

You’ll enjoy a great meal on-site. While you’re eating, you’ll be able to connect with speakers,
leaders, authors and presenters at strategically placed table discussions. You’ll learn, connect,
and share… even while you eat!

Author Hosted Meals

Choose from one of eight author hosted meals where you will have the chance to interact with an
author and receive a complimentary copy of their book.
• Dave Ferguson, Jon Ferguson, Eric Bramlett: The Big Idea
• Dave Browning: Deliberate Simplicity
• Neil Cole: Organic Church
• Mark DeYmaz: Building a Healthy Multi-ethnic Church
• Will Mancini: Church Unique
• Reggie McNeal: Missional Renaissance
 • Dave Gibbons: The Monkey & The Fish
• Larry Osborne: Sticky Church
Seating is limited -- first come, first served.

7:30 – 9:00 pm -- Main Session #2: Shaping the Culture

Session Emcee: Chris Seay (Ecclesia)
In order for the church of the future to be effective, it must engage and help shape the culture in
ways we haven’t even thought of yet. How are churches currently shaping the culture of their
communities? Find out what is working, and how you can engage the culture in which you live.

We’ll hear from some top innovative leaders that are each experiencing culture change in their
own local ministries. You’ll learn and enjoy talks from Matt Chandler, Dave Gibbons, and John
Jenkins.

Monkey and the Fish: An Alternative and Contrarian Way

Dave Gibbons (Newsong Church)
9/11 changed everything. It was a metaphorical harbinger of what was to come: Chaos
and Disruptions. Market meltdowns, climate change, layoffs, decentralization, global
power shifts and uprisings have impacted our world. What’s whispered in China is now
heard in the bedrooms of our land. With chaotic change comes new visions. What
emerges from destruction can actually be beautiful. To get there it takes an alternative
mindset and will. . . called “ 3CULTURE.”

Courage to Change
John Jenkins (First Baptist Church of Glenarden)
In order to influence and change a culture and a community, it will require new ideas, new
concepts, new processes and new techniques. The techniques of the past will not reach
this hip-hop listening, MTV watching, cell phone and texting messaging, Myspace and
Facebook blogging culture. We must be willing to offer the community fresh ideas and
fresh ways. This requires courage to change and confront those who say “we have never
done it that way before.” This message will give ideas that will impact your community as
well as challenge leaders to develop the courage necessary to ignite change.

Matt Chandler (The Village Church)

9:30 pm – Conference Bookstore Closes

9:00 – 10:30 pm -- Late Nite Off-Sites

We’ll continue to level the playing field… allowing you to connect and interact with all of our
speakers, authors, and attendees. After the conference on Tuesday, enjoy some informal dialog
with speakers and book authors at nearby restaurants. Speakers and locations will be announced
onsite.

Wednesday (1/28)
8:00 am – Conference Bookstore Opens

8:30 – 10:00 am -- Main Session #3: The Dangerous Church in 2020

Session Emcee – Ed Stetzer (Lifeway Research)
What will the church look like in 2020? Will we be successful as church leaders in seeing a
dynamic, culture-shifting work of God? What are the things that top leaders see now that they are
starting to do that has the potential to change the way we all do ministry? Now for a look at the
church of the future. Where is the church going? Will it be effective? We’ll hear from Bob Roberts,
Nancy Ortberg, and John Bishop for a session you’ll not want to miss!

Provocative Leaders for a Dangerous Church

Nancy Ortberg (TeamWorx2)
Churches were never called to be a soft, benign presence in the community, but rather an
unstoppable force in the world. The Dangerous Church has leaders who are able to
move past problem-solving to tension management. They live in between infrastructure
and innovation, between passion and humility, the past and the future...refusing to make
a choice, but standing in the pull of those forces. Dangerous Churches have leaders who
see the gospel as a provocative, comforting, transformational and bedrock message that
becomes an epicenter for kingdom impact. These churches capture people's attention,
meet needs, align around giftedness, create momentum and a culture of innovation, risk
and change. Dangerous Leaders come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, ages and color...be
one.

20/20 Vision
John Bishop (Living Hope Church)
Seeing really is believing. I believe churches are good at doing church for people who do
church. Bottom line to the church in America is simply we are good at doing church for
"us." 20/20 VISION is seeing ONLY GOD and returning to what matters to the heart of
God. The thread in the Bible is a God who is passionately in love with the people He
created. The American church is in a crisis. 87% of churches in America are plateaued or
declining in attendance. OF the 13 percent of churches growing, only 2% are growing by
conversion. The church of the future has to begin to think differently NOW. We have to
be better at doing church for PEOPLE WHO DON'T DO CHURCH. If we don't change
TODAY there may not be a church in 2020 to talk about.

The Church On the Other Side: What Does the Dangerous Church Look Like in
2010?
Ed Stetzer (Lifeway Research)
Ed Stetzer will look to the future of the church by unpacking current research and trends.
Hype aside, the church will not die in this "last Christian generation," it will not be all
caught up in a great emergence, all of its children will not drop out after High School
graduation, and 50% of the churches won't close their doors. However, it will be
methodologically different, much more ethnically diverse, and struggling with engaging its
culture. In this session, we will look at what research from today tells us about the church
of the future.

Catching Up With the Rest of the World

Bob Roberts, (Northwood Church)
There two core fundamental ways in which movement and transformation take place in
the context of society through the lowest common denominator of the disciple. The
Western forms of ministry focus on more of a Greek model of discipleship with purely
pragmatic metrics. After 50 years of intensely pragmatic efforts, though we have
churches that are growing numerically, the reality is that we have fewer people in church
and the church is having less impact on society than ever before. It is time to return to
the Acts model of engagement.

10:00 – 11:30 am -- Breakouts / Labs

Choose from 14 Break out sessions with 40+ speakers. Check back for speaker updates as we
continue developing break out sessions.
---Global Ministry Initiatives
Bob Roberts (Northwood Church), Dave Gibbons (New Song Church,) Brian
Bloye (Westridge Church)

Glocal Engagement
Bob Roberts, (Northwood Church)
The two key foundational entities to see the world transformed are the disciple,
which is the lowest common denominator, and the society which is the grid for
engagement. Instead of a religious approach by religious people, the present
future is a domain (societal) approach by every believer. Living out faith in the
context of the Kingdom of God, not just the kingdom of salvation and church
growth, leads us to engage where we work, have passion, connections and skills.
It's long term, viral, organic, personal, and relational, not project or finance driven
or even church planting, for that matter. We have unintentionally slowed the
spread of the Kingdom of God by focusing primarily on religious responses to the
world. In the past our response has been: Gospel > Preacher > Church >
Disciple > Society > Institutions --------the early church and the present future is:
Gospel > Disciple > Society > Church > Leaders. What does this look like?
Practical examples of how it is working.

--Church Multiplication (2 sessions offered)

Church Planting and Multi Site

Why Most Churches are Ineffective

Billy Hornsby (Association of Related Churches)
For years the established denominational and even most independent churches have
been on the decline. As I investigated the reasons for the failure or ineffectiveness of
local churches I discovered many issues that contributed to the decline. Many
churches were not willing or able to transition to an effective model because of
transition or inability of the leadership. As a result ARC was launched to plant life-
giving churches that address the need for relevant missional minded ministries that
could reach the un-churched in our country. We found some answers that translate
into powerful local expressions of Jesus Christ and His church.

Church Plant or Multi-Site?

Matt Hannan & Bill Heck (Northwest Church Planting Center)
Those committed to Kingdom expansion are faced with a wonderful choice…
Should we plant or Should we multi-site?

Each approach is proven. Each is profitable.

But each requires distinct skill sets.
Each provides its own set of challenges.

Bill Heck and Matt Hannan have served as directors of Northwest Church
Planting for many years. They have evolved a plan for identifying, training,
coaching and deploying church planters. The success rate for these plants has
been extremely high.

Additionally, they are personally involved in multi-site church with eleven services
on four locations over two days. They are continually learning the challenges of
establishing effective multisite ministries.
 This session will be a brief comparison of the two approaches with ample time for
questions and answers.

Church Planting Vineyard Style

Steve Robbins (Vineyard Leadership Institute)
In the Vineyard, we have a seven-step process for church
planting--starting with recruiting and recognizing potential church
planters, giving them an eight hour assssment covering twelve critical
areas for church planters, addressing what the assessment shows is
lacking, and formally releasing them to launch from their sending church
and to be welcomed warmly by their target area. Quite often, the
Vineyard Leadership Institute (VLI), a two year local church-based
school, remediates what is lacking in the candidates. VLI trains
emerging leaders (Vineyard and non-Vineyard) to become effective leaders
of Christian ministries. One-fourth of all Vineyard USA church plants,
as well as a number of planters from other church movements, come from VLI
graduates.

Multi-plantation
Dave Ferguson (Community Christian Church), Mark Driscoll (Mars Hill Church),
Greg Surratt (Seacoast Church)
Join these three innovators as they share how their vision for reaching the lost finds its
expression through both planting churches and launching multi-site campuses. Through
their churches and their affiliated networks (New Thing Network, Acts 29 and the ARC),
these three senior leaders have been involved in planting 233 churches and launching 29
campuses. You will learn "the why" and "the how" associated with this integrated church
reproduction model.

--Multi-ethnic, Multi-cultural Church

The Coming Integration of the Local Church

Mark DeYmaz, Doug Murrell, Art Lucero
For more than fifty years, the homogeneous unit principle has governed church
planting and development throughout the world. Yet in an increasingly diverse
and cynical society, people are longer finding credible the message of God's love
for all people as preached from segregated pulpits and pews. In addition,
changing demographics within the United States are bringing increased pressure
to bear on local church leadership who will have to accommodate people of
diverse cultures in order to build healthy churches in the 21st century. Indeed,
David T. Olson, citing groundbreaking research based on a national database of
more than 200,000 churches and writing in his book, The American Church in
Crisis, states, "The multi-ethnic church is becoming the normal and natural
picture of the new face of Christianity." As a church and as a leader, are you
ready?

With these things in mind, this workshop will present the coming integration of
the local church from both a biblical and practical perspective. You'll move from
the why, through the what and to the how of building healthy multi-ethnic
churches, and gain sound practical principles to help you understand and
embrace the journey. Indeed, it's not at all about racial reconciliation: rather, it's
 about reconciling men and women to God through faith in Jesus Christ and
reconciling local congregations to the principles and practices of the New
Testament Church, through which men and women of diverse background
walked, worked and worshipped God together as one on earth as it is in heaven.
If you desire to bring your church into the future, this one's for you!

--Beyond Typical: Creating an Externally Focused Women’s Ministry

Wendy Ferrin (Salem Alliance Church, Salem, OR) shares her model of team
leadership that engages the inside energy and talent of Salem Alliance women,
and focuses it outward to the hurting needs of women in their community. Wendy
will give a firsthand look at Salem Alliance’s strategy and focus on the
‘neighborhoods and nations’. You'll be inspired!

Claudia McGuire (Chase Oaks Church, Plano, TX) shares the transformation
from a women’s ministry comprised of bible studies to a focus on community
impact and evangelism. She’ll take you on the journey of whole church
transformation and how this filtered down to impact the women’s ministry vision
and mission.

Sibyl Towner, (Willow Creek, Chicago, IL) Spiritual Formation Director, shares a
unique tool that encourages women to dive into their personal story to discover
all that God designed them to be. Find out how the process of life story telling
can transform your women’s ministry.

--Success to Significance Ministries

"Unleashing and Releasing the Latent Talent in our Congregations"
Wayne Smith, Leadership Network
Russell Rainey, Fellowship Bible Church
Gordy Smith, Heartland Community Church
Mark Bankord, Heartland Community Church
This seminar will explore the unique phenomenon of a generation ready to make
an impact for the Kingdom and two unique models of how this generation is
being unleashed in Rockford, IL at Heartland Community Church and released in
Little Rock, AR at Fellowship Bible Church. Leadership models and new ministry
models will be discussed by Mark Bankord, Gordy Smith, Russell Rainey, Linda
Slaton and Wayne Smith.

--Megachurch Attenders: Why They Come and Why Some Stay

Warren Bird (Leadership Network), Scott Thumma (Hartford Institute for Religion
Research)
Some people at your church sit and watch as spectators, while others get involved and
grow. We'll suggest how to move your spectators into meaningful involvement. Almost
25,000 people from 12 diverse megachurches around the country told us their views in a
detailed survey. They answered many questions that have never been asked of
megachurch participants revealing: what kind of person goes to a to a large church; what
drew them there initially; what keeps them there; how they got involved; how they grow
spiritually; and how satisfied they are with their own spiritual growth. In this workshop
you will learn the answers to these questions and more. This is the first public release of
this valuable information!

--The Church in the City, For the City

Leveling the Ground with Your Mission Field: The Danger and the Remedy
for Self-Righteousness
 Darrin Patrick (The Journey)
As leaders, we must deal with our own sin, specifically our self-righteousness, if
we have any hope of reaching liberal, secular people. What is the meaning of
righteousness and self-righteousness? What does it look like to be a person who
repents deeply? We’ll look at how humble confidence is the key to leadership in
the city. Erich Veith, one of our city's most famous atheists and I have become
friends. We have appeared together on the front page of our Sunday paper and
he is now blogging about our church on his web-site. I’ll relate the story of how
this friendship developed and what it means for both of us as we live on different
sides of the faith issue.

Matt Chandler (The Village Church)

The Church in the City, For the City

Matt Carter (Austin Stone Community Church)
I once read an article that discussed the truth that after Jacob wrestled with
God…He never walked the same again. Jacob’s limp, was his constant reminder
of God’s sanctifying work in his life. In this session we are going to discuss my
limp. How God, through my personal battle with cancer has brought about in me
deep sanctification, and given me a constant reminder to live my life with a holy
urgency.

--Worship & Arts

Chris Seay & team lead participants in an interactive experience. Music and
visual arts focus.

--Technology, Blogging, Social Networks

Church 2.0?: Reflections on Doing Religion Online
Dr. Heidi Campbell
This session will explore the question of doing church online, or “What does
religious community online have to teach offline church”? Insights will be shared
from a five year research project (Exploring Religious Community Online, Peter
Lang, 2005) studying why people are drawn to involvement in online Christian
communities and how these experiences can influence their conception of and
participation in offline Church. Concerns and question concerns about the
potential impact of online community on the Church and society at large will also
be addressed.

Tony Morgan
Tony will be bringing his years of experience in blogging and social networks to
Innovation3 with a discussion and Q&A time. Tony currently serves on the
NewSpring Church staff. Before that, he was on staff at Granger Community
Church

Bobby Gruenewald
What’s new in the area of technology, and where is the church headed? Bobby
Gruenewald, the Pastor of Innovation at LifeChurch.tv will share, along with Tony
and Dr. Campbell in this session!

--European Church Planting

How European Church Planting Networks are Changing Europe

 Ed Stetzer
Church planting has grown in prominence in the United States. Books,
conferences, and training event abound teaching you to plant churches, often in
"postmodern" culture. But, what about planting in a post-postmodern and
definitely post-Christian setting? Meet church planting in Europe. Ed Stetzer will
discuss church planting in a place where the gospel once flourished but today is
considered quaint and unappealing.

Yeast in the Euro-Dough? Transforming Church-Forsaken Communities

Matt Wilson
Manchester is the UK’s second city with a diverse urban population that
represents the best and worst of European culture at the start of the 21st century.
Twenty years ago church attendance in the city was at its lowest ebb and yet now
it is known as one of the few European cities in which the church is actually
growing and from which exciting new missional models are emerging.
Matt will bring a first hand perspective on the keys that have brought about this
remarkable change in the spiritual landscape of the city. A special focus will be
given to the story of the new momentum created when leaders in the city began
to deliberately turn their attention from building comfortable churches in the
suburbs to start establishing missional communities in the most challenging inner
city neighborhoods.

--Why Being Missional Matters

Greg Holder (Windsor Crossing Church), Daniel Montgomery (Sojourn Church)
We’ve all heard the word and have our own ideas about it. For some, it defines
them. For others, it’s an intriguing, confusing, or even divisive concept. But what
does it really mean? If we reduce it to nothing more than the next buzz word, the
next “new strategy,” the next flavor-of-the-month, or even the next thing to argue
about, then we are missing out on what it means to be “missional.”

We can and should talk about WHY we are sent into this world and WHAT we
are to be doing as we are sent, but let’s also talk about HOW we go into this
world and HOW we live with each other. Perhaps one of the discussions that
needs to be taking place is how we love others in our communities, how we love
others within our own church, and how we love other churches in the same
kingdom story. This breakout will give you a few handles on these concepts and
start a conversation that needs to continue after the conference is over.

--Missional Community Transformation

The Little Ministry That Could: Building Something From (Almost) Nothing
Laurie Beshore (Mariners Church)
With 250 members and a crimson colored bottom line, Mariners Church was
nearing the end of its rope. When one year they found themselves with a few
thousand dollars in surplus cash, they did a crazy thing: they gave the money
away. Today, with 6500 volunteers annually, Mariners Church Outreach Ministries
has transformed lives, neighborhoods and whole communities across the world,
bringing tangible assistance, hope for the future, and the message of Jesus to so
many. How did a church, in the heart of the affluence and materialism of Orange
County, California, create a sustained culture of compassion and service to those
in need? Lead Pastor of Outreach Laurie Beshore walks through the journey and
process of building a growing ministry that cares for the forgotten.
 Transforming the Hood for Good
Stacy Spencer (New Directions)
Nehemiah went out at night to survey his old neighborhood. He had heard that it
was in bad shape but nothing prepared him for the devastation that he saw when
he went out at night. When was the last time you went out in your neighborhood
at night. Have you heard the gunfire? What about the women selling their
bodies on the corner? How’s the crime rate in your hood? New Direction
Christian church decided that it wanted to transform it’s hood for good and we hit
the streets to do it. Come find out how an Suburban church deals with urban
issues as it tries to re-build a sustainable urban community

--The Emerging Missional Church

Neil Cole (Church Multiplication Associates), Reggie McNeal (Leadership
Network)

---I3 INNOVATION LAB

Implementing What You’ve Learned in Your Own Ministry Setting

Richard Petty (Lead Facilitator and the Leadership Network Facilitation Team)
Richard will lead your church team to the Lab to process what you’ve heard and
experienced during Innovation3. Develop a ministry innovation action plan. Leave
energized and ready to take your ministry to the next level.

10:00 – 11:30 am “Author Side Conversation” – Kingdom Impact: Church, Culture and
Community
Join Mel Lawrenz, author Whole Church, Rex Miller, author of Millennium Matrix and Hugh Halter
and Matt Smay, authors of The Tangible Kingdom in a conversation about the kingdom impact of
Church, culture and community.

11:30 – 1:00 pm -- Lunch

Choose a table discussion group – Leadership Community Group Alumni, book authors, ministry
innovation topics and more.

1:00 – 1:30 pm -- Rapid Fire Session

We pose a provocative question to 10 speakers with 3 minutes to respond.
Session Emcee: Nancy Ortberg
Mark DeYmaz, Larry Osborne, Matt Chandler, John Bishop, Greg Surratt, Brian Bloye, Greg
Holder, Sam Chand, Laurie Beshore, Troy Gramling

1:30 – 3:00 pm -- Main Session #4: Missional Community

Dino Rizzo (Healing Place Church), Neil Cole (Church Multiplication Associates), Matt Carter
(The Austin Stone Community Church)
Session Emcee – Reggie McNeal (Leadership Network)
How do we engage our churches with each other and the world? And how do we create missional
community that encourages spiritual growth, spreads our message, and ultimately expands the
Kingdom? We’ll learn from three leaders that are attempting (and having great results) doing just
that! Hear from Dino Rizzo, Neil Cole, and Matt Carter on what it takes to engage our people for
the Kingdom!

The Foundations of Missional Community

Reggie McNeal, Leadership Network
The central and most promising innovation in the church is the rise of missional
community. This development is not being pulled off my innovative churches; it is being
 orchestrated by the Spirit of God. While it involves the church, it extends beyond the
church into a cross-cultural-domains missional renaissance. God seems to be having a
different conversation with the church about the church and its mission in the world.

Lovin’ Every Minute of It

Dino Rizzo (Healing Place Church)
How to create a culture at your church that engages, loves and cares for people who are
different than you are – and enjoy every minute of it!

Challenging People to a Missional Lifestyle

Matt Carter (Austin Stone Community Church)
In this session we will be looking at two things. First, we will discuss the philosophy
behind missional community at The Austin Stone Community Church and how our
leadership is constantly calling our people to live in light of the limited time we have to
make our mark on church history. Second, I will discuss some practical ways in which
our church has provided for people to live out a missional life-style.

2:00 pm – Conference Bookstore Closes

3:00 – 3:15pm --Closing and Prayer – Worship Center

And there’s more!

—Innovation3 Bookstore
Browse the on-site bookstore. We’ll have books available for purchase from Leadership Network
imprint authors and others.
Bookstore Hours:
Tuesday 11:00 am – 9:30 pm
Wednesday 8:00 am – 2:00 pm

—Bent Tree Church Coffee Bar

Get your caffeine jolt on-site with our host’s great coffee bar and snack area.